---
name: create-social-content-from-video-clips
description: "Make short clips from your real videos."
category: Personal Branding
stage: Process
definitive_article: /personal-brand
status: needs-work
---

# Create social content from video clips

Make short clips from your real videos. This guide turns a real source into short clips and clear post drafts. Start with the best complete answer and the people it should help.

**The path:** Checked source → Complete short clip → Platform post draft → Release and results

**Start when:** A usable video source needs short social versions for selected channels.

## Inputs

- [Record real customer answers](https://local-service-spotlight.github.io/task-library/?task=record-one-minute-videos-answering-customer-questions#task-record-one-minute-videos-answering-customer-questions) or another permitted source with speaker, date, transcript and exact file.
- The agreed channels, audience, main point, destination and source rights.
- Actual editing tool, caption process, current platform limits and release owner.

## Steps

1. Read the source and pick a complete idea that works without misleading cuts. Use the source’s roughly 15–60 second range as an editing target when it suits the story and placement. Preserve necessary context; split or lengthen a point that cannot be honestly shortened.
2. Cut from the real file and keep speaker, facts and sequence accurate. Do not manufacture a quote from unrelated fragments. Retain the source timestamp range and transcript so another reviewer can compare the clip with the original.
3. Add accurate captions, checking names and numbers manually against the source. Preview the face, key action, text and caption safe areas at the intended size. Review media silently with mute and volume zero; use transcript or measurements for audio checks if listening is not authorized.
4. Write each post for its actual audience and channel. Lead with the useful point, use a truthful hook and explain unfamiliar terms. A channel may need a different length or title, but do not rewrite merely to force different wording where the same message fits.
5. Choose the relevant owned destination using [entity linking, choosing the right home for a named person or topic](https://blitzmetrics.com/entity-linking/). Use a clickable post link where supported or the correct profile route where it is not. Credit or tag verified participants only when relevant and consistent with the release scope.
6. Prepare the complete media, copy and destination for review. Publish only on the channels authorized, using their supported controls. Open each actual public post after release and check the source, captions, crop and route; record unavailable or pending surfaces honestly.
7. Save the exact asset/post IDs and later date-bounded metrics in the existing content record. Keep planned, exported, posted and measured states separate. Pass comparable results to the creative-selection task rather than assuming a posted clip is a winner.

## Definition of done (QA checklist)

Quality assurance (QA) means checking the actual result against its agreed requirements. Follow the [Article Guidelines](https://localservicespotlight.com/article-guidelines/).

- [ ] Every clip carries a complete source-backed point and an exact source range.
- [ ] The actual platform preview, captions, credits and useful next route are checked.
- [ ] Only observed posts are labeled live and their later metrics retain source and period.
- [ ] The exact output, source revision, reviewer evidence and remaining owner action are saved.
- [ ] For any reader-facing output, the short grade-five opening states the reader’s useful outcome and supporting method or proof. The body delivers that promise; a useful authentic visual appears in the first screen. Retain exact text and quoted reviewer evidence.

## Example(s)

**Fictional teaching example. This is not a client result or proof of a completed run.**

A fictional baker explains why a loaf cracks. A 35-second section contains the full answer, so the editor captions it and drafts two posts. One platform does not allow the intended clickable caption link, so the draft uses the correct profile route. The post record does not claim a link that viewers cannot click.

## Handoff and Content Factory context

[Prepare paid creative from proven content](https://local-service-spotlight.github.io/task-library/?task=create-dollar-a-day-ad-creatives-from-best-content#task-create-dollar-a-day-ad-creatives-from-best-content) receives later comparable results; [Check paths to the person’s site](https://local-service-spotlight.github.io/task-library/?task=link-all-content-back-to-personal-brand-site#task-link-all-content-back-to-personal-brand-site) receives the actual post routes.

The source places this task in Process within the [Content Factory: Produce, Process, Post and Promote](https://blitzmetrics.com/content-factory/). Produce captures real sources, Process makes the selected useful assets, Post releases approved work, and Promote distributes proven work. The actual handoff above determines what this task must supply.

## Start with an agent

Give the [AI worker](https://blitzmetrics.com/build-agents/) this recipe, the real inputs, desired result and actions already authorized. Ask for the saved output, sources, checks and next owner. A [skill is a written recipe](https://localservicespotlight.com/plugin/); loading one does not prove account access or perform the task. Use the [installation guide](https://localservicespotlight.com/install/) if reusable setup is needed. A ZIP is a source snapshot, not an access grant or automatic update.

Use the app’s actual supported tools and verified file/account access. Keep a missing human verification step with its real owner. Recurring work needs its own configured job, trigger, timezone and observed result; this guide creates no schedule. Before any media playback, mute the player and set its volume to zero. If silence cannot be verified first, use captions, frames, metadata or another silent check.

## Record the real execution

Open the run record when work begins. Keep one execution ID, starting recipe revision, real inputs and current state. Write the [meta article, the record of this execution](https://blitzmetrics.com/meta-article-prompt/) with actual steps, results, checks, failures and next owner. Writing is required; public release follows existing authority. Link it to this recipe and the [Task Library](https://local-service-spotlight.github.io/task-library/).

Reuse the same execution ID for internal checks, revisions, retries and meta writing. A blocked run stays open with its dependency and owner, without an invented finish time. Dated public examples and distinct verified execution counts remain separate. Propose the smallest source-backed recipe improvement when the actual evidence reveals a defect.


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## Factory chain (do not treat this as isolated)

- **Phase:** Process
- **Importance:** 3/5 `●●●○○` — frequency 3, revenue 3, gating 2 (supporting)
- **Suggested previous station:** —
- **Suggested next station:** —
These stations are generated neighbors, not verified prerequisites or handoffs. Follow the task’s actual Inputs and Handoff sections.
- **Handoff:** Process-stage artifact examples include `transcript.md`, `gct.md`, `article.html` (or a staged draft), `clips/`, or `04-Promote-Creatives/`. These are examples, not requirements for every task. Follow this task's actual Inputs and Handoff sections for the required output, evidence, and next owner. Pass the files or records, not one vendor's memory.

## Model routing (same factory, any engine)

- **This task's lane:** `any` — Any capable chat model (Claude, ChatGPT, Grok, Gemini). SOP following, drafts, checklists.
- **Single-engine path:** Use the capable AI app you already have. Check its required tools and access before starting. Pass the actual result and proof to the next task.
- **Optional multi-engine:** A tested local model may draft; a stronger model may review facts and voice. Use supported tools for approved actions. Pick models from observed quality and cost; a model name does not prove it can run this task.
- **Never** store the working state in one vendor's memory. Files in the Content Library are the bridge.

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## Definitive article & links

- [Maintained source guide](https://blitzmetrics.com/personal-brand/)
- [This task in the Task Library](https://local-service-spotlight.github.io/task-library/?task=create-social-content-from-video-clips#task-create-social-content-from-video-clips)
- [Article Guidelines](https://localservicespotlight.com/article-guidelines/)
- [Definitive article and task recipe standard](https://blitzmetrics.com/definitive-article-guide/)
- [How recipes and run records fit together](https://localservicespotlight.com/meta-articles/)

## Review and evidence still needed

The inherited contributor status is `needs-work`. It is preserved, not promoted by this rewrite. That label alone does not prove document readiness, account access, an actual execution or a client result.

The fictional example teaches the method and does not fill a real-run evidence gap. A named semantic reviewer must check the actual opening, full method, sources and handoff. Check the useful opening visual in the normal rendered guide at the current required desktop and mobile sizes, including 1280 × 800 and 390 × 844. Source readability checks do not prove public presentation or task execution.