“Claude cuts my TikTok”: How this creator is scaling video with AI | Brooke Lacey

Creator Brooke Lacey, who has built a TikTok audience of more than 290,000, uses a workflow combining Claude Code, FFmpeg and OpenAI's Whisper to edit her short-form videos in about 15 seconds, she said on the How I AI podcast hosted by Claire Vo. Lacey, who has over 25 years in tech and builds the free AI-learning app Zosha, taught Claude her jump-cut cadence and mines her TikTok comments for new scripts, running a weekly posting operation with no editor. The episode walks through the edit chain and how she prompts Claude back on track when it disappoints.

Brooke Lacey has been making videos since before Facebook had video, and she built a TikTok audience of more than 290,000 by learning to cut short-form videos herself. With over 25 years in tech, she now builds her own apps, including Zosha, a free mobile app for learning AI. In this episode, Brooke walks me through the Claude Code, FFmpeg, and Whisper workflow that edits her TikToks in about 15 seconds, how she mines her comments for new scripts, and how she runs a weekly short-form operation with no editor. Listen or watch on YouTube https://youtu.be/UF08V1XIUmw , Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/4aRP2XSavdtrLG5FZoonOK , or Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-i-ai/id1809663079 What you’ll learn: 1. How Claude Code edits a raw phone video on her computer in about 15 seconds 2. How she taught Claude her jump-cut cadence 3. Why her TikTok comments became her content brief 4. How she keeps growing her audience while posting just once a week—and what’s next 5. What over 25 years in tech taught her about this AI moment Brought to you by: Firecrawl https://firecrawl.dev/howiai —Give your AI agents web data and beyond Auros https://aurosglobal.com/howiai —The human network behind AI In this episode, we cover: 00:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF08V1XIUmw Intro and guest welcome 02:30 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF08V1XIUmw&t=150s Brooke’s background in video 06:56 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF08V1XIUmw&t=416s Her first session cutting videos with Claude Code 08:51 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF08V1XIUmw&t=531s Live demo: Claude edits a video in real time 11:05 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF08V1XIUmw&t=665s Walking through the edit chain 15:58 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF08V1XIUmw&t=958s How she taught Claude her cadence, her hooks, and what funny sounds like 25:36 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF08V1XIUmw&t=1536s Quick recap 26:20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF08V1XIUmw&t=1580s Posting frequency, live streaming plans, and TikTok ads 28:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF08V1XIUmw&t=1680s Lightning round: Gen X, wisened experience, and YOLO energy 32:43 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF08V1XIUmw&t=1963s When Claude disappoints: the lane OS, status files, and how she prompts it back 34:50 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF08V1XIUmw&t=2090s Where to find Brooke and the Zosha app Tools referenced: • Claude Code: https://claude.ai/code https://claude.ai/code • FFmpeg: https://ffmpeg.org https://ffmpeg.org • Whisper OpenAI : https://openai.com/research/whisper https://openai.com/research/whisper Other reference: • How I AI episode with John Blackman 91-year-old vibe coder : https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/how-a-91-year-old-vibe-coded-a-complex?utm source=publication-search https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/how-a-91-year-old-vibe-coded-a-complex?utm source=publication-search Where to find Brooke: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@brookejlacey https://www.tiktok.com/@brookejlacey Zosha app: http://zosha.app/ https://zosha.app/ Where to find Claire Vo: ChatPRD: https://www.chatprd.ai/ https://www.chatprd.ai/ Website: https://clairevo.com/ https://clairevo.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/clairevo/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/clairevo/ Production and marketing by https://penname.co/ https://penname.co/ . For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, email \ email protected\ https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection .