Simplify Edits · Let Claude Code or Codex edit your videos

Works with your existing agent.

Simplify Edits runs the agent that’s already on your Mac. Whatever you already pay for can drive it.

See the editor in motion.

Ask for a rough cut. Review the changes, bring a passage back, and undo anything. You and your agent work on the same edit.

From the first request to the final say.

Use the subscription
you already have.

Simplify Edits runs your own Claude Code or Codex, so it works with the Claude or ChatGPT plan you already pay for. No extra AI bill from Simplify Edits.

Usage counts against the plan your agent is signed in with. Transcription uses your own ElevenLabs key and is billed by ElevenLabs. Simplify Edits itself has no price yet.

Quicker feedback.
Full control.

In a chat window, every fix is another message and another render. In the editor you see the cuts, change one in a click, and keep going.

1:29from request to applied, on a 70-second talk

ControlReject any cut. Bring back any passage.
Quicker feedbackChange one cut in a click, not a new message.
You see what’s removedEvery cut is crossed out in your transcript before anything changes, not just a finished file.
Fast to undoOne Undo reverses the whole plan.

Simplify Edits

Planning 53 sReview 35 s

1:29

ChatGPT or Claude chat

Not timed yet

?

One prompt.
Every cut you need.

Each tab is one real request in Simplify Edits, and what came back from it.

You, to Codex

Make a clean rough cut. Remove the ums, uhs and false starts, cut the side story about the neighbour’s dog, and shorten the long pauses. When a word repeats, cut only the first copy so every sentence still reads.

Simplify Edits

Read the 70-second transcript
Planned 33 changes: 1:10 → 0:39
You rejected one, then approved the rest
Applied as one reversible edit

Ask for cuts you’d rather not make by hand.

Filler, repeats, a tangent, a different format, a write-up. Each one is a sentence to your agent, and a decision for you.

Filler and repeats

Remove the ums, uhs and false starts

Source recording11.54s excerpt

um, the thing nobody tells you about making videos is that filming is the easy part. The, the editing is where the hours go. Like last week, I recorded a, a ten-minute talk.

3 suggested cuts · filler + repeated words

V1WordsA1

0:000:03.80:07.70:11.5

um,thethingnobodytellsyouaboutmakingvideosisthatfilmingistheeasypart.The,theeditingiswherethehoursgo.Likelastweek,Irecordeda,aten-minutetalk.

Highlighted words line up with their clips.

Working edit10.30s excerpt

um, the thing nobody tells you about making videos is that filming is the easy part. The, the editing is where the hours go. Like last week, I recorded a, a ten-minute talk.

✓ Filler and repeats removed

V1WordsA1

0:000:03.40:06.90:10.3

thethingnobodytellsyouaboutmakingvideosisthatfilmingistheeasypart.theeditingiswherethehoursgo.Likelastweek,Irecordedaten-minutetalk.

Clips close up. Every edit is reversible.

Drag to compare . Move left to show the cleaned edit, right to show the original. The filler “um” and first repeated “the” and “a” are removed, shortening this excerpt from 11.54 to 10.30 seconds.

Bring a passage back

Bring removed section back

A different format

Set the video format to 9:16 vertical and fill the frame

Titles and description

Titles, description and captions

See what’s possible →

Things your agent
can’t do alone.

Simplify Edits is the timeline and the review desk your agent doesn’t have: every change shown first, every edit reversible, and your own hands on the same transcript.

Review desk

Every proposal comes with its own Reject and Accept. Nothing changes until you approve.

Source restore

Removed words are crossed out, never thrown away. Bring any passage back with two clicks.

Undo and Redo

An applied plan is one step in history, so one Undo puts the whole thing back.

Manual control

Select words and remove them, trim at the playhead. You and your agent work on the same edit.

Claude Code on its own

A typical session

You ask for a rough cut.
It cuts the video with tools like ffmpeg and hands back a file.
You watch the whole thing again to find what’s wrong.
You describe each fix in a new message, one at a time.
It re-renders. You check again, and repeat.

Claude Code with Simplify Edits

The same request

You ask for a rough cut.
It proposes every cut inside your transcript and timeline.
You reject or accept each change, or approve them all.
One Undo reverses it all; Source brings any cut passage back.
You fix small things by hand, then export.

Your agent still does the work. Simplify Edits is where you stay in control.

Know where your
video goes.

A clear look at what stays on your Mac, and what gets processed along the way.

Stays on your Mac

Your video and your project

Your original video stays right where it is, untouched. Your projects, transcripts and edits live on your Mac too.

Processed by ElevenLabs

The audio, for the transcript

Transcription is processed by ElevenLabs, using your own key. Only the audio track is used, not your video. Local transcription is coming soon.

Processed by your agent

The transcript, for the edit

Your agent processes the transcript and the timeline to plan the edit, under your own Claude or ChatGPT account. Video frames are only used if you turn that on.

What makes Simplify Edits different.

Not another chat that hands you a video. An editor you can see.

Simplify EditsVERSUS

Claude Code

Codex

Descript

Simplify Edits is a truly agent-first video editor.

It’s for people who would rather not scrub through footage by hand. Perfect if you record long takes, publish often, or want the rough cut done before you open your usual editor.

Tools like Descript are great when you want to edit the text yourself. Simplify Edits is for people who want an agent to do the first pass, and still keep the last word.

What agent-first actually means →

Fair questions.

Simplify Edits

Why can’t Claude Code just do this?

It can make a cut. But you only see the result, then you read everything again and ask for each fix. Here the agent proposes inside a real transcript and timeline, so you review and change it on the spot.

Does my video leave my Mac?

Your original video stays on your Mac. The audio is processed by ElevenLabs to make the transcript (local transcription is coming soon), and your agent processes the transcript and timeline to plan the edits, under your own account. Video frames are only used if you turn that on for a project.

What do I need to run it?

An Apple Silicon Mac, Claude Code or Codex signed in, and an ElevenLabs key for transcription for now. The build isn’t signed or notarized by Apple yet.

Do I pay extra for the AI?

Not to us. It runs your own Claude Code or Codex, so usage counts against the Claude or ChatGPT plan you already have (or the API key you use). Transcription is billed separately by ElevenLabs.

Is it free?

There’s no price yet, and joining the list doesn’t commit you to anything.

1 · Connect your agent 2 · Your first transcript edit 3 · Review, apply, undo

Hi, I’m Frank 👋

I make videos, and cutting them takes forever. The workflow around it is the part I don’t like, and honestly I don’t enjoy editing at all. It’s tiring. So handing off the heavy part, and automating as much of it as I can, matters to me.

I could already give a video to Claude and get a first rough cut back. Then I’d still have to read all of it and ask for each fix, one request at a time. I wanted an editor where the agent does that work and I keep control, changing anything back to my taste until the output is clean.

It’s the tool I wanted for my own videos, and I hope it gives you some of your time back too.

Why I built Simplify Edits →

Frank WultofSimplify Edits developerFrank Builds