Agent skill

Aliyun Emo

A skill your agent uses when generating expressive portrait videos from a person image and speech audio with Alibaba Cloud Model Studio EMO (emo-v1).

MITAuto-check passedMedia & Creative

Install Aliyun Emo

skills CLI

$ npx skills add cinience/alicloud-skills --skill aliyun-emo -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install cinience/alicloud-skills aliyun-emo --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/cinience/alicloud-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/ai/video/aliyun-emo .claude/skills/aliyun-emo && 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 "aliyun-emo" agent skill from https://github.com/cinience/alicloud-skills/tree/main/skills/ai/video/aliyun-emo into .claude/skills/aliyun-emo/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "aliyun-emo", 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/cinience/alicloud-skills/tree/main/skills/ai/video/aliyun-emo

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 cinience/alicloud-skills --skill aliyun-emo -a codex

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install cinience/alicloud-skills aliyun-emo --agent codex

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/cinience/alicloud-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/ai/video/aliyun-emo .agents/skills/aliyun-emo && 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 "aliyun-emo" agent skill from https://github.com/cinience/alicloud-skills/tree/main/skills/ai/video/aliyun-emo into .agents/skills/aliyun-emo/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "aliyun-emo", 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 cinience/alicloud-skills --skill aliyun-emo -a cursor

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install cinience/alicloud-skills aliyun-emo --agent cursor

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/cinience/alicloud-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/ai/video/aliyun-emo .cursor/skills/aliyun-emo && 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 "aliyun-emo" agent skill from https://github.com/cinience/alicloud-skills/tree/main/skills/ai/video/aliyun-emo into .cursor/skills/aliyun-emo/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "aliyun-emo", 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/cinience/alicloud-skills.git --path skills/ai/video/aliyun-emo

--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 cinience/alicloud-skills --skill aliyun-emo -a gemini-cli

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install cinience/alicloud-skills aliyun-emo --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/cinience/alicloud-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/ai/video/aliyun-emo .gemini/skills/aliyun-emo && 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 "aliyun-emo" agent skill from https://github.com/cinience/alicloud-skills/tree/main/skills/ai/video/aliyun-emo into .gemini/skills/aliyun-emo/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "aliyun-emo", 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 cinience/alicloud-skills aliyun-emo

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 cinience/alicloud-skills --skill aliyun-emo -a github-copilot

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/cinience/alicloud-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/ai/video/aliyun-emo .github/skills/aliyun-emo && 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 "aliyun-emo" agent skill from https://github.com/cinience/alicloud-skills/tree/main/skills/ai/video/aliyun-emo into .github/skills/aliyun-emo/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "aliyun-emo", 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 cinience/alicloud-skills --skill aliyun-emo -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 cinience/alicloud-skills aliyun-emo --agent opencode

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/cinience/alicloud-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/ai/video/aliyun-emo .opencode/skills/aliyun-emo && 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 "aliyun-emo" agent skill from https://github.com/cinience/alicloud-skills/tree/main/skills/ai/video/aliyun-emo into .opencode/skills/aliyun-emo/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "aliyun-emo", 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: aliyun-emo
GitHub stars: 397
Token cost: ~665 tokens
SKILL.md length: 216 words
Files: 4 (incl. scripts, references)
Skills in repo: 96
Repo updated: Aug 11, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: MIT

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when generating expressive portrait videos from a person image and speech audio with Alibaba Cloud Model Studio EMO (emo-v1).

Generating expressive portrait videos from a person image and speech audio with Alibaba Cloud Model Studio EMO (emo-v1)
SKILL.md covers Validation, Output And Evidence, Critical model names and Prerequisites, plus 5 more sections
Runs Python scripts from its folder; calls python; needs DASHSCOPE_API_KEY
Creating non-Wan avatar clips with stronger expression style control from a detected portrait image

What it does

Aliyun Emo is an agent skill from cinience/alicloud-skills. Use when generating expressive portrait videos from a person image and speech audio with Alibaba Cloud Model Studio EMO (emo-v1). Use when creating non-Wan avatar clips with stronger expression style control from a detected portrait image.

Its SKILL.md is about 670 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 6 other files, including scripts and reference files (for example `agents/openai.yaml`, `references/sources.md` and `scripts/prepare_emo_request.py`).

It sits in Media & Creative. It works with Alibaba Cloud. The repository describes itself as: alibaba cloud skills，qwen ，wan and all skills. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

Generating expressive portrait videos from a person image and speech audio with Alibaba Cloud Model Studio EMO (emo-v1)
Creating non-Wan avatar clips with stronger expression style control from a detected portrait image

Example prompts

“/aliyun-emo”

Requirements

Python 3
A credential in DASHSCOPE_API_KEY

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 1818263. 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 1 file in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
- python
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 these keys or tokens, usually read from environment variables:
- DASHSCOPE_API_KEY
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Aliyun Emo loads about 665 tokens when it runs, and up to ~710 if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 63 tokens; SKILL.md has 216 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~63
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~665
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them: ~710

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); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from cinience/alicloud-skills at commit 1818263, republished under its MIT licence (© cinience). 216 words, ~665 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/aliyun-emo/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 3 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.

name: aliyun-emo
description: Use when generating expressive portrait videos from a person image and speech audio with Alibaba Cloud Model Studio EMO (`emo-v1`). Use when creating non-Wan avatar clips with stronger expression style control from a detected portrait image.
version: 1.0.0

Category: provider

Model Studio EMO

Validation

bash

mkdir -p output/aliyun-emo
python -m py_compile skills/ai/video/aliyun-emo/scripts/prepare_emo_request.py && echo "py_compile_ok" > output/aliyun-emo/validate.txt

Pass criteria: command exits 0 and output/aliyun-emo/validate.txt is generated.

Output And Evidence

Save normalized request payloads, detection boxes, and task polling snapshots under output/aliyun-emo/.
Record the chosen style_level and the exact face_bbox / ext_bbox.

Use EMO when the input is a portrait image and speech audio, and you need a non-Wan expressive talking-head result.

Critical model names

Use these exact model strings:

emo-v1-detect
emo-v1

Selection guidance:

Run image detection first to obtain face_bbox and ext_bbox.
Use emo-v1 only after detection succeeds.

Prerequisites

China mainland (Beijing) only.
Set DASHSCOPE_API_KEY in your environment, or add dashscope_api_key to ~/.alibabacloud/credentials.
Input files must be public HTTP/HTTPS URLs.

Normalized interface (video.emo)

Detect Request

model (string, optional): default emo-v1-detect
image_url (string, required)

Generate Request

model (string, optional): default emo-v1
image_url (string, required)
audio_url (string, required)
face_bbox (array<int>, required)
ext_bbox (array<int>, required)
style_level (string, optional): normal, calm, or active

Response

task_id (string)
task_status (string)
video_url (string, when finished)

Quick start

bash

python skills/ai/video/aliyun-emo/scripts/prepare_emo_request.py \
  --image-url "https://example.com/portrait.png" \
  --audio-url "https://example.com/speech.mp3" \
  --face-bbox 302,286,610,593 \
  --ext-bbox 71,9,840,778 \
  --style-level active

Operational guidance

Do not invent face_bbox or ext_bbox; use the detection API output.
ext_bbox ratio determines output format: 1:1 yields 512x512, 3:4 yields 512x704.
Keep the input portrait clear and front-facing for better expression quality.
EMO is portrait-focused; for full-scene human videos use other skills instead.

Output location

Default output: output/aliyun-emo/request.json
Override base dir with OUTPUT_DIR.

References

references/sources.md

Files

SKILL.md and 3 other files (scripts, references) in skills/ai/video/aliyun-emo of cinience/alicloud-skills.

SKILL.md
agents/openai.yaml
references/sources.md
scripts/prepare_emo_request.py

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1818263

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Questions about Aliyun Emo

What does Aliyun Emo do?

A skill your agent uses when generating expressive portrait videos from a person image and speech audio with Alibaba Cloud Model Studio EMO (emo-v1). Aliyun Emo is an agent skill from cinience/alicloud-skills. Use when generating expressive portrait videos from a person image and speech audio with Alibaba Cloud Model Studio EMO (emo-v1).

When should I use Aliyun Emo?

Aliyun Emo fits situations like: generating expressive portrait videos from a person image and speech audio with Alibaba Cloud Model Studio EMO (emo-v1); creating non-Wan avatar clips with stronger expression style control from a detected portrait image.

How do I install Aliyun Emo in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add cinience/alicloud-skills --skill aliyun-emo -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/ai/video/aliyun-emo in cinience/alicloud-skills) into .claude/skills/aliyun-emo in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Aliyun Emo in Codex?

Run `npx skills add cinience/alicloud-skills --skill aliyun-emo -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/ai/video/aliyun-emo in cinience/alicloud-skills) into .agents/skills/aliyun-emo in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Aliyun Emo 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 cinience/alicloud-skills --skill aliyun-emo -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/aliyun-emo, .gemini/skills/aliyun-emo, .github/skills/aliyun-emo and .opencode/skills/aliyun-emo in your project.

What does Aliyun Emo need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Aliyun Emo needs Python for the scripts in its folder, the command-line tools its instructions call (python) and credentials named DASHSCOPE_API_KEY. Our summary lists: Python 3; A credential in DASHSCOPE_API_KEY.

Does Aliyun Emo 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 Aliyun Emo 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. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.

What licence does Aliyun Emo use?

Aliyun Emo 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 Aliyun Emo use?

About 665 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.7k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 45 tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Aliyun Emo?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Aliyun Emo: Bailian Media Generation (modelstudioai/cli, 542 stars), Dashscope (calesthio/OpenMontage, 66k stars), Image Generation (QwenLM/qwen-code-examples, 143 stars) and Cap Cinematic Demo Generator (CapSoftware/Cap, 23k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Aliyun Emo?

cinience (a GitHub user) maintains it in cinience/alicloud-skills, which has 397 GitHub stars. The repository holds 96 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on August 11, 2026.

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

Install Aliyun Emo

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Requirements

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Model Studio EMO

Validation

Output And Evidence

Critical model names

Prerequisites

Normalized interface (video.emo)

Detect Request

Generate Request

Response

Quick start

Operational guidance

Output location

References

Files

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