UnlockAI: Editor Agent

You are setting up my computer for a video-editing workshop. Do everything
yourself; only ask me when you need a choice or a password. Steps:

1. Detect my operating system, then check the package manager exists:
   - Mac: if "brew" is missing, install Homebrew with its official
     installer script (it will ask for my password), then activate it:
     eval "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)"
   - Windows: check "winget --version" once. If winget is missing, hangs,
     or errors, do NOT install it and do NOT open the Microsoft Store —
     nothing in this setup needs winget itself. Just use the direct
     downloads in steps 2–3 instead.
   If bootstrapping fails, read
   https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Kusalin-T/unlockai-editor-agent/main/SETUP-HELP.md
   and follow its direct-download fallbacks; as a last resort open the
   relevant download page in my browser so I can install it by hand.
2. Make sure real ffmpeg is installed:
   - Mac: brew install ffmpeg
   - Windows with winget: winget install Gyan.FFmpeg
   - Windows without winget: download
     https://www.gyan.dev/ffmpeg/builds/ffmpeg-release-essentials.zip ,
     extract it, and copy the archive's inner bin folder to C:\ffmpeg\bin
     (so C:\ffmpeg\bin\ffmpeg.exe exists) — the tools look there.
   Never install imageio-ffmpeg or any "python ffmpeg" package — those
   builds cannot burn subtitles. After installing, use a fresh shell so
   PATH updates apply.
3. Make sure Python 3.11+ is installed:
   - Mac: brew install python@3.12
   - Windows with winget: winget install Python.Python.3.12
   - Windows without winget: download the official Python 3.12 installer
     from python.org and run it with the flags /quiet PrependPath=1 —
     then use a NEW terminal so python is on PATH.
4. Download https://github.com/Kusalin-T/unlockai-editor-agent/archive/refs/heads/main.zip
   and unzip its CONTENTS directly into the current working folder
   (Documents/butabuilds-workshop-editor — the folder this session is
   already working in). No extra nested folder. Work here from now on.
5. Install the Python packages: python -m pip install -r requirements.txt
6. Copy .env.example to .env, then OPEN the .env file for me in a
   simple text editor (Windows: notepad .env / Mac: open -e .env).
   Do NOT ask me to paste the key into this chat. I will paste it into
   the file myself, right after GROQ_API_KEY=, and save. Tell me when
   the editor is open, then WAIT until I say "done". After I say done,
   read .env and confirm a key is present (it starts with gsk_) —
   if it's missing, reopen the file and wait again.
7. Run: python tools/verify_setup.py — and fix anything that fails.
8. Start the timeline UI in the background: python butacut/serve.py
   — then open http://127.0.0.1:8766 in my default browser.
9. When every check passes, say "READY" and show me the check output.

I want to edit the sample video. First, get me the words: transcribe the sample video so every word has its exact time. Use Groq cloud transcription with the key in .env — I approve uploading the audio to Groq, so don't stop to ask.

Look at the tools in this folder. I want to cut the silent parts from the sample video — which tool does that? Run it.

The silence cut isn't tight enough: it counted some background noise as me talking, and it left the pauses too long. Run the silence-cut tool again with stricter settings — raise --threshold one step so background noise counts as silence, and lower --min-silence to 0.2 so shorter pauses get cut too. Replace the previous cut and tell me the before/after duration — I'll check the timeline in ButaCut.

When I mess up a line I repeat the same word or phrase. Find every repeated take in my transcript: consecutive identical words or phrases (ignore case and punctuation, at least 2 characters, repeats within 2.5 seconds of each other). Keep only the LAST occurrence and cut the earlier ones by updating the keeps in the project file, per section 6 of butacut/edit-contract.md: pad the cut 0.05s before the flubbed take, end it 0.03s before the kept take, and never let a cut eat a word that stays in. List every cut you made with its timestamp — I'll restore anything you got wrong in ButaCut.

Turn the transcript into subtitles — one big word at a time, timed to exactly when I say each word (the burst style, the tool's default).

Read my transcript and find every moment where I SAY an effect name: "zoom in", "zoom out", "whoosh", "sound effect", "pop up". Write fx/sfx events into the project file (edit.json) exactly per section 6 of butacut/edit-contract.md: each event fires at that word's start timestamp. "Zoom in" ramps ease-out over ~0.5s to 1.3x and HOLDS until I say "zoom out", which releases back to 1.0 — pair them, and add the whoosh sound to both. "Whoosh" plays assets/sfx/whoosh.mp3, "sound effect" plays assets/sfx/ding.mp3, "pop up" is a card pop-up plus assets/sfx/pop.mp3. Zoom scales only the video — subtitles stay unzoomed. Show me the events on the ButaCut timeline before rendering anything.

I just finished fixing my first cut — I made changes in ButaCut and asked you for corrections in this chat. Re-read the project file (edit.json), compare it with what you originally wrote, and go back through my corrections. List every issue I had to fix, then identify the RECURRING ones and the exact fix that worked for each (example: a subtitle staying on screen after the word is already finished → end each subtitle at the word's end timestamp, not at the next word's start). Save the recurring issues and their fixes to review-notes.md — we'll bake them into my skill next.

Save the pipeline we just ran as a reusable skill named butabuilds-editor-skill. Look back through this whole conversation and collect every step we ran, every preference I stated, and every correction I made along the way — those are my editing preferences. Write them into the skill file together with the tools, the settings that worked, and the recurring fixes from review-notes.md, so next time I only have to say "edit this video".

Update butabuilds-editor-skill so it chooses effects intelligently for real videos instead of only adding them when the transcript literally says an effect name. Add an effect-planning checkpoint after transcription, cuts, and subtitles but before any fx/sfx are written: read the transcript and propose a short plan for where zoom in, zoom out, whoosh, sound effect, or pop up would strengthen emphasis, pacing, or clarity. For each suggestion, show the timestamp, the transcript phrase, the effect, and one short reason. Use effects sparingly; it is okay to suggest none. Show me the plan and wait for my approval or changes. Only after I approve may you write the effects to edit.json and render. Save this rule in the skill.

delete the final version. now edit the sample video again with butabuilds-editor-skill

[video path] edit this video with butabuilds-editor-skill

Here is the error: [paste]. Fix it, then run the setup check again and show me the result.

Upgrade this workshop project with a separate Remotion workspace. Preserve every existing ButaCut, Python, footage, skill, and output file; do not replace the current workflow.

1. Detect my operating system and architecture. Check node, npm, and npx. If any are missing, install the current Node.js LTS (not Current) from official sources only: on Mac use Homebrew or the official Node installer; on Windows use "winget install OpenJS.NodeJS.LTS" or the official nodejs.org MSI. Open a fresh shell and verify all three versions.
2. From the current project root, create "remotion-studio" with:
   npx create-video@latest --yes --blank --no-tailwind remotion-studio
   Keep it inside this project and do not create or keep a nested Git repository.
3. Install the official Remotion skill at project scope:
   npx skills add remotion-dev/skills --skill remotion-best-practices
   Choose the agent I am using if prompted.
4. Configure a vertical starter composition named CreatorVideo at 1080x1920, 30fps, with public/media, src/components, src/compositions, and out folders. Add scripts for Remotion Studio, a one-frame still, a full render, and typecheck. Use frame-driven Remotion animation, not CSS animation.
5. Add a rule to butabuilds-editor-skill: keep transcription and cut decisions in ButaCut/FFmpeg; use Remotion for captions, motion graphics, overlays, compositing, and final rendering when it improves the result. Before rendering, show which layer each tool will handle and wait for my approval.
6. Install dependencies, run typecheck, render a still to out/setup-check.png, start Remotion Studio in the background, open it in my browser, and say READY only when every check passes. Show the versions, paths, and check results.