video-shotcraft: a Claude Code skill by Yihao
For product teams who want a cinematic promo cut in Remotion from their real app screens. Skip it if a plain screen recording is enough or you can't run Node and ffmpeg.
Before you install: At delivery it tells Claude to ask you to tag the author's social accounts and to submit your video to the author's showcase page.
- Score
- 66of 100
- Rank
- #208of 239
- Installs
- 8.3Kon skills.sh
- Stars
- 18.6Kon GitHub
- Security
- Mixed 3 scanners
- Updated
- 2026
- Context
- ~123tokens always
Install
npx skills add https://github.com/Vincentwei1021/video-shotcraft --skill video-shotcraft
Run it in your terminal. View the source
Most people install it straight from GitHub, where it has 18.6K stars, so its skills.sh count understates how widely it is used.
Using the Claude app rather than Claude Code? You can add a skill there too. How to add it in the app
What does video-shotcraft do?
video-shotcraft is a skill that turns a web or desktop product into a cinematic promo video built with Remotion; its instructions are written in Chinese. It first runs a read-only check of your project, then offers three routes: refit the ready Ink Press template, let Claude direct on its own, or co-create with sign-off on brief, styleframe, shot map and storyboard. Shots come from 124 recipe cards with demo source code, and real pages are captured with a headless browser. Sound effects come from Freesound, music beats are matched with librosa, and a fresh subagent reviews the cut before a local editing workbench opens on port 5198.
When should you use video-shotcraft?
Use it when
- You need a launch promo built from your app's real screens
- You want one camera move copied from a gallery shot card
- You need sound effects found and lined up in a finished cut
Skip it when
- A plain screen recording is all you need
- You can't install Node.js, Remotion and ffmpeg
- Your company won't take on Remotion's separate license
What it needs and what it can touch
You need
- Node.js with Remotion and ffmpeg
- Python with librosa, for beat syncing to music
- A Remotion company license if your company size requires one
- An Upload-Post API key, only for posting to social platforms
What it can do
- Runs shell commands (npx remotion, ffmpeg, Python and Node scripts)
- Starts your local dev server and captures pages with a headless browser
- Downloads sound effects from Freesound into the video project
- Posts the video to social platforms through Upload-Post when you ask
From reading its instructions, not from running it.
Why it scores 66
Strongest on quality (100 of 100), weakest on adoption (39).
Is video-shotcraft safe to install?
At least one scanner raised a medium warning. Read the results below. Scanners often miss what other scanners catch, and a skill can change after a scan. Read its source before you install it.
| Scanner | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Gen Agent Trust Hub | Passed | Sep 29, 2026 |
| Socket | Medium risk | Sep 29, 2026 |
| Snyk | Low risk | Sep 29, 2026 |
Details
- Installs
- 8,347
- Repository stars
- 18,612
- Last repository change
- Tokens always loaded
- about 123
- Tokens when used
- about 2,683
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Data confidence
- High
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