How the AI agent works
Understand how Pluged AI's agent edits your timeline: describe the edit, it runs tools, every change is undoable.
The AI agent in Pluged AI is a direct-edit agent. It doesn't just give you instructions — it actually changes your timeline, runs effects, and trims clips.
The editing loop
- You describe what you want in the agent chat
- The agent analyzes your project, footage, and transcript (if available)
- The agent acts by calling editing tools directly on the timeline
- You review, undo, tweak, or re-run
Every tool call is a normal timeline command, so you can Cmd/Ctrl+Z to undo any step.
What the agent can do
Timeline building
- Concat clips — appends your imported media to the timeline
- Keep ranges — builds edits from specific time ranges
- Extract best moments — uses visual and audio analysis to find highlights
- Extract transcript highlights — cuts based on transcript density and signal
- Cut silences — removes dead air between clips
- Trim to duration — tightens edits to a target length
Creative templates
- Apply creator templates — TikTok highlight, podcast clip, UGC ad, product demo, cinematic story, music cutdown
- Apply style packs — viral cut, clean educator, cinematic doc, warm founder
- Apply caption skins — restyles existing captions (tiktok-bold, minimal-clean, boxed-contrast, etc.)
Transforms and effects
- Smart reframe — reframes for vertical formats (9:16) with subject-aware cropping
- Fit to canvas — scales visuals without changing canvas size
- Insert B-roll — adds imported assets at transcript beats or intervals
- Auto sound design — mixes voice, music, and SFX levels
- Add zoom punches — adds motion moments
- Apply transitions — adds visual transitions between clips
- Apply effects — color grades, LUTs, blur, grain, etc.
Text and overlays
- Generate hook — adds opening hook text
- Add text — titles, lower-thirds, callouts
- Add graphics — shapes and graphic elements
Project management
- Edit elements — delete, duplicate, split, group, move
- Manage project — set canvas, background, tracks
Media acquisition
- Search stock media — finds Pexels footage/photos and imports them
- Add sound — searches Freesound for music/effects
- Generate voiceover — creates TTS voiceover from text
Understanding tool rows
When the agent acts, you'll see tool rows in the chat:
Each row shows:
- What ran — the tool name in plain English
- Status — running, applied, or error
- Details — expandable info about what changed
Click any row to see the specific timeline changes.
Proposing vs. direct edit
By default, the agent direct-edits your timeline. Every change happens immediately and is undoable.
If you prefer to review first, ask the agent to "propose a plan first" or "show me what you'll do before doing it." The agent will draft a plan card you can run or discard.
Smart tooling
The agent automatically uses:
- Cached visual analysis — if you've sampled frames, the agent uses those insights
- Transcript timing — if captions exist, the agent uses word-level timing for cuts
- Template defaults — creator templates set canvas, style, captions, and pacing in one call
Saving recipes
When the agent nails an edit, save it as a recipe — a reusable prompt you can run on other footage. Name your recipe in the agent panel and re-run it anytime.
Tips for better results
- Be specific about duration — "a 45-second highlight" is clearer than "a short clip"
- Reference your media — "use the interview footage for B-roll" helps the agent pick the right assets
- Iterate — the agent learns from feedback; undo and re-prompt with adjustments