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A protocol tells you what to do. A step video shows you how it’s done. Attach a short recording of the protocol being performed — a training video, a recording from a previous run, anything — and mark the moment each step happens, the way YouTube chapters work. From then on, anyone running the protocol can pull up exactly the right clip without scrubbing. This matters most when your hands are full. During a live session you can simply say “show me this step” and the video appears, already playing from the right moment — on the web, on mobile, or on AR glasses.

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Setting up a step video

1

Open the protocol

Open the protocol in your workspace. You’ll see a Step video section below the editor.
2

Add a video recording

Click Video recording in the toolbar (or Add video in the Step video section) and upload your video. H.264 MP4 files work best across devices.
3

Mark each step

Play the video. When you reach the moment a step begins, click Set marker next to that step. The timestamp is captured from wherever the video is — pause first for precision.
Markers save automatically as you set them — there’s nothing to submit. To change one, clear it (×) and set it again. The step list comes from your protocol’s numbered steps; if you haven’t run the protocol with Bird yet, the steps come from the document outline and are refined after the first run.

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Asking Bird for the video

Once a video is bound, these all work in a live session — in any mode, whether or not you’re running the protocol:
  • “Show me the video for this protocol” — plays the bound video
  • “Show me this step” — while running the protocol, plays the current step’s clip
  • “Skip to step 3” — jumps by step number
  • “Show me the vortex step” — jumps by what the step is called; a fragment of the name is enough
  • “Play it from the start” — restarts the video
If a step doesn’t have a marker yet, Bird will say so and list the steps that do.

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Where the video appears

  • Web and mobile — an overlay above the live session view, and a Watch button on the current step during protocol runs
  • AR glasses — a floating panel beside the protocol card, so the clip and your bench stay in view together

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A few details worth knowing

  • One video per protocol for now. Re-binding a different video replaces the markers.
  • To remove a step video, choose Delete video from the Step video section’s menu. This removes the markers and moves the recording to Trash — it’s restorable for 30 days, and the protocol itself is untouched.
  • To see every capture taken while running a protocol, choose View captures from the protocol’s menu — it opens the Capture Stream pre-filtered to that protocol.
  • Markers are tied to your protocol’s steps. If you substantially rewrite the steps, revisit the markers — Bower matches them up intelligently, but a renamed step is honest work for nobody but you.