claude code for viral reels.

Install VS Code

Free code editor where Claude Code lives. Grab it from code.visualstudio.com — pick the build for your OS (macOS, Windows, or Linux). Don't worry about themes or extensions yet.

Install the Claude Code extension

In VS Code, open the Extensions panel and search Claude Code. Install. You'll get a small orange icon in the sidebar — click it to open the Claude chat panel.

Download the template

The scaffold is on GitHub so you don't start from zero. Open the repo and either clone it or grab the zip:

Not familiar with git? On the repo page, click the green Code button → Download ZIP. Unzip it anywhere, then in VS Code use File → Open Folder and pick the unzipped content-brain folder.

Grab your API keys

You need two free accounts:

• Apify — Instagram/TikTok/YouTube scrapers. $5/mo free, covers ~3,000 results.
• Groq — Whisper-grade transcription. Free, very generous.

Open .env in the folder and paste:

APIFY_TOKEN=your_apify_token_here
GROQ_API_KEY=your_groq_key_here

Run /setup

In the Claude Code chat panel, type:

/setup

It checks your keys, installs Python + dependencies, builds the local web app, and creates the Obsidian vault. Takes ~2 minutes. When it's done you'll get a localhost URL — open it.

Add your first creator

In the dashboard, click Add Creator. Paste their handle or profile URL, pick the platform (Instagram / TikTok / YouTube), choose how many reels to pull. Hit start.

It downloads each video, transcribes it with Groq, and drops everything into the vault. New profile shows up in the dashboard when it finishes.

Analyze → playbook + patterns

Click into the creator and hit Analyze. Claude reads every transcript and writes two files:

• playbook.md — how to copy their style, with links to the exact videos that taught it.
• patterns.md — their most common hook templates, body structures, and CTAs.

These are plain text files. Read them, tweak them, use them.

Chat with the creator

In the creator's profile, open the chat. Ask:

Write me a reel about <your topic>

The brain pulls their playbook + patterns + most-relevant past video, picks the closest matching style, and writes a script with hook · body · CTA in their exact voice — plus a caption to match. Iterate in the chat ("redo the hook", "make it shorter") until you're happy.

Use Mega Brain for cross-creator scripts

Back on the dashboard, hit Mega Brain. This chat sees every creator at once. Ask it the same "write me a reel" question — it'll pick whoever's style fits your topic best and write the script.

Now open Obsidian on the same folder. You'll see every transcript, playbook, and pattern as a navigable graph. Useful for studying — and great for showing the system off in 1:1s.