claude-shorts MCP — Cas d'usage, Installer & Démo en direct

Pourquoi l'utiliser

Fonctionnalités clés

AI-scored segment extraction from long-form content
Audio-aware boundary snapping so clips don't cut mid-word
Remotion-rendered animated captions
Cursor tracking overlays for screen-capture sources
Python orchestration end-to-end

Démo en direct

Aperçu en pratique

claude-shorts-skill.replay ▶ prêt

0/0

Installer

Choisissez votre client

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json · Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "claude-shorts-skill": {
      "command": "git",
      "args": [
        "clone",
        "https://github.com/AgriciDaniel/claude-shorts",
        "~/.claude/skills/claude-shorts"
      ],
      "_inferred": true
    }
  }
}

Ouvrez Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config. Redémarrez après avoir enregistré.

~/.cursor/mcp.json · .cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "claude-shorts-skill": {
      "command": "git",
      "args": [
        "clone",
        "https://github.com/AgriciDaniel/claude-shorts",
        "~/.claude/skills/claude-shorts"
      ],
      "_inferred": true
    }
  }
}

Cursor utilise le même schéma mcpServers que Claude Desktop. La config projet l'emporte sur la globale.

VS Code → Cline → MCP Servers → Edit

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "claude-shorts-skill": {
      "command": "git",
      "args": [
        "clone",
        "https://github.com/AgriciDaniel/claude-shorts",
        "~/.claude/skills/claude-shorts"
      ],
      "_inferred": true
    }
  }
}

Cliquez sur l'icône MCP Servers dans la barre latérale Cline, puis "Edit Configuration".

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "claude-shorts-skill": {
      "command": "git",
      "args": [
        "clone",
        "https://github.com/AgriciDaniel/claude-shorts",
        "~/.claude/skills/claude-shorts"
      ],
      "_inferred": true
    }
  }
}

Même format que Claude Desktop. Redémarrez Windsurf pour appliquer.

~/.continue/config.json

{
  "mcpServers": [
    {
      "name": "claude-shorts-skill",
      "command": "git",
      "args": [
        "clone",
        "https://github.com/AgriciDaniel/claude-shorts",
        "~/.claude/skills/claude-shorts"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Continue utilise un tableau d'objets serveur plutôt qu'une map.

~/.config/zed/settings.json

{
  "context_servers": {
    "claude-shorts-skill": {
      "command": {
        "path": "git",
        "args": [
          "clone",
          "https://github.com/AgriciDaniel/claude-shorts",
          "~/.claude/skills/claude-shorts"
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}

Ajoutez dans context_servers. Zed recharge à chaud à la sauvegarde.

claude mcp add claude-shorts-skill -- git clone https://github.com/AgriciDaniel/claude-shorts ~/.claude/skills/claude-shorts

Une seule ligne. Vérifiez avec claude mcp list. Supprimez avec claude mcp remove.

Cas d'usage

Usages concrets : claude-shorts

How to turn a 90-minute podcast into 10 Shorts

👤 Podcasters and content creators ⏱ ~90 min advanced

Quand l'utiliser : You published a long episode and want a week of Shorts from it with minimal effort.

Prérequis

Node 20+ for Remotion and FFmpeg installed — nvm install 20; brew install ffmpeg
Skill cloned — git clone https://github.com/AgriciDaniel/claude-shorts ~/.claude/skills/claude-shorts

Déroulement

Transcribe and score

Process podcast_ep42.mp3 — transcribe and score candidate Short segments.✓ Copié

→ Ranked list of 20–30 candidates with timestamps and hooks
Pick and snap

Pick the top 10 and snap boundaries to clean audio breakpoints.✓ Copié

→ 10 segments with cleaned-up start/end
Render Shorts

Render vertical 9:16 Shorts with animated captions to ./shorts/.✓ Copié

→ MP4 files ready to upload

Résultat : A week's worth of Shorts generated in an afternoon.

Pièges

Captions out of sync — Use word-level timestamps from whisper — skill expects them
Same joke across 3 Shorts — Ask Claude to de-dupe by topic cluster before rendering

Combiner avec : filesystem

Build a highlight reel from a Twitch / YouTube stream

👤 Streamers, educators, conference archivists ⏱ ~60 min intermediate

Quand l'utiliser : You have a long recording and need a sampler to promote it.

Déroulement

Score peaks

Find the 15 most engaging moments based on transcript + audio energy.✓ Copié

→ Ranked peaks with timestamps and reasons
Assemble the reel

Assemble a single 60-second highlight reel with smooth cuts.✓ Copié

→ One MP4 with good pacing

Résultat : A concise reel that represents the best of the session.

Pièges

Reel has no narrative — Ask Claude to order clips for arc, not just score

Combiner avec : claude-youtube-skill

Combinaisons

Associez-le à d'autres MCPs pour un effet X10

claude-shorts-skill + claude-youtube-skill

Same pipeline feeds YouTube long-form + Shorts strategy

Pick 10 Shorts from the latest podcast and suggest YouTube Shorts titles and descriptions.✓ Copié

claude-shorts-skill + social-media-caption-generator-claude-skill

Auto-caption each Short for IG/TikTok/Threads

For each rendered Short, generate posting captions for Instagram Reels and TikTok.✓ Copié

Outils

Ce que ce MCP expose

Outil	Entrées	Quand appeler	Coût
transcribe-and-score	audio/video path	First step in any pipeline	Whisper / scoring compute
boundary-snap	segment timestamps + waveform	After scoring	audio analysis compute
remotion-render	segments + captions + style	Final step	Remotion render time
cursor-overlay	screen-capture + cursor events	For tutorials or software walkthroughs	0

Coût et limites

Coût d'exécution

Quota d'API: none beyond whisper/LLM provider
Tokens par appel: ~10–30k tokens per long-form source
Monétaire: free at the skill level; rendering uses your CPU/GPU
Astuce: Score in one pass, then batch-render overnight to avoid UI blocking

Sécurité

Permissions, secrets, portée

Stockage des identifiants : none

Sortie de données : none — local rendering

Respect the content licensing of the source you're clipping

Dépannage

Erreurs courantes et correctifs

Remotion render fails

Check Node version (20+), ensure the Remotion project compiles: npx remotion render.

Vérifier : npx remotion --version

FFmpeg: codec not found

Install a full FFmpeg build: brew install ffmpeg; confirm libx264.

Vérifier : ffmpeg -codecs | grep 264

Captions off by ~200ms

Re-run transcription with word timestamps enabled.

Alternatives

claude-shorts vs autres

Alternative	Quand l'utiliser	Compromis
claude-youtube-skill	You need YouTube strategy, not automated rendering	Strategy vs pipeline

Plus

Ressources

📖 Lire le README officiel sur GitHub

🐙 Voir les issues ouvertes

🔍 Parcourir les 400+ serveurs MCP et Skills