A podcast, a live, a class or a long talk is full of short clips. This guide uses a free transcript and one prompt to find them, score them and write the hook text for each.
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Most people who record a podcast or a live never clip it, because finding the good moments means rewatching the whole thing. Nobody has time for that.
AI is great at the finding part. Give it the transcript and it can read an hour of talking in seconds, pull the moments that stand on their own, and tell you exactly where they start and stop. You just cut where it tells you.
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Paste this into ChatGPT or Claude, then paste your transcript under it. If it's very long, split it into halves and run each one.
You are a short-form video editor. Below is the transcript of a long video, with timestamps. Find the best moments to cut into short clips for Reels, TikTok and Shorts. Who watches my videos: [YOUR IDEAL CUSTOMER] A good clip: - Makes sense on its own, with no context from earlier - Starts on a strong line, not "so" or "and" - Makes one point only - Has a story, a strong opinion, a surprising fact, or a clear how-to - Ends when the point lands - Is 20 to 60 seconds long Find up to 20 clips. For each one give me: 1. Start and end timestamp 2. The first and last words, quoted exactly 3. A score from 1 to 10 for how well it would hold a stranger 4. Hook text to put on screen, under 8 words 5. Why it works, in 5 words Sort them best score first. Only use what I actually said. Do not invent anything. Transcript: [PASTE YOUR TRANSCRIPT WITH TIMESTAMPS]
Take the clips that scored 7 or higher. In a free editor like CapCut, or whatever app you already use:
Don't dump 20 clips in one day. Post one a day, mixed in with your normal videos. Put your top scorers first, since they're the best bet to bring in new people.
Every long video you record from now on is a few weeks of clips. Start thinking of your podcast or live as the shoot, and the clips as the posts.
A stranger gets it in the first 3 seconds with no setup.
Starts with a claim, a number or a story. Never "so yeah".
If the moment wanders into a second idea, cut before it does.
A laugh, a strong opinion, a "wait, really?" fact. Flat explaining rarely clips well.
It lands on a line that sounds like a finish, not a pause.
If you pointed at a screen or held something up, those moments often clip well.
| Source | Where it lives | What clips well |
|---|---|---|
| Podcast or interview | Your podcast host or YouTube | Stories and strong opinions |
| Instagram or TikTok live | Save the replay before it expires | Answers to viewer questions |
| Online class or talk | Your Zoom or Meet recordings | Step-by-step how-tos |
| Sales or customer call (with permission) | Your call recorder | The objections you answer every week |
| A talk at an event | Ask the organizer for the file | Your best one-liners |
Our AI content team does this step for clients: editing. See how
AI can find the moments. Someone still has to cut each one, frame it, add the hook, write the caption, and post it on the right day on every app. That's the part that keeps most long videos sitting in a folder.
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