ClaudSkills / Growth & Marketing / social-media

Autocut Shorts

Q: What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Autocut Shorts skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Autocut Shorts is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Growth & Marketing category. Learn more at https://claudskills.com/learn/what-is-skill-md/.

Category: Growth & Marketing · Sub-category: social-media · Last updated: 2026-05-21

Main orchestration skill for automatic creation of short-form content (TikTok, YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels) from long videos. Fully automated workflow: download video, transcribe, detect highlights (transcript + laughter + sentiment + scenes), trim segments, resize to 9:16 portrait, and add subtitles. Finds viral-worthy moments like OpusClip and Vizard.ai.

About this skill (catalog notes)

Autocut Shorts includes 19 code blocks for direct copy-paste. At roughly 1,613 words the SKILL.md is on the longer end of the catalog distribution.

Indexed lastmod: 2026-05-21
Catalog position: Growth & Marketing · social-media
Indexed related skills: 10

How Autocut Shorts fits the catalog

Autocut Shorts sits in the Growth & Marketing category under the social-media sub-topic in the ClaudSkills catalog. There are 10 related skills indexed alongside it; comparing a few before installing usually reveals which fits your workflow best.

These notes are auto-generated from features detected in the SKILL.md file and from this catalog's structure — they aren't part of the source repository.

From the source SKILL.md

This is the main orchestration skill that combines all other skills to automatically create short-form content from long videos.

What this skill does

Autocut Shorts is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the social-media sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/autocut-shorts/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

Who uses this skill

The Autocut Shorts Claude Code skill is built for growth marketers, product-led growth teams, founders running experiments, and performance marketing teams. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 116,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/autocut-shorts
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/autocut-shorts/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/autocut-shorts/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/autocut-shorts/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/autocut-shorts/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\autocut-shorts\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install the Autocut Shorts Claude Code skill?

Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/autocut-shorts/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at claudskills.com/install/.

What does the Autocut Shorts skill do?

Is this skill free to install?

Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.

When should I use the Autocut Shorts skill?

Use Autocut Shorts when your Claude Code task falls under the Growth & Marketing category — specifically in the social media area. Claude Code auto-discovers installed skills and invokes the right one based on the task description, so you can also ask Claude directly (e.g. "use Autocut Shorts" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at /category/growth/.

What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Autocut Shorts skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Autocut Shorts is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Growth & Marketing category. Learn more at /learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.

Cite this skill

If you reference this skill in a blog post, paper, or documentation, you can cite it as:

APA

ClaudSkills. (2026). Autocut Shorts [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/autocut-shorts/

BibTeX

@misc{autocut-shorts-2026,
  author    = {ClaudSkills},
  title     = {Autocut Shorts [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/autocut-shorts/}
}

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