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analyze-video
Internal sub-procedure (not a standalone entry point) — the shared footage-analysis pipeline that produces audio transcripts,…
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/buttercut
The ButterCut home menu — welcome the user back, then ask what they'd like to do (start a new cut, add footage to a library, a one-off task, or something else) and hand off to the right skill. Use as the front door when the user opens ButterCut, types "buttercut" or "bc", or
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$ npx -y skills add barefootford/buttercut --skill buttercut --agent claude-codeHow it fires
How this skill gets triggered: by you, by Claude, or both.
- Fires itselfAuto-invocation. Claude auto-loads it when your prompt matches the work.Auto-invocation is when the right skill fires by itself at the right moment, driven by a FLOW.md router and a hook, instead of you invoking it by name. It is the difference between a skill being installed and a skill actually getting used.Read the full definition →
- You can call itInvoke it directly when you want it.
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The summary Claude sees to decide when to auto-load this skill.
The ButterCut home menu — welcome the user back, then ask what they'd like to do (start a new cut, add footage to a library, a one-off task, or something else) and hand off to the right skill. Use as the front door when the user opens ButterCut, types "buttercut" or "bc", or
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buttercut.SKILL.mdname: buttercut
description: The ButterCut home menu — welcome the user back, then ask what they'd like to do (start a new cut, add footage to a library, a one-off task, or something else) and hand off to the right skill. Use as the front door when the user opens ButterCut, types "buttercut" or "bc", or asks "where do I start", "what can you do", or "help me get started".
Skill: ButterCut home
This is the front door to ButterCut. Welcome the user, find out what they want, and hand off to the right skill. Don't do the work here — route to it.
What to do
1. Welcome the user back to ButterCut in a sentence — warm and brief, in an editor's voice (no developer talk). 2. Ask what they'd like to do with the **AskUserQuestion** tool. Offer these three options (the tool adds its own "Other" choice for anything else):
- **New cut** — build a roughcut, scene, selects reel, or an edit from a script.
- **Add footage** — add new clips to an existing library and analyze them.
- **Misc task** — a one-off, like pulling a clip's audio, extracting a frame, converting a file, or drafting notes.
3. Route to the matching skill based on their answer:
| they picked… | run | | --- | --- | | New cut | the `cut` skill | | Add footage | the `process-library` skill | | Misc task | the `misc-task` skill | | Other / something else | read what they wrote and run the closest skill — `create-library` for a brand-new project, or `backup-library`, `full-transcript`, etc. If it's still unclear, ask a follow-up. |
Keep it short. The point is to get the user moving, not to explain ButterCut.
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name: buttercut description: The ButterCut home menu — welcome the user back, then ask what they'd like to do (start a new cut, add footage to a library, a one-off task, or something else) and hand off to the right skill. Use as the front door when the user opens ButterCut, types "buttercut" or "bc", or asks "where do I start", "what can you do", or "help me get started".
Skill: ButterCut home
This is the front door to ButterCut. Welcome the user, find out what they want, and hand off to the right skill. Don't do the work here — route to it.
What to do
1. Welcome the user back to ButterCut in a sentence — warm and brief, in an editor's voice (no developer talk). 2. Ask what they'd like to do with the **AskUserQuestion** tool. Offer these three options (the tool adds its own "Other" choice for anything else):
- **New cut** — build a roughcut, scene, selects reel, or an edit from a script.
- **Add footage** — add new clips to an existing library and analyze them.
- **Misc task** — a one-off, like pulling a clip's audio, extracting a frame, converting a file, or drafting notes.
3. Route to the matching skill based on their answer:
| they picked… | run | | --- | --- | | New cut | the `cut` skill | | Add footage | the `process-library` skill | | Misc task | the `misc-task` skill | | Other / something else | read what they wrote and run the closest skill — `create-library` for a brand-new project, or `backup-library`, `full-transcript`, etc. If it's still unclear, ask a follow-up. |
Keep it short. The point is to get the user moving, not to explain ButterCut.
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This is the source code for the core ButterCut XML generator and video editing agent. If you love or hate Docker, have opinions on types, and have a favorite text editor, this is the spot for you.
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