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Record takes. Claude Code does the rest.
Read your script off the teleprompter and star the best take. Claude Code cuts the edit and writes the posts.
New take added!★ Keeper · take 3
✓ Posted to LinkedIn
0 silences cut
LinkedIn✦X threads✦YouTube✦Shorts✦Reels✦TikTok✦
Storyboard → Record → Post
One session holds one video, from the first idea to the posts.
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Storyboard
Claude writes the script and sketches every shot. Each shot shows its line, how to film it and a Record button.
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Record
A teleprompter sits beside the camera. Pick a hook, read a variant, star the keeper. Camera and screen record as two synced files.
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Post
One draft per platform, shown the way that platform shows it. Variants, opening hooks, history and a schedule.
Storyboard
Every shot, sketched first.
Claude splits the script into shots and draws each one.
The chat
Ask the way you would ask an editor.
Takes has a Claude Code chat built in, next to your takes. It reads the same folders the app writes, so it knows the script, the keeper and the posts. Use the chat in the app or Claude Code in any terminal.
0silences cut
0false starts removed
0posts drafted
TakesI let AI edit my videos for a week
Cut my keeper into a vertical short. Keep it tight, no silences.
4 steps · Bash, get session, Read
The short is ready, cut from your keeper. I took out 14 silences and both false starts, and the captions sit above the platform buttons.
Nice. Now write the posts for it.
3 steps · set post
The posts are on the Post tab: one caption for TikTok, Reels and Shorts, a LinkedIn post and an X thread. Each one uses the new short.
Message Takes
Post
Every platform, previewed as it will look.
You review the real thing, not a text box. Line breaks, the "more" cut-off, the thumbnail and the caption all sit where the platform puts them.
X thread
YouTube
TikTok, Reels, Shorts
In the app
Made for the person in front of the camera.
Teleprompter. Scrolls as you talk.
Hooks. Pick the opening you like.
Camera and screen. Recorded in sync.
Every version. Go back any time.
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Light and dark. Drag to compare.
How it works
Your library is plain folders.
Takes records into ~/Movies/Takes. Claude Code reads and writes the same files through the takes MCP server. When a file changes, the app updates. Nothing lives in a cloud you can't open.
Takes.apprecord · review
~/Movies/Takes
Claude Codechat panel or terminal
records into
takes MCP
starts
Get started
One line in Terminal.
It installs Takes, ffmpeg and Claude Code if you don't have them, signs you in to Claude and opens the app. Run it again to update.
~ %
Downloading Takes…
Takes is in /Applications.
Downloading ffmpeg…
ffmpeg is in ~/.local/bin.
Installing Claude Code…
Claude Code is signed in.
Done. Opening Takes.
NeedsA Mac with Apple silicon, macOS 15 or later, and a Claude plan.
Rather click?Download the .dmg, drag Takes to Applications, then click Finish setup in the sidebar.
From sourceClone the repo,
brew install ffmpeg, then ./build.sh install.Questions
Good to know.
What does it cost?
Takes is free and the code is public. The AI part runs on your own Claude plan through Claude Code, so Takes never sees a bill or an API key.
Why does macOS warn me about the .dmg?
Apple has not notarized Takes. If you download the .dmg in a browser, the first open is blocked: open System Settings › Privacy & Security and click Open Anyway. The Terminal line skips this, because files that curl downloads don't get the quarantine flag.
Where do my videos go?
Into ~/Movies/Takes on your Mac, as plain folders: one per project, one per video. Scripts are Markdown, takes are .mov files, edits sit in an edits folder. Back them up the way you back up anything else.
Can I use Claude Code from my own terminal?
Yes. On its first launch Takes adds the takes MCP server and two skills to Claude Code. Then ask in any terminal: "storyboard my next Takes video" or "cut my last take".
Is there an iPhone app?
There is one in the repo. You build it yourself with your own Apple developer team, for now.
Can I send a pull request?
Takes is a personal tool, shared as is. A bot closes pull requests and there is no support. Fork it and make it yours, and say hi in Discussions.