tesseract-video
Edit video with Tesseract
Make a deliberate edit from the user's material. Tesseract is the local editing and rendering engine; the agent supplies editorial judgment. The output is both a playable video and its editable project.
Start with the material
- Resolve this skill's root from the directory containing this
SKILL.md. Read CLI installation and check the required Tesseract version once per session. Use the resolved executable path throughout the task. Scripts and references are relative to the installed skill, not a guessed home directory or development checkout. - Read local operation. Probe the supplied media, sample frames at meaningful points, and listen to its audio using the host's available media tools. Metadata does not tell you what a shot depicts. If audio cannot be auditioned, disclose that limit rather than claiming a complete review.
- Establish the deliverable, audience, aspect ratio, duration, must-keep moments, and supplied brand assets from the request. Ask only for missing information that materially changes the edit. For a small correction, preserve the existing edit's style and scope.
- Read editorial decisions before planning a new edit. For each beat decide footage, footage with graphics, or full graphics and why. This is not a quota: do not add motion graphics just to demonstrate the engine.
For a new ad or a revision to its opening, read ad hooks. Build a visual hook in the opening seconds from the actual footage, proposition, and evidence. Consider distinct concepts, select the strongest, and map its reveal/motion and purposeful SFX to confirmed opening music cues when music is provided. Render and inspect the hook plus its handoff into the ad before polishing the rest. Preserve the scope of unrelated revisions.
Read waveform editing when music sets the pacing or when trimming talking footage. Generate and open the music waveform before planning picture timing; confirm beats, phrases, and major changes by listening and map visual arrivals to them. For speech, use overview and zoomed source waveforms to choose pause trims, protect quiet word boundaries, and retain natural breathing. Waveform markers are candidates, never automatic cut decisions.
For a substantial new video, share a concise edit plan with the source moments, their narrative purpose, graphic treatment, and audio intent. Routine authorized edits can proceed. Do not require a new approval for every local preview or revision.