Problems / Video
How to build high-quality videos that convert (tools, skills & workflows)
Video sells, but filming every ad by hand doesn't scale. Modern teams template their videos, generate variants, and test what actually converts.
How to solve it
The four-step playbook
- 1Write the hook first: the first two seconds decide everything.
- 2Build one reusable template (code with Remotion, or an editor like Descript).
- 3Generate variants: new hooks, voices, captions and aspect ratios.
- 4Ship natively per platform and keep only the winners.
Companies & products 2
Open-source tools 8
Remotion
Make videos programmatically with React: templated ads, explainers and personalized videos rendered from code.
remotion-dev/remotionOpen sourceWhisper
OpenAI's open speech-recognition model: transcribe calls, meetings and videos.
openai/whisperOpen sourceWhisperX
Whisper with word-level timestamps and speaker diarization; great for captions.
m-bain/whisperXOpen sourceMoneyPrinterTurbo
Generates short videos from a topic or keyword with an automated AI workflow (script, footage, voice, subtitles).
harry0703/MoneyPrinterTurboOpen sourceWan 2.1
Open large-scale video generation models (text-to-video and image-to-video).
Wan-Video/Wan2.1Open sourceComfyUI
Node-based GUI and API for image and video diffusion models; the standard for repeatable generative pipelines.
Comfy-Org/ComfyUIOpen sourceCoqui TTS
Deep-learning text-to-speech toolkit for voiceovers.
coqui-ai/TTSOpen sourceOpenVoice
Instant voice cloning model for consistent narration across videos.
myshell-ai/OpenVoiceAgent skills & MCP servers 1
Workflow recipes 2
Workflow recipe
Programmatic product videos from a spreadsheet
- Put product name, price, image URL and tagline in a sheet.
- Have a coding agent with Remotion Agent Skills build one 15-second template.
- Generate voiceover lines with Coqui TTS (or a hosted voice).
- Render one video per row and A/B test the top two in ads.
Workflow recipe
Short-form video from a keyword
- Give MoneyPrinterTurbo a topic; it drafts a script, pulls footage and adds voice and subtitles.
- Check captions and timing with WhisperX transcripts.
- Polish the cut in Descript, then post natively on each platform.
Frequently asked questions
How can a small business make marketing videos with AI?
Build one reusable template and generate variants. Descript lets you edit video by editing text; Canva has video templates; Remotion lets a developer or coding agent produce videos from code and data.
What open-source tools can generate videos?
Remotion (videos from React code), MoneyPrinterTurbo (short videos from a topic), Wan 2.1 (open text-to-video and image-to-video models) and ComfyUI (node-based pipelines for diffusion models) are all open source.
Can Claude or Cursor make videos?
Yes, indirectly: Remotion publishes official Agent Skills so coding agents can write and render Remotion video code. You still need to review the output and run the render.
How do I add captions and voiceovers automatically?
Transcribe with Whisper or WhisperX (WhisperX adds word-level timestamps for captions). For voiceovers, Coqui TTS is an open-source text-to-speech toolkit and OpenVoice offers voice cloning; only clone voices you have permission to use.