# Prompt library Canonical URL: https://getvidiyo.app/prompts Last updated: 2026-10-08 Prompts The exact words to type, and what Vidiyo does step by step when you send them. ## Cuts - [“Cut everything from 'so anyway' to 'back to the point'”](https://getvidiyo.app/prompts/cut-from-one-line-to-another): Say "Cut everything from 'so anyway' to 'back to the point'" and Vidiyo finds both lines in the transcript and removes the section between them. - [“Cut the ums and long pauses”](https://getvidiyo.app/prompts/remove-ums-and-pauses): Say "Cut the ums and long pauses" and Vidiyo removes filler words and confirmed silences from your talking-head video, keeping a natural breath. - [“Cut this down to 60 seconds”](https://getvidiyo.app/prompts/cut-it-down-to-60-seconds): Say "Cut this down to 60 seconds" and Vidiyo removes pauses, repeats and tangents first, then asks before cutting a whole idea to reach the length. - [“Find the best 30-second clip for a Short”](https://getvidiyo.app/prompts/find-the-best-short-in-a-long-video): Say "Find the best 30-second clip for a Short" and Vidiyo ranks standalone moments in your recording, builds the one you pick and saves the rest. - [“Keep only the best take of each line”](https://getvidiyo.app/prompts/keep-the-best-take): Say "Keep only the best take of each line" and Vidiyo finds repeated takes in your recording and keeps one complete, clean version of each. - [“Start on the strongest line”](https://getvidiyo.app/prompts/start-on-the-strongest-line): Say "Start on the strongest line" and Vidiyo cuts the warm-up, opens on your sharpest sentence and checks that the first frame lands. ## Captions - [“Add word-by-word captions”](https://getvidiyo.app/prompts/add-word-by-word-captions): Say "Add word-by-word captions" and Vidiyo transcribes your video on your Mac and adds captions that highlight each word as it's spoken. - [“Add word-by-word captions in my brand font”](https://getvidiyo.app/prompts/captions-in-my-brand-font): Say "Add word-by-word captions in my brand font" and Vidiyo sets your font and colours as the project brand and styles every caption to match. - [“It's spelled Vidiyo, not video. Fix it everywhere”](https://getvidiyo.app/prompts/fix-a-misheard-word-in-captions): Say "It's spelled Vidiyo, not video. Fix it everywhere" and Vidiyo corrects that word in every caption without changing the timing. - [“Keep the captions clear of my face and the Reels buttons”](https://getvidiyo.app/prompts/keep-captions-off-my-face): Say "Keep the captions clear of my face and the Reels buttons" and Vidiyo moves every caption into a safe area using measured face positions. ## Motion - [“Add a lower third with my name and title”](https://getvidiyo.app/prompts/add-a-lower-third): Say "Add a lower third with my name and title" and Vidiyo places an animated name card on your first line, in your brand colours. - [“Add an animated chart of these numbers”](https://getvidiyo.app/prompts/add-an-animated-chart): Say "Add an animated chart of these numbers" and Vidiyo builds a bar, line or donut chart that animates in while you talk about it. - [“Circle the Export button when I mention it”](https://getvidiyo.app/prompts/circle-the-button-on-screen): Say "Circle the Export button when I mention it" and Vidiyo draws a hand-drawn circle or arrow on that part of your screen recording, on the word. - [“Put a counter on "160 GB"”](https://getvidiyo.app/prompts/put-a-counter-on-a-number): Say "Put a counter on '160 GB'" and Vidiyo adds a number that counts up on the exact word you say it, styled in your brand colours. - [“Put the main word behind my head”](https://getvidiyo.app/prompts/put-a-word-behind-my-head): Say "Put the main word behind my head" and Vidiyo cuts you out of the frame on your Mac so a large title sits between you and the room. ## Audio - [“Add a whoosh on every cut”](https://getvidiyo.app/prompts/add-a-whoosh-on-every-cut): Say "Add a whoosh on every cut" and Vidiyo places a whoosh on each cut and graphic entrance, levelled under your voice in one step. - [“Add calm background music”](https://getvidiyo.app/prompts/add-background-music): Say "Add calm background music" and Vidiyo picks a licence-cleared track by mood, places it under your voice and fades it out at the end. - [“Keep the music under my voice”](https://getvidiyo.app/prompts/duck-the-music-under-my-voice): Say "Keep the music under my voice" and Vidiyo measures your mix and sits the music a set margin under your speech, with fades in and out. - [“Remove the background hum from my voice”](https://getvidiyo.app/prompts/remove-background-noise): Say "Remove the background hum from my voice" and Vidiyo measures the noise floor and applies noise reduction, EQ and compression to your voice clips. ## Layout - [“Cover the jump cut with B-roll”](https://getvidiyo.app/prompts/cover-the-jump-cut-with-b-roll): Say "Cover the jump cut with B-roll" and Vidiyo finds stock footage that matches what you're saying and places it over the cut, muted. - [“Make it vertical for Reels”](https://getvidiyo.app/prompts/make-it-vertical-for-reels): Say "Make it vertical for Reels" and Vidiyo switches to 9:16, reframes each shot on your face, and moves captions clear of the Reels buttons. - [“Show the product above me”](https://getvidiyo.app/prompts/show-the-product-above-me): Say "Show the product above me" and Vidiyo puts your screen recording in the top part of the frame and you in a rounded card below. - [“Warm up the color”](https://getvidiyo.app/prompts/warm-up-the-color): Say "Warm up the color" and Vidiyo measures your footage's colour, corrects exposure and white balance, then adds warmth while keeping skin natural. - [“Zoom in when I make the main point”](https://getvidiyo.app/prompts/zoom-in-on-the-main-point): Say "Zoom in when I make the main point" and Vidiyo adds a punch-in on that line with your face kept in frame, as a cut or a slow push. ## Thumbnails - [“Make a thumbnail with my face and the title”](https://getvidiyo.app/prompts/make-a-thumbnail-with-my-face-and-title): Say "Make a thumbnail with my face and the title" and Vidiyo generates a cover from a frame of your video and a headline drawn from what you say. - [“Make the cover pop”](https://getvidiyo.app/prompts/make-the-cover-pop): Say "Make the cover pop" and Vidiyo refines your selected thumbnail into a new version with stronger contrast and a bolder headline, keeping the rest. ## Publishing - [“Schedule this to Instagram and LinkedIn for Tuesday 9am”](https://getvidiyo.app/prompts/schedule-to-instagram-and-linkedin): Say "Schedule this to Instagram and LinkedIn for Tuesday 9am" and Vidiyo writes each post, attaches the export and schedules both through Buffer. - [“Write a 60-second script about our new export feature”](https://getvidiyo.app/prompts/write-a-script-for-my-next-video): Say "Write a 60-second script about our new export feature" and Vidiyo drafts a hook-first script and saves it as a card on your content board. - [“Write the post captions for Instagram, LinkedIn and X”](https://getvidiyo.app/prompts/write-post-captions-for-each-platform): Say "Write the post captions for Instagram, LinkedIn and X" and Vidiyo drafts one caption per platform from what your video actually says. ## Review - [“Fix this comment”](https://getvidiyo.app/prompts/fix-this-comment): Pin a comment on a frame, press Fix with AI, and Vidiyo reads the note at its moment and makes the change, then marks the comment resolved. - [“Is my audio loud enough for Instagram?”](https://getvidiyo.app/prompts/check-loudness-for-instagram): Ask "Is my audio loud enough for Instagram?" and Vidiyo measures the mix against the -14 LUFS social target and offers to fix it. - [“Review it before I export”](https://getvidiyo.app/prompts/review-it-before-i-export): Say "Review it before I export" and a fresh-context critic checks your cut against an editing rubric and pins each problem on the timeline. ## Try Vidiyo on your next video Free during the beta, for Apple Silicon Macs. Sign in and we’ll let you in or add you to the waitlist. [Download for Mac](https://getvidiyo.app/download) [Read the docs](https://getvidiyo.app/docs)