{
  "id": 19633394,
  "title": "Is your hook too slow? Check a short video script before you film",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/is-your-hook-too-slow-check-a-short-video-script-before-you-film",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-12T10:02:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/robinberaud/is-your-hook-too-slow-check-a-short-video-script-before-you-film-57b4"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A script for a short video can be too long before you even film it. The Hermes skill, short-video-script, helps avoid this problem. Provide the platform, desired viewer action, and Hermes will generate a well-structured script with a hook, beats, a turn, and a call-to-action. Each line includes a visual note for screen changes. A tiny Python file estimates the time it takes to say each line, flags issues like a hook that's too long, and splits the text into caption-friendly chunks. Run the script and adjust the pace if needed. The skill is MIT licensed and available at the Hermes skills repository.",
  "summary": "You wrote a script for a Reel, a TikTok or a Short. It reads well. Then you film it and the first sentence takes six seconds to say, and the whole thing runs a minute over. Re-shooting is the expensive way to find that out. I made a small Hermes skill, short-video-script, that handles the part before the camera. You give your agent a topic, the platform and the one thing you want viewers to do at…",
  "key_points": [
    "Hermes skill, short-video-script, generates structured scripts",
    "Estimates speaking time for each line, flags long hooks",
    "MIT licensed script available at Hermes skills repository"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}