Turn a raw talking-head recording into a finished Reel with an agent skill pack
Drop a raw talking-head recording into an AI agent and get back a finished Reel with cuts, word-synced captions, motion graphics, sound effects and music. The skill pack works in Hermes, Claude Code, Codex and Cursor.
Source
@pycodebr on X · 2026-10-13
Written in our own words. Credit to the original author. Link checked 2026-10-16.
What they did
Drop a raw talking-head recording into an AI agent and get back a finished Reel with cuts, word-synced captions, motion graphics, sound effects and music. The skill pack works in Hermes, Claude Code, Codex and Cursor.
Result (as claimed)
Skill pack open-sourced.
Tools they used
Cost: Hermes Agent: free plan, paid from $20/mo; Claude Code: free plan, paid from $17/mo; OpenAI Codex: free plan, paid from $8/mo; Cursor: free plan, paid from $8/mo. Checked 2026-10-14.
Set it up
Collect your inputs
List what goes in (raw footage, script, topic list or audio) and the exact output you want, for example 5 vertical clips under 45 seconds. Put inputs in one folder.
Set up the tools
Open Hermes Agent, Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Cursor. Connect accounts only where needed and note any per-minute or per-credit limits on the free plan before you start.
Run one piece end to end
Make a single output first. Check pacing, captions, voice and framing by watching it on a phone.
Turn it into a repeatable recipe
Save the prompts and settings that worked as a template so the next run takes minutes, then batch.
Review before you post
Watch every output before publishing. Check rights for music, likeness and footage, and label AI content where the platform requires it.
Copy the full setup prompt
Paste into your agent and it will walk you through the setup, asking before anything that sends, posts or spends.
You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Claude Code. Goal: Turn a raw talking-head recording into a finished Reel with an agent skill pack What the original author did: Drop a raw talking-head recording into an AI agent and get back a finished Reel with cuts, word-synced captions, motion graphics, sound effects and music. The skill pack works in Hermes, Claude Code, Codex and Cursor. Reported result (as claimed by the author): Skill pack open-sourced. Source: https://x.com/pycodebr/status/2110070665961202113 Tools they used: Hermes Agent, Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Cursor Category: Creators & video Please: 1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like). 2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure. 3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data. 4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.
You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Codex. Goal: Turn a raw talking-head recording into a finished Reel with an agent skill pack What the original author did: Drop a raw talking-head recording into an AI agent and get back a finished Reel with cuts, word-synced captions, motion graphics, sound effects and music. The skill pack works in Hermes, Claude Code, Codex and Cursor. Reported result (as claimed by the author): Skill pack open-sourced. Source: https://x.com/pycodebr/status/2110070665961202113 Tools they used: Hermes Agent, Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Cursor Category: Creators & video Please: 1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like). 2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure. 3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data. 4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.
You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Grok Bot. Goal: Turn a raw talking-head recording into a finished Reel with an agent skill pack What the original author did: Drop a raw talking-head recording into an AI agent and get back a finished Reel with cuts, word-synced captions, motion graphics, sound effects and music. The skill pack works in Hermes, Claude Code, Codex and Cursor. Reported result (as claimed by the author): Skill pack open-sourced. Source: https://x.com/pycodebr/status/2110070665961202113 Tools they used: Hermes Agent, Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Cursor Category: Creators & video Please: 1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like). 2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure. 3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data. 4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.
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