Shortflow blog
Field notes: AI pipelines, short-form video, MCP, multi-platform publishing.
- ·8 min read·tutorialwalkthroughai-video
From zero to an AI YouTube channel in fourteen steps (HyperFrames + Shortflow)
The complete walkthrough, from the moment you have no script, no voice, no B-roll, no channel, to the first episode shipped on six platforms. Fourteen steps, about two days of effective work. The exact sequence I run when I launch a new channel.
- ·7 min read·productivityauditautomation
The audit I ran on my manual publishing: twenty-six hours per month, and what I changed
I timed every click of a typical publishing day. The result isn't marketing hyperbole — it's worse than I thought. Here's the exact equation, and the threshold past which publishing by hand becomes indefensible.
- ·8 min read·case-studyproductionai-video
I shipped eight short videos in one week. Here's the hour-by-hour journal.
Monday 8am, Sunday 10pm. Seven days, eight episodes published across six platforms. The concrete breakdown of the 320 minutes it cost, the moments I wanted to quit, and what I'd do differently.
- ·7 min read·claude-codemcpsetup
Plugging Claude Code into your TikTok pipeline: the fifteen-minute setup
Claude Code install, MCP configuration, the four servers to connect first, and the test conversation to verify it all runs. End-to-end tutorial, timed.
- ·8 min read·whispercaptionsai-video
Karaoke captions that don't sound AI: Whisper + forced-align explained
Raw Whisper captions betray the synthetic voice within seconds. Here's the forced-align technique that snaps every word to the original script, and the two parameters that make the difference between robotic and natural.
- ·8 min read·editorialvoiceai-content
Editorial voice, or why AI will never walk you the last mile
Thirty scripts in, I can name precisely what separates unbearable AI content from AI content people watch to the end. It's not the render, the prosody or the captions. Here's the one thing you can't delegate.
- ·6 min read·tutorialmcpshortflow
From script to six platforms in ninety seconds: the tutorial
A rendered video on disk, six connected platforms in Shortflow, Claude Code open. Here's the exact prompt sequence that turns all that into a scheduled multi-platform publication — without touching a UI.
- ·7 min read·ttsai-videoelevenlabs
Kokoro, F5, ElevenLabs: the TTS strategy that keeps me from burning credits
A serious AI video channel iterates twenty to thirty audio versions per episode. At that volume, the choice of TTS engine isn't a quality question — it's a cash flow one. Here's the grid.
- ·7 min read·mcpclaudecreators
MCP, or how Claude plugs into anything (and what it changes for creators)
The Model Context Protocol isn't a feature — it's plumbing. Here's what it actually changes when you use it to run an AI video channel, without becoming an engineer.
- ·9 min read·multi-platformpublishingplaybook
Cross-publishing to six platforms without killing the content: the playbook
Reposting the same video on YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Threads and LinkedIn doesn't work. Here's the per-platform decision tree — when to adapt, when to keep, when to give up.
- ·11 min read·ai-videotiktokpipeline
Eight AI-driven TikTok channels, one pipeline. The complete mechanism.
From the JSON config file to a vertical MP4 ready to ship on six platforms — what's actually under the hood when AI video production runs solo. Real numbers, real decisions, real bugs.
- ·8 min read·case-studyai-videoshort-form
One episode did three times the rest. Here's what I missed.
Twenty-one episodes on the same channel, same format, same synthetic voice. One of them broke the algorithm. A field report on three wrong theories — and the fourth one that landed at 2am, on a re-read.