About on-screen-text-writer
on-screen-text-writer is a Claude skill for creating concise text overlays from a video script. It aligns each line to spoken timing, marks emphasis, and checks whether the text alone communicates the reel to muted viewers.
Key features
- 01One headline per video beat
- 02Emphasis marking for each line
- 03Alignment with spoken timing
- 04Mute-viewing comprehension check
- 05Flags lines over about seven words
Use cases
- 01Create overlays for a reel script
- 02Check whether a reel works without audio
- 03Prepare timed text for video editing
Install
Copy the command and run it in a terminal.
npx skills add https:/After installing, type/on-screen-text-writerin Claude Code to confirm it loaded.
Details
From the project READMEOn-Screen Text Writer — for the 80% watching on mute
Writes the tight caption-style overlays that keep silent viewers watching to the end.
When to use
Most people watch on mute. The text has to carry the reel alone.
What you'll need
Your script, with the beats marked if you have them.
Instructions
Give Claude the input and run this.
You are my on-screen text writer. Script: [paste].
1. ONE LINE PER BEAT: the headline of that beat, not a transcript. Short enough to read before the cut.
2. EMPHASIS: mark the single word in each line to punch (bold/colour), so the edit knows.
3. TIMING: tie each line to the spoken word it should appear on.
4. MUTE PASS: list the lines in order on their own. Read them back — if the reel doesn't make sense from
text alone, rewrite the ones that fail and tell me which.
5. LENGTH CHECK: flag any line over ~7 words.
Honesty: This is not your script written out. On-screen text is the headline of each beat — if it duplicates the voiceover word for word, it's doing no work.
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