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Turn a raw recording into a tight cut with chapters and clips
Give it a raw recording. Get clean speech, a timed cut list, video chapters and five short clips.
Cut a raw recording and get chapters and short clips is a free AI workflow for the job "Turn speech into text and back". It runs several skills in a row and hands each one's work to the next.
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What it does
A raw recording hides three jobs. The sound has noise. The talk has pauses, ums and restarts. And the good moments are buried in an hour, so nobody finds them to share. Each job usually means a separate tool and a separate afternoon. The first step removes background noise and music and leaves clean speech. The second writes a transcript with timing from that clean file. The transcript then feeds three steps. One makes a cut list with timecodes. One makes a chapter list. One finds the best five short clips, each with a new first line. You apply the cuts in your editor. Nothing is published for you.
You give it
- The raw recording, as an audio or video file
- An ElevenLabs account and key, for cleaning and transcribing
- The length of pause you want cut (optional)
- Your channel's tone (optional)
You get
- A clean speech file with the noise and music removed
- A timed transcript with who spoke, ready for subtitles
- A cut list with timecodes for dead air, fillers and retakes, and the time saved
- A chapter list that starts at 00:00 and follows YouTube's rules
- Five short clips, each with a new first line, on-screen text and a loop point
Use it when
- You recorded a talk, podcast, lesson or interview and it needs tightening.
- The room was noisy and you need clear speech first.
- You want chapters and short clips out of one long recording.
Steps
- Noisy audio cleaner: Give it a noisy recording. Get clean speech with the background noise and music removed.
- Subtitle and transcript maker: Give it a recording or video. Get a written transcript with who spoke, word timing and subtitles.
- Dead air and retake cutter: Give it your recording transcript. Get a timed list of pauses, fillers and retakes to cut.
- YouTube chapter writer: Give it your video transcript. Get a chapter list that follows YouTube's rules and shows up on the video.
- Shorts clip finder: Give it a long video transcript. Get the best five moments to clip, each with a new first line.
How to use it
- Download the handoff pack. It's a zip with HANDOFF.md and every skill file this workflow uses.
- Give the folder to Claude (in Claude Code, or as files in a Claude Project) and say "Follow HANDOFF.md".
- Point it at your recording and set up your ElevenLabs key when asked.
- Listen to the cleaned file before the rest runs.
- Apply the cut list in your editor and publish the chapters and clips yourself.