# Bad Influence story: Meng Shao explains rea-video, an open-source workflow for reverse-engineering videos

Active · 1 article · 1 source · First reported 11-08 01:09. Times are ET.
Story page: https://badinfluence.news/story/f995c038-dc27-4e6c-add3-3f961274021e

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Latest update (11-08 01:09): rea-video lets agents reverse-engineer and replicate any video

Overview: Meng Shao explains rea-video, an open-source workflow that lets agents break down and reproduce any video, in a post on X dated 2026-11-08. Local tools first detect shot cuts, motion, noise, duplicate frames, text and audio, at no model token cost. A multimodal model then describes each shot and writes replication prompts, and Claude or Codex reviews the results before a report is generated.

Meng Shao's post says users can adjust the workflow to their own reverse-engineering needs. The post is the only report on this workflow so far.

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1. 11-08 01:09 · meng shao · [rea-video lets agents reverse-engineer and replicate any video](https://badinfluence.news/items/ky44h5g7xvxcd0jalg5lczhbe)
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