Curiosity, frame by frame.
From a question
to a good short.
Shorts Factory brings researched ideas to life as original, English-language animated explainers. Made with local tools. Reviewed by a person.
Explore the workflowA private creative workflow, with a human at the controls.
A thoughtful process.
A short story.
From the first source to the final frame, the operator stays in control.
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Research and make
Codex assists with research, scripts and quality checks. Local tools create the voice-over, captions and animation. Sources stay with the work for review.
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Watch, check, approve
The operator reviews the video, script, sources and publication details in a local dashboard. Approval is tied to the exact video version, file and metadata.
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Publish and learn
The official YouTube API uploads approved videos. Available metrics help inform future work. TikTok uses an approved-video export for manual upload.
Your channel, your decision.
Clear about
account access.
Shorts Factory is a private tool for the operator’s own workflow. These pages explain the application; the production dashboard runs on the operator’s Mac.
The application uses Google’s authorization flow to request permission to:
Runtime tokens are kept in macOS Keychain. Media and workflow records are stored locally. A manually requested Codex/OpenAI analysis sends stored performance records to that service.
Read how data is usedA question about the tool?
For application, account-access or privacy questions, contact the owner of mphra.nl.