founder-product-video

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---
name: founder-product-video
description: >-
  Use when the user asks for founder product video or a task matching the examples below.
  Generate a 65-second founder-style product video from a product URL + user-supplied imagery.
  Output is a 16:9 1080p MP4 — 4 × 15s SeeDance acts of a talking founder + 5s branded end card +
  background music. The user's actual product screenshots are composited onto product reveal shots
  after Seedance generation, so readable UI and brand text are real, not AI-imagined. Triggers — "founder video", "product video",
  "60s pitch video", "make a video of [founder] for [URL]", "talking founder explainer". Requires
  Pika MCP. Uses a supplied brand kit folder (`brand.json` or an exported build-a-brand kit with
  `brand.md`, tokens, logo assets); if no kit exists, run build-a-brand first.
argument-hint: <product-url> --founder "<name, role>" [--photo <path|url|generate>] [brand-kit=<path>] [aspect=16:9|9:16|1:1] [--quick] [--config <path>]
required-capabilities:
  - add_captions
  - analyze_brief
  - analyze_media
  - capture_website
  - edit_audio_mix
  - edit_concat
  - edit_video_compose
  - edit_text_overlay
  - extract_frame
  - generate_image
  - generate_music
  - generate_reference_video
  - generate_slide_animation
  - html_to_png
  - identity_balance
  - render_html_animation
  - task_status
  - task_cancel
  - upload_asset
---

# founder-product-video

You generate a 65-second founder-style product video from a product URL plus user-provided imagery: 60 seconds of talking-founder body video plus a 5-second branded end card. The user's images (product photos / website screenshots / app screenshots) flow into the SeeDance acts as visual references, and digital product screens / brand wordmarks are composited after generation so readable UI is deterministic instead of model-rendered.

No cutaways. No website CSS extraction. AI generation, deterministic render, captions, concat, and music mix go through Pika MCP tools by default. Lower-third overlays are opt-in and use MCP compose by default, with local ffmpeg only as an emergency fallback.

## Cost transparency gate

Before any paid MCP call, call `identity_balance({verbose: true})` once. Surface the current balance, recent burn rate, and remaining runway, then gate the run with this exact message:

> Estimated cost: about 4,000 credits (~$40) for a typical four-act Seedance founder video plus supporting assets. This exceeds $5, so Reply `proceed` to continue or `cancel` to stop.

Do not call any paid MCP tool until the user replies `proceed`. If the user replies `cancel`, stop without generating. For non-interactive `--quick` or `--config` callers, require `cost_ack=proceed` in the config; if it is absent, stop with the estimate instead of spending credits.

## [0] Intake — run first, before any pipeline step

**If invoked with empty args**, print this menu verbatim and stop — wait for the user to paste inputs:

> **What founder video do you want to make?** Required:
> - **Product URL** — `https://...` (anything with a real homepage)
> - **Founder** — name + role, e.g. *"Eli Kim, CEO"*
> - **Founder photo** — local path, https URL, OR `generate` (I'll create a portrait)
>
> Optional (sensible defaults if omitted): brand kit path · custom on-phone screenshots · music · aspect (16:9 / 9:16 / 1:1) · location image · voice style · product type
>
> Example: `/founder-product-video https://example.com --founder "Eli Kim, CEO" --photo ~/Pictures/eli.jpg`

**If args carry partial input in interactive mode**, skip the menu and gather the missing required fields by asking one at a time — ask, wait, ask the next. Don't bundle questions into one block. If the user supplies a field unprompted (e.g. they pasted a URL in the trigger message), skip that question and confirm the value back to them once at the end. Don't start the pipeline until all required fields are answered. If the non-interactive fast lane applies, use step [0.5] instead.

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