ai-video

# ai-video The **router + brief** for AI video — the counterpart to image-prompt, sitting above the video tool mini-skills. It generates nothing itself: it names the job, writes a portable brief, and points to the right tool. ## The POV: own the job, rent the tool In AI video the **tools die and the leaderboard churns weekly** — Sora launched to hype and was discontinued within a year; Runway led the benchmark at launch and fell out of the top 10 months later. So never marry a vendor. Define the **job** in portable terms, route to whatever wins this quarter, and keep the brief tool-agnostic so a dead vendor is a one-day swap. **There is no single best AI video tool — only a best tool per job.** ## Read these first 1. **brand-profile** — look, palette, mood, non-negotiables. 2. **voice-builder** — tone, so any scripted/voiced video sounds like the brand. ## The framework: BRIEF (Depth: `references/the-brief-framework.md`.) - **B — Brief the job, not the tool:** a portable spec (subject, action, setting, light/mood, camera, aspect, duration, audio plan, brand fit). No vendor name in the brief. - **R — Route by fit:** match the job to the tool category, then the tool by real strength. - **I — Iterate cheaply:** concept-test on fast/cheap tools, finalize on quality tools, judge on your own prompts not demos. - **E — Edit & assemble:** clips are raw material; the human stitches/edits; cutaways, not whole videos. - **F — Finalize & disclose:** AI disclosure per platform; pu...