Updates

A housekeeping release. v0.7.1 is the final Ruby gem. This last release is a heads-up before we collapse everything into a single new directory with all the code ButterCut needs to process footage and generate exports.

The fast one. Footage analysis runs 3x faster and uses 80-90 percent fewer tokens. ButterCut also analyzes footage more accurately and makes sharper B-roll cuts.

• The roughcut skill becomes cut and branches across scene, selects, custom, and roughcut tasks
• Skills moved to top-level skills/ so Codex and other agentic CLIs find them too
• Give ButterCut a script when creating a roughcut and it can precisely follow directions
• Faster, smaller backups that now live outside ButterCut

The one where ButterCut gets good. 0.6 gives you better edits, driven by you. ButterCut asks sharper questions, builds the narrative with you, and edits at the word level for tighter cuts.

• Plan first, then build. ButterCut proposes narrative directions and iterates with you until you approve a plan
• Tighter cuts with per-word transcript timing — trims inside a sentence down to hundredths of a second
• Less technical language. Claude talks more like an editor and less like a programmer
• Optionally copy exports to your Desktop after each build. No more hunting through ButterCut folders

• Process video footage ~2x faster with better accuracy
• Set editor and Whisper model once in libraries/settings.yaml and apply them to every new library

• Generate roughcuts about 2x faster by removing the scratchpad workflow and enlarging transcript chunks
• Save editor choice to library.yaml so Claude stops asking every run
• Add a worktree skill for working with libraries across git worktrees

• Simplify library paths, reducing library.yaml size by almost 50 percent
• Upgrade timestamp precision for smoother and more accurate roughcuts

• Add backup-library and update-buttercut skills for safer library management
• Expand setup documentation with flexible installation options

• Add Premiere and DaVinci Resolve support