Where everything lives

• Notion: this hub. Each video's page in Open Ideas Videos has everything needed to make it.
• Mac project folder: /Users/thunderbolt/Documents/projects/OpenIdeasVideos/
  • plugin/aitrends-2d-studio.plugin (the studio plugin from Drive)
  • plugin/aitrends-2d-studio/ (unpacked: skills, references, kit)
  • prompts/MASTER_PROMPTS.md (same as the Prompt Library page)
  • videos/<slug>/ (one folder per video: script, voiceover, renders)

Status flow (database "Status")

Idea → Scripted → Storyboarded → Voiceover → Rendered → Published

Steps per video

1. Pick the next row in Open Ideas Videos (sort by Season, then Priority).
2. Script check: read the script on the page aloud once. If it isn't there yet, run the Filled SCRIPT prompt on that page in Claude, paste the result, set Status = Scripted.
3. Save the script: copy the spoken text (everything after SCRIPT:) into videos/<slug>/script.txt. Do the same for the Short into short_script.txt.
4. Voiceover: follow "Voiceover direction" on the Prompt Library page. Export to videos/<slug>/voiceover.mp3 (and short_voiceover.mp3). Set Status = Voiceover.
5. Render: open Claude Code in the project folder, install the plugin if needed, and paste the Render run prompt from the video's page. It will:
   • install the studio (ffmpeg, Node packages, headless Chromium, Python numpy/scipy/faster-whisper; ~1 GB)
   • time the script to the voice with Whisper
   • turn the page's storyboard into story/bible.md + story/shots.json
   • show you a style grid and a 30 s preview (checkpoints)
   • render the final MP4, then mix music + SFX to −14 LUFS
   • If Notion isn't connected in that Claude session, use videos/<slug>/package.md as the brief. It's an identical local copy of the video's page.
6. QC: watch it fully at 1x. Check numbers on screen match the narration. Set Status = Rendered.
7. Package: use the page's YouTube metadata (title, description, tags, thumbnail prompt). Fill chapters from the final timings.
8. Publish: upload, set Publish Date + Video URL on the row, set Status = Published, add an Update Log entry.
9. Short: render the 9:16 version (captions on) 2–3 days after the long-form and link it in the long-form's pinned comment.

Installing the plugin in Claude Code

In Claude Code: /plugin → install from a local file → choose plugin/aitrends-2d-studio.plugin. Or just say: "Use the make-2d-video skill from plugin/aitrends-2d-studio" and Claude will read it from the folder.

Render time guide (from the plugin README)

• 720p ≈ 2 frames/s on a small machine (a 47 s clip took ~11 min). 1080p ≈ 2x slower, 4K ≈ 8x. A modern Mac is 3–5x faster.
• A 6.5 min video at 1080p on a Mac: roughly 1–2 hours. Render overnight if needed.