Shorts API for AI agents

Give your agent the ability to create shorts on autopilot

Znippet gives AI agents a simple video-to-shorts pipeline: upload long-form video, get numbered short-form moments, choose the winners, and render ready-to-post clips through stable API endpoints.

Built for LLM agents, workflow builders, creator tools, agencies, and internal content automation.

znippet-agent.pipeline

session: ai-agent-shorts-runlive

user$Can you find the best shorts in this podcast?

agent$Yes. I will ask Znippet to watch the video and find clip-worthy moments.

znippet$analyzing episode-42.mp4...

agent$Znippet found 12 possible shorts. The strongest 3 are:

agent$1. "The launch mistake" - a clear story about what went wrong.

agent$2. "Why creators quit early" - strong hook, useful advice.

agent$3. "The simple content system" - practical and easy to share.

user$Export clips 1 and 3 with captions.

agent$Calling Znippet to render those two shorts now.

znippet$rendering selected clips...

agent$Done. Here are 2 captioned MP4 clips ready for Shorts, Reels, and TikTok.

agent$

Paste this into your agent

Ask your AI agent to wire up Znippet

Help me create shorts with Znippet. Use the docs at https://znippet.ai/shorts-api/docs when needed. First ask me for the video or source file, then ask which clips I want to render. Keep the setup simple; my Znippet license key is in my dashboard.

Using an agent without internet access?

Copy the Shorts API Markdown docs and paste them directly into your agent before asking it to set up the Znippet Shorts API.

public/shorts-api-docs.md

Agent-native workflow

One API flow your agent can reason about

Upload source video

Create a presigned upload, send the source video, and hand the returned upload object to your agent.

Generate ranked moments

Start analysis and poll until Znippet returns numbered clip candidates with titles, scores, timings, and metadata.

Render approved shorts

Select the moment numbers your agent or human reviewer wants, then poll the render job for final MP4 URLs.

Quickstart

How your agent uses Znippet

Treat Znippet as the video tool your agent calls when the user asks for shorts. The agent handles the conversation and selection; Znippet handles video analysis, captions, rendering, and clip URLs.

The user can find their Znippet license key in their dashboard. Use it as the bearer token for API requests.

Give your agent credentials

Get the Znippet license key from the user dashboard, then store it with a stable device id in your agent runtime or workflow secret store.

Authorization: Bearer <licenseKey>
X-Device-Id: agent-workspace-01

Upload the source video

Your agent creates a presigned upload, sends the video file, then keeps the returned upload object.

POST /api/v1/shorts/uploads
PUT <uploadUrl>

Ask Znippet for moments

The agent starts analysis and polls until Znippet returns numbered shorts with timing, score, and context.

POST /api/v1/shorts/analyze
GET /api/v1/shorts/analyses/{jobId}

Let the user choose

Show the numbered moments to the user, then render only the selected clips with captions.

POST /api/v1/shorts/analyses/{jobId}/render
GET /api/v1/shorts/renders/{jobId}

What agents can build

Give agents video output, not just text output

Most agents can summarize a transcript. Znippet lets them operate on the actual content pipeline: source footage, candidate moments, captions, renders, and final clip URLs.

Creator agents that turn podcast episodes into social clips

Agency automations that prepare clip candidates for client review

Content ops agents that create Shorts, Reels, and TikToks from webinars

SaaS products that need video repurposing without building a render pipeline

Internal marketing agents that transform recordings into distribution assets

No-code and workflow agents that need simple upload, analyze, render primitives

Endpoint map

Five endpoints from upload to rendered shorts

POST/api/v1/shorts/uploads

Create a presigned upload and source asset.

POST/api/v1/shorts/analyze

Start async clip analysis.

GET/api/v1/shorts/analyses/{jobId}

Poll for numbered moments.

POST/api/v1/shorts/analyses/{jobId}/render

Render selected moment numbers.

GET/api/v1/shorts/renders/{jobId}

Poll final rendered clips.