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magic-hour-explainer-video

Turn a source document or brief into a finished narrated explainer using Magic Hour images, speech and video, with a coherent visual style and complete sentences. Use for educational, product and process explainers when Magic Hour is the chosen media provider.

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# Magic Hour explainer video

Deliver a watchable explanation with a beginning, a useful idea and an ending, plus its editable script. A folder of disconnected clips is not the finished video.

Use the connected Magic Hour MCP at `https://mcp.magichour.ai/` or the project's existing API integration. Use the [connection guide](https://github.com/magichourhq/skills/blob/main/docs/quickstart.md#connect-once) if needed. Verify `get_account_info` and discover current image, audio and video tool schemas. Discover a local or connected compositor before promising an assembled video; Magic Hour generation tools do not imply a general-purpose assembly endpoint.

## Convert the brief into a clear story

Read the actual source material. Decide what the audience should understand or do afterward, then write a short script grounded in that source. Preserve uncertainty and distinguish an illustration from evidence. Keep source links alongside the relevant script passage so factual claims remain traceable.

Use the requested duration and audience. When choices are delegated, choose a fitting visual style, pace and available voice and proceed within the authorized budget. Ask only for a blocking source, rights/identity requirement or unresolved meaningful choice. Do not force a two-turn setup questionnaire, a one-minute minimum or identical ten-second scenes.

Plan natural beats: one idea and one visual purpose per beat. Estimate length from a read-through, then fit the cut to measured audio. For longer videos, read [timing and assembly](references/timing-and-assembly.md). Avoid writing more narration than can fit and compensating with unreadably fast speech.