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Edit talking-head shorts with Claude, VidIQ and ElevenLabs
Matt builds two Claude skills (script writer and editor) from his best-performing Shorts, then drops in raw A-roll and gets back cut, captioned, B-rolled video with music. Sponsored.
Matt Wolfe · YouTube · published Nov 4, 2026 · Content & Creative
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Use VidIQ to analyze my short-form videos on my channel [@channel]. Look at the best performers (script and visuals) and create a skill that writes similar scripts, plus a skill that edits my talking-head A-roll like my existing videos: cut pauses and mistakes using both transcripts and waveforms, add B-roll, animations, subtitles, and background music and sound effects with ElevenLabs.
Visual breakdown
Matt has Claude analyze his best-performing Shorts through the VidIQ connector and turn them into two skills: one that writes scripts and one that edits his talking-head footage. He records the A-roll, drops it into the chat, and gets back a cut, captioned, B-rolled video with music, then refines the skills through feedback.
The problem: Editing a short talking-head video by hand (cutting pauses and mistakes, finding B-roll, adding captions and music) takes a lot of time when you post every day.
From a link to an edited short
- Connect toolsVidIQ, Hyperframes and ElevenLabs connected to Claude; a local folder for files
- Learn your styleVidIQ finds outlier Shorts; Claude writes a script skill and an editor skill
- Script from a URLPaste a link; Claude researches, writes a script, view estimate and B-roll shot list
- Record A-rollMatt films himself reading the script, loosely, with pauses and mistakes
- Auto editTranscribes, cuts using transcript and waveform, adds B-roll, captions, music, renders and reviewsDropped: Pauses and mistakes
- Give feedbackTell it what to fix and to update the skills so future videos improve
- Finished shortEdited video with subtitles, B-roll, animations and background music
Tools connectedManual stepClaude does the workResult
What the editor skill is told to do
- Cut pauses and mistakes using both transcripts and waveforms
- Add B-roll from the source material and from the web
- Add animations, subtitles, background music and sound effects
- Work headless with ffmpeg instead of a video editor
By the numbers
67steps in one edit run
~15 minto build both skills
$20Claude monthly plan used
$1VidIQ first month via his link
Set it up yourself
Matt starts on a fresh Claude Pro account with a project called short form video editor.
- Create a Claude project and add instructions describing a world-class short-form video editor that can use VidIQ, Blender, Hyperframes, FFmpeg and yt-dlp
- Under Customize, connect VidIQ and Hyperframes, then ElevenLabs (full version for music and sound effects)
- Ask Claude to use VidIQ on your channel, study the best Shorts and create a script skill and an editor skill
- Connect a local folder and allow the network access it asks for
- Paste a URL for a script, record your A-roll, and drag the video into a new chat
- Give feedback and tell it to update the skills
The same approach works in Codex with OpenAI models, per Matt.
Gotchas and tips
- Expect several rounds: the first edit missed background music, left a mistake and had odd audio.
- If sites are blocked, open settings, Capabilities, enable creating files and internet access, and allow the blocked URLs.
- If ElevenLabs transcription fails, tell Claude to use another tool and update the skill.
- Matt treats AI scripts as a guideline and does not read them word for word.
- Run a monthly review of your outlier videos and feed it back into the skills.
Jump to the part you need
0:00AI can edit my videos1:29Example workflow: Genie 4 short4:23Raw A-roll and the 67-step edit7:17Starting from a fresh Claude account8:21Project instructions and tools11:55Prompt to build the two skills15:28Connect folder and ElevenLabs17:39Script from a Nvidia URL20:42Drop in the A-roll21:09Fixing blocks and feedback25:19Blender and monthly review loop29:16Final thoughts
Distilled from the video’s captions
How to try it
- Open Claude.
- Copy the prompt and fill in the [placeholders].
- Watch Matt Wolfe's video for the full walkthrough and setup.
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