AutoClipper

Description

Automatically create clips and videos from media files in a specified folder. Uses Agent Swarm for intelligent task delegation and supports cron-based scheduling.

AutoClipper

Automatic Video Clip & Highlight Generator for OpenClaw.

v1.0.0 — Design draft. Automatically scan a folder for media files, create clips/highlights using ffmpeg, and organize output. Cron-ready for scheduled automation.

Installation

# Add to crontab (crontab -e)
# Run every hour at minute 0
0 * * * * /Users/ghost/.openclaw/workspace/skills/auto-clipper/scripts/run.sh

# Or run daily at 9 AM
0 9 * * * /Users/ghost/.openclaw/workspace/skills/auto-clipper/scripts/run.sh --output daily

Usage

• Screen recording highlights: Auto-clip moments from Loom/obsidian recordings
• Meeting recaps: Extract key segments from meeting recordings
• Content creation: Batch-process raw footage into short clips
• Security camera clips: Pull motion-triggered segments from camera feeds
• Gaming highlights: Auto-clip "best of" moments from recordings

# Run once (scan and process)
python3 scripts/auto_clipper.py run

# Dry run (show what would be processed)
python3 scripts/auto_clipper.py run --dry-run

# Force reprocess all files
python3 scripts/auto_clipper.py run --force

# Start continuous watcher (not cron-based)
python3 scripts/auto_clipper.py watch

# Show status
python3 scripts/auto_clipper.py status

Purpose

AutoClipper enables OpenClaw agents to automatically:

• Monitor a watch folder for new media files (videos, screen recordings, camera clips)
• Analyze media to understand what's worth clipping (via Agent Swarm delegation)
• Generate clips using ffmpeg (highlights, segments, trimmed videos)
• Produce compilations by stitching multiple clips together
• Schedule runs via cron for fully automated workflows

Architecture

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                      AutoClipper Skill                       │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│  1. Watch Folder (configurable input path)                  │
│         ↓                                                   │
│  2. Media Scanner (find new files, filter by extension)    │
│         ↓                                                   │
│  3. Agent Swarm delegation (analyze → clip strategy)             │
│         ↓                                                   │
│  4. Clip Engine (ffmpeg operations)                         │
│         ↓                                                   │
│  5. Output Organizer (save to output folder, optional SNS)  │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

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