awesome-claude-video-skills
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A curated directory of nearly 300 open-source tools and skills that enable Claude Code and other agents to create and edit videos.
Open-source skills and toolkits that let Claude Code, Codex and other coding agents make video. 180 repos by type, each security-graded. English / 中文.
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What you can do with it
- Discover and install the fastest rendering engine for short social media films
- Find specialized skills for creating motion graphics and avatars with code
- Compare different video tools based on security grades before installing them
Safety check
Usable, but read the notes first.
- ●No clear license: check with the author before using it in a commercial product.
Automated scan of the repo files. Always review code you run.
From the README
Awesome Claude Video Skills
Open-source skills and toolkits that let Claude Code, Codex and other coding agents make video: HyperFrames, Remotion, motion graphics, editing, explainers, avatars. 299 repos, each one read and security-graded by Agent Skills Hub (agentskillshub.top).
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Which one to install
We ran 16 of these end to end (16 gave a result). This is what we would pick; the full test is below.
- 🥇 For a finished film fast: explainroo
Two minutes from brief to a film with sound, the quickest of the sixteen, and it does not look like the default. - 🥈 For a film with one idea running through it: onetake
A single drop of water carries all five lines with no cuts. For a fuller, illustrated picture the one to watch is motion-video-kit, if you can wait 22 minutes. - 🥉 To build your own design in Remotion: skills
Remotion's own skills: reliable rendering in 4.5 minutes. The film it makes unprompted is close to the default, so bring your own design direction.
Know before you pick: hyperframes (the most-starred renderer here took 23.5 minutes on a 15-second brief); motion-graphics (built for talking-head footage, which this brief did not have).
Whichever you pick: you may not need one for a simple promo. Claude Code with no skill made a film that passed every check in 4.4 minutes. A skill earns its place with a look, a workflow, or footage to edit.
Not ranked: all 16 skills, and Claude Code with no skill, passed the same four checks (a playable file, the length and size asked for, all five lines of copy readable, a picture that moves). The table is in order of time taken. Whether a film looks like the default or has a look of its own was judged by eye; watch them and judge for yourself.
What these tools make
🧱 Frameworks & toolkits51 reposRendering frameworks and all-round toolkits.View the list → 📣 Promo & demos58 reposProduct launch films, ads and demo videos.View the list → 🎓 Explainers48 reposKnowledge videos, tutorials and narrated lessons.View the list →
✂️ Editing41 reposCutting, captions, B-roll and recaps of existing footage.View the list → 📱 Shorts & social37 reposVertical video for Reels, Shorts, TikTok and Douyin.View the list → 🧑💼 Avatars8 reposDigital humans, virtual presenters and lip-sync.View the list →
📖 Stories & animation17 reposAnimated tales, short dramas and cinematic scenes.View the list → 🎞 Motion graphics20 reposAnimated logos, titles, UI motion and GIFs.View the list → 📝 Scripts & learning10 reposWhat comes before the video: scripts, shot analysis, learning.View the list →
🎵 Music videos9 reposMusic videos made in code.View the list →
Contents
- Made with Claude Opus 5.5
- 🧪 Tested end to end
- 🧱 Frameworks & toolkits (51)
- 📣 Promo & demos (58)
- 🎓 Explainers (48)
- ✂️ Editing (41)
- 📱 Shorts & social (37)
- 🧑💼 Avatars (8)
- 📖 Stories & animation (17)
- 🎞 Motion graphics (20)
- 📝 Scripts & learning (10)
- 🎵 Music videos (9)
How a repo gets on the list
- It makes or edits video or motion graphics. A 3D web page or a prompt collection does not count. The few entries under Scripts & learning come before the video (screenwriting, shot analysis) and are listed by the maintainer's choice.
- An agent operates it: a skill, a plugin, an MCP server, or a toolkit written for the agent.
- It has a README. Without one it cannot be graded.
- At 50 stars or more it is listed on topic alone. Under 50 it must also clear a README quality bar (shows the result, one-command start, a concrete outcome, complete docs), and have 5 stars unless it names Claude Opus 5.5.
The questions are answered by a decision model reading each README, not by hand. A repo near a cut-off can land on either side; open an issue if one is misfiled.
🧪 Tested end to end
On 2026-10-11 we had 16 of these skills make the same film in a throwaway sandbox, driven by Claude Code (Claude Opus 5.5): a 15-second promo for a made-up app, with five fixed lines of on-screen copy, at 1920 x 1080 and 30 frames per second, on a machine with no API keys for video, image or voice models. Claude Code with no skill made it too. Four things were checked from each file: it plays, it is the length and size asked for, every line of copy can be read in frames sampled twice a second, and the picture moves. How good a film looks is not scored. The films are below.
What we found: All 16 rendered a film that passed all four checks, with no line of copy missing and nothing added, and so did Claude Code with no skill, in 4.4 minutes. None needed a paid model for this brief. What differs is time (2.0 to 23.5 minutes), sound (9 of 16 added it), and the look: 6 came out close to the no-skill film (deep teal water, waves, white centred type) and 10 have a look of their own, by our eye.
The opening line of every film; the one made with no skill is top left. The films play on the page.
| # | Skill | ★ | Checks passed (of 4) | Lines of copy readable (of 5) | Sound | Look, by eye | Time to make | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | explainroo | 523 | 4/4 | 5/5 | Yes | A look of its own | 2.0 min | [evidence](https://agentsk |