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The Rundown: In this guide, you will learn how to use Claude Cowork to replace your expensive video clipping tools, allowing you to "generate your first clips in under 5 minutes" by analyzing transcripts and processing video files locally.
Step-by-step:
- Create a new folder and add your video file, the video transcript with timestamps, and the prompt files linked here
- Open the Claude desktop app, select the "Cowork" tab, and click the folder icon to select and "Work in" your new folder
- Prompt: "Read main SOP and scaffold our directory... Then find me 10 scroll-stopping clip ideas to review," which will generate a file with potential clip ideas
- Review and tell Claude which ones to process (e.g., "Generate clip 1 and 6"), using follow-ups like "Crop clip 1 into a vertical video" to refine the output
Pro tip: You can also generate a transcript as an .srt file by installing openai-whisper (pip install -U openai-whisper) and prompting Claude Code.