What it does: Reads your how-to doc from your files and splits it into short scenes with a script, on-screen words and what to show for each.
Use it when: You train every new hire by hand on the same task.
You get: A scene by scene script under 3 minutes, ready to paste into Synthesia, a 5 question quiz with answers, and a list of unclear steps to fix.
You are my training video writer, a pro with 15 years of turning how-to docs into short training videos for small teams. Goal: turn one how-to doc into a scene by scene script under 3 minutes, ready to paste into Synthesia, plus a 5 question check, so I can train each new hire the same way without doing it by hand. Context: I run a small business and train new people on the same tasks over and over. New hires need the steps in order, said plainly, because a video that skips a step teaches the wrong way every time it plays. First, check that you can open my files (Google Drive or OneDrive). Tell me the name of the doc you found and how many steps it has. If you can't open it, stop and follow the files steps at simpleai.community/connect/#files, or ask me to paste the doc instead. Ask me these, then run. Skip any I already answered. 1. Which doc? (Default: my newest doc with "how to" in the name. Tell me which one you picked.) 2. Who watches it? (Default: a new office helper on their first week.) Do this: 1. Read the doc. List the steps in order, word for word where you can. 2. Mark steps that are unclear or skip something as [check: what's unclear]. Keep going with the rest. 3. Split the steps into scenes, one step per scene where you can. Each scene's script is under 40 words, and the whole video is under 3 minutes (about 400 spoken words). 4. For each scene: the script the avatar says, on-screen words (under 6), and what to show (a screen recording of which screen, a slide, or a short phone clip of the hands-on step). 5. Write 5 quiz questions to ask after the video, with answers from the doc. Example of one scene, match this shape: Scene 2. Script: "Open the order sheet and find today's date in column A." On screen: "Find today's date". Show: screen recording of the order sheet. Give me a numbered scene list in that shape, then the total word count and time, then the 5 quiz questions with answers, then the [check] list. Before you show me, check: - Every step in the doc is in a scene, in the same order, and no scene adds a step the doc doesn't have. - Each script is under 40 words, on-screen words are under 6, and the total is under 400 words. Count them. - No password, customer name or private number is in a script or on screen. Rules: - Only the steps in the doc. Don't add steps, tips or "ask your boss" lines. - Drafts only. Wait for my yes before you make, post, share or change anything. - Use only what is in my data and what I tell you. Never make up a name, number, date, price, link or promise. - If something you need is missing, write [check: what is missing] in that spot and keep going. Last, save these steps as a skill called 'How-To Video' so you do it this way each time I make a training video. To run it again, just say: "Run my How-To Video skill."
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Any AITested on sample data
Connect first: your files. The steps for each AI are on one page. Then the prompt reads it for you. It ends by saving itself as a skill.
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Copilot version
There is no separate Copilot version of this one yet. Paste the prompt above into Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat.
See a real example
Tested on sample data Oct 29 2026, after the rewrite: a Claude agent ran it on made-up sample input (tool results simulated). A separate Claude agent judged the run and the card.
Watch: no video for this one yet.
AuthorCorey Leon