The hook
The first frame, the first words, the promise and the tension it opens in the first 3 seconds. Frame by frame, with timestamps.
Free · Claude Code skill
/watch Claude watches any reel. Frame by frame.
A free skill for Claude Code. Paste a link to a reel and type /watch. Claude goes through it frame by frame and hands you the plan to remake it.
25 KB. Free with your email. Runs on a Mac with Claude Code.
On your phone? The skill installs on a Mac. Open federicodonatone.com/watch there, or .
What you get back
Every reel, taken apart
Claude downloads the video, finds every cut, transcribes the speech, reads the text on screen and names the background song. Then it opens every contact sheet and writes you a blueprint.
Every cut
Each scene with its start, end and length, how often it cuts, where it speeds up and where it slows down.
The full transcript
Every line with its timing. whisper.cpp writes it on your Mac, in any language with the bigger model.
The text on screen
Titles, badges and subtitles, where they sit and how long they stay. Apple Vision reads them on your Mac.
The background song
Instagram often shows only “Original audio”. The skill pulls the song out from under the voice and asks Shazam what it is.
How to remake it
A blueprint: hook, structure, pacing, visuals, text, audio and close. Then how to apply it to your own content.
REPORT.md, same reel
## Editing rhythm 10 scenes, 9 cuts in 37.2s = 1 cut every 4.14s. Shortest scene 1.90s, longest 8.73s, median 3.43s. ## Speech (whisper, language en) 00:00.00 There are 12 free Claude skills for LinkedIn, and I'd only install three. 00:03.44 Why only three? ## On-screen text (Vision OCR) 00:00.00 12 FREE SKILLS, at the top (y 7%) 00:03.50 why only three?, at the top (y 15%)
Find the pattern
Paste a dozen links at once
One reel can be luck. Send about twelve in one message: Claude watches each one and ends with a table that compares them on hook, cuts per second, subtitle cadence, length, close and song. What keeps coming back is the pattern.
✦ Free · the skill + my setup
Claude watches reels for you
- The skill (.zip), free, and the install in four steps.
- My exact setup, the one I use before every reel.
- How to run it: paste a link, type /watch.
Step 1 · install on your Mac
Install it in 4 steps
Open Terminal and paste one block at a time. You need Homebrew: if you don't have it, install it first.
Locked. The skill (.zip) and the install in four steps open with your email.
Open it with your emailMy exact setup
How I use it before every reel
This is how I use /watch before I make a reel. Same steps every time.
Locked. My exact setup, the one I use before every reel, opens with your email.
Open it with your emailStep 2 · use it
Paste a link, type /watch
In Claude Code. It works on Instagram Reels, TikTok, YouTube Shorts and X videos, and on a video file on your Mac.
Locked. How to run it, with one link or a dozen at once, opens with your email.
Open it with your emailGood to know
Requirements and limits
A Mac
It's made for macOS with Homebrew. The on-screen text step uses Apple Vision, so it only runs on a Mac. On Linux or Windows the sampler skips that step and does the rest.
Claude Code on a paid plan
Skills run inside Claude Code, and Claude Code needs a paid Claude plan or API credits. Any recent version works.
The song lookup is unofficial
Songs are named through shazamio, an unofficial open source Shazam client. The skill names a song only when two different parts of the audio match it. One match is only a lead.
Some videos need a login
Some Instagram reels and TikToks only download when you're logged in. The sampler then retries with your Chrome cookies, and macOS may ask once for access to “Chrome Safe Storage”. Another browser? Add --cookies-from safari (or firefox, brave, edge).
The rest stays on your Mac
The download, the frames, the transcript and the text reading all run on your machine. Only the song lookup goes out: it sends short audio fingerprints to Shazam.
Study, then make your own
Use it to learn how videos are built. Don't re-upload other people's videos, and check the rights before you put a commercial song in yours. The platform's music library is the safe route.