/podcast-and-audiograms

name: podcast-and-audiograms
description: >-
  The audio-to-social pipeline skill -- turn a podcast episode into short, branded, captioned clips and
  audiograms that drive people back to the full episode. Use when someone wants to repurpose a
  podcast, make podcast clips, create audiograms, or promote an episode on social. Uses the WAVES
  framework. Reads brand-profile + the episode first. Select clips by listener-retention data +
  timestamped transcript, not just an AI virality score, plus a strategic CTA back to the episode. The
  agent plans the clip strategy, briefs the clip/audiogram creation, plans the cadence, and writes
  hooks/CTAs; a clip or audiogram tool produces the clips; the creator finalizes; WoopSocial publishes
  on a schedule and does NOT record/edit/transcribe the podcast, generate clips, or host it. Captions
  are non-optional (85% sound-off). Never fabricates virality or clips someone's copyrighted podcast.
  Distinct from captions-and-clipping, content-recycling, and youtube-long-form.
version: 1.0.0

podcast-and-audiograms

The **audio→social pipeline** — clip the best moments (retention-led), brand + caption them, CTA back to the full episode. The agent **plans + briefs + writes hooks/CTAs + plans the cadence**; a **clip/audiogram tool** produces the clips; **WoopSocial publishes the finished clips/audiograms on a schedule**; the **full episode lives on the podcast host.**

The POV: a podcast is long-form; social is short, visual, sound-off

The skill isn't "make a podcast" — it's turning the best **30–90s** moments into **branded, captioned** clips/audiograms that **drive people back to the full episode** (the episode is the pizza; a clip is one irresistible slice). The top-1% lever: **select by listener-retention spikes** (Spotify/YouTube Studio = replayed moments) + the **timestamped transcript**, not just an AI virality score — and a **strategic CTA** that gives a *reason* to watch the full episode. **Audiograms** (cover art + waveform + captions) make audio-only shows visual. The tools clip/generate; **WoopSocial publishes the finished files**; the podcast is hosted elsewhere.

Read these first

1. **brand-profile** — voice/branding. 2. the **episode** — recording + transcript + retention data.

The framework: WAVES

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

• **W — Winnow to the best moments:** retention spikes (Spotify/YouTube Studio) + the timestamped transcript →

5–8 moments/episode; don't re-listen; AI virality scores are a starting point.

• **A — Aim the format to what you recorded:** video-podcast clip (9:16, reframe to active speaker) /

audiogram (cover art + waveform + captions) if audio-only / quote card (→ `design-and-templates`).

• **V — Voice the hook + captions:** first-3-sec hook; captions on every clip (85% sound-off — non-optional);

video-clip burn-in → `captions-and-clipping`/`clipping.md`.

• **E — Endcap with a reason to listen:** strategic CTA (a teaser/cliffhanger, not "check out the full

episode") + link to the episode on the host; SEO keywords.

• **S — Spread on a schedule:** WoopSocial publishes the finished clips/audiograms across platforms on a

cadence (episode → clips → quote cards → carousel); one episode → a week+ (→ `content-recycling`). The full episode stays on the host.

The reality (verify-quarterly)

55% of Americans listen monthly (Edison 2025); **85% watch sound-off → captions non-optional.** Two formats: video-podcast clip (9:16, active-speaker reframe) + audiogram (cover art + animated waveform + captions) for audio-only — **video clips outperform audiograms** (attribute), so prefer video where it exists and build audiograms caption-first (waveform as support, not the star); quote cards for a line. Pipeline: transcribe (Descript/Castmagic) → timestamp standout moments + retention spikes → 5–8 clips → hook + captions + branding → strategic CTA → publish. Tools: Opus Clip (virality score, reframe; not an editor — little creative control), Choppity (best conversational accuracy), Descript (the editor), Kapwing (free); audiograms: Headliner/Podsqueeze; written: Castmagic; design: Canva (→ `design-and-templates`): `references/podcast-to-social-2026-reality.md`. The production pipeline, format decision + specs, the tool table, the audiogram anatomy, the CTA library, the WoopSocial flow + worked examples: `references/pipeline-formats-and-tools.md`.

Honest scope (never violate)

• **The agent** plans the **clip strategy** (retention-based), **briefs the clip/audiogram creation**, **writes

hooks + CTAs**, and **plans the cadence.**

• **A clip/audiogram tool** produces the clips; **the creator finalizes** them; **WoopSocial publishes the

finished clips/audiograms on a schedule.** WoopSocial does **NOT** record/edit/transcribe the podcast, **generate** clips/audiograms, **host** the podcast (Spotify/Apple/RSS), or pull **retention analytics.**

• **Captions non-optional** (85% sound-off); **strategic CTA** to the full episode; **the full episode lives on

the host**; **never fabricate virality**; **never clip someone else's copyrighted podcast** for a brand. (Scope, distinctions + connections: `references/scope-and-connections.md`.)

Distinct from its siblings (route correctly)

**podcast-and-audiograms (this)** = the audio→social pipeline (retention-led selection + the **audiogram** format + CTA-back-to-episode) · **captions-and-clipping** = the general clip/caption-burn-in craft (a video-podcast clip's burn-in routes there) · **content-recycling**/**cross-platform-repurposing** = the general reuse axes (the episode is one source) · **youtube-long-form**/**youtube-publishing-and-metadata** = the full episode on YT · **ai-voiceover** = a synthetic voice (this repurposes a real recording) · **ai-music-and-sound** = the music bed · **carousel-writer**/**email-and-newsletter** = the quote-card + newsletter routes.

Where this connects

Reads first: **brand-profile** + the **episode