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Cinematic Highlight Operator Checklist

Use this when you want one source video turned into a cinematic highlight project.

Start Here

  1. Start the service with the cinematic local profile:
mvn spring-boot:run -Dspring-boot.run.profiles=cinematic-editing-local
  1. Put one valid source video in:
input/highlights/source/
  1. Watch the logs for:
  • event=highlight_scan_started
  • event=highlight_candidate_selected
  • event=highlight_project_created
  • event=highlight_director_prompt_generated
  • event=highlight_scan_completed

Exact Project Folders

Project root:

output/highlight-projects/<project-id>/

Files and folders the service writes:

  • project.json
  • source/
  • analysis/source-analysis.json
  • analysis/category.json
  • analysis/highlight-candidates.json
  • director/director-brief.md
  • director/director-prompt.md
  • director/edit-plan.json
  • highlights/<highlight-id>/storyboard.md
  • highlights/<highlight-id>/visual-effects.json
  • highlights/<highlight-id>/assets/requests/
  • highlights/<highlight-id>/assets/music/
  • highlights/<highlight-id>/assets/sfx/
  • highlights/<highlight-id>/assets/voiceover/
  • highlights/<highlight-id>/rendered-clips/
  • highlights/<highlight-id>/preview.mp4
  • highlights/<highlight-id>/final.mp4
  • highlights/<highlight-id>/render-manifest.json
  • highlights/<highlight-id>/qa-report.json

Exact Operator Flow

  1. Wait for the service to create the highlight project.
  2. Open:
output/highlight-projects/<project-id>/director/director-prompt.md
  1. Run Codex, Claude, or another filesystem-capable AI instance on that prompt.
  2. Make the AI write the finished plan to:
output/highlight-projects/<project-id>/director/edit-plan.json
  1. Confirm project.json moved to WAITING_FOR_DIRECTOR after prompt generation.
  2. The service now turns the director plan into highlights/<highlight-id>/visual-effects.json.
  3. The asset bridge writes request files and the local asset worker resolves what it can into highlights/<highlight-id>/assets/.
  4. The renderer publishes rendered-clips/clip_*.mp4, preview.mp4, final.mp4, render-manifest.json, and qa-report.json.

What Is Automatic Today

  • The scheduler analyzes the source video.
  • The service writes the director prompt and brief.
  • Existing analyzed projects are backfilled on startup if the prompt is missing.
  • The visual-effects stage writes explicit renderer instructions.
  • The local asset worker tries to resolve or generate reusable music, SFX, and voiceover assets.

What Is Still Manual

  • Running the AI director.
  • Triggering any downstream render step that your current flow requires.

If Output Is Missing

  • No file in input/highlights/source/
  • Unsupported video file
  • The scheduler has not run yet
  • output/highlight-projects/<project-id>/director/director-prompt.md is missing
  • director/edit-plan.json was not written by the AI
  • Rendering is not wired for the current highlight flow yet