Turn any input (a website URL, a text brief, existing footage, a music track) into a finished, pixel-perfect MP4 — fully local, byte-stable across renders.

No licenceAuto-check passedMedia & Creative

Install Lazy Frames

skills CLI
$ npx skills add cosmicstack-labs/lazy-frames --skill lazy-frames -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install cosmicstack-labs/lazy-frames lazy-frames --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/cosmicstack-labs/lazy-frames.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/docs .claude/skills/lazy-frames && 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
lazy-frames
GitHub stars
163
Token cost
~2.6k tokens
SKILL.md length
982 words
Files
72 (incl. references, assets)
Skills in repo
1
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Turn any input (a website URL, a text brief, existing footage, a music track) into a finished, pixel-perfect MP4 — fully local, byte-stable across renders.

  • Works in 6 steps: Start from project state → Prerequisites → Workflows → …
  • Cinematic clips
  • SKILL.md covers 1. Start from project state, 2. Prerequisites, 3. Workflows and 4. Agent contract, plus 2 more sections
  • Runs JavaScript scripts from its folder; calls node, npm and ffmpeg; needs ELEVENLABS_API_KEY

What it does

Lazy Frames is an agent skill from cosmicstack-labs/lazy-frames. Turn any input (a website URL, a text brief, existing footage, a music track) into a finished, pixel-perfect MP4 — fully local, byte-stable across renders. The agent researches the input and dumps a typed SPEC; the Lazy Frames CLI turns that spec into video. Use for website promos, cinematic clips, motion graphics, explainer videos, social ads, and any programmatic video generation that must be deterministic and work offline. Install: npm install lazy-frames | Raw skill URL…

Its SKILL.md is about 2.6k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 76 other files, including reference files and assets (for example `app.js`, `plugins/anthropic-storyteller/manifest.json` and `plugins/assemblyai-captions/manifest.json`).

It sits in Media & Creative, covering AI video generation, Design to code and Video production. It works with npm. The repository describes itself as: Lazy Frames — agentic video generation. Feed the skill URL to your AI agent; it captures, authors, renders. Fully local, byte-stable, no cloud. npm install lazy-frames.

When your agent uses it

  • Cinematic clips
  • Motion graphics
  • Explainer videos
  • Any programmatic video generation that must be deterministic and work offline

Example prompts

  • “/lazy-frames”

Requirements

  • Python 3
  • Node.js
  • A credential in ELEVENLABS_API_KEY

Workflow steps

6 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Start from project state
  2. Prerequisites
  3. Workflows
  4. Agent contract
  5. Key concepts
  6. References

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit a1ae532. 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 (JavaScript, from the files we listed), which the agent can run.

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • node
    • npm
    • ffmpeg
    • python3
    • npx

    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):

    • lazy-frames.cosmicstack.ai

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

  • Credentials

    Names these keys or tokens, usually read from environment variables:

    • ELEVENLABS_API_KEY

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

Context cost

Lazy Frames loads about 2.6k tokens when it runs, and up to ~20k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 134 tokens; SKILL.md has 982 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~134
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~2.6k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~20k

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

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 982 words (~2,632 tokens).

“Lazy Frames renders video from a typed JSON spec — a composition is a spec.json file whose scenes declare timing, content, and style; the CLI turns it into a deterministic, pixel-perfect MP4. The core renderer needs no cloud or keys…”

— opening of SKILL.md by cosmicstack-labs
name
lazy-frames

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 71 other files (references, assets) in docs of cosmicstack-labs/lazy-frames.

  • SKILL.md
  • .nojekyll
  • CNAME
  • app.js
  • assets/lazy-frames-banner.png
  • docs.html
  • favicon.svg
  • index.html
  • og-card.png
  • plugins/anthropic-storyteller/index.html
  • plugins/anthropic-storyteller/manifest.json
  • plugins/assemblyai-captions/index.html
  • plugins/assemblyai-captions/manifest.json
  • plugins/azure-speech/index.html
  • plugins/azure-speech/manifest.json
  • plugins/cartesia-voice
  • … and 56 more

Open the folder on GitHubat commit a1ae532

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Works with

Questions about Lazy Frames

What does Lazy Frames do?

Turn any input (a website URL, a text brief, existing footage, a music track) into a finished, pixel-perfect MP4 — fully local, byte-stable across renders. Lazy Frames is an agent skill from cosmicstack-labs/lazy-frames. Turn any input (a website URL, a text brief, existing footage, a music track) into a finished, pixel-perfect MP4 — fully local, byte-stable across renders.

When should I use Lazy Frames?

Lazy Frames fits situations like: cinematic clips; motion graphics; explainer videos; any programmatic video generation that must be deterministic and work offline.

How do I install Lazy Frames in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add cosmicstack-labs/lazy-frames --skill lazy-frames -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (docs in cosmicstack-labs/lazy-frames) into .claude/skills/lazy-frames in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Lazy Frames in Codex?

Run `npx skills add cosmicstack-labs/lazy-frames --skill lazy-frames -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (docs in cosmicstack-labs/lazy-frames) into .agents/skills/lazy-frames in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Lazy Frames 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 cosmicstack-labs/lazy-frames --skill lazy-frames -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/lazy-frames, .gemini/skills/lazy-frames, .github/skills/lazy-frames and .opencode/skills/lazy-frames in your project.

What does Lazy Frames need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Lazy Frames needs JavaScript for the scripts in its folder, the command-line tools its instructions call (node, npm, ffmpeg, python3 and npx) and credentials named ELEVENLABS_API_KEY. Our summary lists: Python 3; Node.js; A credential in ELEVENLABS_API_KEY.

Does Lazy Frames access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: lazy-frames.cosmicstack.ai. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Lazy Frames 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 Lazy Frames use?

No licence was found for Lazy Frames or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Lazy Frames use?

About 2.6k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 11k 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 18k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Lazy Frames?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Lazy Frames: Remotion Video Generator (LeoYeAI/openclaw-master-skills, 2.2k stars), Figma to HyperFrames (heygen-com/hyperframes, 58k stars), HyperFrames Video Entry Point (heygen-com/hyperframes, 58k stars) and Anime Cel Video Maker (edenfunf/reelmimic, 1.6k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Lazy Frames?

cosmicstack-labs (a GitHub organization) maintains it in cosmicstack-labs/lazy-frames, which has 163 GitHub stars. The repository was last updated on August 19, 2026.

Source: cosmicstack-labs/lazy-frames on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.