Video Add Content Cards

Use when an understood video project needs selective transcript-timed titles, lower-thirds, statistics, lists, quotes, chapter cards, or calls to action authored as HyperFrames HTML graphics.

Turn approved semantic moments into one coherent HyperFrames graphics overlay. Use shared evidence and the canonical timeline; do not re-transcribe or re-analyze the source inside this skill.

Dependencies

/video-understand is a prerequisite. Run it first so cards use validated semantic evidence and the canonical timeline. Before starting, verify that it is installed. If it is not, warn the user that this prerequisite is missing and stop before processing media.

Require ffmpeg on PATH, Python, and Node.js >= 22 (for npx hyperframes, fetched on demand). hyperframes render/snapshot drives a headless Chrome — it manages its own chrome-headless-shell, and falls back to a system Chrome (set CHROME to override) when the cached one is unusable. Check these before processing media.

Inputs

• work/project.json: operation revisions and dependencies
• work/understand/understanding.json: reviewed semantic moments and evidence
• work/timeline.json: source-to-program mapping, or an identity timeline when no cut exists
• optional selected color-grade revision when contrast or palette is judged against that look

The skill is valid without a cut or color grade. Declare only dependencies actually consumed and record their current revisions in based_on.

Working Files

text

work/content-cards/cards-plan.json          # durable editorial plan
work/cache/content-cards/index.html         # code-is-the-edit composition
work/cache/content-cards-overlay.mov        # transparent render contribution
review/03-content-cards/card-stills/        # one useful still per card
review/03-content-cards/content-cards-preview.mp4  # optional short cue windows
review/03-content-cards/content-cards-summary.md
review/03-content-cards/content-cards-review.html  # local candidate review board
review/03-content-cards/content-cards-review-assets/  # one source frame per candidate
review/03-content-cards/content-cards-review.json  # validated human choices

The reusable review page is committed at skills/video-add-content-cards/assets/content-cards-review.html. The populated HTML, screenshots, overlay, and preview renders are reproducible. Keep the plan outside cache/. It must contain every visible string, timing, placement, visual-treatment value, renderer composition path, renderer asset path, and source FPS needed to regenerate the disposable HTML and alpha assets after deleting work/cache/. Record one plan-level renderer_recipe with the source example/template, composition output path, render engine, and every local runtime asset's output path, exact version, origin, and SHA-256. A cached HTML file or downloaded script with no durable recipe does not satisfy regeneration.

Workflow

1. Interview before drafting

Read understanding.json and the active timeline first. Count eligible graphic moments and calculate the target card count recommendation before interviewing:

text

min(eligible moments, max(1, round(program minutes / 0.75)))

This is a target, not an automatic truncation rule. Before asking any question, open the real animated examples yourself with the native command for the current OS. Run exactly one:

powershell

# Windows PowerShell
Start-Process (Resolve-Path 'skills/video-add-content-cards/examples/gallery-animated.html')

bash

# macOS
open skills/video-add-content-cards/examples/gallery-animated.html

# Linux desktop
xdg-open skills/video-add-content-cards/examples/gallery-animated.html

If the command fails, diagnose and retry it. Do not replace this action with a URI or ask the user to find and click the file. The gallery compares all five themes and can focus one column with its native picker:

Theme	Starting character
almanac	warm cream, serif, considered
teal	dark broadcast, cyan accent
editorial	documentary, ink and amber
dotgrid	pixel-mono, technical
apex	high-energy sports, red accent

Ask exactly one question at a time in this order:

1. Which theme should this edit use?
2. What target card count should this edit use? Offer the calculated recommendation as default.
3. Which card types must be included? Offer intro, key-quote, stat, list, and outro; default to none.

Present + STOP after each question. After the third answer, summarize the theme, target count, required types, and any user-supplied notes; ask for confirmation. If the user cancels, retain analysis, leave the operation draft, and do not author or render cards.

2. Draft cards from shared understanding

powershell

python skills/video-add-content-cards/scripts/build_cards_plan.py `
  work/understand/understanding.json `
  work/timeline.json `
  work/content-cards/cards-plan.json `
  --target-card-count 6 `
  --theme editorial `
  --must-include-type stat `
  --notes "Keep product names verbatim"

The script maps kept semantic moments into program time and omits moments removed by the cut. It preserves source ranges and evidence references, clamps duration to the containing clip, and marks copy/placement/visual treatment as draft. The confirmed interview is stored as brief in cards-plan.json. Repeat --must-include-type for multiple values; omit flags that do not apply. Older optional brief fields remain accepted for compatibility but are not part of the normal interview.

3. Make editorial choices

Read the evidence at each card time. Correct ASR names and numbers, prune weak candidates, write concise copy, choose placement that clears faces and captions, and approve the visual treatment. Never treat analyzer text as final copy.

Store all on-screen copy under copy.display (for example eyebrow, title, and detail), not only a summary or suggested title. Set placement.face_clearance to verified only after reviewing a composited still, and store that still's protocol-relative path in placement.review_still. Store the HyperFrames composition, alpha asset, and exact rational FPS under renderer.

Use these mappings as a starting point:

Semantic kind	Card type
hook	intro
key-point, quote, question	key-quote
stat	stat
list	list
cta	outro

repetition, tangent, and risk are editorial evidence, not automatic cards.

Keep all evidence-backed candidates at this stage. Aim for the brief's target card count, but allow a stronger or sparser set when the evidence warrants it.

4. Review and apply candidate choices

Generate a project-specific browser review after the candidate plan exists. Pass the source video aligned to the plan's source_range and the active timeline. The script clamps each evidence midpoint to its containing retained clip, then populates the committed template with one corresponding source frame per candidate:

powershell

python skills/video-add-content-cards/scripts/build_review_page.py `
  work/content-cards/cards-plan.json `
  review/03-content-cards/content-cards-review.html `
  --video input/source.mp4 `
  --timeline work/timeline.json

Immediately open the populated review yourself with the native command for the current OS. Run exactly one:

powershell

# Windows PowerShell
Start-Process (Resolve-Path 'review/03-content-cards/content-cards-review.html')

bash

# macOS
open review/03-content-cards/content-cards-review.html

# Linux desktop
xdg-open review/03-content-cards/content-cards-review.html

If the command fails, diagnose and retry it; do not ask the user to locate the file. The page shows each source frame, card ID, program time, editable copy, and placement. Every candidate starts unselected with placement set to bottom. Changing placement moves a gray card proxy over the real frame so collision risk is visible before approval. The user selects cards, edits copy, chooses placement, clicks Copy summary, and pastes the visible summary back into the conversation.

Present + STOP. Wait for the pasted selection summary. Do not author HTML from unchecked draft candidates. Convert the summary into review/03-content-cards/content-cards-review.json: write one entry for every plan card, mark summary IDs selected with their chosen copy and placement, and mark all other IDs unselected with their current draft copy and an empty placement. Then apply the validated review:

powershell

python skills/video-add-content-cards/scripts/apply_cards_review.py `
  work/content-cards/cards-plan.json `
  review/03-content-cards/content-cards-review.json

The apply step rejects unknown, duplicate, or missing card IDs, blank selected copy, and invalid placement without changing the plan. On success it keeps selected cards and marks their copy, placement, visual treatment, and top-level review approved. Read the resulting selected count against the brief target before continuing.

5. Author one HyperFrames composition

Use one index.html and a paused GSAP timeline. Each approved card becomes one .clip keyed by the plan's program_start_s and duration_s. Keep motion seek-safe and derive timing from data attributes rather than wall-clock timers.

Start from the closest repository example:

• examples/index-almanac.html
• examples/index-apex.html
• examples/index-dotgrid.html
• examples/index-editorial.html
• examples/index-teal.html

Keep one visual language across all cards. Use edge anchoring, a card or scrim for legibility, source-relative sizing, and enough contrast against the selected grade. Do not cover the speaker or captions.

Pass the source FPS explicitly; preserve fractional rates such as 24000/1001 rather than rounding to 24 or 30. On Windows use npx.cmd, a project-local npm cache, and local assets:

powershell

$env:npm_config_cache = "$PWD/work/cache/npm"
npx.cmd hyperframes lint
npx.cmd hyperframes validate

Do not depend on remote fonts, images, scripts, or styles at render time.

The approved plan must preserve the exact style and motion values used by the composition, not prose labels such as edge-slide alone. At minimum record panel geometry and padding, colors, borders, type sizes/weights/line heights, and the enter/rule/text/exit durations, offsets, staggers, and easing. This makes the creative HTML reproducible from the plan rather than a hidden decision stored only in disposable cache.

6. Review small artifacts

Capture a still near the middle of every cue by compositing the card over the actual base-video frame at that timestamp. Transparent-only HyperFrames screenshots prove alpha, not face clearance, and are insufficient for approval. Render short motion windows only for timing or transition decisions. Do not render a full preview by default.

Check:

• copy is true to its evidence_ref;
• source and program times map correctly;
• text is legible and fits;
• faces and captions remain clear;
• animation lands on the spoken phrase;
• alpha is transparent outside card regions.

Present + STOP. Show the card stills and any short motion windows, name the card IDs, and wait for approval. Do not render the full overlay while copy, placement, or timing is disputed.

Every approved cue must have a matching composited still in review/03-content-cards/card-stills/, face_clearance: "verified", and the still path in the plan. Record the review result in review/03-content-cards/content-cards-summary.md.

7. Render the transparent contribution

Prefer one short alpha MOV per cue so a few seconds of graphics do not create a full-program transparent video. Render each at the source dimensions and exact source FPS, then declare a render contribution with its program-time window. A single full-length sparse overlay remains valid only when it is demonstrably smaller or required by the composition.

Record this operation contribution in project.json:

json

{
"target": {"sequence": "main", "scope": "graphics"},
"effects": {
  "changes_timeline": false,
  "changes_geometry": false,
  "changes_video_pixels": false,
  "changes_audio": false,
  "adds_track": "graphics"
},
"check": {
  "status": "pass",
  "report": "../review/03-content-cards/content-cards-summary.md"
},
"render": [
  {
    "kind": "overlay",
    "asset": "cache/content-cards/card-001.mov",
    "start_s": 12.5,
    "duration_s": 4.0
  }
]
}

The shared renderer offsets each short clip to start_s, limits it to duration_s, and composites it after base-video grading. Keep the operation's outputs and each card's renderer.asset consistent with these declared assets.

Set the operation to approved or verified only after card review and update its integer revision when the plan, timing, or selected input changes. The shared renderer performs the final composite after all active operations pass based_on checks:

powershell

python skills/video-understand/scripts/build_render_plan.py .
python skills/video-understand/scripts/render_project.py work/render/render-plan.json

Combining With Captions

Treat captions and cards as separate overlay contributions. Resolve their placement conflict before rendering, then composite them in declared sequence in the shared delivery pass. Keep captions at the bottom and move cards to the top when both would occupy the same safe area.