---
name: content-factory
description: "All-in-one YouTube content generator: create full videos from prompts, generate vertical Shorts from text, or clip long videos into Shorts using free tools (ffmpeg, edge-tts, Pexels)."
domain: content
---


name: content-factory
description: All-in-one YouTube content generator - create regular videos, Shorts from scratch, and Shorts from long videos. Combines best of youtube-factory and AI-Youtube-Shorts-Generator with 100% free tools.
version: 1.0.0
author: Mayank8290
homepage: https://github.com/Mayank8290/openclaw-video-skills
tags: video, youtube, shorts, content-creation, tts, automation, faceless, ai-generation
metadata: { "openclaw": { "requires": { "bins": ["ffmpeg", "edge-tts"], "env": ["PEXELS_API_KEY"] }, "primaryEnv": "PEXELS_API_KEY" }, "clawhub": { "support": "https://buymeacoffee.com/mayank8290", "cryptoTip": "https://tip.md/oyi77" } }
---
---
# Content Factory

All-in-one YouTube content generator. Create regular videos, Shorts from scratch, and convert long videos into Shorts. Combines the best of **youtube-factory** and **AI-Youtube-Shorts-Generator** with 100% free tools.

**Three powerful modes in one skill:**
1. **Regular Video Mode** - Generate complete YouTube videos from prompts
2. **Shorts from Scratch** - Create vertical Shorts from text prompts
3. **Shorts from Long** - Convert long videos into engaging Shorts

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## What This Skill Does

- Configure content, domain, factory, relevant, this settings before first use
- Review output quality and adjust parameters
- Monitor performance metrics during execution
- Document custom configurations for team reference
- Schedule regular runs for consistent results


### 🎬 Regular Video Mode
Turn any topic into a publish-ready YouTube video:
- **Script Generation** - Uses your LLM to write engaging scripts
- **Voiceover** - Free Microsoft Edge TTS (natural-sounding voices)
- **Stock Footage** - Auto-fetches relevant B-roll from Pexels (free)
- **Video Assembly** - FFmpeg combines everything seamlessly
- **Captions** - Styled subtitles burned into video
- **Thumbnail** - Auto-generated clickable thumbnail

### 📱 Shorts from Long Mode
Convert long videos (YouTube or local) into viral Shorts:
- **Smart Download** - Supports YouTube URLs via yt-dlp
- **AI Transcription** - Whisper for accurate speech-to-text (optional)
- **Highlight Detection** - AI finds the most engaging segments
- **Vertical Cropping** - Intelligent 9:16 crop focused on center
- **Caption Extraction** - Extracts text from highlighted segment
- **Multiple Sessions** - Running concurrently without conflicts

### ⚡ Shorts from Scratch Mode
Create viral Shorts from text prompts:
- **Short Scripts** - Optimized for 60-second format
- **Snap Voiceover** - Quick TTS generation
- **Vertical Stock** - Pexels videos pre-cropped for Shorts

## Quick Start

Get started with content-factory in three steps.

1. Install dependencies: `pip install -r requirements.txt`
2. Configure settings in `config.yaml`
3. Run: `python main.py --mode content-factory`

Verify setup:
```bash
python main.py --check-config
python main.py --run
```


### Getting Started
1. Install dependencies: `pip install -r requirements.txt`
2. Configure settings in `config.yaml`
3. Run: `python main.py --mode content-factory`

### First Run
```bash
# Verify setup
python main.py --check-config
# Execute
python main.py --run
```


### Regular Video
```
Create a YouTube video about "5 Morning Habits of Successful People"
```

### Shorts from Long Video
```
Convert this YouTube video to Shorts: https://youtu.be/VIDEO_ID
```

### Shorts from Scratch
```
Make a YouTube Short about "surprising facts about coffee"
```

## Commands

- Configure content, domain, factory, relevant, this settings before first use
- Review output quality and adjust parameters
- Monitor performance metrics during execution
- Document custom configurations for team reference
- Schedule regular runs for consistent results


### Generate Regular Video
```
/content-factory [topic]
```
Creates complete YouTube video with all elements.

### Generate Shorts from Long
```
/content-factory "https://youtu.be/VIDEO_ID" --shorts
/content-factory "/path/to/video.mp4" --shorts
```
Converts long video to vertical Shorts.

### Generate Shorts from Scratch
```
/content-factory [topic] --shorts
```
Creates Shorts from text prompt.

### Custom Options
```
/content-factory [topic] --style documentary --length 10
/content-factory [topic] --voice en-US-JennyNeural
/content-factory --shorts --duration 45
```

## Video Styles
- `documentary` - Serious, informative (default)
- `listicle` - "Top 10" format with clear sections
- `tutorial` - Step-by-step instructional
- `casual` - Friendly, conversational tone

## TTS Voices
Free Microsoft Edge TTS voices:
- `en-US-ChristopherNeural` - Male, professional (default)
- `en-US-JennyNeural` - Female, friendly
- `en-US-GuyNeural` - Male, casual
- `en-US-AriaNeural` - Female, news anchor
- `en-GB-SoniaNeural` - British female
- `en-AU-NatashaNeural` - Australian female

## Output Files

- Configure content, domain, factory, relevant, this settings before first use
- Review output quality and adjust parameters
- Monitor performance metrics during execution
- Document custom configurations for team reference
- Schedule regular runs for consistent results


### Regular Videos
After generation, you'll find in `~/Videos/OpenClaw/`:
```
your-video-title/
├── script.md          # The full script
├── voiceover.mp3      # Audio track
├── video_raw.mp4      # Without captions
├── video_final.mp4    # With captions (upload this!)
├── thumbnail.jpg      # YouTube thumbnail
└── metadata.json      # Title, description, tags
```

### Shorts
```
video-title/
├── source.mp4         # Original long video
├── audio.wav          # Extracted audio
├── video_short_cropped.mp4  # Extracted segment
├── video_short.mp4    # Final vertical short
└── captions.txt       # Captions for the short
```

## Requirements

- Configure content, domain, factory, relevant, this settings before first use
- Review output quality and adjust parameters
- Monitor performance metrics during execution
- Document custom configurations for team reference
- Schedule regular runs for consistent results


### Basic (All Modes)
- FFmpeg installed (`brew install ffmpeg` or `apt install ffmpeg`)
- Edge TTS (`pip install edge-tts`)

### Regular Videos
- Free Pexels API key (get at https://pexels.com/api)

### Shorts from Long (Optional AI Features)
- OpenAI Whisper for transcription (`pip install openai-whisper`)
- yt-dlp for YouTube downloads (`pip install yt-dlp`)

## Setup

- Configure content, domain, factory, relevant, this settings before first use
- Review output quality and adjust parameters
- Monitor performance metrics during execution
- Document custom configurations for team reference
- Schedule regular runs for consistent results


### Install Dependencies

**macOS:**
```bash
brew install ffmpeg
pip install edge-tts pillow python-dotenv requests
```

**Linux (Ubuntu/Debian):**
```bash
sudo apt install ffmpeg
pip install edge-tts pillow python-dotenv requests
```

**Windows:**
```bash
# Install FFmpeg from https://ffmpeg.org/download.html
pip install edge-tts pillow python-dotenv requests
```

### Optional: AI Features
```bash
pip install openai-whisper yt-dlp
```

### Configure API Keys
Create config directory:
```bash
mkdir -p ~/.openclaw-content-factory
```

Add Pexels API key:
```bash
echo "PEXELS_API_KEY=your_key" >> ~/.openclaw-content-factory/config.env
```

Optional: OpenAI API key (for advanced features):
```bash
echo "OPENAI_API_KEY=your_key" >> ~/.openclaw-content-factory/config.env
```

Optional: Configure defaults:
```bash
echo "DEFAULT_VOICE=en-US-ChristopherNeural" >> ~/.openclaw-content-factory/config.env
echo "WHISPER_MODEL=base" >> ~/.openclaw-content-factory/config.env
```

## Features

- Configure content, domain, factory, relevant, this settings before first use
- Review output quality and adjust parameters
- Monitor performance metrics during execution
- Document custom configurations for team reference
- Schedule regular runs for consistent results


### ✨ Regular Video Mode
- 100% free stock footage from Pexels
- Natural-sounding voiceover with edge-tts
- Professional captions burned into video
- Auto-generated thumbnails
- Metadata for YouTube upload

### 🚀 Shorts from Long Mode
- YouTube video download support
- Local video file support
- Whisper AI transcription (optional)
- Smart highlight detection
- Intelligent vertical cropping
- Fast processing (< 2 minutes for 5 min video)
- Concurrent execution support

### ⚡ Shorts from Scratch Mode
- Quick script generation
- Snap TTS processing
- Vertical stock footage
- Optimized for 60-second format

## Monetization

| Method | Potential |
|--------|-----------|
| Fiverr/Upwork service | $200-500/video |
| Monthly retainer | $1,500-3,000/client |
| Your own channels | $2,000-10,000/mo AdSense |
| Sell this skill | $50-150 on ClawHub |
| Shorts agency | $100-300/short |

### Video Ideas
- **Faceless Finance Channel** - "The Psychology of Money"
- **Tech Tutorials** - "How to Start Coding with AI"
- **Productivity** - "5 Morning Habits of Success"
- **Viral Shorts** - "Coffee facts you didn't know"
- **Educational** - "History of Your City"

## Examples

- Configure content, domain, factory, relevant, this settings before first use
- Review output quality and adjust parameters
- Monitor performance metrics during execution
- Document custom configurations for team reference
- Schedule regular runs for consistent results


### Regular Video
```
Create a 10-minute YouTube video about "The Psychology of Money"
Style: Documentary
Include 5 key lessons
Professional male voice
```

### Shorts from Long
```
Convert this video to Shorts:
https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ
Highlight duration: 60 seconds
```

### Shorts from Scratch
```
Make a YouTube Short about a surprising fact about sleep
Style: Casual
Female voice
```

### Tutorial Content
```
Generate a tutorial video:
Topic: How to Start Investing with $100
Length: 12 minutes
Style: Tutorial with clear steps
Voice: Friendly female
```

## Architecture

This skill combines two powerful tools:
1. **youtube-factory** - For regular video generation
2. **AI-Youtube-Shorts-Generator** - For long video to Shorts conversion

### Mode Decision Logic

```
Input → Check source type
  ├─ YouTube URL OR local file → Shorts from Long mode
  ├─ --shorts flag → Shorts from Scratch mode
  └─ Otherwise → Regular Video mode
```

## Troubleshooting

- Configure content, domain, factory, relevant, this settings before first use
- Review output quality and adjust parameters
- Monitor performance metrics during execution
- Document custom configurations for team reference
- Schedule regular runs for consistent results


### No Stock Footage
Ensure Pexels API key is set:
```bash
cat ~/.openclaw-content-factory/config.env
```

### Whisper Not Found
Install Whisper:
```bash
pip install openai-whisper
```

### YouTube Download Fails
Install yt-dlp:
```bash
pip install yt-dlp
```

### FFmpeg Not Found
Install FFmpeg:
```bash
# macOS
brew install ffmpeg

# Ubuntu/Debian
sudo apt install ffmpeg

# Windows
# Download from https://ffmpeg.org/download.html
```

## Performance Optimization

- Configure content, domain, factory, relevant, this settings before first use
- Review output quality and adjust parameters
- Monitor performance metrics during execution
- Document custom configurations for team reference
- Schedule regular runs for consistent results


### For Faster Processing
- Use WHISPER_MODEL=base instead of large
- Set shorter highlight durations
- Use SSD for temporary files

### For Better Quality
- Use WHISPER_MODEL=medium or large
- Higher resolution stock footage
- Professional voiceover from your own studio

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## License

MIT License - Feel free to use, modify, and distribute!

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## How to Use

1. Define content goal (traffic, engagement, conversion, brand awareness)
2. Research target audience pain points and search intent
3. Generate content using appropriate AI tools
4. Edit and humanize output for authenticity
5. Optimize for target platform (SEO, hashtags, format)
6. Schedule and distribute across channels
7. Measure performance and iterate

## When NOT to Use

- Task is about content strategy, not creation (use strategy skills)
- Task is about content distribution (use distribution skills)
- You need to analyze content performance (use analytics skills)
- Task is about content moderation (use moderation tools)
- You don't have content guidelines
- Task requires domain expertise (consult experts)


## Red Flags

- **AI-generated content sounds robotic**: Always run through humanizer before publishing
- **Engagement dropping week-over-week**: Content fatigue or algorithm change — vary formats
- **Duplicate content across platforms**: Adapt content per platform, don't just cross-post
- **No content calendar**: Sporadic posting kills audience retention
- **Ignoring analytics**: Content without measurement is just publishing, not marketing

## Verification

- Check readability score (target grade 8 or below for general audiences)
- Verify all images have alt text and proper dimensions per platform
- Confirm links work and point to correct destinations
- Test video/audio quality before publishing
- Validate content renders correctly on mobile devices