Human version

This package contains the working two-host podcast pipeline, examples and quality checks. It plans and renders the edit for free. Voice, image and lip-sync generation use the separately installed provider capabilities.

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Agent version

Inputs and prerequisites

Read the bundled scripts README first. All relative paths in that guide refer to this installed skill folder. Keep the brand config, dialogue script and outputs in the brand project outside the package. Never edit the examples in place. Install the required sibling capabilities and prepare Python, Pillow, requests, ffmpeg, ffprobe, a caption font and the real brand wordmark or font.

Choose the conversation's tone, room, host dynamic and host appearances with the user. Write fresh dialogue for the brand and respect its claim guardrails. Choose an arc from the bundled menu and actually write that turn structure. Match each confirmed voice to its host before generation; save the voice's name and gender with its ID. The voice picker accepts an exported library so it can propose matches without reading account credentials.

Workflow

1. Copy the examples into the brand project and replace their fictional product, cast and dialogue. Supply the brand assets, or disable optional supplied-asset layers until those files exist.
2. Use the bundled driver for a free preview. Review the script, caption layout, cut pace and full-frame or split choice before generation.
3. Generate each approved voiceover beat with character timings. Measure the audio and re-plan the timeline before lip-sync. Timing files must share the audio's stem; guessed caption times are unsuitable for delivery.
4. Lock one wide two-host plate and crop both singles from it. Review the plate before spending on clips. Hold the approved cast through reference edits; independent host generations can drift into different rooms.
5. Generate each beat's lip-sync with its own audio. Split edits also require a silent idle clip per host, so the listener does not visibly speak.
6. Assemble and check the finished render, then watch it end to end. Run the bundled self-test to prove the checks reject their known-bad inputs.

Non-negotiables

Paid commands only print their plan by default. Paid steps run only on an approved order, with both the confirmation and execution flags. Preserve completed audio and timing responses when resuming. Never re-bill a completed beat to recover a missing local file. Motion inserts are unimplemented and fail explicitly if enabled.

Captions follow the voiceover's own character timings. Brand type comes from real files. Review identity, voice fit, room continuity, lip-sync, caption safety and the brand card on the finished video. A preview or package check alone does not establish final creative quality.

Related

Uses the create-vo-elevenlabs, create-image-gpt-image-fal, create-video-fal and watch skills.