video-shotcraft

video-shotcraft 🎬

video-shotcraft is an AI agent skill that turns Claude Code or Codex into a motion-design studio: point it at your product and it storyboards, animates, and sound-designs a cinematic promo, marketing, launch, or demo video with Remotion — real page captures, 2.5D camera moves, beat-synced cuts, and film-grade SFX included.

🎬 Showcase

The 38-second Gallery intro below was itself produced with this skill — storyboard, shot implementation, and sound design were all done by an agent following the toolkit's methodology:

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/cba2df8a-4b2e-4247-bace-d0b1dea9c2bd

▶️ Watch in HD on YouTube

Browse every shot card and motion preview online: Gallery — search, filter, switch between variants, and copy selected shot-card names.

🚀 Quick start

The most direct way: hand the repo link to your agent. In Claude Code / Codex or a similar agent, just say:

Install this skill for me: https://github.com/Vincentwei1021/video-shotcraft

The agent will clone the repo and link it into your skills directory. Or install with the skills CLI / manually:

npx skills add Vincentwei1021/video-shotcraft

git clone https://github.com/Vincentwei1021/video-shotcraft.git
cd video-shotcraft
ln -s "$(pwd)" ~/.claude/skills/video-shotcraft   # Claude Code
# or
ln -s "$(pwd)" ~/.codex/skills/video-shotcraft    # Codex

Then make requests like:

Use video-shotcraft to create a promo for my desktop product.
Use the deck-deal-flyin and row-embed shot cards to present this feature.
Design a product close-up inspired by spotlight-hero-card.

If no shot card is specified, the skill introduces the built-in video template first and asks whether to use it; you can also pick shots in the Gallery before starting.

📼 Video template: Ink Press

The skill ships with Ink Press — a validated, complete promo template: 36.2 seconds, 1920×1080, 30fps, 10 shots in a paper-ink-amber style, with 2.5D real-page camera moves, title cards, transitions, and a fully pinned cinematic SFX pass:

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/4cf5af51-98f3-4af2-8ab2-7267f470513d

▶️ Watch in HD on YouTube

To use it, just tell your agent:

Use video-shotcraft to make a promo for my product with the Ink Press template.

The agent swaps in your product's screenshots, copy, and branding to reproduce the same quality — the fastest, most reliable path to a finished film.

More templates are on the way.

📦 What's included

Content	Description
106 shot recipe cards	Purpose, energy, suggested duration, parameters, implementation notes, and known pitfalls
161 motion previews	Covering 162 styles; searchable and filterable in the online Gallery
Remotion implementations	Tuned TSX demos containing the actual easing and timing parameters for each card
Complete video template	A validated 36.2-second, 1920×1080, 30fps product promo with 10 shots
Components and assets	2.5D page camera, captions, flash cuts, digit rolls, SFX, and capture scripts
Production methodology	Capture, visual direction, storyboarding, sound design, beat sync, and final QA

The toolkit primarily targets web and desktop product promos, while individual shot cards can also be used in feature demos, brand films, launch videos, and other motion projects.

🗂 Repository structure