# Legacy May Shorts maintenance (/short-form-video)

/short-form-video is a Claude Code skill in the Video & Motion section. It is maintained by nateherkai and published under the MIT license. Maintains the May Shorts example compositions using their legacy face-mode, scene-overlay and karaoke-caption patterns.

- Web version: https://skills.sgomez.dev/en/s/short-form-video
- Section: [Video & Motion](https://skills.sgomez.dev/en/video.md)
- Author: nateherkai
- License: MIT
- Source: https://github.com/nateherkai/hyperframes-student-kit/tree/ec112ff27abb68ed2086640c18668af8ae1c1fc4/.claude/skills/short-form-video
- Updated 25 Sept 2026

## Use it when

- You are working on the existing May Shorts examples
- You explicitly ask for the legacy four-layer scaffold
- You need to retime a short that is already built

## Not for

- New reels, Shorts or ads, which use short-form-edit
- Projects that are not built on HyperFrames

## What you get

Vertical 1080x1920 HyperFrames compositions with a face layer, scene overlays and word-synced karaoke captions.

## How to ask for it

- `Update the May Shorts composition using the legacy face-mode`
- `I need to touch the old May Shorts scaffold, not a new one`
- `Add karaoke-style captions to this legacy May Shorts composition`

## Install

macOS · Linux:

```
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sgomez-dev/claude-skills/main/install.sh | bash
```

Windows:

```
irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sgomez-dev/claude-skills/main/install.ps1 | iex
```


## Author's description

Maintain the existing May Shorts teaching compositions using their legacy face-mode, scene-overlay, and karaoke-caption patterns. Use only when working on those examples or explicitly requesting this legacy scaffold. For new reels, Shorts, or short advertisements, use short-form-edit.

## Questions about this skill

### Can I use it to make a new reel?

No. It exists to maintain the May Shorts examples; for new recordings use short-form-edit.

### What format are the videos?

Vertical 1080x1920, 10 to 30 seconds, with a talking face, scene overlays and karaoke captions.

### Does it need HyperFrames?

Yes. It sits on top of /hyperframes and does not replace its composition rules.


- [How we review this](https://skills.sgomez.dev/en/methodology.md)