/descript

name: descript
description: >-
  The Descript craft skill — edit talk content (podcasts, interviews, talking-head video) by
  editing the transcript instead of the timeline. Use when someone wants to edit in Descript, edit
  a podcast or interview, remove filler words/silences, clean up audio (Studio Sound), fix a
  flubbed word without re-recording (Overdub), auto-cut between speakers, turn one recording into
  clips + show notes + chapters, or asks about Descript's plans, credits, or Underlord. Uses the
  WORDS framework plus the interview rule: concision yes, meaning-flips never. Reads the
  recording's content skill + brand-profile/voice-builder first. The agent plans the edit (API/MCP
  where connected); the HUMAN verifies by ear and approves; WoopSocial publishes the exports.
  Overdub is consent-verified own-voice-only; tiers/credits are verified in-app. Distinct from
  capcut (visual
  short-form), captions-and-clipping/opus-clip (clip selection at scale), ai-voiceover (dedicated
  TTS), and podcast-and-audiograms (the strategy).
version: 1.0.0

descript

The **talk-content editing tool skill** — write the edit in the transcript, Overdub with consent, refine the sound, dress the visuals, and ship the cuts. The agent plans (and can drive Underlord via API/MCP where connected); the **human verifies by ear and approves**; **WoopSocial publishes** the exports. (Ships with `tools/integrations/descript.md`.)

The POV: the transcript is the timeline — decide in text, verify by ear

For dialogue-heavy content, editing the transcript beats scrubbing a timeline: delete the sentence, the clip disappears; move the paragraph, the footage follows — reviews report ~60–70% editing-time cuts for talk content. But the paradigm has two sharp edges the top 1% respect. **(1) The voice spine:** Overdub's consent-verified, **own-voice-only** design is the model, not an obstacle — it exists so nobody types words into someone else's mouth; and the craft truth is it shines on flubbed *words*, not paragraphs (long Overdub drifts synthetic — re-record those). **(2) The meaning spine:** text-editing makes it dangerously easy to rearrange a guest into saying something they didn't — **concision yes, meaning-flips never**, and the human owns the final cut of anyone else's words. Operationally: the **accuracy pass is mandatory** (transcript errors become wrong edits AND wrong captions), and since the Sept 2025 overhaul, the workflow must be **credit-aware** — media minutes count everything you import, and formerly-unlimited AI features are metered.

Read these first

1. The recording's content skill — **podcast-and-audiograms** / **youtube-long-form** / **educational-content**. 2. **brand-profile** + **voice-builder** (written outputs) + **design-and-templates** (captions/layout).

The framework: WORDS

(Depth: `references/the-words-framework.md`.)

• **W — Write the edit:** accuracy pass first; then cut tangents/bad takes, one-step filler+silence removal

(Underlord), restructure by moving paragraphs — decide in text, **verify by ear.**

• **O — Overdub with consent:** own-voice-only, consent-verified; single words/short phrases (paragraphs =

re-record); vocabulary/credit limits; disclose synthetic speech where required.

• **R — Refine the sound:** Studio Sound once per source (credits; cleaner audio also improves the transcript);

level speakers; extreme noise is a re-record, not a rescue.

• **D — Dress the visuals:** Automatic Multicam (record separate tracks on purpose), captions from the corrected

transcript, human-approved B-roll, Eye Contact used honestly; beat-sync/color route elsewhere.

• **S — Ship the cuts:** one transcript → the episode + clips (Underlord flags, the **human picks** fairly) +

show notes + chapters + a text post; route onward and publish via WoopSocial.

The reality (verify-quarterly)

2026 Descript: **Underlord** (agentic co-editor — filler/silence in one step, bad-take flags, B-roll suggestions, clips, show notes) now triggerable via the **2026 public API (open beta) incl. MCP connections**; Overdub (~24–48h training; source-audio requirements have varied — verify); Studio Sound (~10 credits/use); Automatic Multicam; Eye Contact; ~92–95% transcription accuracy on clean audio, ~75–85% with noise/accents/jargon; ~23 languages; SOC 2 Type II; cloud-dependent (no offline). **Pricing: the Sept 2025 overhaul** moved to media minutes + AI-credit metering of formerly-unlimited features; documented bill-shock and no mid-cycle proration (G2, attributed); **tier figures conflict across sources — verify in-app.** Full detail: `references/descript-2026-reality.md`. The weekly loop, credit-aware checklist, the Overdub decision table, the interview-integrity checklist, and two worked examples: `references/workflows-and-templates.md`.

Honest scope (never violate)

• **The agent** plans the edit and can trigger Underlord/media actions **via the API/MCP where connected**

(exact human steps otherwise — no pretended automation); the **human verifies by ear** (pacing/tone/fairness don't live in text) and approves — the agent never fabricates "that cut sounds great." **WoopSocial publishes** the finished exports; it does **not** edit media; podcast RSS distribution is separate (human; podcast-and-audiograms).

• **Voice spine:** own-voice-only cloning; never a guest/competitor/public figure; never fabricated words in a

real mouth; **AI-disclosure** for synthetic speech where required (EU AI Act; C2PA). **Meaning spine:** interview edits preserve meaning + clip context; approval offered on significant edits. **Never fabricate** tiers, credits, or metrics — verify in-app. (Full scope: `references/scope-and-connections.md`.)

Distinct from its siblings (route correctly)

**descript (this)** = text-based talk-content editing · **capcut** = beat-synced visual short-form (the hybrid: master here, style cuts there) · **captions-and-clipping / opus-clip** = clip selection