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    Recreate clones a public template graph; it does not guess a vibe

    recreate_public_template copies a workflow into your account. A from-scratch generate of a screenshot is a different job, and it wastes credits.

    Versely Team••4 min read

    Browse a template. Clone it into your own account. That is the job. Recreate a viral template is one named agent capability. recreate_public_template takes an id_or_slug, materializes workflow assets and a saved workflow (scenes, style, model) in your account, and does not run it. Cloning is free. Running afterward is priced like a full multi-scene video generation. Guessing the same film from a screenshot — new prompts, new stills, new model — is a from-scratch generate that wastes credits on a vibe you already had as a graph.

    The AI movie maker is the family door. This capability is the Recreate verb: clone the object, then run or remix.

    What recreate actually copies

    The agent can list public templates and describe a specific one's scenes, voiceover, and required assets before you commit. Ask it to clone the one you like. You get back a workflow_id, a name, a scene count. The workflow is saved but not auto-run. Call the run job as-is, or edit prompts, assets, and captions first.

    Supporting tools list_public_templates and get_public_template are discovery. They are not the clone. Browsing is not generating. Generating is not cloning.

    Example asks that belong here: "Show me trending workflow templates I can recreate." "Recreate the NYC street interview template." "Clone that template but swap in my own product photos." The last one is still this job plus an edit of the clone — not a new movie prompted from the thumbnail.

    What this job is not

    A one-tap template run. Run a one-tap AI video template attaches the photo a template needs and renders the finished video. No scene graph lands in your account as a reusable workflow. Recreate is the graph. One-tap is the render. Using Recreate when you only wanted the mugshot output is a saved workflow you will never edit, plus a run you could have started cheaper-to-think-about as one-tap. Using one-tap when you needed the scene list is a video you cannot remix.

    A screenshot reverse-engineer. A still of a viral clip tells you the room was warm. It does not tell you the model, the stills, the scene list, the voice line, or the duration. Prompting generate a video from text "like this" is a guess. Recreate is the recipe, when the recipe exists in the public catalog.

    An analysis of someone else's post. Analyze a viral video or post scores a URL. It does not clone a Versely workflow. Analysis then generate is still a guess. Recreate is only for templates in the catalog.

    A run. Clone is free. Run costs. The expensive confusion is treating clone as generate — or running immediately when you still need to swap the product stills. Edit the clone first if the assets are the point.

    Clone the graph. Run once it is yours.

    The waste is paying a full movie generate to approximate a template that would have cloned for free. The other waste is cloning and auto-running before the product stills are in, so the first paid run is the stock cast.

    Order:

    1. Browse. Read the scene list.
    2. recreate_public_template on the slug you mean.
    3. Swap assets and lines if this has to be your SKU.
    4. Run. That is the billed step.

    Do not generate "a street interview vibe" in parallel "in case clone is slow." Clone is not a render queue. It is a copy. The workflows catalog is the map of public recipes. This agent job is how you copy one without leaving chat.

    FAQ

    Does cloning cost generation credits?

    No. Cloning is free. Running the workflow afterward is priced like a full multi-scene video generation. Do not run as a way to "preview the clone." Preview the description and assets first.

    Is Recreate the same as one-tap templates?

    No. Recreate copies a scene workflow into your account so you can edit and rerun. One-tap takes your photo and returns a finished video. Different primary tools, different artifacts.

    Can I recreate a TikTok I saw that is not in the catalog?

    Not with this capability. This job clones a public Versely template by id or slug. A random URL wants analysis, then your own workflow or generate — which is a different, usually more expensive, path. Do not pretend Recreate fetches the internet.

    Why not just prompt a new movie in the same style?

    Because style is the part a screenshot already told you, and the expensive parts are the ones it did not. When a graph exists, copy it. When it does not, you are in generate or workflow-build, and you should not call that Recreate.