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How to Edit Videos with Claude: The installs and my full prompt

The 7 installs with a check for each, my full video editing prompt, the honest test results and the fixes for when it breaks.

Charlie Hills Added 23 October 2026 · Free

What’s inside

  1. 1What it looks like
  2. 2Before you start
  3. 3Install the 7 tools (plus 2 the test added)
  4. 4Set up your video folder
  5. 5Paste my full prompt
  6. 6What happened when I tested it
  7. 7How to give notes so the next edit needs fewer

What it looks like

My 18/10 reel, edited start to finish in Claude Code. 2:44 raw take in, 53 seconds out, 18 graphics.

The three below are real outputs from my test run on 21/10/2026. One raw take in, one prompt, nothing touched by hand.

Top is my raw take (64.5 seconds). Bottom is what Claude kept (44.4 seconds). I didn't move a single one of those cuts myself.

It wrote this list before it built a single graphic. 5 false starts, 1 stutter and my first go at the call to action, gone. I'd have missed the stutter.

It checked its own work before it showed me anything. The first pass caught 2 real faults (my hook lines overlapping, and a screenshot cut off). I'd have posted both.

That’s the first part. The rest of this guide is free too.

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