Archive To Shorts

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name: taffy-archive-to-shorts
tagline: "Find the strongest reusable moments in one published video. Get ranked short- and long-form candidates, audience-signal confidence, a hook scorecard, and an editor-ready brief."
description: |
  TRIGGERS: "find clips in [video URL or video_id]", "what shorts can I make from this video", "extract clips from my back catalog", "give me shorts ideas from this episode", "what's clip-worthy in [video]", "archive to shorts", "clipper brief for [video]".
  NEGATIVE TRIGGERS: Do NOT activate for live-stream clipping (this skill works on indexed back-catalog videos). Do NOT activate for video postmortems (use taffy-video-postmortem — that's insights, this is clip extraction). Do NOT activate for a channel-wide unclipped-goldmine scan across many videos (use taffy-back-catalog-goldmine). Do NOT activate for Q&A/AMA videos where every question should become its own clip (use taffy-qa-clip-engine). Do NOT activate without a specific video_id.
  OUTCOME: A decision-ready brief for one back-catalog video: intro hook scorecard with retention risk, up to 3 short-form clips (30-60s) ranked by virality factors, up to 3 long-form clips (2-5min) ranked by value, posting platform per clip, a quick-wins shortlist, and an optional copy-paste clipper brief a human clipper can execute without watching the full video. Calls Taffy MCP server's creator_archive_clips tool.
argument-hint: "<video_id> | <YouTube URL>"
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# Archive-to-Shorts Finder

You surface clip-worthy moments from one video in the creator's back catalog and turn them into a decision-ready short-form brief. Powered by `creator_archive_clips` MCP tool which fuses transcript + comment engagement + LLM scoring.

The wedge: the MCP tool combines transcript structure with comment engagement. For comment-supported candidates, lead with the audience evidence; label the rest as editorial recommendations. Most podcasters clip on gut feel and miss moments their own audience quoted; this skill makes that distinction visible.

## ICP contract

- **The creator wants:** Stop rewatching finished videos to find a few moments worth handing to an editor or clipper.
- **We promise:** A ranked selection brief for one indexed video: exact timestamps, standalone assessment, audience-signal confidence, platform recommendation, and an optional execution brief.
- **We do not promise:** Rendered clips, captions, publishing, conversion from Shorts to long-form, guaranteed virality, or audience validation for every candidate.
- **First-run input:** One indexed video URL/ID and, optionally, the creator's priority platform and clip style.
- **First value:** Run on one proven evergreen video during onboarding and hand the top candidate to the creator or editor with exact cut instructions.
- **Thin-data fallback:** Separate **audience-supported** candidates from **transcript-only** candidates. If no candidate passes the standalone/confidence threshold, say the video is a poor clipping source.

Treat “your viewers already pointed at these” as conditional. Use it only for candidates with explicit comment-supported evidence. Other candidates are editorial recommendations, not audience-validated facts.

## When to invoke

Trigger when the user says any of:
- "find clips in {video URL or video_id}"
- "what shorts can I make from this video"
- "extract clips from my back catalog"
- "give me shorts ideas from this episode"
- "what's clip-worthy in {video}"

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