How I Edit a Whole Video with Claude Code in 5 Minutes of My Time

Short answer: Claude Code edits my whole videos, about five minutes of my own time per video. This is the full process, raw, start to finish. I recorded a video, dropped the file in a chat, and this is the whole edit: the cut, the graphics, the color grade and the sound, done by a system I built inside Claude Code that works in DaVinci Resolve, After Effects and Blender. I never touch the timeline. This is the long, raw version. My own working time in it is about five minutes: the prompts you see me give. The rest is me explaining what it is doing and why, step by step, while it works. Everything about the Pocket Creative Director: https://pocketcd.com Chapters 0:00 Intro: a disclaimer 0:38 Intro 1:30 The library, two versions 2:36 Picking styles 3:31 My process: grade first 4:05 The brief 5:48 Messy by design 7:07 Two videos, less is more 8:35 Let it work: the styles, the naming 9:22 Turn it into a signature 10:58 While it works: transcription, planning 12:22 Inside Resolve: the grade, the checks 13:36 A color grade from Pinterest 15:01 Delegating, and which model 15:57 Watch it, or trust it 17:12 Which apps I use 17:58 Rendering, and a first look 20:08 The first render is done 21:22 What Pocket Creative Director is 22:50 The library, and the first render 24:16 Notes on the first render 28:19 Pixel perfect: the re-render 29:57 Why it is worth it 31:22 The day after: how long it took 33:05 The sound design version 35:44 Inside Resolve: sound, then music 37:57 The end of the edit: posting 38:50 How I would normally do it 39:13 Moving forward 40:22 Close -- Video title ideas for the algo -- How I edit YouTube videos with Claude Code AI video editing inside DaVinci Resolve, full process Editing a whole video with an AI agent, raw Claude Code edits my video from start to finish AI creative director: cut, graphics, grade and sound in one prompt How I automate my video editing without touching the timeline DaVinci Resolve and After Effects driven by AI, live