Day 01 · April 29, 2026

Training AI to be my video editor

written · edited · captioned · published — by AI

"I got outplayed on my own video."

My video on X got nearly a million views. Someone reposted it to Instagram, gave away my demo link, and got more comments than my original got likes. So instead of becoming a better editor, I'm spending 30 days teaching an AI to be one for me.

You don't need to read this

If you have Claude Code, two commands give you the same plugin I used to plan this series. Tell Claude what your show is about; it does the rest.

$ /plugin marketplace add andrewjiang/andrewislearning

$ /plugin install day-01-series-planner@andrewislearning

How the video was made

Six small Python scripts ran in sequence. Each one does ONE thing. All open-source.

Transcribe

Whisper turns the audio into word-by-word timestamps.

Tighten

Cuts dead air, long pauses, retakes. JSON config, ffmpeg executes.

Assemble

Selfie audio is the spine. B-roll clips swap in for the visual at scripted moments.

Caption

Word timestamps → ASS subtitles → burned in. Multi-word phrases stay atomic.

Polish

Audio normalize to −14 LUFS, light color grade, 1.08× pace. One ffmpeg pass.

Publish

One API call → IG Reel + TikTok in 30 seconds. No manual upload.

The script

About 50 seconds, 142 words. Same script the plugin will help you write.

Read the full spoken script

Selfie

Day 1 of training AI to be my video editor.

My video on X got nearly a million views.

B-roll: the IG repost

Someone reposted it to Instagram, gave away my demo link, and got nearly two thousand comments.

Selfie

I got outplayed on my own work. But it got me to think — I can do that. I'm not gonna become an editor. I can teach an AI to be one for me.

So here's the challenge: 30 days. Every edit through an AI agent. Every post through an AI agent. Just my phone and a laptop.

B-roll: Claude planning the series

Step one wasn't even recording. It was opening Claude. I asked it to plan the whole 30 days, beginning to end.

B-roll: writing / editing / publishing

Write. Edit. Publish. Every day.

Selfie

I'm packaging everything into a free guide and a Claude plugin. Follow and comment 'DAY 1' for the link.

The source

Browse, fork, or run any of it locally:

github repo plugin source all 6 pipeline scripts the 30-day plan

Tomorrow — Day 02

The pipeline starts ingesting raw phone footage. Follow @andrewislearning for the next 29 days.