My free two-prompt guide to setting up Herk Edit Kit and making an edit with your own footage.
Download the free guidePDF · 5 pages · v2, October 2026
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You can read the guide on your phone. The editing workflow runs on a computer.
The guide and Herk Edit Kit are free. AI assistant access may need a subscription or usage budget. Descript and HeyGen are optional, with their own allowances and terms.
The PDF describes my October 2026 setup. Provider access can change. It has been reviewed against the kit's documentation; a clean installation on a fresh Mac and Windows computer hasn't been verified end to end.
Check the current tools and accountsExplore the decisions behind an AI-assisted edit. Start with the setup, or follow a recording through to export.
Before the first edit, check the computer, AI access and local tools the kit needs.
The editing instructions live inside the kit. Your assistant needs to work in that folder.
A successful install is only a starting point. Try a demo before giving it your full recording.
Give the assistant a recording of your own, a script for spelling, and a reference for the editing style.
“The captions,
the cuts,
the graphics,
the music.”
A transcript gives the edit timing and words. Captions should follow the recording, including ad-libs.
The assistant uses the kit to tighten pauses, work through retakes, and build captions and graphics.
Watch the result. Listen to the sound. An export that completes can still need changes.
The final result is a video file. Watch it all the way through before publishing.
An explanation using my own project. This page doesn't edit or upload your files.
This is my own 72-second reel introducing the kit. It shows a completed result; it isn't a fresh-computer setup test.
Press play for the full video, with sound and captions. The video loads when you play it.
I introduce the free Herk Edit Kit by Nate Herk and describe using it with Claude Code to edit my own video. The reel shows cuts, captions, graphics and music. The toolkit is free; AI assistant access and optional services may have separate costs.
Open a local session inside the herk-edit-kit folder, not its parent folder. Restart the app if the skills still don't appear. Check the toolkit's setup instructions for your assistant.
Close and reopen the app so it picks up the updated path, then run the setup check again.
Specify the language you speak and ask for multilingual transcription. Review names and technical terms against your script, and check captions against what you actually said.
Skip it or choose a supported local fallback. Check your account and current allowance before authorizing any cost. The kit's local starter does not require paid transcription or generated assets.
Keep the project files, note the error and check the assistant's usage limit. Resume the existing project after the issue is resolved. Include the exact error if you email me for help.
Herk Edit Kit is created by Nate Herk and built on HyperFrames. My guide is an independent walkthrough of that toolkit.
Automationscape isn't affiliated with or endorsed by its creators or tool providers. Requirements checked against the toolkit documentation on 24 October 2026.
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