pick-segmentslisted

Pick N clip-worthy spans from a transcript. Claude reads the full transcript plus a per-second RMS energy summary and returns the most engaging time ranges for shorts. The atomic unit of a short is ONE IDEA, not one topic — each span carries `cuts` (1-3 non-contiguous source ranges assembled into one flowing story) plus `idea` (the one-sentence throughline all cuts share). A multi-cut span may pull cuts from DIFFERENT topics when they develop the same single idea; a single-cut span must stay within one topic and is just `cuts:[[t0,t1]]`. A 1-second SPOKEN hook is mandatory (no title card rescues a slow open — picks under PICK_HOOK_FLOOR are dropped). Replaces the old keyword/hook-word heuristic ranker.
jperrello/C0BALT_CUT · ★ 2 · Code & Development · score 65

Install: claude install-skill jperrello/C0BALT_CUT

# pick-segments Claude-driven segment selection. No heuristics — Claude judges what's clip-worthy. ## Inputs - `transcript`: path to `transcribe` output JSON - `audio_rms` (optional): path to a per-second RMS energy JSON (computed inline if missing) - `topics` (optional): path to a `segment-topics` output JSON. Auto-discovered as `topics.json` next to the transcript. When present, topics act as a MAP of where ideas live, not a fence: a SINGLE-cut span that straddles a topic boundary is dropped (a raw slice crossing a chapter is two half-ideas), but a MULTI-cut span may pull cuts from different topics when every cut develops the same one idea (named in `idea`). `ASSEMBLE_CROSS_TOPIC=0` restores the old hard constraint (cross-topic requires `thread:true`). - `heatmap` (auto-discovered): YouTube most-replayed data from `ingest`. This is a weak discovery hint and tie-breaker, not a selection mandate. - `n`: number of shorts to pick, default `5` - `duration` (optional): target duration range, default `[20, 60]` seconds - `out` (optional): output JSON path ## Output ```json { "shorts": [ { "t0": 124.8, "t1": 156.3, "cuts": [[124.8, 156.3]], "idea": "Why the bit only lands after the audience turns on him.", "rationale": "Strong reaction shot followed by punchline — laughter at 152s.", "title_suggestion": "When the bit finally lands", "hook_score": 8, "context_score": 9, "structure_score": 8, "overall_score": 8.5,