Thoughts

UFO UAP RV YT Pipeline - Phase 3 complete (Session 16, 2026-03-19). Built ElevenLabs + local Whisper integration: 4 pipeline scripts (generate-voiceover.mjs, generate-timestamps.mjs, upload-audio.mjs, process-batch.mjs). Tested all 7 voices (4 character + 3 faceless narrator), all working. Audio + word-level timestamps uploaded to Cloudflare R2. Duration issue discovered: 5 of 7 test shorts exceed 60s YouTube Shorts limit (63-74s). Decision: trim scripts, not increase speed. Next: trim all 42 manifests, batch process, then Phase 4 (visual asset generation). Local Whisper (openai-whisper pip package, base model) confirmed working well - no API key needed. Updated CLAUDE.md, tech-stacks.md, and project tracker.