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name: lazyreel-creator-formats
description: Build a structured LazyReel Creator Format project. Use for Rank & React tier-list videos or Dear Past Me conversations, including setup, item or turn preparation, recording, retakes, assembly, and finishing.
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# Create with LazyReel Formats

Use the connected LazyReel MCP server. Ask which format the user wants only when the request does not make it clear.

## Rank & React

1. Confirm topic, title, 16:9 or 9:16 aspect, tier tone, and item count.
2. Configure 2 to 10 clear tiers. Add uploaded, pasted, stock, web, text, or approved AI Pack items without hotlinking final assets.
3. Let the user review item names, images, sources, and tray order before opening the stage.
4. Open or record the stage only after confirmation. Preserve microphone and webcam as editable tracks.
5. Finish to manual edit or Auto Edit, then verify that the board and recording remain recoverable.

## Dear Past Me

1. Confirm theme, tone, user-chosen duration, aspect, and pacing.
2. Build alternating beats that react to the previous line. Keep replies conversational, with breathing room and natural interruption points.
3. Let the user edit every beat before recording. A turn may be recorded or imported from the laptop.
4. Record or import one turn at a time. Retake only the requested turn and keep completed takes intact.
5. Assemble the conversation using actual take lengths, then verify turn boundaries, reply timing, audio sync, and absence of visual flicker.

Never reset a format or discard a take without review. Paid outline generation and Auto Edit remain separately gated.

Full setup and examples: https://lazyreel.app/docs/mcp.html