Every screen, button, and report section.
This matches the current app. The weekly path is on Help. Bold names are the names on the screen and on the reports.
Terms
| Term | What it means |
|---|---|
| Message window | The start and end time ChurchClip AI treats as the sermon. The aim is teaching, not songs or announcements. On a full service it can still open during worship. |
| Analyze | The Advanced button for a new clip report. Same result as Get clips on Home. Uses 1 credit. |
| Browse Previous | Pick a sermon folder you already ran. Reuses the transcript and the video. |
| Re-run | Runs again on work already done in that folder. Uses 0 credits. |
| Quick Reload | Reloads the folder you already have open. Uses 0 credits. |
| Open | The Advanced name for Open Results Folder. Opens v1. |
| Start this clip at | A later line inside a teaching clip, the line to open a short post on. The 3-second sheet gives the time. It does not move that line to the front of the video. |
Purple buttons spend a credit: Get clips, Analyze, Midweek, and 3-sec. Blue buttons do not: Produce, Re-run, Browse Previous, Quick Reload, and Open.
ChurchClip AI Report
Button: Get clips or Analyze. Credit: 1. File: …_YYYYMMDD_HHMM_report.pdf, plus Word and Markdown unless you unchecked that box. Title: ChurchClip AI Report. The header line is the current folder name.
| Section | What it covers |
|---|---|
| Theme Marker | One sentence for the main idea. The clips were chosen to support this. |
| Video Summary | Theme, main points, and takeaway. Read this before the clip list. |
| Recommended Clips | The list Produce cuts. |
| Name | The clip title, often the line the moment turns on. |
| Time | Start and end on the sermon recording. Produce may start a few seconds earlier so the first word is a full sentence. |
| Dur | Length of that clip in seconds. |
| Impact | How strong that moment is for a share, on a 10-point scale. |
| Theme | The idea inside that clip, tied to the sermon theme. |
| Reason | Why this moment was picked. |
| Key Quote | The line that carries the clip. The 3-second sheet uses this when it looks for a social start. |
Quality versus quantity
Get clips asks for a number, usually 5. It may return fewer. That is quality over quantity. A fifth clip that does not carry the theme is not a gift. Four strong moments are a finished run. Produce the clips you have.
The quantity checkmark is on this Advanced tab, near the top. The label is Prioritize getting the full number of clips (may include lower quality). It is off unless you check it. Check it before Get clips when you need the full number for a different teaching use: one clip per point for a class, a week of short posts, a Sunday School recap, or a series book. On, it tries to hit the number, and some clips may be weaker. Off, it will not pad the list. A later run is v2. It does not overwrite v1.
A Note from Analysis appears only when the run has something extra to say, such as fewer clips than you asked for. That note is not an error. This ChurchClip AI Report returned 4 clips instead of 5. The theme, the summary, and the four times are still the list to use.
Letterhead margin
This is a print setting, not a clip setting. The checkmark is on the Advanced tab, just above the quantity box. The label is Large top margin for letterhead printing. It starts off. Check it when you print onto church letterhead or drop the page under a printed header. On, the PDF leaves a large blank at the top. Off, the page uses a normal top margin. It applies to the PDF of the ChurchClip AI Report, the Discussion Starter, and the Midweek Study Guide. It does not change the 3-second sheet, and it does not print a logo. The Word file is the copy to edit if you want a different header. A choice you already saved stays as you left it.
Discussion Starter
Written by Get clips. Written again after Midweek, at no second credit. Title: your church name, then Discussion Starter. File: …_YYYYMMDD_HHMM_discussion-starter.pdf. The newer minute is the one to send. A second write in the same minute ends in _1.
| Section | What it covers |
|---|---|
| Theme | The sermon theme, under the title. |
| Core Theme | The same theme, stated as the center of the discussion. |
| Introduction & Overview | A short overview a leader can read, including for someone who missed Sunday. It is about the message, not about clips or editing. |
| Discussion Questions | Numbered questions for the group. They ask about the teaching, not about timestamps or video production. |
| Personal Reflection | One or two prompts for quiet time during the week. These are not the group questions. |
| Application & Closing | A concrete step for the week, and a way for the group to close. |
A line under the footer says it is for discussion leaders and group participants. After Midweek, if the newer file still has general questions, use the Midweek Study Guide questions in the room. First Discussion Starter and later Discussion Starter are the same Sunday.
Midweek Study Guide
Button: Midweek. Credit: 1. Title: your church name, then Midweek Study Guide. File: …_YYYYMMDD_HHMM_midweek_study_guide.pdf. The type is the last word. This is the longer study. The Discussion Starter is the short send.
| Section | What it covers |
|---|---|
| Introduction & Overview | A two-thirds to full-page summary of the message. Written so someone who did not hear Sunday can get the big picture and still join the discussion: a Sunday School teacher, a kids ministry worker, a leader who was serving in another room. |
| Discussion Questions | The questions for the room. After this guide is saved, the Discussion Starter is rewritten from these questions. |
| Personal Reflection | Prompts for someone to sit with during the week, separate from the group questions. |
| Application & Closing | What to do with the message before you meet again, and how to close the group. |
| Scripture Verses in this message | Addresses only, right after Application & Closing, in the order each address first appears. No verse text. If none are named, the section says No scripture references detected. Same 1-credit call. |
A section heading stays with its first lines. It is not left alone at the bottom of a page. Same footer and legal line as the other reports. Open the Midweek Study Guide. Read the overview first if you were not in the service. It is the catch-up, not a second sermon.
3-second sheet
Button: 3-sec. Credit: 1 from the shared pool. Produce the clips first. If you have not Produced, 3-sec stops and spends no credit. Allow 3-sec without Produce is on this tab, off unless you turn it on. On, the sheet scores the clip list before the videos exist and still uses 1 credit. No clip list still stops and spends nothing. Without produced clips, the editor section says to Produce first for the Resolve or Premiere file. A person looking at a clip will decide in the first 3 seconds whether to watch more or scroll by. The clip cards stay first. After the cards, YouTube Post / Repost has Title for social, Why watch, Start the video here, and Open with these clips. That part has no file paths. Title on the report: 3-Second Hook Analysis. File: …_YYYYMMDD_HHMM_3sec_report.pdf. The type is the last word. It does not cut a new video.
The sheet usually ranks up to 3 clips. If fewer strong openings are found, it shows only the clips it scored. If the scores are a template fallback, a note at the top of the sheet says so. You are still charged 1 credit.
| Line | What it covers |
|---|---|
| Clip title | The name of that moment, matching the ChurchClip AI Report. |
| Original Clip # and rank | Which clip on the report, and where it ranks for a short post. Best picks are marked. |
| Teaching | Start, end, and length of the full clip. This is the file in v1\clips\. |
| Start this clip at | A shorter start inside that clip. The sheet does not move that line to the front of the video. |
| Hook Strength | Score out of 10 for how fast the opening stops a scroll. |
| Why Selected | Why this moment works as an opening. |
| Best Use | The kind of post it fits. |
| Edit Suggestion | Where to trim if you open the longer edit copy in another program. |
| Hook Evaluation / Reason | A second line on why the opening works. |
| Suggested Title | A short title for the post. |
| Suggested Caption | The caption to paste with the video. |
| Suggested Hashtags | 4 to 6 tags from that clip, plus the church name from Church name when it is set. |
| Best Pick(s) | The clips to post first, with their hook scores. |
| Overall Note | Which opening to use, and why. |
At the end, Edit in Resolve or Premiere. Open DaVinci Resolve. Load the media into the Media Pool (File → Import → Media, or drag the clips in). Then File → Import → Timeline, and pick the file whose name contains Resolve (…_open_Resolve.fcpxml). Open Adobe Premiere. Import the media (File → Import, or drag the clips into the Project panel). Then File → Import, and pick the file whose name contains Premiere (…_open_Premiere.xml). The file name is the link. Longer edit copies are used when Produce saved them. If those were off, the sheet points at the teaching clips. The sermon video is linked by its file name.
The sheet does not print words onto the video, and it does not make a phone-shaped file. Post the teaching clip as it is, or trim the longer edit copy. Free programs people already use: on a phone, CapCut or iMovie. On a computer, Clipchamp, which is included with Windows, iMovie on a Mac, CapCut, or DaVinci Resolve. Open the 3-second sheet. The Edit Suggestion on that file is advice for another program.
Free programs for that trim, if you want one: on a phone, CapCut or iMovie. On a computer, Clipchamp (included with Windows), iMovie on a Mac, CapCut, or DaVinci Resolve. None of these is required. The teaching clip in v1\clips\ can be posted as it is.
Every screen
There are four screens. Bold names are the names on the screen.
| Screen | What it is for |
|---|---|
| Sign-in | Email and password for the account. Credits live on that account. The desktop program does not have a change-password screen, and it does not send a reset email. Saved sign-in stays on that computer. |
| Home | The weekly path. Paste a YouTube link or choose a video file, then Get clips, Produce, Midweek, and 3-sec. The bold line is the step. The dark box under the buttons is a few plain lines for this run. |
| Advanced | The same jobs, plus ways to reopen a sermon you already ran. The full log is here, closed until you open it. The last report text shows on the right. The work buttons are on the left. |
| Settings | Set once for the church. Dark only. There is no light theme in this version. |
Home
| Control | What it does |
|---|---|
| YouTube link | Paste the watch link. The first run saves the video, then writes the transcript, unless a transcript is already in the folder. |
| Local file | Choose an mp4 already on the computer. Same path after that. A Facebook link is not accepted. A file saved from Facebook is fine. |
| Get clips | Reads the sermon and writes the ChurchClip AI Report and the first Discussion Starter. Uses 1 credit. Asks first. The first transcript of a 30 to 50 minute sermon can take several minutes. That wait is the transcript, not the clip list. |
| Produce | Cuts the teaching videos into v1\clips\. Uses 0 credits. May start a clip a few seconds earlier so the first word is a full sentence. |
| Midweek | Writes the Midweek Study Guide, then writes the Discussion Starter again. Uses 1 credit. Asks first. |
| 3-sec | Writes the 3-second sheet. Uses 1 credit. Asks first. Does not cut a new video. |
| Open Results Folder | Opens v1, where the reports and clips are saved. |
The bold line is the step. Ready means nothing is running. Transcribing… is the long wait on a first run. Transcript ready — analyzing clips… means the written copy is done. Done — 5 clips. means Produce finished. Midweek saved and 3-sec report saved mean those files are in the results folder. The dark box stays short. A failed cloud upload says Cloud failed. Using local. Charge 0.
The message window is the start and end time treated as the sermon. The aim is teaching, not songs or announcements. The clock line is in the Analysis Log. A full service can read Hand-off cue at 00:47:45: 'receive the message' and Message window 00:47:45–01:39:47. A recording that already starts at the message can read Message window 00:00:04–00:31:41. If no hand-off is found, the line is Message window not detected — using full transcript. On a full service that window can still open during worship. Do not plan on every recording losing the front of the service.
Advanced buttons
Purple buttons spend a credit. Blue buttons do not.
| Button | Credits | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Analyze | 1 | Same result as Get clips on Home. A new clip report for the open folder. |
| Produce | 0 | Same teaching videos as on Home. |
| Re-run | 0 | Runs again on work already done in that folder. Does not spend a credit. |
| Browse Previous | 0 | Pick a sermon folder you already ran. Reuses the transcript and the video. Read the theme before you Produce. |
| Quick Reload | 0 | Reloads the folder you already have open. |
| Open | 0 | The Advanced name for Open Results Folder. Opens v1. |
| Midweek | 1 | Same study guide as on Home. |
| 3-sec | 1 | Same posting sheet as on Home. |
Analysis Log is the full record of the run. It starts closed. The header says Analysis Log ▼. Click it to open. Leave it closed on a normal Sunday. Open it when a step failed, when the clips are bunched at the end, when you want the message-window clocks, or when you want to see that an existing video was reused. The report pane on the right is the last clip list, so you can read it without opening the PDF.
Settings
| Control | What it does |
|---|---|
| Church name | The box says e.g. Freedom Gateway. Goes on the Midweek title, the Discussion Starter title, and one hashtag on the 3-second sheet. The main clip report stays ChurchClip AI Report. |
| Denomination / Church Type and Clip Style / Tone | These choices apply to Get clips (both modes), the 3-second sheet, and Midweek. They are soft guidance. The main clip report title stays ChurchClip AI Report. |
| Also save edit copies (30s before / 60s after) | Off unless you check it. On means Produce also saves a longer copy, 30 seconds before and 60 seconds after, in v1\clips\edit\. It never overwrites the teaching clip. Leave it off unless you trim in another program. |
| Account & Subscription | The signed-in email, the plan, and the credits left. Home has an Account button that opens this screen. |
| Use cloud transcription (opt-in) | Off unless you check it. The note under it says 1 credit per 30 minutes, rounded up. The local small model is included and stays free. See the next section. |
| FFmpeg / ffprobe | The included tool that saves the video and cuts the clips. Re-detect checks again. You do not install a separate cutter. |
| yt-dlp (YouTube video downloads) | The tool that pulls a YouTube video. Update yt-dlp to Latest if a link fails. Check dependencies now runs the same check. |
| Output Folder | Where sermon folders are saved. Browse changes it. The box shows the current folder and does not take typing. |
Two checkmarks are not on Settings. They are on the Advanced tab. Prioritize getting the full number of clips (may include lower quality) is off unless you check it. Large top margin for letterhead printing starts off. Check it when you print onto church letterhead. A choice you already saved stays as you left it. Quantity is under Quality and quantity. Letterhead is under Letterhead margin.
Cloud transcription and local transcription
A transcript is the written copy of what was said, with times. Get clips needs that copy before it can pick moments. There are two ways to get it. The choice is the Settings checkbox Use cloud transcription (opt-in).
Local transcription is the default. Leave the box off. The computer writes the transcript. It costs 0 credits. A 30 to 50 minute sermon can take several minutes. Home shows Transcribing… and then Transcript ready — analyzing clips…. The wait is the transcript. The clip list is the short part.
Cloud transcription sends the audio out and writes it elsewhere. It is often faster on a slow computer. It costs 1 credit per 30 minutes of audio, rounded up, and that is on top of the 1 credit for Get clips. A 57 minute sermon is 2 transcription credits plus 1 for the clip list. If the upload fails, the program falls back to the computer and does not charge the cloud credits.
If the sermon folder already has a transcript, both are skipped. Get clips goes straight to the clip list and still uses 1 credit. Leave Cloud transcription off unless you want to spend credits to save time. A new account starts with 5 credits. One Sunday with the box on can use most of them.
Credits
| Button | Credits | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Get clips | 1 | ChurchClip AI Report and Discussion Starter |
| Get clips, if Cloud transcription is on | 1, plus 1 per 30 minutes, rounded up | Same two reports |
| Produce | 0 | Teaching videos in v1\clips\ |
| Midweek | 1 | Midweek Study Guide, and a new Discussion Starter |
| 3-sec | 1 | 3-second sheet. No new video. |
A new account starts with 5 credits. No card. Unused trial credits expire 30 days after the account is created. A paid plan renews unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the period ends.
Every report has this line at the bottom: Video: {sermon} | Generated: {date and time}. Only run a video the church owns or has permission to use.
A sermon series can become a short book. Each chapter can be the transcript of that message, the Midweek overview, and the discussion questions. The overview is already the catch-up a reader needs. The questions are already the end-of-chapter questions. ChurchClip AI does not assemble the book. It gives you the chapter pieces, one Sunday at a time.
A larger plan has more credits, so the same path works on older videos the church already owns: a prior series on YouTube, or files from the booth. That is a back catalog, not a new feature. Each sermon is still one Get clips, and Midweek and 3-sec only if you want them. Only run a video the church owns or has permission to use.