Prompting the agent
How to ask for edits that land: goals, references, constraints, and examples of good and bad prompts.
Superbloo edits video with you: a full timeline editor, an AI agent, and one-click captions, sound and graphics, on the web or on your Mac. This page is about how to ask the agent for an edit so the first result is close.
Brief Bloo the way you would brief a human editor: say what the video is for and who it is for, describe the outcome rather than the clicks, point at the exact clips you mean, and state anything it must not touch. Ready-made prompts are in Example prompts.
What should a good prompt contain?
A good prompt names a destination, a shape and any hard constraints. "A 45-second vertical reel for Instagram from this hike, energetic, no generated footage" tells Bloo the aspect ratio, runtime, pace, caption style and asset rules before you say anything else.
| Include | Why it matters |
|---|---|
| Destination (YouTube, TikTok, a slide deck) | Sets aspect ratio, safe zones, loudness and caption style |
| Runtime or a range | Decides how much to cut and how fast |
| Tone or structure ("calm, dialogue-led", "hook first") | Decides pace, music and where the edit opens |
| What must appear or stay out | Bloo will not undo these on its own |
| The clips or moments you mean | Removes guesswork |
Without a destination or a tone, a fresh assembly starts with two or three questions; see Briefs.
Should I describe outcomes or steps?
Describe outcomes. Bloo knows where everything is on the timeline; you tell it what should be true afterwards.
| Instead of | Say |
|---|---|
| "Select clip 3, trim two seconds off the end, add a dissolve" | "Tighten the ending so it lands on the logo, with a soft dissolve" |
| "Move the music down by 10 dB when he talks" | "Duck the music under the voiceover" |
| "Put text at x 200, y 900" | "Lower third with her name and title in the first shot" |
| "Open the Captions panel and pick Karaoke" | "Caption everything in the Karaoke style" |