# Turn a folder of raw footage into a finished edit with an agent skill

PaperChase agent use case (free feed entry), version 1.0. Source: [Browser Use team (browser-use/video-use on GitHub)](https://github.com/browser-use/video-use), 2026-10-26.

## What they did

The model never watches the video. It reads a transcript with word-level timings and other extracted data, proposes an edit plan and waits for your OK, then builds the cut with ffmpeg: filler words and dead air removed, short audio fades at every cut, color grade, burned-in subtitles and overlays made with HyperFrames, Remotion or Manim by parallel subagents. It reviews the result at each cut point and keeps notes in a project file for the next session. MIT licensed.

## Worth knowing

The approval step before rendering and the self-check after are what make it usable. It needs ffmpeg and an ElevenLabs key, so footage goes to a third party for transcription; keep private recordings out of it. Star counts and features come from the repo and promoters.

## Workflow template

```text
Apply this workflow to [your project]:
1. Install ffmpeg and set up the skill by following its install file, with the agent asking you for the API key
2. Put raw takes for one video in a fresh folder
3. Ask for the edit and read the plan before you approve it
4. Review the cut at every join, then ask for specific changes
5. Keep the project notes file so the next edit starts from your choices
Stop and ask me before anything irreversible: deploys, payments, sends or deletes.
```

## Steps

1. **Install ffmpeg and set up the skill by following its install file, wit.** Install ffmpeg and set up the skill by following its install file, with the agent asking you for the API key
2. **Put raw takes for one video in a fresh folder.** Put raw takes for one video in a fresh folder
3. **Ask for the edit and read the plan before you approve it.** Ask for the edit and read the plan before you approve it
4. **Review the cut at every join, then ask for specific changes.** Review the cut at every join, then ask for specific changes
5. **Keep the project notes file so the next edit starts from your choices.** Keep the project notes file so the next edit starts from your choices

## Credit

Workflow reported by Browser Use team (browser-use/video-use on GitHub): https://github.com/browser-use/video-use
Related: https://x.com/RoundtableSpace/status/2114616770128675296

Summary and template written by PaperChaseWebb in our own words. Questions: mgmt@paperchasewebb.com