video-shotcraft

video-use is an open-source video-editing tool for coding agents such as Claude Code, Codex, Hermes, and Openclaw. It takes raw footage in a folder and produces an edited MP4, with support for removing filler words and dead space, applying FFmpeg color-grading chains, adding short audio fades at cuts, burning customizable subtitles, and generating animation overlays through HyperFrames, Remotion, Manim, or PIL. Its pipeline transcribes each source with ElevenLabs Scribe, packing word-level timestamps, speaker diarization, and audio events into a Markdown view. The agent reasons over that transcript and requests filmstrip, waveform, and word-label composites from timeline_view only at decision points, rather than processing every video frame as visual context. It then creates an edit decision list, renders the result, evaluates the rendered video at every cut boundary for visual jumps, audio pops, and subtitle problems, and can revise and re-render up to three times. The tool uses an approval-oriented workflow in which the agent inventories sources, proposes an editing strategy, waits for confirmation, executes the edit, evaluates it, and persists session memory in project.md. It requires FFmpeg and an ElevenLabs API key; yt-dlp is optional for downloading online sources. Outputs are placed in an edit directory next to the source footage.

anything2explainer is a Claude Code and Codex skill for producing narrated explainer videos from a topic or document. It outputs a 1280×720 H.264 MP4 in Chinese or English, with synchronized TTS voiceover, word-aligned subtitles, chapter cards, a top HUD, and a chapter progress bar. Every frame is drawn as code with Remotion, React, and TypeScript rather than generated video or stock footage. Its pipeline researches the subject and records sources, writes the narration, generates voiceover and a frame-accurate timeline, storyboards each shot, dispatches parallel agents to build Remotion components, renders the film, and runs quantitative frame metrics plus chapter-level quality-control and fix passes. The repository includes a compilable Remotion template, visual primitives, style and motion specifications, scripts for voiceover, storyboarding, rendering and QC, and a complete reference film with its research and production records. It is not a standalone CLI; it is a skill and production method intended for AI coding agents. The toolkit is licensed under PolyForm Noncommercial 1.0.0: noncommercial use is free, while commercial use requires prior authorization. The videos produced with it are described as belonging to their creators. It renders through headless Chromium on the CPU, supports landscape output rather than 9:16 video, and provides two backdrops within its specified visual style.

ffmpeg-skill is an agent skill that gives Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and other agents a local video- and audio-editing workflow built on FFmpeg and ffprobe. It uses a probe → edit, preferring stream copying where possible → check → verify process, with typed Python scripts rather than shell strings. Its 21 tools cover cutting, joining, silence removal, duration and aspect-ratio fitting, captions, overlays, graphics, HDR-to-SDR conversion, LUTs, audio cleanup, loudness, synchronization with drift correction, multicamera editing, delivery checks, project rendering, and batch processing. Each tool supports structured results and dry runs, and the machine-readable contract generates an MCP interface whose tool definitions are derived from the scripts. The skill runs locally without cloud services, API keys, or Python dependencies beyond the standard library; it requires FFmpeg 5.0 or later. It is a tool for local, agent-controlled workflows that probe, edit, verify, and render video.

Bang Motion is an agent skill for building browser-based motion graphics such as product openers, promos, bumpers, channel intros, kinetic typography, lower thirds, and explainers. It produces a single index.html that plays in a browser and encodes anti-slide rules: scenes change through camera or world movement rather than section fades, subjects or shared worlds persist, motion occurs continuously, and text and numbers remain part of the scene. Its deterministic timeline makes each frame a pure function of time for exact scrubbing and frame-by-frame export, while a shared camera rig supports flowing-world and camera-through-collage modes. The skill includes five explainer starters—cartoon collage, visual journalism, white catalog, vintage sketch, and continuous action—along with configurable style briefs, background motion, surfaces, transitions, highlight shapes, voice-over re-timing, and optional Puppeteer and FFmpeg scripts for verification and MP4 export. It can be installed as a Claude Code plugin or copied into Claude Code, Codex CLI, Gemini CLI, Cursor, or another agent workflow; watching the output requires only a browser and internet connection. The repository is licensed under MIT.

product-film is a Claude Code skill for creating product films in Remotion, including landing-page loops, launch videos, promos, and demo reels from a product's real components, design tokens, logo, and stated claims. It first inspects the product's design rules, tokens, components, live site, logo, and claims, then interviews the user about the film's duration, placement, music, features, and visual ingredients. It records the resulting brand kit in videos/BRAND.md, creates a beat sheet, analyzes the music's beat grid, builds time-based Remotion scenes, and supports review through style frames, stills, contact sheets, and a draft render. The final workflow renders a 240 fps master with motion blur and can produce a muted loop, a music version, a WebM file, and a poster; verification scripts decode the outputs and check colors, duration, and loop continuity. It runs in a local Claude Code toolchain rather than the Claude chat apps, requires Node.js, Bun, and uv, and is distributed under the MIT license for its own text and code.