# Loom

Embed Loom videos directly in Shortcut Stories, Epics, and Docs to explain complex ideas with pre-recorded video messages.

## Overview

Bring Loom into Shortcut with this link preview integration. Users can paste videos from Loom to see real-time previews in markdown editors, including comments, to help explain complex ideas with pre-recorded video messages. The Loom Integration requires no setup - it works out of the box with any shareable link from Loom.

## Key Features

* Embed Loom videos in Shortcut Stories, comments, and Docs
* Explain complex ideas with pre-recorded video messages
* Provide detailed explanations about design feedback

## Use Cases

* **Planning** - Better support of planning by providing video embeds that keep product and engineering planning and work in sync
* **Communication** - Improve the speed at which issues are reviewed by showing visual context
* **Documentation** - Add explainer videos to Shortcut Docs for technical documentation

## How It Works

**Using the Loom Integration in Text Fields:**

1. Copy the Loom video link using the **Copy Link** option on the Loom video page

2. Paste that link into any of these text fields in Shortcut:
   * Story description and/or comment
   * Epic description and/or comment
   * Objective description
   * Iteration description
   * Shortcut Doc
   * Project description (if applicable to your Workspace)

3. Preview or save your change - your Loom URL will show as an embedded preview of the linked video:

![Loom Integration.gif](/help/assets/Loom%20Integration.gif)

Within the embedded Loom video, you can view and enter comments, copy the URL link, or access the video in another browser window.