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AI-Youtube-Shorts-Generator: Convert Videos

Name: AI-Youtube-Shorts-Generator: Convert Videos
Author: SamurAIGPT

Get viral YouTube shorts from long-form videos. For founders, with 4.3k+ GitHub stars.

From the repo · “Open-source alternative to Opus Clip, Vidyo.ai, Klap & SubMagic. Turn long-form YouTube videos into viral 9:16 shorts using LLM highlight detection, Whisper transcription, and auto vertical cropping — free, no watermarks, no per-clip credits.”

5,555 stars+178★ this week1,006 forksPythonGuide quality 8/10 · reviewed Jul 28Updated 10/22/2026100% free · open source

What it does

Turn long-form YouTube videos into viral 9:16 shorts using LLM highlight detection, Whisper transcription, and auto vertical cropping

When to use it

•You have a long YouTube video and want to create shorter, engaging clips for social media
•You need to automatically generate highlights from a long video without manual editing
•You want to create vertical videos for platforms like TikTok, Instagram Reels, or YouTube Shorts

Ready-to-paste prompt

python main.py --input_video 'path/to/your/video.mp4' --output_path 'path/to/output/folder'

Heads up: You need to have the YouTube API key and the Whisper model installed, and also ensure you have the necessary permissions to access the YouTube API

Saves to your device

Use with Claude

New

Skip the builder — one click puts this in Claude, Cursor, Antigravity and more.

🔑 Needs an API key

Works after you add credentials — the setup agent will ask you for them.

Try it instantly — no install

Claude Code

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/ai-youtube-shorts-generator && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/ai-youtube-shorts-generator/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/ai-youtube-shorts-generator/SKILL.md

Open in another AI app

Opens the app with this repo with the prompt ready to go — no copy-paste needed.

Connect the whole catalog (MCP)

claude mcp add --transport http workflowstacks https://workflowstacks.com/api/mcp

Adds a WorkflowStacks connector to Claude Code: search and load any skill here by chatting.

How AI-Youtube-Shorts-Generator: Convert Videos works

Codeflow

Free to inspect

AI-Youtube-Shorts-Generator: Convert Videos is a small Python project (~1.3k lines across 14 code files). Setup is light: install Python, add API keys, run one command. Last commit this month, MIT license, no tests found.

Size

Small codebase

~1.3k lines · 14 code files · 11 min skim

Setup

Light setup

Install Python, add API keys, run one command.

Runs on

Python

Needs API keys (.env)

Python 100%

Where to start reading

1
README.md
Start here — what it does and how to install it
2
main.py
Where the program starts running
3
requirements.txt
Dependencies and the commands it exposes
4
.env.example
The API keys and settings you must provide

What's in each folder

shorts_generator/Folder13 files

.claude/Editor / agent settings1 files

assets/Images & static assets1 files

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