Novel Recap — a book or chapter → a fast cinematic recap reel

A finished reel = vertical 9:16 + voiceover + looped music bed + 45–90s, every second covered by audio. A silent tail, or one whose music cuts out partway, is a draft — not a deliverable. The numbered enforcement below is the *definition of done*; also see the `short-form-video` skill.

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Output

Cold-open hook

5–8 cinematic scenes

Dramatic narrator VO

Tense strings score

Burned-in captions

9:16 MP4

Time

1 topic → 45–90s vertical short in ~3–6 min

Budget

$0.40–$3.00 per short (6–8 scene images/clips + TTS + music + finishing)

Reliability

3.9

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RUNNER

Create and edit images and video with your agent.

$npm install -g @livepeer/runner