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VidCraft Quality System

The VidCraft quality system: 14-point script review, pre-generation gates, 20-point video review plus voice, brand, accessibility and timing checks and the related MCP tools.

VidCraft Quality System

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Overview

Quality is checked at three points: the script (script-reviewer), before generation (pre-generation-check) and the finished video (video-reviewer). Four individual checks come on top. The skills use MCP tools for what can be measured and judge the rest themselves. Results are PASS, WARN or FAIL.


Script review (script-reviewer)

14 points, grouped:

Group Points
Content 1 timing (speaking pace within the type's target range), 2 readability (Flesch Reading Ease at least 60), 3 structure per type template, 4 hook in the first 5 seconds, 5 call to action at the end
Language 6 consistent tone, 7 no AI-sounding language, 8 at most 20 words per sentence, 9 active voice and imperative for instructions
Visual 10 no scene over 60 seconds, 11 defined transitions, 12 visual direction per scene, 13 at most 7 words per overlay without repeating the narration
Completeness 14 recap for tutorials and installation guides

In addition there is a pronunciation advisory (check_pronunciation) for both platforms and, for Synthesia with Expressive Avatars, an expression point (no segment over 60 seconds without ! or ?, flag emoticons). When all points pass, the skill sets the episode status Script Reviewed.


Pre-generation check (pre-generation-check)

The skill first calls the run_pre_generation_gates tool and adds its own checks.

Tool gates:

Gate Result on violation
Episode status is neither Not Started nor Script Draft FAIL (blocking)
At least one scene exists FAIL (blocking)
Every scene has narration FAIL (blocking)
Every scene has visual direction WARN
Estimated duration (words divided by defaults.wpm) information only

Overall result: READY or BLOCKED.

Additions in the skill: platform character limits (blocking), duration within the type's range, referenced assets, and for HeyGen warnings for several backgrounds per scene, timed overlays, SSML prosody without a custom voice and undeclared variables.


Video review (video-reviewer)

20 points after generation:

Group Points
Content (5) hook, messages, CTA, flow, completeness
Narration (4) natural language, no AI patterns, sentence length, pronunciation
Visuals (4) variety every 15 to 30 seconds, avatar consistency, on-screen text, transitions
Pacing (3) total duration, scene duration, breathing room
Brand and accessibility (4) tone, visual branding, subtitles planned, inclusive language

When all points pass, the status QA Passed is set. On any FAIL the status stays Generated; with warnings only, you decide.


Individual checks

Skill Checks
voice-checker AI-sounding language by tier from knowledge/ai-language-patterns.md: tier 1 always flagged, tier 2 from two hits per episode, tier 3 when the pattern repeats. Hints only, no rewriting. Exceptions apply, for example literal UI navigation.
timing-validator Total duration, scene count, longest and shortest scene, hook length, speaking pace against the values of the video type
brand-checker Tone, terminology, visual identity, style guide. Skipped when no brand information is available.
accessibility-checker 10 points: suitability for subtitles, no information in audio only, reading pace, overlay length, contrast, not color alone, clutter, jargon, readability, pace

Measuring tools in the MCP server

Tool Returns
analyze_timing Word count and estimated duration at a given speaking pace
check_readability Flesch score (60 and above PASS, 40 and above WARN, below FAIL), sentence statistics, sentences over 20 words
validate_structure Scenes present, narration and visual direction per scene
validate_platform_limits Characters and scenes against the platform limits
check_pronunciation Years, acronyms, Latin abbreviations with suggestions

The Flesch value is a simplified approximation based on English syllable counting. For German scripts treat it as a rough indication.