AI Video Generator — Short-Form Content Pipeline

Overview

Automate creation of short-form videos (TikTok, YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels) using AI for every step: topic research, script writing, text-to-speech narration, stock footage matching, subtitle generation, and final assembly. Inspired by MoneyPrinterTurbo (130k+ stars).

Instructions

Step 1: Set Up the Environment

pip install anthropic openai requests whisperx srt schedule
sudo apt install ffmpeg  # Linux — or: brew install ffmpeg (macOS)

API keys needed (read from environment variables): ANTHROPIC_API_KEY (scripts), ELEVENLABS_API_KEY plus ELEVENLABS_VOICE_ID (a voice ID from your ElevenLabs voice library) or OPENAI_API_KEY for OpenAI TTS, and PEXELS_API_KEY (free stock footage). WhisperX downloads speech models on first run and works best with a GPU; on CPU pass compute_type="int8".

Step 2: AI Script Writing