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AutoClip – AI‑driven video clipping and highlight creation for founders

Name: AutoClip – AI‑driven video clipping and highlight creation for founders
Author: zhouxiaoka

AutoClip lets founders quickly generate concise video clips and highlights with AI, streamlining content repurposing for marketing and demos. Powered by Python, it’s ideal for teams needing fast, automated video editing.

From the repo · “AutoClip: AI-powered video clipping and highlight generation · 一款智能高光提取与剪辑的二创工具”

1,165 stars+11★ this week204 forksPythonGuide quality 9/10 · reviewed Oct 10Updated 9/15/2025100% free · open source

What it does

AutoClip is an AI-powered tool that automatically clips and generates highlights from videos, allowing founders to easily create engaging content.

When to use it

•When creating social media clips from long-form video content
•When generating highlights from webinar or conference recordings
•When automating video editing tasks to save time and resources

Ready-to-paste prompt

Run `python autoclip.py --input video.mp4 --output highlights.mp4 --model default` to clip a video file named `video.mp4` and save the highlights to `highlights.mp4`

Heads up: Make sure you have the necessary Python version (3.8 or later) and the required dependencies installed, as specified in the `requirements.txt` file, to avoid compatibility issues

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/autoclip-mvp && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/autoclip-mvp/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/autoclip-mvp/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 AutoClip – AI‑driven video clipping and highlight creation for founders works

Codeflow

Free to inspect

AutoClip – AI‑driven video clipping and highlight creation for founders is a large Python project (~16k lines across 58 code files, plus 3 test files). Setup is light: runs with Docker — add your API keys to .env. Last commit 13 months ago, MIT license, has a test suite.

Size

Large codebase

~16k lines · 58 code files · ~2 h to skim

Setup

Light setup

Runs with Docker — add your API keys to .env.

Runs on

Python · Docker

Needs API keys (.env)

Python 52%TypeScript 39%CSS 6%Shell 2%

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

prompt/Prompts, skills & agent definitions40 files

src/Core code — the actual logic24 files

frontend/Frontend / UI41 files

data/Data files3 files

.github/CI / automation (GitHub Actions)8 files

assets/Images & static assets4 files

tests/Tests — proof it works3 files

READMEHas testsDocumentedCI checksDocker readyMIT licenseLast update 13 mo ago

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/autoclip-mvp && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/autoclip-mvp/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/autoclip-mvp/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.

Quick Actions

Details

Creator

zhouxiaoka

Language

Python

Do this with a working workflow

Pages we wrote and tested that put a skill like this to work — importable n8n templates, outcome guides and Claude Desktop configs.

Outcome guide

Automated marketing performance reports

The workflow reads your performance metrics and writes the narrative for you — this week at a glance, what moved and why, what’s next — then sends it on schedule.

Outcome guide