Shameless plug: I'm the founder of Chat Octopus, an AI media assistant, and it actually 'looks' at the videos to understand them before creating a cut.

https://chatoctopus.com

I also saw another YC company, Mosaic, doing something similar. But your approach of chat-based editing is a lot closer to what I'm building. Shameless plug: I'm also working on a chat-based media processor. https://chatoctopus.com

But you guys are way ahead! will be looking at you for inspiration.

As the domain (hopefully) indicates, A REST API for the FFmpeg service. So far, it's been a plain API, but now it's adding MCPs and AI endpoints, so you don't have to remember ffmpeg commands.

This idea has been floating around in my head, but it wasn't refined enough to implement. It's so wild that what you're thinking of may have already been done by someone else on the internet.

https://huggingface.co/docs/smolagents/conceptual_guides/int...

For those who are wondering, it's kind of similar to the 'Code Mode' idea implemented by Cloudflare and now being explored by Anthropic; Write code to discover and call MCPs instead of stuffing context window with their definations.

Here's what I found:

- Claude Code SDK (now called Agent SDK) is amazing, but I think they are still in the process of decoupling it from the Claude Code, and that's why a few things are weird. e.g, You can define a subagent programmatically, but not skills. Skills have to be placed in the filesystem and then referenced in the plugin. Also, only Anthoripic models are supported :(

- OpenAI's SDK's tight coupling with their platform is a plus point. i.e, you get agents and tool-use traces by default in your dashboard. Which you can later use for evaluation, distillation, or fine-tuning. But: 2. They have agent handoffs (which works in some cases), but not subagents. You can use tools as subagents, though. 1. Not easy to use a third-party model provider. Their docs provide sample codes, but it's not as easy as that.

- Google Agent Kit doesn't provide any Typescript SDK yet. So didn't try.

- Mastra, even though it looks pretty sweet, spins up a server for your agent, which you can then use via REST API. umm.. why?

- SmythOS SDK is the one I'm currently testing because it provides flexibility in terms of choosing the model provider and defining your own architecture (handoffs or subagents, etc.). It has its quirks, but I think it'll work for now.

Question: If you don't mind sharing, what is your current architecture? Agent -> SubAgents -> SubSubAgents? Linear? or a Planner-Executor?

I'll write a detailed post about my learnings from architectures (fingers crossed) soon.

I'm building something exactly similar and couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the HN post. What i'm building (chatoctopus.com) is more like a chat-first agent for video editing, only at a prototype stage. But what you guys have achieved is insane. Wishing you lots of success.

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I built BackupDiary to scratch my own itch because I was afraid if something happened to me, what would happen to my bank account, online subscriptions, passwords (in case my family needed them), etc?

Most of us also have a legal will to help our family, but I think most everyday things are left out. So, this is an informal digital will. It works like a dead man's switch.

The idea is simple:

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2. Add up to 5 recipients

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4. If you don't check-in, the note is decrypted and sent as a PDF file to every recipient.

What do you think? I'd love to answer any questions and concerns.

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