# See why a clip was chosen

Every clip Snipri picks keeps the five scores it was chosen on and the reason in a sentence. Where to find them, and what each of the scores measures.

- Page: https://www.snipri.com/docs/why-a-clip-was-chosen
- By [Cihan Düzgören](https://www.snipri.com/about) · November 2, 2026 · 2 min read
- Section: Clip selection, in [the Snipri docs](https://www.snipri.com/docs)

Snipri doesn't hand you clips and ask you to trust them. Every clip it picks keeps the scores it was picked on and the reason, in a sentence, so you can check the choice yourself.

## Where to find it

Open a clip in My clips. In its details, under the title and **Open editor**, **Why this clip** shows:

- **Delivered**, the mark of a clip Snipri chose, with the line the clip opens on.
- **Must pass**: the hook, payoff and standalone scores, with a dashed line where the gate is.
- **Also scored**: arc and quotability.
- The reason the moment was chosen, as the model wrote it.

## How a moment gets in

Every moment gets 5 scores out of 10: hook, payoff, standalone sense, arc and quotability. Hook, payoff and standalone sense are gates: a moment becomes a clip only when each of the three reaches 7. Moments that pass are ranked by hook and payoff, with the other three breaking ties.

## What each score measures

- **Hook**: how hard the opening seconds grab attention.
- **Payoff**: whether the moment delivers a satisfying point, punchline or insight by its end.
- **Standalone**: whether it makes sense with no context around it.
- **Arc**: whether it has a shape of its own, with a beginning, a little tension and a resolution.
- **Quotability**: how memorable or shareable its core line is.

A moment that scores high on arc and quotability but misses one of the three gates is still left out. That is why a video can come back with fewer clips than you hoped, and sometimes with none. [When a video comes back with no clips](https://www.snipri.com/docs/near-miss-clips) says what you can do then.

## When you disagree with a pick

The scores explain a choice; they don't lock it. Trim a clip that starts too early or ends too late, or split one that covers two points into two clips. To steer the next job, write what you want into **Moments to look for** before you start it.

A clip you split says it was scored as one moment, before the split. A near-miss you made into a clip says **Your pick** instead of Delivered, because Snipri left it out and you chose it.

The [AI clip maker](https://www.snipri.com/features/ai-clip-maker) page shows the selection on real clips.

Previous guide: [Choose how a video is clipped](https://www.snipri.com/docs/choose-clip-settings)

Next guide: [When a video comes back with no clips](https://www.snipri.com/docs/near-miss-clips)

Still stuck? Write to [hello@snipri.com](mailto:hello@snipri.com) with the name of the video and what the screen said.