Agent skill

Storyboard Shot Breakdown

by 0xsline in 0xsline/OpenChatCut

Break down each shot and turn the analysis into a storyboard reference.

AGPL-3.0Auto-check passedMedia & Creative

Install Storyboard Shot Breakdown

skills CLI
$ npx skills add 0xsline/OpenChatCut --skill storyboard-shot-breakdown -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install 0xsline/OpenChatCut storyboard-shot-breakdown --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/0xsline/OpenChatCut.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/src/agent/skills/storyboard-shot-breakdown .claude/skills/storyboard-shot-breakdown && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
storyboard-shot-breakdown
GitHub stars
2.2k
Token cost
~905 tokens
SKILL.md length
359 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
31
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
AGPL-3.0

At a glance

Break down each shot and turn the analysis into a storyboard reference.

  • Works in 9 steps: Read project state and source media. → Read transcript or audio context when… → Detect or mark shot boundaries with… → …
  • The user wants shot-by-shot film analysis
  • SKILL.md covers Core Philosophy, Workflow, Internal Reasoning and Output Format, plus 1 more section
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Storyboard Shot Breakdown is an agent skill from 0xsline/OpenChatCut. Break down each shot and turn the analysis into a storyboard reference. Use when the user wants shot-by-shot film analysis, director logic, cinematography breakdown, or a storyboard-style reference from a video.

Its SKILL.md is about 910 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Media & Creative, covering Comics and storyboards. The repository describes itself as: Open-source, local-first conversational AI video editor with a professional multi-track timeline, Agent Skills, MCP integration, and Remotion rendering. The licence is AGPL-3.0.

When your agent uses it

  • The user wants shot-by-shot film analysis
  • Cinematography breakdown
  • A storyboard-style reference from a video

Example prompts

  • “/storyboard-shot-breakdown”

Workflow steps

9 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Read project state and source media.
  2. Read transcript or audio context when available so narrative interpretation is grounded.
  3. Detect or mark shot boundaries with available OpenChatCut/media tooling.
  4. Extract representative frames for each shot in batch when possible.
  5. Inspect frames before writing analysis. Do not invent details that are not visible.
  6. For high shot counts, tell the user the count and offer output scope choices before spending effort.
  7. Analyze each selected shot using the five dimensions.
  8. Summarize the overall visual rule of the scene in 1-2 concise sentences.
  9. Generate a storyboard reference image or structured analysis artifact if the user wants a visual output.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 2e6f4a2. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Storyboard Shot Breakdown loads about 905 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 59 tokens; SKILL.md has 359 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~59
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~905

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from 0xsline/OpenChatCut at commit 2e6f4a2, republished under its AGPL-3.0 licence (© 0xsline). 359 words, ~905 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/storyboard-shot-breakdown/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
storyboard-shot-breakdown
description
Break down each shot and turn the analysis into a storyboard reference. Use when the user wants shot-by-shot film analysis, director logic, cinematography breakdown, or a storyboard-style reference from a video.

Storyboard Shot Breakdown

Use this skill to analyze a video shot by shot and produce a storyboard-style reference that explains the director's visual decisions.

Core Philosophy

Do not merely describe what is visible. Deduce why each visual choice was made.

Analyze each shot across five director-decision dimensions:

DimensionCore question
CompositionWhat is the viewer forced to look at? What pressure does space, symmetry, depth, or framing create?
Focal lengthWhat psychological distance does the lens create? Does it compress, expand, isolate, or invade?
MovementWhy does the camera move or stay still at this exact moment? What changes before and after?
CutWhy cut here instead of earlier or later? Is the driver emotion, story, rhythm, eye trace, action, or sound?
Narrative functionWhat new information does this shot deliver: setup, turning point, emphasis, concealment, revelation?

Workflow

  1. Read project state and source media.
  2. Read transcript or audio context when available so narrative interpretation is grounded.
  3. Detect or mark shot boundaries with available OpenChatCut/media tooling.
  4. Extract representative frames for each shot in batch when possible.
  5. Inspect frames before writing analysis. Do not invent details that are not visible.
  6. For high shot counts, tell the user the count and offer output scope choices before spending effort.
  7. Analyze each selected shot using the five dimensions.
  8. Summarize the overall visual rule of the scene in 1-2 concise sentences.
  9. Generate a storyboard reference image or structured analysis artifact if the user wants a visual output.
Show full SKILL.md (109 more words)Show less

Internal Reasoning

Use a counterfactual test: if the conventional alternative were used, what emotion or information would be lost? The answer is usually the director's motive.

Use this reasoning to improve the analysis, but do not output the counterfactual test as a separate section unless the user asks.

Output Format

Per shot:

text
S{N} - {scale} · {lens/mood} · {movement} · {timecode} · {duration} · {narrative function}

Composition: [what attention is forced onto and what pressure the frame creates]
Focal Length: [psychological distance and dramatic effect]
Movement: [why it moves or stays still, and what changes]
Cut: [why the cut lands here, including rhythm/eye trace/sound when relevant]
Narrative: [what story information this shot adds]

Overall:

text
Director's Logic: [3-5 sentences summarizing the visual strategy]
Visual Rule: [1-2 sentences the user can reuse as a shooting/editing reference]

Rules

  • Write from visible evidence and available transcript/audio context.
  • Do not borrow details from adjacent shots unless clearly stated as sequence-level analysis.
  • Keep shot numbering stable.
  • User owns scope trade-offs: if output must be reduced, propose choices.
  • Prefer current OpenChatCut/media tools over hardcoded local commands. Use external scripts only when they are available and clearly help.

© 0xsline, AGPL-3.0. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in src/agent/skills/storyboard-shot-breakdown of 0xsline/OpenChatCut.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 2e6f4a2

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Questions about Storyboard Shot Breakdown

What does Storyboard Shot Breakdown do?

Break down each shot and turn the analysis into a storyboard reference. Storyboard Shot Breakdown is an agent skill from 0xsline/OpenChatCut. Break down each shot and turn the analysis into a storyboard reference.

When should I use Storyboard Shot Breakdown?

Storyboard Shot Breakdown fits situations like: the user wants shot-by-shot film analysis; cinematography breakdown; A storyboard-style reference from a video.

How do I install Storyboard Shot Breakdown in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add 0xsline/OpenChatCut --skill storyboard-shot-breakdown -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (src/agent/skills/storyboard-shot-breakdown in 0xsline/OpenChatCut) into .claude/skills/storyboard-shot-breakdown in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Storyboard Shot Breakdown in Codex?

Run `npx skills add 0xsline/OpenChatCut --skill storyboard-shot-breakdown -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (src/agent/skills/storyboard-shot-breakdown in 0xsline/OpenChatCut) into .agents/skills/storyboard-shot-breakdown in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Storyboard Shot Breakdown in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add 0xsline/OpenChatCut --skill storyboard-shot-breakdown -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/storyboard-shot-breakdown, .gemini/skills/storyboard-shot-breakdown, .github/skills/storyboard-shot-breakdown and .opencode/skills/storyboard-shot-breakdown in your project.

What does Storyboard Shot Breakdown need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Storyboard Shot Breakdown is instructions for the agent only.

Does Storyboard Shot Breakdown access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Storyboard Shot Breakdown safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Storyboard Shot Breakdown use?

Storyboard Shot Breakdown is published under the AGPL-3.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Storyboard Shot Breakdown use?

About 905 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.6k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

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Who maintains Storyboard Shot Breakdown?

0xsline (a GitHub user) maintains it in 0xsline/OpenChatCut, which has 2,235 GitHub stars. The repository holds 31 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

Source: 0xsline/OpenChatCut on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.