Talking-head edits
Talking head · Hook · Words behind you
Your take with the opening line set behind you, so the first second stops the scroll.
The AskEditor plugin for Claude Code
Edit video in Claude Code.
Ask Claude for the cut, the captions and the hook. AskEditor opens beside the chat, and every edit lands on a real timeline you can still change by hand.
Paste this into Claude Code to install it
Read askeditor.com/claude and install the AskEditor plugin.
Free to install. No key to copy: you press Allow once.Using ChatGPT or Codex?Use AskEditor there instead
Put HOW TO EDIT in big yellow letters on one line, in the middle of the frame so it covers my face at first, and from 3 seconds, when I duck under it, bring me out in front of the words Used AskEditor: add_text. Used AskEditor: cut_out_person. Done. Two layers over your clip: HOW TO EDIT in big yellow letters, centred over your face for the first three seconds, and from 3 s a cut-out of you above them, so as you duck under you come out in front and the letters run behind your head. The cut-out cost 10 credits.
Your first edit in four steps.
Connect AskEditor to Claude, ask for subtitles on your own video, and export it. Every picture is what you will see.
Add AskEditor to Claude
Press Add to Claude. Claude opens its Add custom connector box with AskEditor already filled in. Press Continue, then Add, then Connect.
Claude · Customize › Connectors
About the red box. Claude shows it when a connector comes from a link, like our Add to Claude button, and asks you to check who it is from. You should see AskEditor and https://mcp.askeditor.com/mcp. If you do, press Continue.
Claude · Customize › Connectors
About the red box. Claude shows it when a connector comes from a link, like our Add to Claude button, and asks you to check who it is from. You should see AskEditor and https://mcp.askeditor.com/mcp. If you do, press Continue.
Using Claude Code in a terminal? Run this instead, then type /mcp and press Authenticate.
claude plugin install askeditor --marketplace https://askeditor.com/plugin/marketplace.jsonWhat you can make from the chat.
Describe the video or attach your clip. Claude picks the tools, AskEditor does the work on a real timeline, and the film is yours to export. Every example here was made in AskEditor.
Copy and paste into Claude Code:
Read askeditor.com/claude and install the AskEditor plugin.
What can AskEditor do in Claude Code?
Pick a job. Claude runs it with AskEditor's tools while the editor beside the chat shows every change. No upload to a second app, no tab to switch to.
Edit a talking head
morning-take.mov
Edit this for LinkedIn. Cut the pauses, caption it and add a hook.
Worked for 3m 12s
Done. I cut 14 pauses and two false starts, captioned the take and set your opening line behind you as the hook. It is open in the editor beside this chat.
- Read what you say · 1:42 of speech
- Cut 14 pauses · 21 s shorter
- Captions · Slab Outline · 38 lines
- Hook · words behind you · first 2 s
- Looked at the edit · 8 frames
Final file:morning-take-edit.mp4
Open the project in AskEditorRead askeditor.com/claude and install the AskEditor plugin.
The whole editor, inside Claude Code.
Claude reaches about two hundred AskEditor tools through one connection, each with a guide it reads before it starts. Every change lands on a frame-accurate timeline, so nothing is baked in: retime, rewrite or rearrange it later, by asking or by hand.
- Conversational editing
- Cuts by what you say
- Captions in 34 styles
- 27 ready-made hooks
- Title cards
- Motion graphics
- Head-tracked camera
- Cut-outs and glows
- Music and sound
- Voiceover
- Video on Slate
- Your brand kit
- Multi-track timeline
- It checks its own work
- Export to MP4
- Asks before it spends
Pricing
Free to start. Credits only for what it makes.
The plugin is free on every plan, and the thinking runs on your own Claude plan. Edits on the timeline never use credits; credits pay for what is generated, and Claude asks before anything costs more than a little.
Save up to 40%
Free
$0
Get started- Your first job free, no watermark
- Claude cuts, trims, styles and captions your clips
- 2 GB in AskEditor cloud: Claude can watch and cut your footage
- Unlimited 1080p exports
Creator
$12/mo, billed yearly
$144 a year
Get started- 1,200 credits a month
- AskEditor cloud with no 2 GB limit
- 1080p export, no watermark
- Your brand kit and 2 team seats
- Most popular
Pro
$30/mo, billed yearly
$360 a year
Get started- 3,000 credits a month
- Everything in Creator
- 4K export
- 3 team seats
Studio
$60/mo, billed yearly
$720 a year
Get started- 6,000 credits a month
- Everything in Pro
- 10 team seats, priority renders
- Shared brand kits
Frequently asked questions
What is the AskEditor plugin for Claude Code?
A plugin that gives Claude a real video editor. Claude reads your footage, makes the edit with AskEditor's tools and shows it in the editor beside the chat, on a timeline you can change yourself.
How do I install it?
Paste this into Claude Code: Read askeditor.com/claude and install the AskEditor plugin. Claude installs it. Then start a new session, type /mcp, choose askeditor, press Authenticate and press Allow. In a terminal it is one command: claude plugin install askeditor --marketplace https://askeditor.com/plugin/marketplace.json
Can Claude Code edit videos?
Not by itself. With the plugin it drives AskEditor: it cuts, captions and styles your clip on a real timeline, then looks at pictures of the edit to check its work.
Do I still get a timeline?
Yes. Every change lands on a frame-accurate, multi-track timeline in the editor beside the chat. Nothing is baked in: move a cut, fix a word or change a colour by hand, or ask Claude.
What can I make with it?
Talking-head edits, shorts from long takes, captioned reels, hooks and title cards, launch videos, explainers with motion graphics, and UGC ads with a presenter. Start from your own clip or from a sentence.
Do I have to leave Claude?
No. In the Code tab of the Claude desktop app the editor opens in the pane beside the chat and updates as Claude works. In a terminal, Claude gives you a link to the same editor.
What does it cost?
The plugin is free. Edits on the timeline never use credits. Generating video, voices, music and pictures uses AskEditor credits, and Claude asks before anything costs more than a little.
Can I use my own footage?
Yes. Add clips in the editor, or ask Claude to bring in a file from your computer or a link. Your files can live in AskEditor cloud on every plan (Free keeps up to 2 GB), so Claude can watch, transcribe and cut out your footage too.
Does it work with my other plugins and MCP servers?
Yes. AskEditor is its own plugin with its own connection. If you once added AskEditor with a key, remove that older connection so Claude uses the plugin's.
Do I need an API key?
No. You sign in on AskEditor's own page and press Allow. You can disconnect Claude whenever you like from AskEditor's settings.
Why AskEditor in Claude Code
No second app, no key to keep safe, no new place to learn. The editor comes to the Claude you already work in.
One line, one Allow
Paste the line and press Allow on AskEditor's page. Nothing to make or copy, and you edit in the Claude you already use.
Two hundred tools, one plugin
Cuts, captions, hooks, motion graphics, the camera, sound and Slate come through the same connection, each with a guide Claude reads first.
Your plan does the thinking
Claude thinks on your own plan. AskEditor credits pay only for what is generated, and Claude asks before anything costs more than a little.
To install, paste this into Claude Code:
Read askeditor.com/claude and install the AskEditor plugin.
Edit your next video in Claude Code.
Paste the line, press Allow, and ask for the cut.
Read askeditor.com/claude and install the AskEditor plugin.
Using ChatGPT or Codex? Use AskEditor there insteadRead the docs
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