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Run 1Pick the best take“Three takes (0:14, 0:12, 0:15); pick take 3, "Take 3 is the one".”
Runs in
  • Claude Code
  • Codex
  • Cursor
  • Gemini CLI
  • GitHub Copilot
  • OpenCode
Generates with
Your agent's model
Tested with
Claude Code 2.1.322Claude Sonnet 5.51 real run, 10 Nov
Needs
Node 22+Chromeffmpeg
Licence
Recaply licence

Pick the Best Take

Video takes with play icons and durations; one is picked as the take.

$9.99once, yours to keep

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Takes appear as video thumbnails with a play icon and time; a selector lands on one and marks it as the take. A 4 to 10 second clip in 16:9, 9:16, 1:1 or 4:5, as an MP4 on its own or as one scene of a longer launch film. Renders locally with Chrome and ffmpeg: no video model, no key and no cost. Use when a video editor, AI cut or recording app shows choosing the best take.

By RecaplyUpdated 11 Nov

Install Pick the Best Take

After the download, ask your agent to add it, or run the line yourself.

Read https://recaply.co/skills/pick-a-take-scene/install.md and follow it to install the pick-a-take-scene skill from pick-a-take-scene.zip.

Paste it into your agent. It reads our install steps, finds the ZIP you downloaded and adds the skill for you.

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Who Pick the Best Take is for

What you get

  • An MP4 scene at 16:9, 9:16, 1:1 or 4:5
  • Takes appear as video thumbnails with a play icon and time; a selector lands on one and marks it as the take
  • Works alone or as one scene in a longer film

Good fit

  • When a video editor, AI cut or recording app shows choosing the best take

Not for

  • A whole launch film in one go (use a launch film)
  • Filmed footage or people on camera

About this skill

You say

Three takes (0:14, 0:12, 0:15); pick take 3, "Take 3 is the one".

It said back

I made the clip: pick-a-take.mp4 in the work folder. It's 1920×1080 (16:9), 5 seconds, 237 KB, in the swiss look. The check pass found no layout problems.

  • What it shows: Three video-take thumbnails with play icons, labelled 0:14, 0:12 and 0:15. The selection ring hops between them and lands on the third, which gets a checkmark. The heading reads "Take 3 is the one".
  • Thumbnails are stand-ins: You didn't give me stills from your takes, so I used the first three pictures in photos/ (sea, peaks, forest). If you have real frames, swap the three image paths in film.json and re-render with node .claude/skills/pick-a-take-scene/scripts/film.mjs film.json.
  • Logo: I set logo.svg, but the frame shows only the look's red square in the corner, so I can't confirm your logo appears. I didn't add a brand name, since you didn't give one.
  • Words and numbers: Only your durations and your caption are on screen.
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What it did in run 1

  1. pick-a-take-scene
  2. cd .; ls -R . | grep -v node_modules | head -50; node .claude/skills/pick-a-take-scene/scripts/check.mjs
  3. cd .; mkdir -p launch-scene; cp -r logo.svg photos launch-scene/; cd launch-scene cat > film.json <<'E' { "look": "swiss", "size": "16:9", "logo": "logo.svg", "out": "pick-a-take.mp4", "scenes": [ { "scene": "picker", "kind": "take", "caption": "Take 3 is the one", "items": [{ "image": "photos/1-sea.jpg", "label": "0:14" }, { "image": "photos/2-peaks.jpg", "label": "0:12" }, { "image": "photos/3-forest.jpg", "label": "0:15" }], "pick": 3 } ] } E S=../.claude/skills/pick-a-take-scene/scripts/film.mjs node $S film.json --check && node $S film.json && ls -la *.mp4
  4. ./launch-scene/film-check.png
  5. mkdir -p launch-scene && cp -r logo.svg photos launch-scene/
  6. ./launch-scene/film.json
  7. mv launch-scene/film.json film.json && rmdir launch-scene && node .claude/skills/pick-a-take-scene/scripts/film.mjs film.json --check
  8. ./film-check.png
  9. node .claude/skills/pick-a-take-scene/scripts/film.mjs film.json && ls -la pick-a-take.mp4
  10. Done

10 Nov 2026 · Claude Code 2.1.322 with Claude Sonnet 5.5 · 38 s · $0.10 of API use

Questions

Is Pick the Best Take free?

No. Pick the Best Take costs $9.99 once and stays in your Recaply account, or it comes with the Recaply plan ($19.99 a month), which opens every premium skill and prompt.

Which agents can use Pick the Best Take?

Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode.

What do I get when I buy Pick the Best Take?

A ZIP of the whole skill folder (60 KB): the SKILL.md your agent follows and its 12 other files, the references, templates and scripts it uses. You download it from this page whenever you need it, and install it in Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode. The Recaply plan opens it too, with every other premium skill and prompt.

How do I install Pick the Best Take?

Buy it, then download the ZIP from this page. For Claude Code, unzip it into .claude/skills/ in your project. For Codex, Cursor and Gemini CLI, unzip it and run npx skills add ./pick-a-take-scene with your agent's flag.

What do I get from Pick the Best Take?

An MP4 scene at 16:9, 9:16, 1:1 or 4:5. Takes appear as video thumbnails with a play icon and time; a selector lands on one and marks it as the take. Works alone or as one scene in a longer film.

What does Pick the Best Take need?

Node 22+, Chrome and ffmpeg, and no API key. Each use costs nothing beyond your agent.

How big is Pick the Best Take?

13 files, about 40,738 tokens in all. The SKILL.md is about 1,729 tokens, and your agent reads it only when the job fits.

What does a run cost?

Our 1 runs took 38 s to 38 s and $0.10 to $0.10 of API use each, in Claude Code with claude-sonnet-5-5. On a Claude plan, a run counts toward your usage instead.

Do I have to name Pick the Best Take to use it?

Type /pick-a-take-scene first to make sure it loads. Without it, Claude Code may judge a small job simple enough to do without the skill.