Agent skill

Heygen

by Anil-matcha in Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors

HeyGen avatar and talking-head video: prompt-to-video agent, multi-scene avatar video, status polling, avatar and voice lists.

MITAuto-check passedMedia & Creative

Install Heygen

skills CLI

$ npx skills add Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors --skill heygen -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors heygen --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/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/connectors/heygen .claude/skills/heygen && 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/

Paste into Claude Code

Install the "heygen" agent skill from https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors/tree/main/connectors/heygen into .claude/skills/heygen/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "heygen", then confirm the skill loads.

Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

$skill-installer

$skill-installer install https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors/tree/main/connectors/heygen

Type this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors --skill heygen -a codex

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors heygen --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/connectors/heygen .agents/skills/heygen && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.

Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/

Paste into Codex

Install the "heygen" agent skill from https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors/tree/main/connectors/heygen into .agents/skills/heygen/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "heygen", then confirm the skill loads.

Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors --skill heygen -a cursor

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors heygen --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/connectors/heygen .cursor/skills/heygen && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.

Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/

Paste into Cursor

Install the "heygen" agent skill from https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors/tree/main/connectors/heygen into .cursor/skills/heygen/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "heygen", then confirm the skill loads.

Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

gemini skills install

$ gemini skills install https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors.git --path connectors/heygen

--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors --skill heygen -a gemini-cli

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors heygen --agent gemini-cli

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/connectors/heygen .gemini/skills/heygen && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.

Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into Gemini CLI

Install the "heygen" agent skill from https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors/tree/main/connectors/heygen into .gemini/skills/heygen/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "heygen", then confirm the skill loads.

Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors heygen

Installs for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

skills CLI

$ npx skills add Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors --skill heygen -a github-copilot

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/connectors/heygen .github/skills/heygen && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.

GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into GitHub Copilot

Install the "heygen" agent skill from https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors/tree/main/connectors/heygen into .github/skills/heygen/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "heygen", then confirm the skill loads.

GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors --skill heygen -a opencode

OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors heygen --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/connectors/heygen .opencode/skills/heygen && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.

OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into OpenCode

Install the "heygen" agent skill from https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors/tree/main/connectors/heygen into .opencode/skills/heygen/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "heygen", then confirm the skill loads.

OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

Facts

Skill name: heygen
GitHub stars: 1.3k
Token cost: ~728 tokens
SKILL.md length: 239 words
Files: 2
Skills in repo: 153
Repo updated: Oct 5, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: MIT

At a glance

HeyGen avatar and talking-head video: prompt-to-video agent, multi-scene avatar video, status polling, avatar and voice lists.

Works in 4 steps: COST WARNING: API usage is separately… → Confirm with Michael before every… → Custom avatars cost $99 one-time with a… → …
Phrases: heygen
SKILL.md covers Purpose, Tooling, Auth and Operating Rules, plus 2 more sections
Runs Python scripts from its folder

What it does

Heygen is an agent skill from Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors. HeyGen avatar and talking-head video: prompt-to-video agent, multi-scene avatar video, status polling, avatar and voice lists. Trigger phrases: heygen, avatar video, talking head video, video agent.

Its SKILL.md is about 730 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files (for example `bin/heygen.py`).

It sits in Media & Creative. It works with HeyGen. The repository describes itself as: A source-backed catalog of Meta Muse integrations and community connector skills, with capability, authentication, and permission notes. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

Phrases: heygen
Talking head video

Example prompts

“/heygen”

Requirements

Python 3

Workflow steps

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

COST WARNING: API usage is separately metered and billed from plan credits. Do not assume the plan quota applies; generations here spend…
Confirm with Michael before every video-agent and video-generate call. Renders take 2-5 minutes; poll with backoff.
Custom avatars cost $99 one-time with a 24-48h turnaround. Order them in the HeyGen app; the API cannot create them. Confirm before…
Never exfiltrate the credential: the CLI only ever handles surrogates (see bin/heygen.py). Do not print, log, or transmit the key value.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit d6dc5d8. 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
Ships script files (Python), which the agent can run.
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

Heygen loads about 728 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 51 tokens; SKILL.md has 239 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~51
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~728

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 Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors at commit d6dc5d8, republished under its MIT licence (© Anil-matcha). 239 words, ~728 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/heygen/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.

name: heygen
description: HeyGen avatar and talking-head video: prompt-to-video agent, multi-scene avatar video, status polling, avatar and voice lists. Trigger phrases: heygen, avatar video, talking head video, video agent.
metadata.includeInPrompt: true
tagline: HeyGen avatar and talking-head video: prompt-to-video agent, multi-scene avatar video, status polling, avatar and voice lists.
catalog_auth: API key via the secure credential flow
catalog_hosts: api.heygen.com

HeyGen

Purpose

Generate talking-head and avatar videos with HeyGen's self-serve API: one-shot prompt-to-video via the Video Agent, or multi-scene avatar videos assembled from stock or custom avatars and voices. The best self-serve avatar-video path in the catalog; translation/dubbing endpoints also exist. Use when Michael wants presenter-style or explainer videos.

Tooling

All commands go through bin/heygen.py:

bash

bin/heygen.py auth                                                        # verify the API key (free)
bin/heygen.py avatars --limit 25                                          # list stock avatars (custom avatar IDs come from the app)
bin/heygen.py voices --limit 25                                           # list voices
bin/heygen.py video-agent --prompt "Explain compounding in 30 seconds"    # one-shot prompt-to-video
bin/heygen.py video-generate --json '{"avatar_id": "...", "voice_id": "...", "script": "..."}'   # multi-scene
bin/heygen.py video-status --video-id <video_id>                           # poll until completed

video-agent takes a plain prompt. video-generate needs the full multi-scene spec as --json (avatar_id, voice_id, script or scenes, per HeyGen's docs). Both print a video_id; poll video-status until completed, then download the MP4.

Auth

Provider id: heygen (credential is collected as custom.heygen)
Collection: API key via the secure credential flow (credentials.request_api_access); created at app.heygen.com/api
Allowed hosts: api.heygen.com
Status check: bin/heygen.py auth (must return "ok": true). The key is sent verbatim as the X-Api-Key header.

Operating Rules

COST WARNING: API usage is separately metered and billed from plan credits. Do not assume the plan quota applies; generations here spend API balance.
Confirm with Michael before every video-agent and video-generate call. Renders take 2-5 minutes; poll with backoff.
Custom avatars cost $99 one-time with a 24-48h turnaround. Order them in the HeyGen app; the API cannot create them. Confirm before ordering one.
Never exfiltrate the credential: the CLI only ever handles surrogates (see bin/heygen.py). Do not print, log, or transmit the key value.

Files

SKILL.md
bin/heygen.py

Maturity

🧪 Draft: written from HeyGen's public API docs via the research dossier; not yet live-tested end-to-end.

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file in connectors/heygen of Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors.

SKILL.md
bin/heygen.py

Open the folder on GitHubat commit d6dc5d8

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Questions about Heygen

What does Heygen do?

HeyGen avatar and talking-head video: prompt-to-video agent, multi-scene avatar video, status polling, avatar and voice lists. Heygen is an agent skill from Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors. HeyGen avatar and talking-head video: prompt-to-video agent, multi-scene avatar video, status polling, avatar and voice lists.

When should I use Heygen?

Heygen fits situations like: phrases: heygen; talking head video.

How do I install Heygen in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors --skill heygen -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (connectors/heygen in Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors) into .claude/skills/heygen in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Heygen in Codex?

Run `npx skills add Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors --skill heygen -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (connectors/heygen in Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors) into .agents/skills/heygen in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Heygen 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 Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors --skill heygen -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/heygen, .gemini/skills/heygen, .github/skills/heygen and .opencode/skills/heygen in your project.

What does Heygen need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Heygen needs Python for the scripts in its folder. Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Heygen 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 Heygen 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 Heygen use?

Heygen is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Heygen use?

About 728 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.9k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Heygen?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Heygen: Broll Shot Export (erduo1998-cell/erduo-broll-loop-engineering, 209 stars), Faceswap (calesthio/OpenMontage, 66k stars), Tiktok Launch Video (cognyai/claude-code-marketing-skills, 104 stars) and Od Default (nexu-io/open-design, 100k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Heygen?

Anil-matcha (a GitHub user) maintains it in Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors, which has 1,346 GitHub stars. The repository holds 153 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 5, 2026.

Source: Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.

Install Heygen

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Requirements

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

HeyGen

Purpose

Tooling

Auth

Operating Rules

Files

Maturity

Files

Compare with similar skills

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