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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

> Find the best moments in an input video and pass clip outputs to the rest of a workflow.

# Findclips

> Find Clips scans incoming video and creates clip outputs from your length, model, prompt, and keyword guidance.

The **Find Clips** node is for selecting moments from the source video. It does not apply visual edits such as subtitles, reframing, b-roll, watermarks, or outros. Add those editing nodes after Find Clips when you want to change how the clips look.

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  ### Schema

  * **Input**: Video or clip output from a trigger or earlier node
  * **Output**: Clips selected from the input video
</Info>

## Add the node

Open **Workflows** from the left sidebar and click **New** to open the workflow builder.

Add a trigger first, such as **Manual Trigger**, **New YouTube Video**, **RSS Feed**, or another source node. In the **Editing** stage, choose **Find Clips**. Overlap adds the action node to the canvas and connects it to the previous video output.

Click the **Find Clips** node on the canvas whenever you need to reopen its settings on the right side.

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  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/overlap-1436d2b7/bENAm-JjxqSKGEKN/images/generated/beta-findclips-node-settings-framed.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=bENAm-JjxqSKGEKN&q=85&s=6a74ac64dffb84d8fd03bfecb01aaa5c" alt="Find Clips node settings panel" width="2192" height="1323" data-path="images/generated/beta-findclips-node-settings-framed.png" />
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## Configure clip length

Use **Minimum** and **Maximum** under **Clip Length** to set the target duration range for generated clips.

The current defaults are:

* **Minimum**: `30 s`
* **Maximum**: `120 s`

Clips can be between `10` and `600` seconds, and the minimum must stay below the maximum.

## Choose the model

Use **Model** to choose how Overlap should evaluate the source video.

The current options are:

* **Conversational**: for spoken conversations, podcasts, interviews, and similar talk-driven videos
* **Multimodal**: for sports or other videos where non-verbal context is important

## Guide clip selection

Use **Prompt** to describe what makes a good clip for this workflow. You can type directly into the editor or click **Select prompt** to choose a saved prompt.

Good prompts usually name the audience, topic, or type of moment you want. For example:

* Find clips where the guest shares practical advice for founders.
* Surface energetic moments with clear reactions or surprising claims.
* Focus on segments about AI trends and avoid housekeeping or intro chatter.

Use **Keywords** when certain terms, names, products, or topics should influence what the node looks for. The node starts with no custom keywords.

## Runtime configuration

When you manually launch a workflow that includes Find Clips, open **Runtime Configuration** to add one-run guidance without changing the saved workflow.

* **Prompt adjustment** adds temporary instructions to the saved Find Clips prompt.
* **Timestamp ranges** accepts source-video start and end times. Use **Guaranteed clips** to include exact ranges as clips, or **Search within** to find individual clips inside those ranges.

## Build the rest of the workflow

After Find Clips, continue with editing nodes such as [Add Subtitles](/nodes/subtitles), [Convert to Vertical](/nodes/reframe), [Watermarks, Outros, etc.](/nodes/branding), or [Audiogram](/nodes/audiogram). Finish with an export node so the workflow has a destination for the clips it creates.