cloning-video-ads

# Cloning video ads Take a video ad the user likes and rebuild it with the user's own product. The reference ad's structure, pacing, shots and hook are kept; its product, brand and spoken lines are replaced with the user's. A product ad built from scratch, with no reference video to follow, is out of scope — that belongs to `generating-ad-videos`. A still image ad belongs to `generating-image-ads`. ## Workflow ### Step 1: Analyze the reference ad The reference ad is the plan the clone is rebuilt from, so read it first and read it in full — a thin read here is the one thing that breaks the clone, and no later step recovers it. Read `references/reading-the-ad.md` for exactly what to pull out and the breakdown format, then run `video_analysis` on the ad (a video file or URL) to produce that **timed, second-by-second breakdown** of the whole thing. - **No reference ad** → there is nothing to read yet. Don't invent one; it becomes the first thing the interview (Step 3) asks for. ### Step 2: Read the product - **A product image or URL** — the user's product, the one that replaces the original's → hand it to `analyzing-products` for what the product is, how a person physically uses it, which parts open or move, and what must stay identical wherever it appears. - **Run `image_analysis` on every other image supplied** — what each one shows. The product photo is already covered by `analyzing-products`; don't read it twice. - **No product** → don't guess at one. It becomes the ...