3 public recipes under 200 credits every starter should clone in 2026

Three of the 17 public recipes estimate under 200 credits: Viral Panel Reaction Reel at 60, Podcast With Me at 156, and Plush Lipstick Influencer Review at 186 — they are still cloned scene graphs, not one-tap start_template_run files.

The public object is a scene graph — scene order, assets, model, estimated credit cost — not a vibe. Asking a video model for “a cheap reaction reel like the catalog” is a new film. Read the row. Clone that graph. Do not average the shelf.

The catalog is 17 recipes

/workflows is a small public set. Seventeen listings in src/data/workflows.json. Every row is a 9:16 recipe with a scene list, an asset map, a video_model, and two estimates: estimated_credit_cost and estimated_full_credit_cost. That estimate covers the graph as published. It does not automatically cover captions, music, or rerolls.

Credit cost is a width-and-model decision, not a mood. Sixty is four scenes on one stack. One hundred fifty-six is four scenes on another. One hundred eighty-six is three eight-second scenes. Treating every recipe as “another UGC, so it should cost 60” is how you dispatch 1,800 and then argue with the receipt.

A new planner from a prompt is a fresh set, priced per scene, shown before you confirm. That is not a listing. Fourteen of the seventeen estimate over 200. The next cheapest public row after this trio is a 270-credit podcast promo. If a card quoted 22, you left /workflows and entered /templates.

Three under 200

Three recipes print under 200 on estimated_credit_cost. Clone those graphs at the printed scene count and the printed bill.

1. Viral Panel Reaction Reel — 60 credits

Viral Panel Reaction Reel is a four-scene 9:16 ugc recipe. Scenes 1–2: a panel expert on a stage, microphone, before/after claim. Scenes 3–4: an influencer selfie-POV holding the product and confirming the expert. Assets: expert, influencer, product. Published video_model is Seedance v1.5 Pro Image to Video. estimated_credit_cost is 60. Full-quality estimate is 120. Clone count on the public row is 13.

That 60 is the catalog floor among the seventeen. It is still four scenes and three assets. Recreate copies the graph. Running it spends like the generation it is.

2. Podcast With Me — 156 credits

Podcast With Me is a four-scene 9:16 interview: Host Intro, Guest Response, Host Follow-up, Guest Conclusion. Assets: podcast_host, podcast_guest, host_view_studio, guest_view_studio — two characters and two locations. Published video_model is Vidu Q3 Image to Video. estimated_credit_cost is 156. Full-quality estimate is 308.

Four scenes at 156 is not four scenes at 60. The graph spends on two rooms and two people. Collapsing it to “a talking head, so it should be 60” is a new recipe, not a cheaper clone. Keep the four beats. Swap the host still. Do not delete the guest to match Viral Panel’s bill.

3. Plush Lipstick Influencer Review — 186 credits

Plush Lipstick Influencer Review is a three-scene 9:16 selfie-vlog: Greeting, Product Review, Call to Action. Each scene is listed at 8 seconds. Assets: sara (character) and lipstick (product). Voiceover is locked on the object. Published video_model is Vidu Q3 Image to Video. estimated_credit_cost is 186. Full-quality estimate is 372. Clone count on the public row is 2.

Three scenes at 186 is still under 200. It is not a 60-credit panel. Recreate the three beats. Do not cut the promo-code scene to “save credits.” That is a different graph.

Clone is free; running is the estimate

Recreate a viral template is the named agent job: recreate_public_template, with list_public_templates and get_public_template in support. Browse the card. Clone scenes, style, and model into your account. It is saved but not auto-run. Cloning is free. Running afterward is priced like a full multi-scene generation. You see the cost before anything dispatches.

Recreate is not “make something like this.” It is “materialise this graph.” Edit prompts, assets, and captions on the saved copy, then run. Once the format works, clone it. Change one still if you must. Keep the scene count, the 9:16 reel, the locked voiceover structure. Do not “save credits” by collapsing Podcast With Me to two scenes.

Do not run Viral Panel expecting a 22-credit snap. Do not run Plush expecting 60 because both are UGC. Read the credit line. Clone is free. The printed figure lands when you run.

Not a one-tap start_template_run file

The templates catalog is a different shelf: fifteen one-tap files. Run a one-tap AI video template is start_template_run. You attach the still the row asks for. The agent starts the run. You do not pick a scene list. Finger Snap is 22 preview. Mini Me and Pet Hip Hop share 93. None of those objects is a cloned workflow.

start_template_run consumes a hosted input URL and returns that template’s finished video. recreate_public_template copies a scene graph, saved, not auto-run. Mixing the two in one estimate is how a starter budgets 60 for Finger Snap or 22 for Viral Panel and then meets a different meter.

These three under-200 recipes are still graphs. They want character stills, product stills, and — for Podcast With Me — location stills. If you needed a photo in and a finished gag out, you wanted /templates. A weekly prompt pasted into a text-to-video row is a generate, not the 60-credit Viral Panel object.

FAQ

Is Viral Panel the cheapest public recipe?

Yes, of the seventeen. estimated_credit_cost is 60 (full 120). Podcast With Me is 156. Plush Lipstick is 186. Nothing else on /workflows lists under 200. A 22-credit card is a one-tap on /templates, not a recipe.

Does cloning spend the 60, 156, or 186?

No. Clone is free. Credits apply when you run the saved workflow, at the cost shown before dispatch. Edit a still while it is still a draft. Viral Panel is 60 when you run that row, not when you copy it.

Can I keep a Podcast With Me title and cut it to two scenes so it matches Viral Panel’s bill?

That is a new recipe. Podcast With Me is four scenes, two characters, two rooms, 156 credits. Collapsing it to two is a different generate, not a cheaper clone of that row.

Is Recreate the same as start_template_run?

No. recreate_public_template copies a public workflow graph — scenes, style, model — into your account, saved, not auto-run. start_template_run consumes one still (Red Carpet: two optional) and returns that one-tap’s finished clip. These three under-200 objects are the first verb. Do not mix the two in one estimate.