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Every one of the 67 tools, with its complete option list. These pages are generated from cleya capabilities at docs build time, so they cannot drift from the toolkit: add a flag, rebuild, the page is right.

Generated from cleya v0.6.0.

perception — instruments — measure what was rendered (WCAG contrast, alignment, brand conformance, copy claims, pixel diff)

Tool
alignOptical-alignment check
brand_checkBrand-compliance score
claimsLint a creative's copy against a claims policy
contrastWCAG contrast check on rendered text
diffCompare two rendered frames
pacingMeasure a rendered film's rhythm
paletteColor report for a frame
reviewPerception QA on a rendered video
scrubOpen a film in the director's chair

author — create media from specs (scene DSL, cards, titles, captions, voiceover, capture)

Tool
animated-captionsAdd karaoke-style animated captions (macOS only, requires Whisper)
autosubAuto-generate and burn subtitles (requires Whisper)
captionBurn captions/subtitles into video
captureRecord a real page driven through a scripted sequence to video (product demos, walkthroughs)
cardGenerate a video card with text (intro/outro)
composeAssemble scenes into one video
gifExport video segment as optimized GIF
kenburnsCreate Ken Burns effect (zoom/pan animation) from a still image
renderRender an animation to video
screenshotRender an HTML file or URL to a PNG (single shot, lossless
stillTurn a still image into a video clip
titleBurn styled text titles into video (location, lower third, chapter, date)
ttsGenerate a voiceover clip from text via the OpenAI audio API (opt-in cloud; needs OPENAI_API_KEY)

edit — transform existing media

Tool
audioExtract, replace, remove, or mix audio
bg-removeRemove video background using AI person segmentation (macOS only)
clean-speechDetect and remove filler words (um, uh, you know, etc
colorApply color grading preset
concatConcatenate video clips with optional transitions
draftInstant draft
editDeterministic scene edits
effectsApply cinematic visual effects (grain, vignette, bloom, filmstrip)
harvestPromote an approved scene to a reusable starter (the harvest loop)
layoutArrange multiple videos in a grid or split-screen
lutApply a
multiclipSwitch between camera angles using a cut list
overlayAdd image overlay (logo, watermark)
pipAdd picture-in-picture overlay
reformatReformat video for a platform (TikTok, Reels, Shorts, etc
shakeAdd camera shake effect (subtle, moderate, heavy)
speedAdjust playback speed (0
syncAlign multiple camera recordings by audio cross-correlation
transition-overlayApply a video transition clip between two clips
trimTrim video to a time range
upscaleUpscale video resolution with high-quality interpolation

scout — understand the material before acting

Tool
beat-detectDetect beats and estimate BPM from audio
caption-extractExtract caption styling from a reference video
cut-silenceDetect silent segments in a video
detect-textDetect text (OCR) in video frames or a loose image (macOS only)
extract-candidatesFind and rank clip-worthy segments in a video
image-similarityCluster near-duplicate / same-shoot images by Vision feature-print (macOS only)
infoGet video metadata (duration, resolution, codec, fps, bitrate)
loudnessAnalyze audio loudness over time (LUFS, peaks, timeline)
lut-extractExtract color LUT from a reference video
motionScore visual motion/activity across a video
scenesDetect scene cuts in a video
startersStarter scene library
thumbnailExtract a frame as an image
thumbnailsExtract multiple thumbnails in one call (batch mode)
transcribeTranscribe audio to SRT subtitle file (requires Whisper)
virality-scoreScore a clip 0-100 for predicted social media engagement

assets — extract usable pieces from media

Tool
brand_extractReference image → starter BrandProfile JSON: bg/ink/accent/muted roles assigned from dominant colors (deterministic; edit before trusting)
cutoutLift ANY salient subject (product/object/animal/person) onto transparency
segmentDetect people and generate segmentation mask (macOS only)
smart_cropCrop to a target aspect while keeping the subject

export — hand off to other tools (NLE timelines, translated subs)

Tool
export-nleExport edit plan as FCPXML for Premiere Pro / DaVinci Resolve
translate-srtTranslate subtitle files to other languages

system — utilities

Tool
list-transitionsList available transition clips in a directory

pipeline — multi-step flows in one call

Tool
social-clipGenerate platform-ready clips from best segments