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Video Workbench Context Handoff

This document preserves the working agreements for Video Workbench so future Codex sessions do not depend on copied chat history.

Confirmed Architecture

Knowledge Vault      = source archive and model/essay library
Writing Workbench    = deep article production workspace
Video Workbench      = public-facing dimensional video output workspace
CCPE System          = actor, skill, model, and runtime factory

Video Workbench is a sibling of Writing Workbench. It should not be folded into article production because the target output, rhythm, assets, and evaluation criteria are different.

User's Dimensional Output Workflow

The user's deep essays are often 7,000 to 50,000 Chinese characters. Direct decompression into public form can multiply the text volume, which does not fit current public reading habits.

The user's method:

Extract one or two points from a deep article or model.
Connect them to a public-facing concern.
Produce a video usually under 10 minutes.
Use about 220 Chinese characters per minute as the narration budget.

The previous single-agent actor was named 强哥的徒弟. Video Workbench should preserve the workflow but move toward file-based, agentic production.

Workflow Stages

Stage 0: Series Architecture

Decide whether the video belongs to a series or is standalone.

Inputs usually include:

knowledge-vault/rules model documents
knowledge-vault/sayings essay originals
selected source material

Outputs:

series plan, if any
episode split
target duration
word budget
selected source map

Stage 1: Angle Proposals

Find three distinct entry angles.

Output style:

EP.01 [temporary episode name] - angle proposal

The user selects the angle.

Stage 2: Tone And Outline

Produce the video outline:

framing and positioning
core thought anchor
governing metaphor
global visual style constraints
Chinese style description
English Global Prompt parameters
narration/writing protocol

Stage 3: Storyboard Logic

Produce storyboard logic with time and word budget.

Example:

Shot 1 [Puzzle Introduction]: 30 seconds / about 110 Chinese characters.
Shot 2 [Deep Dive]: 90 seconds / about 330 Chinese characters.

Stage 4: Shot Deep Production

For each shot, produce:

page or screen visual plan
image generation prompt
voiceover script
design subtext
transition notes

Stage 5: Assets

Generate or collect:

images
voiceover audio
optional video clips
asset log

Image and audio generation can be automated later. Image-to-video remains manual for now.

Stage 6: Editing

Editing remains manual initially.

Video Workbench should provide edit notes and timeline plan, not assume full editing automation.

Stage 7: Publishing

Publishing remains manual initially.

Video Workbench can prepare platform copy:

title options
description
cover copy
hashtags / tags
final script

Project Shape

Use series/ for multi-episode work and standalone/ for one-off videos.

Each episode should preserve both process and final outputs. The canonical expanded episode structure is in:

templates/episode-project/EPISODE_STRUCTURE.md

New Session Instruction

Use this in a new Video Workbench session:

Please read README.md, VIDEO_WORKBENCH.md, docs/context-handoff.md, and docs/ccpe-system-handoff.md first, then continue work on Video Workbench according to those conventions.

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