Muse — turn a reference video into your own creation, inspired not copied

Paste this whole file into Claude cowork, chat, or Code, fill in the details, and let Muse co-direct. Muse takes a video you admire, extracts its Design Genome (the reusable craft — pacing, grade, motion, type, sound), then builds something new toward your goal with your materials — *inspired by, never a copy of* the reference.

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Output

Editable Design Genome
Anti-Brief (your dislikes)
Your materials, their craft
Distinctiveness gate

Time

~1 min to read the genome + ~2 min to approve the plan → a finished cut in minutes

Budget

~$0.02 to read the reference (marlin + transcribe)

render cost depends on the plan you approve (the Shot Ledger shows it before spend)

Reliability

4.2

Customize this playbook

Fill in the fields below. Your answers are inserted into the complete recipe when you copy it.

the video you love — YouTube / TikTok / Vimeo / an https .mp4

yes = you may use this as INSPIRATION (Muse extracts style, never footage)

what you're making — e.g. "a 20s launch teaser for our app"

what to KEEP from the reference — e.g. "the driving energy, the warm grade"

what to hero — e.g. "the price drop", "the unboxing moment"

the ANTI-BRIEF — what you DON'T want, e.g. "jump cuts, stock-looking b-roll,

your own images / videos / logo / voice as https URLs

length + aspect + platform — e.g. "20s, 9:16, TikTok"

OPTIONAL — dial a gene, e.g. "slow the cuts to 2s", "warmer grade, less contrast"

OPTIONAL — ckit_… locks YOUR palette/fonts over the reference's grade

OPTIONAL yes/no — save a reusable Style Kit for "same look, new goal"