social-short-production
Plan, produce, adapt, finish, deliver, and improve platform-ready short vertical social videos from a brief, script, transcript, or source media. Use for TikTok videos, Instagram or Facebook Reels, YouTube Shorts, LinkedIn vertical clips, and cross-platform social cutdowns when the work requires audience and objective definition, an honest hook and promise, short-form beat or shot planning, UI-safe layout, captions and accessibility, speech/music/SFX mixing, platform-specific exports, rights and AI or sponsorship disclosure, analytics-led retention iteration, or final QA and repair. Do not use
Profile →npx skills add calesthio/generative-media-skills --skill social-short-production --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
What it does
Produce an intentional short video, not merely a vertical crop. Treat each platform as a distinct playback, interface, policy, and measurement environment.
How it works
The skill instructs the agent to: define a production contract before scripting or cutting, including objective, audience, promise, source of truth, distribution, actions after viewing, constraints, and rights; create a compact brief output with key fields; build a dated platform contract and stay aware of evolving platform specs; design opening hooks and choose a structure (demonstration, explanation, problem/repair, story, expert excerpt, or announcement); convert structure into a beat-and-shot ledger with detailed beat-level planning; protect content from interface occlusion by checking official templates, overlays, and safe zones; caption content with various options (closed, open, or both) and ensure accessibility; mix speech, music, and effects following a defined sequence and adhering to loudness standards (ITU-R BS.1770-5) while testing across devices; ensure authenticity, disclosure, and rights visibility, including sponsorship disclosures, synthetic media labeling, and provenance of source IDs and licenses.
When to use it
Use when planning and producing platform-ready short vertical social videos (TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, LinkedIn vertical clips) from a brief, transcript, or source media, with attention to audience definition, hook, beat planning, accessibility, platform exports, rights, disclosures, analytics, and final QA.
What it can touch
The skill declares tools: claude-code, codex, copilot, cursor. It requires using these tools during scripting, coding, and editing tasks as described in the workflow. It also references external standards and templates for safe zones, captions, and loudness.
Caveats
It notes that documented facts come from platform guidance and standards (e.g., safe zones, captions, and disclosure rules) and emphasizes that platform specs can change and should be rechecked on export day. It warns not to treat production heuristics as universal rules and to avoid inventing product claims or guarantees beyond stated guidance.
# Social Short Production Produce an intentional short video, not merely a vertical crop. Treat each platform as a distinct playback, interface, policy, and measurement environment. ## Evidence labels Interpret guidance by its label: - **Documented fact** — stated by a platform, regulator, standard, or other primary authority. Recheck volatile facts before delivery. - **Research finding** — suppor
What does the social-short-production skill do?
Plan, produce, adapt, finish, deliver, and improve platform-ready short vertical social videos from a brief, script, transcript, or source media. Use for TikTok videos, Instagram or Facebook Reels, YouTube Shorts, LinkedIn vertical clips, and cross-platform social cutdowns when the work requires audience and objective definition, an honest hook and promise, short-form beat or shot planning, UI-safe layout, captions and accessibility, speech/music/SFX mixing, platform-specific exports, rights and AI or sponsorship disclosure, analytics-led retention iteration, or final QA and repair. Do not use
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add calesthio/generative-media-skills --skill social-short-production --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From calesthio/generative-media-skills, a repository with 112 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.