Use Claude Cowork to Streamline Video Clipping and Editing

This guide explains how to use Claude Cowork to replace traditional video clipping tools. By using the provided prompt files, you can open Claude and generate your first clips in just a few minutes.

Who This Helps

• Social media marketers
• Podcasters and video editors
• Anyone with long-form video content ready to repurpose

What You’ll Create

What You Need Before Starting

• Claude Pro plan or higher
• A video file with a timestamped transcript
• The provided prompt files

Step 1: Prepare Your Workspace

Create a new folder and add the following:

• Prompt files
• Video file
• Transcript file

Step 2: Load Files Into Claude Cowork

Open the Claude app on your computer and go to the “Cowork” tab.

Click the folder icon and select your prepared folder.

Step 3: Generate Clip Ideas

Prompt Claude with:

Read the main SOP and scaffold the directory as described. Then find 10 high-impact clip ideas for review.

Claude will generate a clip-review.md file where you can evaluate each suggestion.

Step 4: Create and Edit Clips

Tell Claude which clips to generate:

• Generate clips 1, 4, and 6.

The clips will appear in the /Clips subfolder.

You can also use follow-up commands:

• Combine: Combine clips 4 and 5
• Crop: Crop clip 1 into a vertical format
• Cut: Cut 00:08:00:15 from clip 3
• Mute: Mute clip 5

Next Steps

Generating transcripts with online tools can be slow and inconsistent. Instead, you can create accurate transcripts locally using Claude Code.

Install Whisper: pip install -U openai-whisper

Then open Claude Code and use:

Use openai_whisper to transcribe this video into a .srt file with timestamps.