podcli
Turns a long podcast episode into vertical clips with face tracking and burned-in captions; can also hand multicam edits to Premiere or Final Cut as a timeline.
How to set it up
- Install per README (one-line installer).
- podcli process episode.mp4
- Or connect the MCP server to your agent.
This is a plain-English summary of the project's own instructions. Commands and versions change, so always follow the current README at the source link.
Safety notes
- AGPL-3.0 license.
- Runs locally; no API key needed for core features.
General rule: open a duplicate of your project before letting any agent make changes, and read what a script does before approving it.
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