Viral Reel Maker: Turn Any Video Link Into a Branded Reel
Paste a link, get a clean 9:16 reel with your logo, a scroll-stopping hook, and a caption ready to publish.
It takes any video link and produces a branded 1080x1920 vertical reel with your logo, a viral hook caption burned on screen, and a separate ready-to-post caption.
Any AI assistant that can read a SKILL.md file and run local commands (Claude, Claude Code, Cursor, or Codex). No separate app, no subscription, and no API key required.
Works with
Viral Reel is a portable reel maker you drop into your own AI assistant as a single SKILL.md file. Give it a video link from Instagram, YouTube, Shorts, TikTok, X, Facebook, Threads, LinkedIn, or Reddit, and it builds a clean 1080x1920 vertical reel in your brand: a rounded logo, your handle, a short scroll-stopping hook across the top, and the source clip cropped so third-party watermarks and letterboxing are gone. On top of the video, this ai reel maker writes a full caption you can paste straight into your post. It runs inside Claude, Claude Code, Cursor, or Codex with no separate reel maker app, no login, and no API key, so you go from a raw link to a publish-ready reel in one pass.
- Turn any social video link into a branded vertical reel without opening a video editor
- Get a scroll-stopping hook caption written for you, tuned to your niche and tone
- Ship a matching ready-to-post caption with hashtags and a clear call to action
- Keep every reel on brand with your rounded logo, handle, and colors applied automatically
- Lose the ugly stuff: third-party watermarks, other creators' handles, and black bars get cropped out
- Work fully inside your own AI assistant with no subscription, no reel maker app, and no API key
- 1Drop the skill into your assistant
Add the SKILL.md file to Claude, Claude Code, Cursor, or Codex. There is nothing to install and no account to create; the assistant reads the file and the skill is ready to run.
- 2Give it a video link
Paste a link from Instagram, YouTube, Shorts, TikTok, X, Facebook, Threads, LinkedIn, or Reddit and say you want a reel. If no link or file is provided, the skill will not run: it always needs source video.
- 3Confirm the brand it belongs to
The skill figures out whose reel this is and pulls the matching handle, colors, and logo. If a handle or logo is missing, it stops and asks you rather than guessing, so your brand is never faked.
- 4It reads the clip and writes the hook
The skill downloads the video, transcribes it, and reviews key frames to understand why the clip works. It then writes a short, high-curiosity hook caption in your voice, plus a full caption that references real details from the video.
- 5It cleans and frames the video
The source clip is cropped to remove black bars, original on-screen text, and third-party watermarks, then centered in the 9:16 frame under your logo and handle for a clean, native look.
- 6You get the finished reel
The skill renders a 1080x1920 reel plus the ready-to-post caption. You review, tweak the hook, background, or crop if you want, and publish.
- A branded 1080x1920 vertical reel (MP4) with your logo, handle, hook, and cropped clip
- An on-screen hook caption written to stop the scroll in your niche
- A full ready-to-post caption with real references to the clip, your offer, a call to action, and 3 to 6 hashtags
- A clean crop that removes third-party watermarks, other handles, and letterbox bars
- An editable spec so you can adjust the hook, background color, text color, and crop
Light or dark background
Render the reel on a white background (default) or a black background to match the mood of the clip and your brand look.
Any platform as the source
Feed it a link from Instagram, YouTube, Shorts, TikTok, X, Facebook, Threads, LinkedIn, or Reddit and get the same clean, on-brand reel out the other side.
SKILL.md · README.txt · LICENSE.txt — Single-seat commercial use. Do not resell or redistribute the file. Compatible with Claude, Claude Code, Cursor, Codex.
What is the Viral Reel skill?
It is a reel maker packaged as a SKILL.md file for your AI assistant. You paste any video link and it returns a branded 9:16 reel with your logo, a hook caption on screen, and a separate caption ready to post. There is no separate app to open.
Does it work with Claude, Cursor, and Codex?
Yes. The skill runs in Claude, Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex. Any AI assistant that can read a SKILL.md file and run local commands can use it.
Do I need to install anything or pay for an API key?
No account, no subscription, and no API key are required. You add the SKILL.md file to your assistant and it is ready. The skill uses tools already on your machine to download and render the video.
Which platforms can I pull video from?
Instagram, YouTube, YouTube Shorts, TikTok, X, Facebook, Threads, LinkedIn, and Reddit. Give it a public link and it handles the download, transcription, and framing. If a clip is private, you can hand it the file directly.
Will it remove watermarks and keep my branding?
Yes. It crops the source clip to cut out third-party watermarks, other creators' handles, and black bars, then applies your rounded logo, handle, and colors so the reel looks native to your account.
Do I need editing or coding skills to use it?
No. You paste a link and describe the reel you want in plain language. The skill writes the hook, writes the caption, crops the video, and renders the file. You just review and publish.
An AI skill is a small, reusable instruction file (a SKILL.md) that teaches an AI assistant to do one job well. Viral Reel is exactly that: a Claude skill / AI agent skill you drop into your own assistant and run on demand, with no app, no subscription and no lock-in. You own the file forever.
It runs in Claude, Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and any assistant that reads a SKILL.md or a system prompt. Because it is just text, it is fully portable, and if it needs something to run, viral reel asks you for it first instead of inventing.
Creators reach for it as a podcast clips AI and an AI podcast clip generator, to turn a podcast into Shorts and to pull podcast highlights automatically, finding the best podcast moments without scrubbing the whole episode.
- Download the file after checkout you get the SKILL.md plus a short README and your license.
- Add it to your AI drop SKILL.md into your skills folder (for example
.claude/skills/) or paste its contents as a custom instruction. - Run it ask your AI to use Viral Reel, give it what it asks for, and it does the work.
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Viral Reel
It takes any video link and produces a branded 1080x1920 vertical reel with your logo, a viral hook caption burned on screen, and a separate ready-to-post caption.
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