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Short-form clip finder

Score transcript chunks for hook, payoff and standalone sense, and cut the best ones.

Run it over every 30-60 second chunk of a long video's transcript. Chunks that open strong, make sense on their own and pay off before they end become your shorts; the rest are skipped.

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Under the hood

Every question and rule, in the open. Fork it to change any of them.

What it asks

Reads chunk and topic, then asks 5 questions in one call.

  1. Q1Opening hookScore

    How strong would the first sentence of the chunk be as the opening of a short video?

    1. 0Weak
    2. 1Okay
    3. 2Strong
    4. 3Irresistible
  2. Q2Stands aloneYes / no

    Does the chunk make sense without having watched the rest of the video?

  3. Q3Pays offYes / no

    Does the chunk deliver a payoff (an insight, punchline, reveal or result) before it ends?

  4. Q4EnergyScore

    How much energy or emotion is in the chunk?

    1. 0Flat
    2. 1Some
    3. 2High
  5. Q5Quotable lineYes / no quotes evidence

    Does the chunk contain a line people would quote or put in a caption?

How it decides

Rules run in code, top to bottom. The first one that matches gives the verdict.

  1. 1
    If Clip score ≥ 65Clip it
  2. 2
    If Stands alone < 0.4Skip
  3. 3
    If Clip score ≥ 45Maybe
  4. ·
    DefaultSkip
Clip score

A 0-100 score weighted from Opening hook ×3, Stands alone ×2, Pays off ×2, Energy ×1, Quotable line ×1.

Call it from your code

Every template runs as-is with an API key, no setup: POST /api/v1/judges/clip-finder/run.

curl -X POST https://tryevally.com/api/v1/judges/clip-finder/run \  -H "Authorization: Bearer $EVALLY_API_KEY" \  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \  -d '{  "input": {    "chunk": "Nobody tells you this about hiring: your first ten hires set the bar forever. We hired a brilliant jerk as employee four. Within a year, three of our best engineers had quit. The lesson? Culture isn'\''t what you write on the wall. It'\''s who you tolerate.",    "topic": "Startup lessons"  }}'

Seen in the wild

Community builds on Jev that use this pattern. Not affiliated with Evally.

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