Reusable music-edit prompt

Replace the placeholders with the subject or theme, media locations, and an output label. Adapt the creative direction when a different style is wanted; high energy and dense effects are this template's brief, not skill defaults. Omit the priority-reference line if all references carry equal weight.

Create an original, high-energy, FX-heavy edit of <SUBJECT_OR_THEME>.

Song: <SONG_PATH>
Workspace and source footage: <WORKSPACE_OR_FOOTAGE_PATH>
Style references: <REFERENCE_PATHS>
Priority references: <REFERENCE_FILENAMES_OR_TIMESTAMPS>
Output label: <EDIT_OR_AGENT_NAME>

Study the references at normal speed for rhythm, then inspect their most
intricate passages in slow motion and frame by frame. Look for brief overlays,
mask reveals, layer ordering, typography changes, motion blur, and the timing
of outgoing and incoming shots. Use timestamped original-frame extraction
when playback controls are insufficient. Contact sheets alone are not enough
for this analysis.

Record useful reference timestamps and distinguish visible details from your
interpretation of how they were made. Match the references' energy, polish,
fine detail, and technical ambition while inventing your own shot sequence,
visual ideas, and transitions. Choose a compelling song passage and delivery
aspect unless the brief already specifies them.

I want ambitious, deliberate editing: shot-specific speed ramps, masked
transitions, layered compositions, moving typography, motion matching, and
expressive camera effects where they strengthen the footage and music. Build
anticipation, land the big moments, and give them enough recovery to remain
readable. Originality and strong visual connections between shots matter.

Keep sustained subject movement in the high-energy passages: let actions travel
and develop between accents. Use slowdowns, freezes, and stepped motion where
they earn their place in the music. Animated zooms and graphics alone do not
supply that movement. Keep moving footage advancing through masked transitions
and inspect slowdowns for repeated poses or interpolation artifacts. Choose the
balance from the material and references; there is no fixed effect or hold quota.

Use existing footage search when a corpus is indexed; inspect supplied clips
directly when they are a small set. Review actual source ranges to choose
gestures, expressions, and movement. Let the music guide cuts, holds, and
effects.

Read the workspace instructions and relevant skills. Choose whichever
available tools best express your ideas, including an editor, compositor, or
code. Existing presets are optional.

Render a short passage containing your most ambitious treatment, compare it
with the references, and refine it before completing the edit. Include the
action leading into and recovering from the effect so its momentum is testable.
Review the complete final export uninterrupted at confirmed 1× speed with music
when available, inspect fine detail in slow motion and frame by frame, then
return to 1× to judge flow. Check actual subject motion as well as export fps.
Leave any review player you control at 1× for handoff.

Be accurate about whether you reviewed playback with audio or only extracted
frames and timing signals. Identify the reviewed version and any review limit;
do not claim audiovisual review from merely starting playback.

Work autonomously. Save outputs under the chosen output label and preserve
existing work, including other agents' outputs in a shared workspace.

Deliver:
- A playable preview and full-resolution master.
- The editable project or reproducible authoring files.
- A brief note explaining your creative choices and any tool or workflow friction.

We'll evaluate both your working experience and the finished edit's
originality, energy, musical timing, motion continuity, effect execution, fine
detail, and polish.