Agent skill

Render Imessage Cascade

by gooseworks-ai in gooseworks-ai/goose-skills

Assemble an iMessage notification-cascade video ad (≈14s, 9:16) from a plate of a phone lying face-up (setting chosen by the user) + 3–5 messages — authentic Apple Messages banners composited in PIL…

MITAuto-check passedProductivity & Automation

Install Render Imessage Cascade

skills CLI
$ npx skills add gooseworks-ai/goose-skills --skill render-imessage-cascade -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install gooseworks-ai/goose-skills render-imessage-cascade --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/gooseworks-ai/goose-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/ads/capabilities/render-imessage-cascade .claude/skills/render-imessage-cascade && 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
render-imessage-cascade
GitHub stars
1.2k
Token cost
~1.6k tokens
SKILL.md length
797 words
Files
7 (incl. scripts)
Skills in repo
273
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Assemble an iMessage notification-cascade video ad (≈14s, 9:16) from a plate of a phone lying face-up (setting chosen by the user) + 3–5 messages — authentic Apple Messages banners composited in PIL…

  • The imessage-notification-cascade format
  • SKILL.md covers Choices, Scripts (free), Geometry contract… and Craft rules (faithful to the…, plus 2 more sections
  • Runs Python scripts from its folder
  • Tasks that involve Messaging and chat bots

What it does

Render Imessage Cascade is an agent skill from gooseworks-ai/goose-skills. Assemble an iMessage notification-cascade video ad (≈14s, 9:16) from a plate of a phone lying face-up (setting chosen by the user) + 3–5 messages — authentic Apple Messages banners composited in PIL (SF Pro text, green Messages icon, warm translucent-greige fill, soft shadow) spring in one-by-one at the BOTTOM and push the stack UP, a right-aligned Show-less/X pill rides above, the X clears the stack, then a serif end card resolves. FREE assembly (PIL + ffmpeg); the recipe supplies the per-brand plate…

Its SKILL.md is about 1.6k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 8 other files, including scripts (for example `scripts/build_assets.py`, `scripts/compose.py` and `scripts/config.example.json`).

It sits in Productivity & Automation, covering Messaging and chat bots and Video production. It works with FFmpeg. The repository describes itself as: Library of Growth & GTM skills + data APIs for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor to run ads, social, content, lead gen, seo and data scraping. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • The imessage-notification-cascade format
  • Tasks that involve Messaging and chat bots
  • Tasks that involve Video production

Example prompts

  • “/render-imessage-cascade”

Requirements

  • Python 3

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit c650c6d. 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 4 files in scripts/ (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

Render Imessage Cascade loads about 1.6k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 172 tokens; SKILL.md has 797 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~172
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.6k

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 gooseworks-ai/goose-skills at commit c650c6d, republished under its MIT licence (© gooseworks-ai). 797 words, ~1,561 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/render-imessage-cascade/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 6 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
render-imessage-cascade
description
Assemble an iMessage notification-cascade video ad (≈14s, 9:16) from a plate of a phone lying face-up (setting chosen by the user) + 3–5 messages — authentic Apple Messages banners composited in PIL (SF Pro text, green Messages icon, warm translucent-greige fill, soft shadow) spring in one-by-one at the BOTTOM and push the stack UP, a right-aligned Show-less/X pill rides above, the X clears the stack, then a serif end card resolves. FREE assembly (PIL + ffmpeg); the recipe supplies the per-brand plate, notifications, and end-card config and gates the paid plate-clean/music calls to their own capabilities. Use for the imessage-notification-cascade format.
status
superseded
superseded_by
phone-chat@1.1.4

Superseded: the video kit now does this with the phone-chat part, version 1.1.4, in the parts folder of this repository. Every phone-chat style is a style file that draws the same screen frame by frame from the plan's scenes, with the original sounds, in the kit's browser. This atom stays, unchanged in behaviour, for skills outside the kit until they move; its scripts still run.

render-imessage-cascade

The free, deterministic renderer for the imessage-notification-cascade video ad format — the viral iOS trend where a phone lies face-up (the source: on a desk) and Apple Messages notifications STACK IN one after another. The signature mechanic is the bottom-up push: each new banner springs in at the bottom (nearest the phone) and shoves every existing one UP a row; the iOS grouped "⌄ Show less / ✕" pill rides above the stack; the ✕ clears the stack; then a serif end card resolves.

This is a DETERMINISTIC composite — no generative video of the UI. Authentic iMessage banners are drawn in PIL and animated in FFmpeg over a Ken-Burns plate, so the notification text + wordmark stay pixel-crisp (a video model would smear type). The template recipe supplies the per-brand plate, notifications, and end_card config and gates the only paid steps — cleaning the plate (→ create-image-fal) and the music bed/pop (→ create-music-elevenlabs) — to their own capabilities. This capability itself makes no paid calls.

Choices

The creative calls are the user's, asked by the format recipe before any paid step; this renderer draws whatever the config holds.

  • setting — where the phone lies (the plate). The demo used a desk in a dim, moody home office.
  • message_story — what the messages tell (inbound leads, a friend's texts, order alerts, a group chat, a problem solved) → notifications[]. The demo used inbound leads.
  • audio — pops + swoosh only, or a bed (lo-fi / upbeat / tense) + pops → config.audio. With no bed, compose.py plays the pops + swoosh over silence; --no-audio is fully silent. The demo used a soft music bed.

Scripts (free)

  • scripts/build_assets.py — draws the assets from config: nb-1..N.png (authentic banners — green Messages icon, warm translucent-greige fill, soft box-shadow, title/body/NOW/handle), pill.png (right-aligned "⌄ Show less / ✕"), endcard.png (serif CTA + wordmark lockup + url). Fonts are load-bearing: SF Pro (SFNS.ttf) via set_variation_by_name for the banner title/body/NOW/handle (Arial fallback), Times/serif for the end-card CTA. Do NOT swap in Helvetica/Arial as the primary — the banners must read as the real iOS system font.
  • scripts/compose.py — Ken-Burns push-in on the plate → each banner springs in at the BOTTOM while later arrivals push the stack UP (FFmpeg overlay y expressions) → pill rides above → ✕-clear swipes the stack up + fades → serif end card fades in → optional audio (optional bed + pop per arrival + a free FFmpeg swoosh on the clear) → encode h264 + aac.
  • scripts/config.example.json — the shape of the brand config the recipe binds.

Geometry contract (load-bearing — build_assets.py and compose.py MUST share it)

W=1080 H=1920, SIDE=135 → banner width BODY_W=810, BANNER_H=176, PAD=60, row pitch H=214, bottom anchor YB=1200. Icon ~100px at a ~24px left inset; body text starts ~150px from the banner's left edge. Change one, change both.

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Craft rules (faithful to the source molecule)

  • Keep the REAL iMessage UI: green Apple Messages icon, warm TRANSLUCENT greige banner (NOT white, no white bloom), soft dark box-shadow. Do NOT rebrand the banner to the brand's colors — the brand lives ONLY on the handle (bottom-right) + the end card.
  • SF Pro for all banner text (title Semibold ~38, body Regular ~36, NOW/handle ~25). Never AI-render text.
  • 3–5 notifications (more crowds the top / clips the pill); newest enters at the BOTTOM, so banner 1 is the oldest and ends up on TOP.
  • ✕-clear then end card (a real hand-swipe needs a paid i2v — out of scope here).

Requires

watch (QC the final master). The recipe gates create-image-fal (plate clean) and create-music-elevenlabs (bed/pop) — both paid, proxy-routed, billed to the Ads agent.

Wrapped notifications and software endings

Bodies are measured and wrap to two lines. Oversized words, excessive lines, titles/handles that do not fit and stacks outside the safe area fail with a correction request. Shorten copy or reduce the notification count; never silently truncate or shrink the type. Asset building writes shared geometry and a config signature. Compose requires that manifest and rejects changed inputs until assets are rebuilt. Single-line configs retain their established dimensions and timing.

An optional resolution object supplies title, body and handle after the stack clears, plus an optional arrival time, hold duration and supplied sound file. Omit the old explicit end-card/duration overrides when using derived resolution timing. It holds at least 1.5 seconds before the ending. Missing supplied audio fails rather than silently disappearing.

For a software ending, set the end-card layout to b2b and supply a verified quote, attribution, optional CTA, a font file and one or two logo files. Logos retain their aspect ratio and transparency. Missing fonts/assets and excessive copy fail. Neutral layout samples are not customer endorsements.

© gooseworks-ai, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 6 other files (scripts) in skills/ads/capabilities/render-imessage-cascade of gooseworks-ai/goose-skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • scripts/build_assets.py
  • scripts/compose.py
  • scripts/config.example.json
  • scripts/layout.py
  • skill.meta.json
  • tests/smoke-test.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit c650c6d

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Questions about Render Imessage Cascade

What does Render Imessage Cascade do?

Assemble an iMessage notification-cascade video ad (≈14s, 9:16) from a plate of a phone lying face-up (setting chosen by the user) + 3–5 messages — authentic Apple Messages banners composited in PIL…. Render Imessage Cascade is an agent skill from gooseworks-ai/goose-skills. Assemble an iMessage notification-cascade video ad (≈14s, 9:16) from a plate of a phone lying face-up (setting chosen by the user) + 3–5 messages — authentic Apple Messages banners composited in PIL (SF Pro text, green Messages icon, warm translucent-greige fill, soft shadow) spring in one-by-one at the BOTTOM and push the stack UP, a right-aligned Show-less/X pill rides above, the X clears the stack, then a serif end card resolves.

When should I use Render Imessage Cascade?

Render Imessage Cascade fits situations like: the imessage-notification-cascade format; tasks that involve Messaging and chat bots; tasks that involve Video production.

How do I install Render Imessage Cascade in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add gooseworks-ai/goose-skills --skill render-imessage-cascade -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/ads/capabilities/render-imessage-cascade in gooseworks-ai/goose-skills) into .claude/skills/render-imessage-cascade in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Render Imessage Cascade in Codex?

Run `npx skills add gooseworks-ai/goose-skills --skill render-imessage-cascade -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/ads/capabilities/render-imessage-cascade in gooseworks-ai/goose-skills) into .agents/skills/render-imessage-cascade in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Render Imessage Cascade 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 gooseworks-ai/goose-skills --skill render-imessage-cascade -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/render-imessage-cascade, .gemini/skills/render-imessage-cascade, .github/skills/render-imessage-cascade and .opencode/skills/render-imessage-cascade in your project.

What does Render Imessage Cascade need to run?

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

Does Render Imessage Cascade 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 Render Imessage Cascade 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 Render Imessage Cascade use?

Render Imessage Cascade 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 Render Imessage Cascade use?

About 1.6k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 6.2k 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 Render Imessage Cascade?

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Who maintains Render Imessage Cascade?

gooseworks-ai (a GitHub organization) maintains it in gooseworks-ai/goose-skills, which has 1,240 GitHub stars. The repository holds 273 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

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