Cut

Paths: ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR} means the folder containing this SKILL.md, and ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT} the plugin folder two levels above it.

Read ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/PRINCIPLES.md first: the rules every video in this plugin follows.

Every question goes in the question box: the AskUserQuestion tool (2-4 options, recommended first). Only in an agent without it, ask numbered questions in text.

edits/<name>/  transcript.txt (read this, never words.raw.json), spans.json (what to remove, quoted),
  candidates.md (what code flagged), paper-edit.md (the cut as text), cut-check.html (the
  transcript), review.json (notes), cut.mp4 + words.json (the render and its words).

<name> is a slug of the file name (IMG_1234.MOV -> img-1234), in the library (PRINCIPLES.md "Where"). Never modify, move or copy the source file: pass its path.