AI-powered video-to-ad content generator. Paste any Instagram Reel, YouTube Short, Facebook Ad, or TikTok video — get an adapted script, hook, caption, and visual direction for your brand in seconds.

Built with Next.js, Gemini AI, shadcn/ui, and Tailwind CSS.

Recast downloads a social media video, analyzes it with Google's Gemini 2.5 Flash, and generates five adapted ad content sections for your product:

The adapted script preserves the original language of the source video — Hindi stays Hindi, Tamil stays Tamil.

• Multi-platform support — Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, Facebook Ads, TikTok
• Audio or Full Video mode — fast audio-only analysis or full visual + audio
• Product URL scraping — paste a product page URL and context is auto-extracted
• Copy any section — one-click copy on every result card
• Dark mode — system-aware theme toggle
• Cal.com-inspired design — monochrome, shadow-based depth, generous whitespace
• Video preview — watch the downloaded source video inline

• Node.js 18+
• yt-dlp — pip install yt-dlp or brew install yt-dlp
• ffmpeg — brew install ffmpeg
• Google API Key — Get one here

git clone https://github.com/thegauravmahto/recast.git
cd recast
npm install

Create a .env file:

GOOGLE_API_KEY=your_google_api_key_here

Optionally set custom paths for yt-dlp and ffmpeg:

YTDLP_PATH=/usr/local/bin/yt-dlp
FFMPEG_PATH=/usr/local/bin/ffmpeg

npm run dev

Open http://localhost:3000.

Video URL → yt-dlp download → ffmpeg audio extraction (optional)
    → Gemini Files API upload → Gemini 2.5 Flash analysis
    → Structured markdown parsing → JSON response → UI

1. Download — yt-dlp pulls the video from any supported platform
2. Process — Audio extracted via ffmpeg (in audio mode) or full video sent
3. Upload — File uploaded to Gemini's Files API, polled until ready
4. Analyze — Gemini generates adapted ad content with a specialized system prompt
5. Parse — Response split into 5 sections by markdown headers
6. Render — Results displayed in a card grid with copy buttons

recast/
├── app/
│   ├── layout.tsx              # Theme provider, fonts, metadata
│   ├── page.tsx                # Renders dashboard
│   ├── globals.css             # Design tokens, Cal.com shadows
│   └── api/
│       ├── analyze/route.ts    # Video download → Gemini → JSON
│       └── video/[filename]/   # Serves downloaded videos
├── components/
│   ├── dashboard.tsx           # Main UI — input, skeletons, results
│   ├── result-card.tsx         # Card with copy button
│   ├── theme-provider.tsx      # next-themes wrapper
│   └── theme-toggle.tsx        # Dark/light toggle
├── DESIGN.md                   # Design system reference
└── .env.example                # Environment variables template

• Instagram Reels
• YouTube Shorts & Videos
• Facebook Ads (via Ads Library)
• TikTok Videos
• Any platform supported by yt-dlp

MIT

Gaurav — LinkedIn / X