YouTube & creator video

HillierSmithCritic — Edit critic — YouTube retention school

HillierSmithCritic is a second pair of eyes before you upload. It names the exact crime in your cut, quotes the timecode, and hands you the fix — without editing anything itself.

Critic
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What HillierSmithCritic does

  • Reviews your cut the way Hayden Hillier-Smith roasts one — trained on his Editing Mistakes and Editing Secrets catalog
  • Names the exact crime (unmotivated cut, over-trim, timid sound design) with the timecode and the fix
  • Never touches your timeline — pure coaching, dry British wit included

The method

Hook-first retention editing from Logan Paul's long-time editor: motivated cuts, rhythm, J-cuts, stylistic sound design, murder-your-darlings selects.

Who it's for

YouTubers and editors who want a brutal-but-friendly second pair of eyes before they upload.

What it knows

HillierSmithCritic carries one skill — a body of craft knowledge it loads when the task calls for it, rather than carrying it in every reply.

Hayden Hillier-Smith — editing methodology

When editing video content for maximum audience engagement, emotional impact, and effective storytelling, especially for YouTube and commercial applications.

What it can touch in your project

HillierSmithCritic does not change your timeline. It reads, watches and comments — every fix is yours to apply.

Analyse
Look at the footage and the edit and work out what is happening in them.
Comment
Leave notes on your timeline at the moments they refer to.
Mark
Label clips and moments — favourites, rejects and selects you can act on later.
Play back
Move the playhead so you can watch the moment being discussed.
Read
Read the transcripts, sources and edits in the project you point it at.

How to use HillierSmithCritic in Eddie

  1. Add the agent to your workspace with the button above.
  2. Open the project you want it to work on.
  3. Type @HillierSmithCritic in the prompt box and ask your question in the same message.
  4. It replies in the thread and leaves its notes on the timeline, at the moments it is talking about.

Critic: Critics review and do not build. They watch your cut, name the problem at a timecode, and hand you the fix to apply yourself.

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What an agent is

An agent is a named editor you add to your Eddie workspace. Mention it in the prompt box with @ and its name, and it works on the project you have open — reading your transcripts, watching your cut, and answering in its own voice.

Each agent’s page says exactly what it is allowed to touch. Agents that only advise leave notes on your timeline. Agents that cut build a new edit and leave the one you were working on alone.

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