10 prompts that save editors hours every week

The fastest way to understand agentic editing is to see what people actually type. These ten prompts come from early access sessions, lightly edited, wildly effective.

Cleanup

• •“Cut every silence longer than a second, but leave breathing room after big statements.”
• •“Remove filler words, keep my laugh.”
• •“Tighten the intro to under 15 seconds without losing the joke.”

Emphasis

• •“Punch in 20% every time I hit a key point, back out on the explanations.”
• •“Add a zoom on the reaction right after the price reveal.”
• •“B-roll over the boring middle section, use the workshop footage from May.”

Style

• •“Caption this like my last viral post, same font, same pop-in.”
• •“Give this the pacing of the reference clip I just added.”
• •“Add an animated callout on the dashboard number, brand colors.”

The meta-prompt

• •“Make this feel less like a recording and more like a story.”

That last one shouldn't work, and yet: the agent trims the setup, front-loads the strongest moment as a cold open, and re-paces the rest. Vague prompts work because the agent reasons over your actual footage, it has opinions about where the story is.

The pattern behind all ten: prompt outcomes, not operations. You say what the video should feel like; the agent translates that into cuts and keyframes. That's the entire product thesis in one sentence.