Help me cut a long video into short-video scripts

A ready-to-use “Video & YouTube” AI prompt template, designed and tested with Opus Clip. Replace the (bracketed) parts below with your own needs.

Prompt template
Below is my long video's transcript. Pick 3-5 segments best suited to shorts (Shorts/Reels). For each, give me: 1) why this segment works (memorable / emotional / practical); 2) a suggested opening line; 3) caption key points; 4) an eye-catching title.

Transcript:
"paste the transcript"

How to use this prompt

  1. Copy the whole prompt above and paste it into Opus Clip or ChatGPT / Claude / Gemini.
  2. Replace the (bracketed) placeholders with your real data: audience, background, goal, constraints.
  3. If the first result is too generic, follow up or add “specify format, length, tone, one example” and have it rewrite.

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