reverse-engineer SKILL.md skillA
reverse-engineer from kevinbadi/open-edits is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add kevinbadi/open-edits/reverse-engineer@git:20261002.7fbd746Pins git:20261002.7fbd746 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- kevinbadi/open-edits
- Path
skills/reverse-engineer/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20261002.7fbd746, committed Oct 2, 2026
- Size
- 6,898 bytes
- Repository stars
- 43
- License
- MIT
Reverse-engineer the editing style of any reference video (YouTube / Reels / TikTok URL or a local file) and turn it into the first iteration of a new editing skill. Measures pacing (cuts, shot lengths), motion, faces/layout, colour, loudness and speech pace, builds shot-by-shot contact sheets for the agent to study, then scaffolds `.claude/skills/<style>-edit/` with the measured numbers, a style bible and a starter engine, and proves it with a demo render. Use when Kevin says…
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# /reverse-engineer: learn an editing style, ship skill iteration 1
This is how `fireship-style-edit` was born (2026-09-29: Fireship's "Meta is pivoting again" was
measured shot by shot, then turned into an engine + style bible). This skill makes that repeatable.
**Output:** a study folder (numbers + sheets) and a new skill folder `.claude/skills/<style>-edit/` that
renders a demo in that style. Learn the grammar; never copy the reference's footage, music, logo or show name.
## Step 1. Measure (`scripts/study.py`)
```bash
python3 "${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/study.py" --url "<reference url>" --slug <style> \
[--start 0 --dur 300] [--prompt "names, products"] [--out studies/<style>]
```
Downloads with yt-dlp (runs `yt-dlp -U` on a YouTube 403), trims to the span you want (default whole
video, max 10 min; 2 to 5 min is plenty for a long-form style, the whole thing for a short), then measures:
| What | How | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| cuts, shot length median / mean / p10 / p90, cuts per min, % < 1 s / > 3 s | ffmpeg scene detection (`--threshold 0.30`, lower = more cuts) | the pacing rule |
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add kevinbadi/open-edits/reverse-engineer@sha256:de1fca9b2d7756beThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261002.7fbd746, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_yvnhfdfvxf6ttnju)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Oct 2, 2026.
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (6898 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
kevinbadi/open-edits · 43 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-02 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_yvnhfdfvxf6ttnju GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=kevinbadi/open-edits/reverse-engineer GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/de1fca9b2d7756be094609bfa9a53aeb0ef4a41651b836752f71530d7561cdcb
Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.
Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.
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