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claude-youtube-editor
An open-source pipeline that transforms a raw talking-head recording into a fully produced YouTube video, including cuts, visuals, voice, sound effects, thumbnail, and upload, all driven by Claude Code and Remotion.
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FR-AI / ANALYSISWhy it is worth attention
It replaces traditional video editing entirely with code, automating every step from transcription to upload, and ships with real examples and a brand customization system.
Who it is for
- YouTubers who want to automate video production
- Developers building video-generation pipelines
- Content creators with no video editing experience
- AI enthusiasts exploring agentic workflows
Use cases
- Produce a complete YouTube video from a single recording session
- Generate code-based visuals and screencasts synced to speech
- Create a consistent branded video series without manual editing
- Experiment with AI-driven video assembly and upload automation
Strengths
- End-to-end automation: from raw footage to published YouTube video
- Visuals built as Remotion TSX, enabling precise code-driven animations and UI clones
- Includes a brand setup script to customize colors, fonts, and logos
- Transparent cost breakdown with free tiers available for some services
Considerations
- Requires multiple paid API subscriptions (Claude Code, AssemblyAI, ElevenLabs, Gemini) for full use
- No built-in script writer; you must provide the spoken content
- Thumbnails require user-supplied face photos; no face detection or generation included
README quick start
claude-youtube-editor
Record the talking head. Claude Code does the rest.
An open-source pipeline that takes a raw recording all the way to a published YouTube video — the cut, the visuals, the voice, the sound effects, the thumbnail, and the upload. No video editor. No screen recording. Every screen moment you see is built as code (Remotion TSX) and composited over your cut.
📺 Watch it edit a real video, end to end: That video was made with this repo. The animations, the screencasts, the sound effects, and the thumbnail you clicked — all of it.
The six steps
| # | Step | Skill | What happens |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The cut | /clean-cut | AssemblyAI transcribes with tone + talking style, you author cuts.json from the transcript, out comes a clean master + word-level edited-transcript.json |
| 2 | The visuals | /make-tsx · /fake-screencast | Remotion shots built over the master, every reveal synced to the word times. Generated UI clones that simulate a screen recording — nothing captured |
| 3 | The voice | /clean-audio | diagnose the noise, isolate the voice, keep the levels |
| 4 | The sound | /suggest-sfx | function-first SFX landing on the exact word, from a library that grows with every video |
| 5 | The packaging | /packaging | one title × 3 thumbnail bets for YouTube's A/B test, rendered as real images |
| 6 | The upload | tools/yt_upload.py | checks itself for ghost speech + A/V drift, then uploads as a private draft |
Plus /brand-setup — makes all of it look like your channel, not the one it came from.
And /vidtsx-2d-generator — the low-level rules that keep a Remotion shot from crashing.
What you record vs what it builds
You record: yourself, talking. That's the whole shot list.
It builds: every full-screen statement, diagram, UI walkthrough, browser and terminal mockup, title card, and transition — as code, over your cut, synced to what you actually said.
Quickstart
Requirements: Claude Code · Python 3.10+ · Node 18+ ·
ffmpeg + ffprobe on PATH.
git clone https://github.com/hassancs91/claude-youtube-editor
cd claude-youtube-editor
python -m venv venv
venv/Scripts/python -m pip install -r requirements.txt # Windows (./venv/bin/pip on
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