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Chapter 10 — The Pipeline in Detail

The deep-dive chapter. By now you've worked with workflows, made variants, fanned out, set up accounts, and done research. Before you tackle creating a video from scratch (the most complex task in the pipeline), you need to understand each agent in detail, the visual formats available, and the architecture patterns that make workflows maintainable.

What you'll learn

  • The full agent cast in detail — what each agent specializes in, what they take and return
  • The Script Writer's 5 modes — when each mode applies
  • What a prehook is and when to use one
  • PiP (picture-in-picture) format — mixed-media composition
  • Storyboarding logic — the 8-second Veo clip constraint, word counts per scene, B-roll placement decisions
  • Architecture patterns for .nbflow files — dynamic feeds template, one gen node per (template + media), and more
  • The .nbflow schema at a light level — what's inside the file
  • Pipeline variants — AI Self / Avatar content, voice cloning workflow
  • The avoid-ai-writing skill — auditing scripts for AI tells in writing

Before this chapter

Read Chapter 9 — Content Research. The chapters up to here have prepared you with vocabulary, tools, and operational experience. This is the last concept chapter before from-scratch creation.

Sections

  1. Agent cast in detail — Script Writer modes, Visual Planner, Image/Veo Prompter at depth
  2. The Prehook — what it is, when to use, how it fits in the workflow
  3. PiP format — picture-in-picture composition for recipes / explainers
  4. Storyboarding logic — 8-second constraint, word budgets, B-roll placement
  5. Architecture patterns — dynamic feeds template, one-gen-per-template-and-media
  6. The .nbflow schema (light) — what's inside a workflow file
  7. Tool & model reference — NB2 / Veo 3.1 / Seedance specs
  8. Pipeline variants — AI Self / voice cloning configurations
  9. avoid-ai-writing in practice — auditing scripts for AI tells

When you're ready

→ Next: Chapter 11 — Create a Video From Scratch. Everything you've learned, applied to the full brief-to-delivery flow.