Agent skill

Character Animation QA

by calesthio in calesthio/OpenMontage

Review local character animation with schema checks, Playwright browser previews, frame sampling, and FFmpeg/ffprobe final output checks.

MITAuto-check passedMedia & Creative

Install Character Animation QA

skills CLI
$ npx skills add calesthio/OpenMontage --skill character-animation-qa -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install calesthio/OpenMontage character-animation-qa --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/calesthio/OpenMontage.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/character-animation-qa .claude/skills/character-animation-qa && 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
character-animation-qa
GitHub stars
66k
Token cost
~389 tokens
SKILL.md length
126 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
41
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Review local character animation with schema checks, Playwright browser previews, frame sampling, and FFmpeg/ffprobe final output checks.

  • Works in 6 steps: Schema validation: character design, rig… → Static asset checks: referenced parts… → Browser preview: load the preview,… → …
  • Tasks that involve Video production
  • SKILL.md covers Review Layers, Playwright Pattern, Pass/Revise/Fail and Sources
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Character Animation QA is an agent skill from calesthio/OpenMontage. Review local character animation with schema checks, Playwright browser previews, frame sampling, and FFmpeg/ffprobe final output checks.

Its SKILL.md is about 390 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 Video production and Browser testing. It works with FFmpeg and Playwright. The repository describes itself as: World's first open-source, agentic video production system. 12 production pipelines, 100+ tools, 700+ agent skill and production-knowledge files. Turn your AI coding assistant… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Video production
  • Tasks that involve Browser testing

Example prompts

  • “/character-animation-qa”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Schema validation: character design, rig plan, pose library, action timeline.
  2. Static asset checks: referenced parts and backgrounds exist.
  3. Browser preview: load the preview, capture screenshots, collect console errors.
  4. Motion check: compare sampled frames for non-trivial differences.
  5. Final MP4 check: ffprobe metadata, duration, resolution, audio, frame samples.
  6. Agent visual review: inspect sampled frames for detached limbs, bad layers,

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 9327439. 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 (its code samples are typescript).

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

  • Network

    Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

    • playwright.dev
    • ffmpeg.org

    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

Character Animation QA loads about 389 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 40 tokens; SKILL.md has 126 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~40
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~389

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 calesthio/OpenMontage at commit 9327439, republished under its MIT licence (© calesthio). 126 words, ~389 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/character-animation-qa/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
character-animation-qa
description
Review local character animation with schema checks, Playwright browser previews, frame sampling, and FFmpeg/ffprobe final output checks.
license
MIT

Character Animation QA

Use this skill before presenting a character-animation preview or final render.

Review Layers

  1. Schema validation: character design, rig plan, pose library, action timeline.
  2. Static asset checks: referenced parts and backgrounds exist.
  3. Browser preview: load the preview, capture screenshots, collect console errors.
  4. Motion check: compare sampled frames for non-trivial differences.
  5. Final MP4 check: ffprobe metadata, duration, resolution, audio, frame samples.
  6. Agent visual review: inspect sampled frames for detached limbs, bad layers, off-frame characters, unreadable expressions, broken text.

Playwright Pattern

ts
const browser = await chromium.launch();
const page = await browser.newPage({ viewport: { width: 1280, height: 720 } });
await page.goto(previewUrl, { waitUntil: "networkidle" });
await page.screenshot({ path: "preview.png" });

Pass/Revise/Fail

  • pass: technical checks pass, acting is readable.
  • revise: fixable rig/timeline issue.
  • fail: missing assets, blank render, runtime failure, or wrong runtime.

Sources

© calesthio, MIT. 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 .agents/skills/character-animation-qa of calesthio/OpenMontage.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9327439

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Demo Videoalinaqi/maggy707—~1.4kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Render Apple Notes Chatgooseworks-ai/goose-skills1.2k—~1.6kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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Questions about Character Animation QA

What does Character Animation QA do?

Review local character animation with schema checks, Playwright browser previews, frame sampling, and FFmpeg/ffprobe final output checks. Character Animation QA is an agent skill from calesthio/OpenMontage. Review local character animation with schema checks, Playwright browser previews, frame sampling, and FFmpeg/ffprobe final output checks.

When should I use Character Animation QA?

Character Animation QA fits situations like: tasks that involve Video production; tasks that involve Browser testing.

How do I install Character Animation QA in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add calesthio/OpenMontage --skill character-animation-qa -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/character-animation-qa in calesthio/OpenMontage) into .claude/skills/character-animation-qa in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Character Animation QA in Codex?

Run `npx skills add calesthio/OpenMontage --skill character-animation-qa -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/character-animation-qa in calesthio/OpenMontage) into .agents/skills/character-animation-qa in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Character Animation QA 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 calesthio/OpenMontage --skill character-animation-qa -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/character-animation-qa, .gemini/skills/character-animation-qa, .github/skills/character-animation-qa and .opencode/skills/character-animation-qa in your project.

What does Character Animation QA need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Character Animation QA is instructions for the agent only.

Does Character Animation QA access the network?

SKILL.md names 2 domains. As links in the text: playwright.dev and ffmpeg.org. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Character Animation QA 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 Character Animation QA use?

Character Animation QA is published under the MIT licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Character Animation QA use?

About 389 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.6k 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 Character Animation QA?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Character Animation QA: Cs Code Video (ChenShuo2004/cs-skills, 197 stars), Render Chatgpt Chat (gooseworks-ai/goose-skills, 1.2k stars), Browser Video Recording (nirholas/three.ws, 229 stars) and Demo Video (alinaqi/maggy, 707 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Character Animation QA?

calesthio (a GitHub user) maintains it in calesthio/OpenMontage, which has 65,930 GitHub stars. The repository holds 41 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 3, 2026.

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