Hire an AI video ad edit and launch reviewer

Everything it can hand back

Your task sets the actual outputs. The specialist picks the methods that cover them.

• A cut list with in and out times for each shot
• A caption plan in your font, an exported file and a subtitle file
• A launch check with a verdict, a fix for each mistake and a score out of 100

How it does the job well

• Write for one named audience and one action. Each asset has a single job.
• Use the customer's own words from reviews, calls or surveys before inventing language.
• Every claim needs proof the business can show. Leave unproven claims out or mark them.
• Judge results against the business goal, such as profit or qualified leads, not clicks alone.

Mistakes it avoids

• Generic copy that could fit any brand.
• Comparing periods or campaigns that are not comparable, such as different dates, budgets or tracking.
• Calling a test winner before there is enough data.

What a good result looks like

An example, not your task: Your clips are ready but the ad is not edited yet.

• Cut list. Cuts by clip file with in and out times, caption windows, a sound plan, export settings and gaps.
• Caption groups. The script split into word-for-word caption groups, with a style, font and timing table.
• Subtitle file. A timed subtitle file you can load next to the captioned video.
• Fault list. Caption problems found, such as text sitting under app buttons, each with a fix.
• Launch check. Stop-ship mistakes first, each with a fix, then a verdict (fix, remake, ready within what was reviewed, or incomplete) and a score out of 100.
• HAND-BACK SUMMARY. Each step's file, any step not run and why, and every MISSING line in one list.

How the work is checked

• Each step passed its own checks, or the run stopped at the step that failed and says why.
• The steps ran in order, and each one used the result of the one before.
• Nothing was invented to fill a gap. Every gap is a MISSING: line.
• Nothing was sent, published or paid for without a clear yes.
• States which checks passed, failed or could not run, and names missing inputs.

These checks have not been run against a model yet. Your AI uses them to check its own work.

Capabilities

• Plan the cut. Sorts your clips by job, opens on a clean first frame, times every shot to the real files and plans sound and exports.
• Pause: cut and export. You edit the video to the cut list and export it.
• Write the captions. Locks the words to the script, splits them into groups, times them to the speech and places them clear of the app buttons.
• Check before launch. Checks facts, claims, format and safe zones, lists stop-ship mistakes first, and scores the ad.

How the role works

1. Checks your task, context and available tools.
2. Picks the methods needed and prepares a work plan.
3. Carries out supported tasks, with each method's limits and review gates.
4. Checks the real deliverables and corrects supported faults.
5. Hands back files, evidence and unresolved gaps.

Your specialist's working setup

Download the base specialist without a task form or account. README.md and SETUP.md explain how to use the folder. SOUL.md defines its scope. INTAKE.md asks missing questions inside your AI. PLAYBOOK.md, SKILLS.md, BEST_PRACTICES.md, CHECKS.md and HANDOFF.md guide the work and its checked deliverables.

Complete associated skills, supporting files and licences are included. Choose only the methods needed for the actual task. Keep context, working files and accepted feedback in your AI project.

Use this specialist through MCP or the API

Call prepare_specialist with role_id cut-caption-and-check-a-video-ad-before-launch only. No task is required to load it. Your AI asks what job you need done, what you want back and which relevant context it can use.

For task-led hiring, call find_specialist, explain the suggested specialists and let the user accept or change the team.

Complete ZIP: Download base specialist. API: GET /api/v1/specialists/cut-caption-and-check-a-video-ad-before-launch/pack. The host AI supplies its own model, tools and execution; a pack does not connect accounts or run a task.

Inputs and helpful context

The specialist starts from the task brief. Only active methods require their inputs.

For the primary method, when used

• The list of your raw clip files
• The script the clips follow
• Your offer (optional)
• Your brand font file (needed for the captions)
• The exported video, after you edit it at the pause

Tools and access

• Claude: Holds a long transcript, the approved copy and the cut list in one chat without losing a number.
• Descript: A paid editor (free plan limited; check its pricing) that edits video by its transcript, so in and out points land on whole words. Optional: the steps work without it.
• DaVinci Resolve: The free option: an editor with subtitle tracks and the export settings this plan asks for.
• Adobe Premiere Pro: Turns speech into timed captions you can style with any font installed on your computer, then burns them in or saves an .srt file. It is a paid subscription.
• DaVinci Resolve: Transcribes clips into subtitles on its edit page and sets them in your own font. The free version works; the Studio version is paid.
• Claude Code: Can run FFmpeg on your files to burn in captions from your font file and pull frames for checking.
• Claude: Reads full-size images closely, so it can spell-check the words in the picture and spot the safe zones.
• Meta Ads Manager: Its safe zone guardrail marks the area the app's buttons and labels won't cover, so you see what might get hidden.

Functions and deliverables

• Video ad edit and launch reviewer: Plan cuts from your clips and script, add timed captions after the edit and check the finished video before launch.
  • A cut list with in and out times for each shot
  • A caption plan in your font, an exported file and a subtitle file
  • A launch check with a verdict, a fix for each mistake and a score out of 100
• Video ad edit planner: Plan a video ad edit from your clips and approved script. Get a timed cut list, caption windows, a sound plan and export settings.
  • A cut list with source in and out times and the timeline position of each shot
  • Caption windows timed to the kept speech, with transcript checks
  • A sound plan and the close, using only approved terms
  • Export settings per shape, and a list of shots you still need
  • Any of its six checks the plan couldn't pass, named one per line
• Video caption maker in your brand font: Attach clips, a transcript and font files. Get a timed caption plan, fault list and, with editing tools, captioned video and subtitles.
  • Caption groups per clip, word for word, with each line's length
  • A timing table with each caption's start, end and reading speed
  • A checklist per caption and a fault list with the smallest fix
  • Clean and captioned videos plus a matching .srt file, when run in an editing tool
  • Any caption check it missed or couldn't check, each named
• Pre-launch ad checker: Share your ad, audience and approved facts. Get located issues, fixes, human checks and a custom score before launch.
  • A version-bound list of observed problems and the smallest fixes
  • The buyer argument checked against the supplied facts and proof
  • A clear list of media, destination, tracking or spec checks still needed
  • A scoped verdict and observed/eligible coverage
  • An internal editing score, with any post-fix score marked provisional
• Brand profile builder: Share your website. Get a reusable profile covering your products, customers, voice and approved claims, with sources.
  • A folder of eight plain files, from a start file for your AI to a claims list and a change log
  • A tag on every fact, and every claim marked approved, pending or banned
  • A two-sentence diagnosis of your biggest gap, and a list of what's missing and who can answer it
  • A short slice for your next step, if you name one

Tasks you can use it for

• Your clips are ready but the ad is not edited yet.
• You edited an ad and want captions that fit the speech.
• You want a last check before you put money behind the ad.
• You want one run that covers the cut, the captions and the check.

Limits to check before starting

• Your ad is already cut and captioned: use the Pre-launch ad checker on its own.
• You only need captions on a finished video: use the Video caption maker in your brand font.
• You still need a script: write one first with the Customer quote video ad writer.

Best way to use this role

Give it one clear outcome, the actual files and a definition of done. Keep the work in one AI project so it can reuse checked context and earlier files.

• Download the handoff pack from this page. It is a zip with HANDOFF.md (the run order below) and the three skill files this workflow uses, video-ad-edit-planner, branded-video-captions and pre-launch-ad-checker. Unzip it and keep them together in one folder.
• Give the folder to Claude, in Claude Code or as files in a Claude Project, and say "Follow HANDOFF.md".
• List your clips and paste your script. Step 1 needs only these.
• When it stops after the cut list, edit the video in your own editor and export it.
• Attach the exported video and your font file. Step 2 adds captions and step 3 checks the result.
• Fix every stop-ship mistake, then run the check again before you launch.

Read it as data

Read the complete role setup as JSON. Connect your AI to the AI Blocks MCP library and read aiblocks://roles/cut-caption-and-check-a-video-ad-before-launch for its role instructions and pinned sources.

This is a prepared AI role. No task has run. Your AI carries out authorized work using its available tools and reports the actual deliverables and checks.