diy-yt-creator

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Use when the user wants to create a new YouTube Short using one of the templates in this repo's templates/ folder. Spawns the project folder, drafts the script from a topic, generates TTS, fills the composition with real content sync'd to word-level timestamps, lints + inspects, and opens preview. Never auto-renders.

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diy-yt-creator

Zero-manual-step workflows for spawning fully-prepped HyperFrames Shorts from the templates in templates/.

When to invoke

Trigger when the user says any of:

"create / make / spawn a new short / video"
"new classic short about X" / "/diy-yt-creator:new-classic-short …"
"new archon short about X" / "/diy-yt-creator:new-archon-short …"
"new anthropic short about X" / "/diy-yt-creator:new-anthropic-short …"
Anything that asks to scaffold a vertical YouTube Short from a template in this repo

If the user does not specify a template, default to the classic template — it is brand-neutral and works for any topic.

If the user asks for a different aesthetic that doesn't have a matching template here, follow the "Adding a new template" workflow in the project's CLAUDE.md — copy one of the existing templates, swap the palette + brand strings + CTA URL, write a sibling playbook, and add a row to the table below.

Available playbooks

Playbook	Template used	Use when
new-classic-short.md	`templates/shorts/classic/`	DEFAULT. Vertical YouTube Short (1080x1920, 30fps, ~24-60s) in the Classic dev-tool dark aesthetic (bright blue + sky blue + soft indigo + teal, deep navy canvas). Use for any topic not covered by the brand-specific templates below.
new-archon-short.md	`templates/shorts/archon/`	Vertical YouTube Short (1080x1920, 30fps, ~24-60s) in the Archon dark-blue / cyan-magenta aesthetic. Use specifically for Archon workflow content.
new-anthropic-short.md	`templates/shorts/anthropic/`	Vertical YouTube Short (1080x1920, 30fps, ~24-60s) in the Anthropic dark-stage aesthetic (warm orange + cream + purple, near-black canvas). Use specifically for Anthropic / Claude content.

All three playbooks share the same 11-step shape — copy template, draft script, generate TTS, compute timings, edit HTML, lint, inspect, preview. The deltas between them are palette, brand strings, default CTA URL, and template-specific pronunciation rules.

Hard rules across every playbook

Never auto-render. Every workflow ends at npx hyperframes preview videos/<slug>. The user always triggers npx hyperframes render manually.
Never fabricate facts. Stats, dates, URLs, quotes must come from a source the user provides or that exists on the open web. If the topic has no source, ASK before drafting.
Never modify the template itself. Only edit the copy under videos/<slug>/.
Never bundle multiple videos in one run. One slug = one invocation.
Always lint + inspect before reporting done. Both must pass cleanly.
Always invoke the /hyperframes skill before editing any composition HTML — it has framework-specific rules (timeline registration, phase mutex, data-* semantics) that this skill assumes.

Open the relevant playbook file for the full step-by-step.