Make a Short from a Tella video

A Short is watched on a phone, often muted, by someone one swipe away from leaving. It needs a hook in the first seconds, a new shot every second or two, captions that carry the words, and an ending that pays off the hook. Pick the part of the video that can do that, copy it into a new 9:16 video, and edit the copy at that pace. Never edit the original.

This skill needs the Tella MCP. If tools such as get_timeline are missing, follow the connection steps in the tella skill first.

Scope

Show a plan and wait for a go before the first write: the choice of segment is the user's call, and generated B-roll costs AI Credits. After the go, build the whole Short without asking again; the user can ask for changes.

If the user gives a time range, a chapter, a length, a platform or a style, those win over everything below. Without a length, aim for 30 to 45 seconds; never go past 60 unless the user asks.

Workflow