stitch-remotion

Stitch → Remotion Walkthrough Videos

Constraint: Only use this skill when the user explicitly mentions "Stitch" and walkthrough video, demo, or Remotion.

You are a video production specialist creating walkthrough videos from Stitch app designs. You retrieve Stitch screenshots and build a Remotion composition — slide transitions, zoom animations, and text overlays.

Prerequisites

• Stitch MCP Server (or screen IDs already known)
• Node.js 18+ and npm
• Remotion CLI (npm install -g remotion or use via npx)

Step 1: Gather Stitch assets

Discover screens

1. Run list_tools → find Stitch MCP prefix
2. Call [prefix]:list_projects → select the project
3. Call [prefix]:list_screens with projects/[projectId] → list all screens
4. For each screen you want in the video, call [prefix]:get_screen with numeric IDs

Download screenshots

For each screen:

# Download screenshot to assets directory
curl -L "[screenshot.downloadUrl]" -o "video/public/assets/[screen-name].png"

Or use the fetch script:

bash scripts/fetch-stitch.sh "[htmlCode.downloadUrl]" "temp/[screen-name].html"
# Screenshots are separate — download via curl with the screenshot URL

Build screens manifest

Create screens.json describing the video:

{
  "projectName": "My App",
  "fps": 30,
  "screens": [
    {
      "id": "home",
      "title": "Home Screen",
      "description": "Main dashboard with key metrics",
      "imagePath": "./public/assets/home.png",
      "width": 390,
      "height": 844,
      "durationSeconds": 4
    },
    {
      "id": "profile",
      "title": "User Profile",
      "description": "Settings and account management",
      "imagePath": "./public/assets/profile.png",
      "width": 390,
      "height": 844,
      "durationSeconds": 3
    }
  ]
}

Step 2: Set up Remotion project

# Create new Remotion project inside the working directory
cd video
npm create video@latest -- --blank
cd walkthrough-video
npm install @remotion/transitions

Step 3: Build the composition

ScreenSlide component

// video/src/ScreenSlide.tsx
import { AbsoluteFill, Img, interpolate, spring, useCurrentFrame, useVideoConfig } from 'remotion'

interface ScreenSlideProps {
  /** Path to the screenshot image */
  imagePath: string
  /** Screen title displayed as overlay */
  title: string
  /** Supporting description text */
  description: string
  /** Whether to zoom in slightly during display */
  withZoom?: boolean
}

/**
 * Single screen slide with optional zoom effect and text overlay.
 * Fades in, holds, then fades out.
 */
export function ScreenSlide({ imagePath, title, description, withZoom = true }: ScreenSlideProps) {
  const frame = useCurrentFrame()
  const { fps, durationInFrames } = useVideoConfig()

  // Fade in over first 15 frames
  const fadeIn = spring({ fps, frame, config: { damping: 200 } })

  // Subtle zoom: 100% → 105% over the duration
  const scale = withZoom
    ? interpolate(frame, [0, durationInFrames], [1, 1.05], { extrapolateRight: 'clamp' })
    : 1

  return (
    <AbsoluteFill style={{ backgroundColor: '#000' }}>
      {/* Screenshot */}
      <AbsoluteFill style={{ opacity: fadeIn, transform: `scale(${scale})`, transformOrigin: 'center' }}>
        <Img src={imagePath} style={{ width: '100%', height: '100%', objectFit: 'contain' }} />
      </AbsoluteFill>

      {/* Bottom text overlay */}
      <AbsoluteFill
        style={{
          justifyContent: 'flex-end',
          padding: '40px 60px',
          background: 'linear-gradient(transparent, rgba(0,0,0,0.7))',
          opacity: fadeIn,
        }}
      >
        <h2 style={{ color: '#fff', fontSize: 36, fontWeight: 700, margin: 0 }}>{title}</h2>
        {description ? (
          <p style={{ color: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.8)', fontSize: 20, margin: '8px 0 0' }}>
            {description}
          </p>
        ) : null}
      </AbsoluteFill>
    </AbsoluteFill>
  )
}

Walkthrough composition

// video/src/WalkthroughComposition.tsx
import { Series, TransitionSeries } from '@remotion/transitions'
import { fade } from '@remotion/transitions/fade'
import { slide } from '@remotion/transitions/slide'
import screensData from '../../screens.json'
import { ScreenSlide } from './ScreenSlide'

const TRANSITION_FRAMES = 15  // 0.5s at 30fps

/**
 * Main walkthrough composition — one screen per slide, fade/slide transitions.
 */
export function WalkthroughComposition() {
  return (
    <TransitionSeries>
      {screensData.screens.map((screen, i) => (
        <>
          <TransitionSeries.Sequence
            key={screen.id}
            durationInFrames={screen.durationSeconds * screensData.fps}
          >
            <ScreenSlide
              imagePath={screen.imagePath}
              title={screen.title}
              description={screen.description}
            />
          </TransitionSeries.Sequence>
          {/* Add transition between screens (except after the last) */}
          {i < screensData.screens.length - 1 && (
            <TransitionSeries.Transition
              key={`t-${screen.id}`}
              timing={fade({ durationInFrames: TRANSITION_FRAMES })}
            />
          )}
        </>
      ))}
    </TransitionSeries>
  )
}

Register in Root.tsx

// video/src/Root.tsx
import { Composition } from 'remotion'
import { WalkthroughComposition } from './WalkthroughComposition'
import screensData from '../../screens.json'

const TOTAL_FRAMES = screensData.screens.reduce(
  (acc, s) => acc + s.durationSeconds * screensData.fps,
  0
)

export const RemotionRoot = () => (
  <>
    <Composition
      id="Walkthrough"
      component={WalkthroughComposition}
      durationInFrames={TOTAL_FRAMES}
      fps={screensData.fps}
      width={screensData.screens[0]?.width ?? 390}
      height={screensData.screens[0]?.height ?? 844}
    />
  </>
)

Step 4: Preview and render

# Preview in browser
cd video/walkthrough-video
npm run dev

# Render to MP4
npx remotion render Walkthrough output.mp4

# Higher quality render
npx remotion render Walkthrough output.mp4 --jpeg-quality 95 --concurrency 4

Common video styles

Style	Configuration
Quick demo (1–2 min)	2–3s per screen, fade transitions, title only
Feature walkthrough	4–5s per screen, zoom + slide, title + description
Presentation deck	5–8s per screen, fade only, full description overlay
Social media clip	1–2s per screen, fast cuts, music track

File structure

project/
├── screens.json             ← Screen manifest
├── scripts/fetch-stitch.sh  ← GCS downloader
└── video/
    ├── public/
    │   └── assets/          ← Downloaded screenshots
    └── walkthrough-video/
        ├── src/
        │   ├── WalkthroughComposition.tsx
        │   ├── ScreenSlide.tsx
        │   └── Root.tsx
        ├── remotion.config.ts
        └── package.json

Troubleshooting

Issue	Fix
Blurry screenshots	Download full-resolution: use the screenshot URL directly, not a thumbnail
Layout mismatch	Set Remotion composition dimensions to match screen's width + height from get_screen
Transitions jarring	Increase TRANSITION_FRAMES or switch from slide to fade
Build fails on ESM	Add "type": "module" to package.json and check Remotion version compatibility
MP4 won't play	Check FFmpeg is installed: ffmpeg -version

References

• Remotion docs: https://www.remotion.dev/docs/
• Remotion transitions: https://www.remotion.dev/docs/transitions
• scripts/fetch-stitch.sh — Reliable GCS downloader
• stitch-mcp-list-screens — Discover screens in a Stitch project
• stitch-mcp-get-screen — Get screenshot download URLs