licenceMIT agentskill + MCP outputJSON API keynot needed

Turn any video format into a style your agent can reuse.

Point your coding agent at 5–20 videos of one format. video-dna writes a style file: hook, shot lengths, captions, music pacing, packaging. shorts-qa checks every render before you post. Everything runs on your machine, with your agent and your keys.

Install into Claude Code, Codex or Cursor

$ npx skills add yourname/video-dna

Or just tell your agent

Install this skill for me: github.com/yourname/video-dna

Then

$ video-dna extract ./refs --out style.json --json
$ shorts-qa check final.mp4 --json

Works with Claude CodeCodexCursorHyperFramesRemotionffmpeg

Two tools, one loop

Learn the format, make the video with any renderer, check it, fix it. The agent does the loop; you approve the result.

video-dna

Reads transcripts and a few frames per shot, not whole videos, so your agent spends few tokens. Formats only, never a real person's likeness.

{
  "format": "kinetic-lyric-9x16",
  "hook": "line on screen by 0.4 s",
  "median_shot_s": 0.62,
  "cuts_on_beat": 0.91,
  "captions": "2 lines, center, word pop"
}

shorts-qa

Deterministic checks with no AI model: pace, dead air, loudness, caption safe zones, first-2-second motion, platform specs.

{
  "verdict": "fail",
  "loudness_lufs": -19.8,
  "dead_air_s": [3.1, 3.9],
  "caption_safe_zone": "pass",
  "fix": "normalize to -14 LUFS; cut 3.1-3.9 s"
}

Built for agents

Every command speaks JSON and nothing paid runs without a quote.

JSON in, JSON outcontract --json tells the agent what each command takes and returns.

Dry run first--dry-run prints minutes and cost before any paid step.

Same input, same videoSeeded and deterministic, so retries and reviews are predictable.

Local first, your keysNo account needed. Bring your own generator keys if you want AI clips.

Skip the setup. Run it in the cloud.

No Chrome, ffmpeg or GPU on your side. Your agent gets an API key and an MCP endpoint.

Open source

Everything, on your machine.

video-dna and shorts-qa
Agent skill, CLI and MCP
Your own keys for AI clips
MIT licence

Install free

Most picked

Creator

$15 / month

For one person shipping weekly.

120 cloud render minutes
Cloud shorts-qa with fix list
Library of format styles
1080p, no watermark

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Studio

$49 / month

For small teams and agent fleets.

600 cloud render minutes
Agent API key and MCP endpoint
Batch QA reports
3 seats, priority queue

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Billed by Paddle. Unused minutes reset monthly. The cloud tier renders and checks only: it does not generate faces or voices and does not post to social media.