Build a YouTube Shorts Aspect Ratio Tool with Claude Code

Build a YouTube Shorts Aspect Ratio Tool web app. People search for "youtube shorts aspect ratio" about 4,500 times a month, plus related searches like "youtube shorts dimensions", "vertical video converter", "shorts video format". The goal is a tool that ranks for those searches and makes money.

What it should do:
Create a YouTube Shorts aspect ratio tool with video upload and automatic 9:16 formatting. Include cropping options (center, top, bottom) and background fill choices. Add text overlay positioning and safe zone indicators. Show before/after preview with Shorts preview simulation. Include batch processing and export with Shorts-optimized settings. Focus on getting aspect ratio conversion working first.

How to build it:
1. Read this folder first. If it is empty, set up Next.js (App Router, TypeScript, Tailwind). Write a short PLAN.md with the pages, components, any library or API you need, and what you are leaving for later. Then build.
2. Put the tool itself on the homepage so a visitor can use it within seconds, with no sign-up. Do the processing in the browser where you can, so it is fast and cheap to run. Look at how Kapwing, VEED.io, Clideo do it and make ours simpler and faster.
3. Make it rank. Use "youtube shorts aspect ratio" in the title tag, H1 and meta description. Under the tool, add a short how-to and an FAQ with FAQPage schema, and add a sitemap and robots.txt. Scaffold these programmatic pages from one template and a data file: /youtube-shorts-converter-[video-type], /aspect-ratio-tool-[platform], /vertical-video-[format].
4. Monetisation: Freemium: 5 videos/day, $7/mo unlimited + batch processing. Add a pricing page and the free usage limit, and leave Stripe checkout as a clearly marked stub with the environment variables it needs.
5. Run it locally and test the main flow end to end, including edge cases like empty input and very large files. Fix what breaks, then finish with a summary of what works, what is stubbed and how to deploy it to Vercel.

Paste it into Claude Code in an empty folder. It plans first, so read PLAN.md and steer before it starts building.