Video Agent Space Still Immature

Video Agent Space Still Immature | Generated by AI

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Question: Does a hermes-video-agent (Claude Code/pi-agent style agent for video editing with ffmpeg) already exist?

Answer:

Yes, partially. But the space is still very immature.

Your idea is basically:

Claude Code for video.

That exact direction is emerging now. (Claude)

Closest projects:

1. Vex — probably the closest match

Vex GitHub repository

Vex describes itself as:

“terminal-first AI video editing, driven by plain English”

It does:

User prompt
    |
    v
LLM agent
    |
    +-- FFmpeg
    +-- MoviePy
    +-- transcript analysis
    +-- generated visuals
    |
    v
edited video

Examples:

"remove awkward intro"

"make this a YouTube short"

"add subtitles"

"cut boring parts"

Very close to your Hermes idea. (GitHub)

2. video-use — Claude Code style

video-use GitHub repository

The concept:

raw footage folder

        |
        v

Claude Code

        |
        v

final.mp4

It treats video editing like coding:

files
scripts
tools
iterations

Basically:

Claude Code
      |
      +-- edit.py
      +-- ffmpeg
      +-- assets
      +-- output.mp4

(GitHub)

3. Research direction: VideoAgent

There are also academic systems moving toward this:

VideoAgent: All-in-One Framework for Video Understanding and Editing

The idea:

LLM
 |
 +-- shot planning agent
 +-- editing agents
 +-- retrieval agents
 +-- rendering pipeline

It is closer to a multi-agent video editor. (arXiv)

But your idea has a different angle

Most current projects:

input video
    |
    v
edit video

Your Hermes idea could be:

intent
 |
 v
video engineer agent
 |
 +-- understand
 +-- create
 +-- edit
 +-- publish
 +-- learn

More like:

Claude Code
      +
Midjourney
      +
FFmpeg
      +
YouTube automation

The missing pieces

Current tools usually lack:

1. Long-term memory

Example:

hermes-video-agent/

memory/
   my_channel_style.md
   subtitle_style.json
   favorite_music.json
   audience.json

After 100 videos:

Agent:
"I know your style."

2. Video project state

Need something like git:

video-project/

main.mp4

timeline.json

versions/

v1/
v2/
v3/

Not:

random ffmpeg command

but:

video commit history

Example:

hermes-video commit -m "make intro shorter"

hermes-video rollback v2

3. Self-evaluation loop

Coding agents have tests:

code
 |
test
 |
fix

Video agents need:

render
 |
watch
 |
critic model
 |
fix

Example:

Critic:

- first 5 seconds too slow
- subtitle too small
- no hook

Agent:
regenerate

My opinion

I would not compete with:

CapCut
Runway
Pika
Kling

They optimize one-shot generation.

Your better positioning:

hermes-video-agent

"the operating system for AI video creators"

Start CLI:

hermes video edit input.mp4 \
"turn this into a viral AI short"

Then later:

hermes channel run \
--topic "AI news"
--daily

The natural evolution is:

pi-agent
   |
   +-- coding agent
   |
   +-- research agent
   |
   +-- video agent

So yes, others are starting this, but there is still a large gap between “AI video editor” and “autonomous video engineer”. That gap is where your idea sits.

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