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Automated editing edits each new recording as soon as it finishes. Turn it on in Settings → Preferences, under Recording. It has two parts: Instant steps that use no AI credits, and an Agent prompt that runs the Tella Agent for you.

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Turn on Automated editing

  1. Click your workspace name in the top left of the sidebar and go to Settings.
  2. Go to Preferences under Account.
  3. Under Recording, find Automated editing and pick an option from its dropdown:
    • Off: new recordings are not edited.
    • Auto edit: turns on Remove filler words, Remove silences (Natural), Auto zooms, and Edit with the agent with the auto cut and auto layouts skills.
    • Custom: shown when you pick any other combination of the steps below.
Changes save as soon as you make them. Your choice applies to new recordings only, not to videos you have already recorded.

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Instant steps

The Instant steps run as soon as your recording is processed. They don’t use the agent or AI credits.
  • Remove filler words: cuts ums, uhs and other filler words.
  • Remove silences: cuts the pauses between what you say. Choose Natural, Fast, or Faster next to it, the same modes as removing silences in the editor.
  • Auto zooms: adds click-based zooms where you click. Zooms are placed after the filler words and silences are cut.

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Edit with the agent

Turn on Edit with the agent to have the Tella Agent edit each new recording after the instant steps. It uses AI credits.
  1. Check Edit with the agent.
  2. In the prompt box, describe what the agent should do with each new recording.
  3. Type / or click Add skill to attach skills. You can pick from the same list as the editor’s chat: Tella’s built-in skills and your own and your workspace’s skills.
The prompt saves when you click out of the box. A skill saves as soon as you add or remove it. The agent works without anyone watching, so it doesn’t stop to ask you questions. It knows what the instant steps already did, and may adjust a zoom if its own edits make one wrong. Its report and undo steps appear in a new chat on the video in the editor. If the agent can’t run for you, for example because you are out of AI credits, the agent step is skipped. The instant steps still run.

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What viewers see while Tella edits

While the filler word and silence cuts or the agent are still running, the video’s share page and embed show “Tella is editing this video…” instead of the player. The player comes back when editing finishes, or after 30 minutes at most. Owners and editors can still open the video in the editor at any time. With only Auto zooms on, the video is not held back.
Automated editing only changes the new recording. You can review, adjust or undo any of its edits in the editor, like edits you make yourself.
Last modified on November 5, 2026