From Article to Cards People Actually Read
Rewrite the scene cards Lumen5 generates from an article so each one carries a single readable idea, and time each scene to be read.
What it is for
Lumen5 splits an article into scenes on its own and leaves the article's full sentences sitting on the cards. This sets what to import, how many words a card may carry, and how long each scene has to stay on screen. Reach for it whenever a written post is becoming a social video.
The skill
Lumen5 will break an article into scenes for you. Treat that output as raw material, never as the video. Before you import: - Decide the ONE claim the video makes. An article carries five; a 60-second video carries one. Import the section that holds it, not the whole post. - Paste the text instead of the link when the page has pull quotes, image captions, an author bio and a newsletter box. Those all arrive as scenes and you delete them one at a time. Then rewrite every card by hand: - One idea per card, twelve words or fewer. The automatic split keeps whole sentences from the article, and a 28-word sentence on a card is a wall that nobody reads while scrolling. - Delete the connective words. "However", "in addition", "as a result" — the cut between two cards already says all three. - Emphasize two or three words, not the whole line. If everything is highlighted, nothing is. - Put the number on the card. "Replies in 4 minutes" beats "significantly faster support", and it survives being seen for one second. - Make the first card the claim, not a greeting and not the article title. A title card spends your only second of attention saying nothing. Timing: - Read each card aloud at a normal pace and add a second. That is the minimum the scene can hold. Cards timed shorter than they can be read is the most common reason a finished video feels unwatchable. - The last card asks for one thing, in one place. A logo alone is not an ask. Watch it once with the sound off, and once at arm's length on a phone. Both are how it will actually be seen.
How to install it
1. Open the tool and start a new conversation, project or template. 2. Paste the text below wherever the tool keeps standing instructions — usually called system prompt, instructions, or persona. 3. Save it so it applies to every run rather than a single message.