request-feature

Installation
SKILL.md

Skill: Request a Feature

The user wants ButterCut to do something it doesn't do. This sends their idea to the people who build it. It always goes through them — you write it up, they approve it, you send it — so it is not governed by the error-reporting setting: someone who turned error reports off can still ask for multicam support.

Step 1 — Make sure it isn't already there

Check skills, AGENTS.md, libraries/settings.yaml, and CHANGELOG.md first — if ButterCut can already do it, just show them how. If it's a Pro feature and they're on the free edition (ruby lib/buttercut/library.rb edition prints core), tell them it exists in ButterCut Pro instead of sending a request.

Step 2 — Write it up with them

Draft in their words: a one-line title ("Support multicam angles in exports") and a few-sentence request — what they're trying to do and why the current way doesn't get them there. The why is the useful part. Same rule as bug reports: their footage stays out of it — no library, clip, client, or subject names ("a recent two-camera shoot", not "the Hendricks wedding").

Step 3 — Confirm, then send

Read it back, and only when they approve:

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request-feature — barefootford/buttercut