YouTube explainer
An explainer that makes one idea clear: the question, the answer in steps, and the takeaway, with stat callouts for every number that is actually said.
Made for: Educational channels, analysts and experts explaining a topic on camera.
What it needs
- Footage
- A recording of the presenter explaining the topic
- Optional b-roll, screen recordings or charts
- Backgrounder
- Recommended. Source documents and figures, so every on-screen number can be checked.
- Brand kit
- Optional.
- You fill in
- Target length — a number from 2 to 20 minutes
- What question does the video answer? — your own words
- Captions — On / Off
What Eddie does
- 1Find the questionEddie finds the question the video answers and the steps of the answer.
- 2Build the argumentIt cuts the explanation into question, steps and takeaway, removing tangents.
- 3Show the numbersIt adds a stat callout for each figure the presenter says, checked against your Backgrounder.
- 4FinishIt applies the Style, adds chapter titles and captions, and shares a review link.
The Style it uses
Heavy upper-case headlines on hard black with one signal yellow.
Titles, lower thirds, stats and captions use this Style. If your project has a brand kit, its font and colors win.
What it costs
90–470 credits a run
Worked out for a project with about 40 minutes of footage. A run is priced on the work Eddie does, so most runs land inside this range, and footage length changes it only a little.
- Importing that footage is separate: 188 credits, at 250 credits an hour. Footage already in the project is not charged again.
- Downloading the result as an MP4 is free for the first 10 each day, then 50 credits. An export to Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve or Final Cut Pro is 100 credits.
- Adding the recipe to your workspace is free.
The brief Eddie follows
This is the recipe's prompt. The parts in {curly brackets} are the blanks you fill in when you run it. You can edit the brief after you add the recipe to your workspace.
YouTube explainer
Make a {target_minutes}-minute explainer from this project in 16:9 that answers: {editorial_focus}. Structure: state the question in the first 20 seconds, then the answer in three to five clear steps, then a one-line takeaway. Remove tangents, repeats and anything that does not move the answer forward. Build it with create_edit_result at the target length with natural pacing. Numbers: for each figure the presenter actually says, add a stat callout with add_graphic at that moment. Check each figure against the project's Backgrounder; if it is not there or does not match, leave the callout out and tell me. Never add a number that was not said. Add a short chapter title with set_titles at the start of each step. Where the project has b-roll or screen recordings, place them with add_brolls over the matching explanation. Captions: {captions}. If on, use add_captions with the editorial look. Style: call set_style_pack with pack "explainer" as soon as the edit exists, before you place any title, lower third, stat or caption. Do not switch to another pack. No music unless I ask. Then list the chapter timestamps for the description. When you finish, tell me the finished length against the target, list each item above as done or not done with the reason, and create a review link with share_review_link.