Opus Clip Workflow

I record one long conversation a week. Most of the value in it sits in about five minutes, scattered across forty. I used to spend an afternoon cutting those minutes out by hand, and I hated every second of it.

Now Opus Clip finds the moments and proposes the cuts. My job is to pick the winners, fix the first few seconds and write the caption. That turns one video into a week of reels without a week of editing.

1long video in

5clips to review

1reel a weekday

The workflow

From one video to a week

1. 1. Upload the full recording

   Use the complete conversation, not a trimmed version. Opus Clip needs the context to find moments that stand on their own.

2. 2. Read the clips it suggests

   Ignore the score at first. Watch each clip once and ask whether it makes one point a stranger could repeat back to you. If it makes two points, cut it in half.

3. 3. Fix the opening

   Cut the first two or three seconds if they're throat-clearing. The clip starts on the claim, not on "so, I was thinking."

4. 4. Write the caption with Claude

   Paste the clip's transcript into the second prompt below. Edit the caption until it sounds like something you would actually say.

5. 5. Schedule one clip a weekday

   Five clips, five days. The rest of the week goes to the next conversation.

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The two prompts I use

Prompt · Find the clips · Claude

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Here is the transcript of my conversation with [GUEST OR TOPIC]:
[PASTE TRANSCRIPT]

Find five moments that each make one clear point in under 60 seconds.
For each moment, give me the start and end time, the single point it makes, and why a stranger would stop scrolling.
Skip any moment that needs context from earlier in the conversation.

Prompt · Captions for each clip · Claude

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Write three LinkedIn captions for this clip.
Clip transcript: [PASTE CLIP TRANSCRIPT]

Rules: the first line states a claim, not a greeting. Under 80 words each. No hashtags.
End each caption with a line that invites a reply in the comments.

What the tool does and what it doesn't

Opus Clip doesFinds moments and proposes cuts with captions

I doChoose the clip, fix the opening, write the post

InputOne long recording, ideally the full conversation

OutputShort vertical clips ready for review

The tool is fast at finding the moments. It has no idea which of them matters to your clients, so that choice stays with you.

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