I built a Claude Code skill that edits my YouTube shorts

I did not want to pay $300+ a month for a video editor just to add basic graphics to 60-second clips. So I built a Claude Code skill that handles it.

The stack:

1. Record raw video on phone or webcam

2. Drop it into Tella to trim silences and mistakes (5 min manually)

3. Feed the cut to my "daily short" skill in Claude Code

4. Skill writes a storyboard. Asks me for screenshots, logos, B-roll assets I want included

5. Storyboard goes to HyperFrames (a Heygen library of Claude Code skills) which spins up a local video editor and renders the final cut

HyperFrames is the part most people miss. It is not a hosted SaaS. It is a set of installable Claude Code skills. You run a single CLI command and it pulls every skill into your .claude/skills/ folder. From there your agent can drive the editor end-to-end. Adds graphics, B-rolls, sound effects, transitions.

The mental model that clicked for me: Claude is not editing the video. Claude is running a real editor for you. Same UI you would touch in Premiere, except an agent moves the timeline.

Two gotchas I hit:

- Quality drops on render unless you explicitly tell the skill to preserve the source resolution

- Captions still need a manual pass. I use the Instagram Edits app (free) for that step

Watch the full walkthrough: https://youtu.be/dRcELE4vm3s

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I built a Claude Code skill that edits my YouTube shorts