USE CASE / CLIPPING AGENT

1 long video.20 ranked shorts.One API call.

AI video clipping API. CHAIN scoring on every moment. Multi-aspect output with captions baked in. Drop a long podcast, webinar, or sports broadcast — get back 10 to 20 ranked clips for TikTok, Reels, YouTube Shorts.

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1 → 20 long video to ranked shorts CHAIN scoring 5-dim ranker 9:16 · 1:1 · 4:5 · 16:9 multi-aspect output

TRUSTED BY PRODUCT TEAMS SHIPPING VIDEO AT SCALE

FEATURED CUSTOMER

20× shorts per long upload

How Superbit scaled UGC clipping across 6 content types on FastPix.

Superbit built a Gen-AI-powered UGC platform on FastPix Clipping Agent. Long uploads from creators across podcasts, sports, news, lectures, agencies, and YouTube long-form get processed at scale — ranked, captioned, brand-templated, ready to publish.

Read the full Superbit case study →

FEATURES

Everything you need to build clipping into your product.

FastPix Clipping Agent is the API layer underneath the next OpusClip, Submagic, or in-house clipping pipeline.

Scoring

CHAIN scoring on every moment

5-dimension ranker: Contextual + Hook + Action + Intensity + Narrative. Every clip carries its score so you can rank them in your UI.

{
  "C": 0.92,
  "H": 0.88,
  "A": 0.71,
  "I": 0.84,
  "N": 0.79
}

✓ ranked

Rendering

Multi-aspect rendering, one call

9:16 for TikTok / Reels / Shorts. 1:1 for Instagram feed. 4:5 for Instagram. 16:9 for YouTube + LinkedIn. Pass the array.

aspect_ratios: [
  "9:16",
  "1:1",
  "4:5",
  "16:9"
]

✓ multi-aspect

Captions

Captions baked into every clip

In-Video AI generates animated captions in 50+ languages. Default style optimized for short-form retention. Customize via brand template.

captions: {
  burn_in: true,
  languages: ["en","es","pt"],
  style: "short_form_v1"
}

✓ 50+ langs

Branding

Brand templates for the whole flow

Logo, intro, outro, font, color, caption style. Apply at clip-generation time so every clip ships ready to publish in your customer's brand.

brand_template_id:
  "bt_acme_v3"
// logo + intro + outro
// + font + colors

✓ on-brand

Webhooks

Webhook delivery. No UI to babysit.

clipping.ready fires with the ranked clip list. Each clip has its playback_id + CHAIN score + target_platform. Hand off to your scheduler.

{
  "source_asset_id": "src_abc",
  "clips": [{
    "playback_id": "clip_xyz",
    "chain_score": 0.91,
    "aspect_ratio": "9:16",
    "target_platform": "tiktok"
  }]
}

✓ clipping.ready

Distribution

Multi-platform distribution

Simulcast push from any clip playback_id to TikTok, X, YouTube Shorts, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn in parallel.

simulcast: [
  "tiktok",
  "youtube_shorts",
  "instagram_reels",
  "x", "facebook",
  "linkedin"
]

✓ 6 destinations

SECURITY, COMPLIANCE, AND PARTNERSHIPS

PARTNERNVIDIA Inception

PARTNERGoogle Cloud Partner

HOW IT WORKS

From long video to ranked shorts in 4 minutes.

The Clipping Agent pipeline is specific. This is exactly what happens between your POST and your webhook.

Long video upload

Your customer uploads a podcast, sports broadcast, or webinar. POST /v1/on-demand kicks off the pipeline with the clipping_agent flag enabled.

POST /v1/on-demand

CHAIN scoring

Clipping Agent scores every moment across 5 dimensions — Contextual, Hook, Action + pacing, Intensity, Narrative — to rank candidate clips.

~3 min

Multi-aspect render

Top-ranked moments render in the aspect ratios you requested (9:16, 1:1, 4:5, 16:9) with captions baked in and your brand template applied.

~1 min

Webhook delivery

clipping.ready fires with the ranked clip list. Each entry has its playback_id, CHAIN score, and target_platform for hand-off to your scheduler.

clipping.ready

Distribution

Simulcast push to TikTok, YouTube Shorts, Reels, X, Facebook, LinkedIn in parallel — ranked by CHAIN score, paced by your scheduler.

6 destinations

~4 minutes : long video → ranked clips ready to ship. Upload 200ms · analyze ~3 min · render ~1 min · webhook fires · distribute on schedule.

WHAT TEAMS ARE FIGHTING WITH

Three things every team shipping clipping hits.

Long-form is underutilized because manual editing doesn't scale.

One long video is 20 social posts worth of value. Editing each by hand is impossible. Hiring a clipper is $2,700+/mo per show.

OpusClip and Submagic are apps. You're building a product.

If you're building a creator tool, an agency platform, a podcast SaaS, or a content factory, you need clipping AS a feature INSIDE your product. The apps don't expose it.

Manual clip selection misses what AI gets right in 90 seconds.

Every clip needs to score for hook + narrative + intensity + aspect ratio + caption style. CHAIN replaces a clipper's gut feel with a model that runs at platform scale.

SHIP IN THREE CALLS

Get your first 20 clips back in under five minutes.

Conventional shapes shown. For exact parameter names and response shapes, see fastpix.com/docs/reference.

// 1. install
npm install @fastpix/node

// 2. upload long video + enable Clipping Agent
const fp = new FastPix(process.env.FASTPIX_API_KEY);
const asset = await fp.assets.create({
  source_url: longVideoUrl,
  clipping_agent: {
    enabled: true,
    aspect_ratios: ['9:16', '1:1', '4:5'],
    clip_duration: [8, 120],
  },
});

// 3. subscribe to clipping.ready webhook
await fp.webhooks.create({
  url: 'https://yourapp.com/hooks/clips-ready',
  events: ['clipping.ready'],
});

// 4 minutes later: 20 ranked clips arrive at your webhook

WHO BUILDS THIS

Products that ship clipping as a feature on FastPix.

Podcast platforms

1 podcast → 20 ranked shorts ready for TikTok, Reels, YouTube Shorts.

Creator tools

Build the next OpusClip on FastPix API. CHAIN scoring exposed end-to-end.

Agencies

Process client long-form at scale. Save the editor seat cost across every account.

Sports platforms

Live + replay highlights ranked by CHAIN intensity score.

News publishers

Long broadcast → social-ready cuts of every moment that matters.

EdTech / lectures

Long lecture → study-ready shorts ranked by hook + narrative.

Marketers / brands

Webinars → conference clips → ad creative at scale.

YouTube long-form

Long video → vertical shorts published while the long is still trending.

A WEEK IN THE LIFE

What shipping clipping on FastPix looks like.

Monday: integrate. Tuesday: clips arrive. Friday: the editor time savings show up in the report.

Casey, engineer at an agency platform, ships AI clipping into the app in six lines. A customer uploads a long podcast. clipping.ready is wired.

Avery, the agency client, gets 18 ranked shorts four minutes after upload. Captions baked. Brand template applied. Every clip is ready to schedule.

Maya, the content lead, reports 47% editor-time saved per show. CHAIN-top clips drove 3× more views than manual cuts.

OpusClip and Submagic are great products. You're not building one of those.

You're building a product that ships clipping as a feature. That's a different problem and it needs an API, not an app. We are the API.

Talk to engineering

DEVELOPER FAQ

AI video clipping API: how to ship it.

How is FastPix Clipping Agent different from OpusClip API?
OpusClip is launching API access for their workflow. FastPix Clipping Agent is the infrastructure layer. You control the UI, the brand, the distribution, the model parameters. Same per-minute economics as the rest of your video stack.
What is CHAIN scoring?
5-dimension ranker: Contextual + Hook + Action and pacing + Intensity + Narrative style. Every clip carries its 5 scores. Surface them in your UI to let your customers rank or filter.
Does the Clipping Agent work for sports and news, not just podcasts?
Yes. CHAIN scoring works across content types: vlogs, sports, interviews, explainers, lectures, webinars, news broadcasts. Pass source_type metadata to tune scoring per content type.
Can I clip live streams in real-time?
Yes. During a live stream, call fp.live.clip() with timecodes; clip.playback_id is on CDN immediately.
What aspect ratios does it output?
9:16 (TikTok / Reels / Shorts), 1:1 (Instagram feed), 4:5 (Instagram portrait), 16:9 (YouTube + LinkedIn). Specify the array; you get back ranked clips per ratio.
How do I deliver the clips to social platforms?
Two options. (1) Simulcast push from each playback_id to TikTok / Reels / Shorts / X / FB / LinkedIn in parallel. (2) Hand the ranked clip list off to your own scheduler (Buffer, Hootsuite, Later) via your back-end.
Can I apply a brand template to every clip?
Yes. Configure brand templates with logo + intro + outro + font + colors + caption style. Pass brand_template_id at clip-generation time.
How fast is the pipeline?
Typical end-to-end is about four minutes for a 60-minute podcast. CHAIN scoring runs in parallel with encode; rendering is the longest stage and scales with clip count + duration.

THREE WAYS TO GET UNSTUCK

Whatever kind of help you need, there is a path.

ENGINEERING SUPPORT

Talk to a video engineer.

Stuck on the Clipping Agent flag, a webhook signature, or a CHAIN-scoring threshold? Reach the engineering team directly. Response within hours.

Contact engineering

INTEGRATION HELP

Docs, code samples, video tutorials.

Self-serve resources for Clipping Agent integration. Quickstart guides, SDK examples, webhook signature verification samples.

Browse the docs

SOLUTION ARCHITECT

Plan the rollout with a human.

Building creator-tool, agency, or platform-scale clipping? Book a session with a FastPix solution architect.

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1 long video.20 ranked shorts.One API call.

Everything you need to build clipping into your product.

From long video to ranked shorts in 4 minutes.

Long video upload

CHAIN scoring

Multi-aspect render

Webhook delivery

Distribution

Three things every team shipping clipping hits.

Long-form is underutilized because manual editing doesn't scale.

OpusClip and Submagic are apps. You're building a product.

Manual clip selection misses what AI gets right in 90 seconds.

Get your first 20 clips back in under five minutes.

Products that ship clipping as a feature on FastPix.

Podcast platforms

Creator tools

Agencies

Sports platforms

News publishers

EdTech / lectures

Marketers / brands

YouTube long-form

What shipping clipping on FastPix looks like.

OpusClip and Submagic are great products. You're not building one of those.

AI video clipping API: how to ship it.

How is FastPix Clipping Agent different from OpusClip API?

What is CHAIN scoring?

Does the Clipping Agent work for sports and news, not just podcasts?

Can I clip live streams in real-time?

Whatever kind of help you need, there is a path.

Supporting reading.

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What is instant live clipping

Clip-to-publish for live sports + news

Auto-clipping endpoint for creator platforms (not OpusClip)

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AI video clipping API CHAIN scoring for VOD and live

Building AI demo reels with the clipping agent endpoint

How CHAIN scoring works: 5 dimensions per clip explained

Five-minute quick-start

Full API reference

Webhook reference

Code samples on GitHub

Slack community

Service status