Built for faceless channels in 2026

30-second shorts that look hand-edited.

Type a topic. Get a short with a real hook, a visual matched to every line, an editor's cut and captions that hit on the word. Nothing templated, nothing you could not post today.

  • One free video
  • No watermark
  • No card
  • From $10 a week

A real render. Nothing staged, nothing hand-fixed.

Frames from real renders. Nothing staged.

One idea in. A video you would post, out.

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Type a topic

Or paste a script. One line is enough; we write a hook with a point of view.

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Pick the hook

Five ranked openings. Edit any line. Nothing renders until you say so.

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Watch it build

Script, voice, visuals, cut. About three minutes. Then swap any scene for free.

Writing the script0/8
Same sentence, two results

Most tools grab the first stock clip that shares a word. We reject it and make the right picture.

Every line gets stock candidates scored against what is actually being said. Below the bar, an art-directed image is generated instead, checked by a second model, and only then shipped. Drag to compare.

The line: “Sahara ants forage hundreds of meters over blank sand, then run back in one straight line.”
The line: “It releases vanillin, the same compound that makes vanilla sweet.”
The line: “That's why they'd rather crawl. Swimming wears them out.”

Why it doesn't look like AI slop

The tells people complain about in every review of the other tools, removed one by one.

Stock, 31% matchRejected
Generated for the lineShipped
Visuals that match the line

Every scene is generated or chosen for the exact sentence being spoken, then a second model checks it. No Roman emperor when the script says Greek statue.

Clean Bold
Boxed Pop
Outline
Captions on the syllable

Word timings come from the voice model itself. Pages break on phrases, never on 'the', with a stroke or scrim when the frame is bright.

0:00one shot every 1.7 to 2.6 s0:30
cut on a stressed word crossfade
Cut like an editor

Cuts land on stressed words and punctuation, every 1.7 to 2.6 seconds. Transitions overlap. Nothing ever reveals from black.

Passed quality check−1 credit
Held back by QA0 credits
Render failed0 credits
Scene re-rolled0 credits
Never pay for a bad one

A credit is used only when a finished video passes quality check. Failed or held-back renders cost nothing, ever.

Hook
curiosity gapmyth bustbold statlist tease
Look
teal & orangenoirwarm filmcool doc
Captions
karaokeone wordboxed popoutline
Voice
GeorgeSarahCallumLily
Highlighted: this video's picks, chosen to avoid the last four.
Never look templated

Hook style, structure, captions, grade, music and pacing vary per video and avoid what your last four used.

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Swap visualRewrite and re-recordChange captionsChange musicFree · re-renders only what changed
Yours to edit

Swap any scene's visual, rewrite and re-record a line, change captions or music. Only what changed re-renders, in about a minute.

Real output, no cherry-picking

Every clip here came straight out of the pipeline. Hover or tap to play.

Make one about your topic →
Built for the 2026 rules

YouTube now demonetises channels that post the same video with different words. So no two of yours are built the same.

Variety by design

Hook framework, structure, caption style, colour grade, music and pacing rotate per video and avoid your last four.

A visual for every sentence

No stock loops. Each line gets its own matched picture, and a second model rejects the wrong ones before render.

An editor in the loop

You pick the hook and can rewrite any line. Human editorial decisions are exactly what the policy asks for.

Pricing

A week or a month. Either way you only pay for videos that pass.

One free video first, full quality. Then pick the rhythm your channel posts at. Cancel in one click.

Weekly
$0/week
7 videos a week · $1.43 each

For a channel that posts daily. Start and stop any week.

Best rate
Creator
$0/month
30 videos a month · $0.83 each

The best rate. Thirty videos, renewed monthly.

  • A credit is used only when a video passes quality check
  • Free re-rolls, re-records, caption and music changes
  • 1080×1920, no watermark
  • Cards, UPI, Apple Pay and Google Pay
CookShortsTypical AI shorts toolFreelance editor
Price$10 a week or $25 a month$19 to $39 a month$600+ a month
Videos7 a week or 30 a month13 to 30, one series4 to 8
Per video$0.83 to $1.43$1 to $1.50$75 to $150
Visual matched to each lineyes, checkedkeyword stockyes
Word-synced captions5 styles, phrase-aware1 to 3 stylesyes
Per-scene re-rollsfreefull regeneraterevision rounds
Failed render chargedneverusuallyn/a
Varies per videoby designtemplatedepends

Typical-tool figures are the Sept 2026 entry tiers of AutoShorts, Faceless.video, StoryShort and Faceless.so. Editor rates are US freelance marketplace medians.

Questions people ask before the first video

Anything else, write to hello@cookshorts.video. A person answers.

Your first one is free. Full quality.

A few minutes from a topic to a short you would actually post. If it isn't, it didn't cost you anything.