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Film Crew

by guaardvark in guaardvark/guaardvark

Run Guaardvark's five-role Film Crew locally: screenwriter, casting (Cast Library LoRAs), cinematographer storyboards, keyframe renders, editor.

MITAuto-check passedMedia & Creative

Install Film Crew

skills CLI
$ npx skills add guaardvark/guaardvark --skill film-crew -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install guaardvark/guaardvark film-crew --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/guaardvark/guaardvark.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/film-crew .claude/skills/film-crew && 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
film-crew
GitHub stars
257
Token cost
~727 tokens
SKILL.md length
315 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
15
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Run Guaardvark's five-role Film Crew locally: screenwriter, casting (Cast Library LoRAs), cinematographer storyboards, keyframe renders, editor.

  • Works in 5 steps: Show the screenwriter's output (scenes,… → Consistent faces come from trained… → State the render cost before the… → …
  • The user says film this
  • SKILL.md covers Start: MCP start_film_crew, Stages and gates (REST) and How to run it well
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Film Crew is an agent skill from guaardvark/guaardvark. Run Guaardvark's five-role Film Crew locally: screenwriter, casting (Cast Library LoRAs), cinematographer storyboards, keyframe renders, editor. Turns a logline or screenplay into a finished short video with human gates at casting and storyboard. Use when the user says "film this", "make a short film", "storyboard this script", or "start the film crew".

Its SKILL.md is about 730 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 Comics and storyboards, Fine-tuning and Creative writing and fiction. It works with Model Context Protocol and ComfyUI. The repository describes itself as: Self-hosted AI studio on your own GPU: chat with your files (RAG), screen and browser agents, coding swarms, LoRA training, an MCP server for Claude Code and Cursor, and local… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • The user says film this
  • Make a short film
  • Storyboard this script
  • Start the film crew

Example prompts

  • “film this”
  • “make a short film”
  • “storyboard this script”
  • “/film-crew”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Show the screenwriter's output (scenes, shots, subjects) before touching casting.
  2. Consistent faces come from trained LoRAs. If a subject has no Cast entry, offer to create and
  3. State the render cost before the storyboard approval: shots × seconds × model speed.
  4. The editor assembles the shots in the Video Editor; the result appears in the media library.
  5. Nothing posts or uploads. The film stays on the machine unless the user moves it.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 0299024. 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.

    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

Film Crew loads about 727 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 91 tokens; SKILL.md has 315 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~91
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~727

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 guaardvark/guaardvark at commit 0299024, republished under its MIT licence (© guaardvark). 315 words, ~727 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/film-crew/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
film-crew
description
Run Guaardvark's five-role Film Crew locally: screenwriter, casting (Cast Library LoRAs), cinematographer storyboards, keyframe renders, editor. Turns a logline or screenplay into a finished short video with human gates at casting and storyboard. Use when the user says "film this", "make a short film", "storyboard this script", or "start the film crew".

Film Crew with Guaardvark

Read setup first. Needs comfyui; casting with trained characters needs lora_trainer (see the cast skill). Renders take minutes per shot.

Start: MCP start_film_crew

  • script_text: a screenplay or a plain scene list. A logline works; the screenwriter expands it.
  • name (defaults to the first line), video_model (defaults to the active scene model, minimax-h3-int8 on a typical box; wan22-5b for silent i2v).
  • The screenwriter starts at once. Casting, storyboards and GPU renders wait for the user in Studio (Agents > Film Crew) or through the routes below.

Stages and gates (REST)

B=${GUAARDVARK_URL:-http://localhost:5000}, P = production id from the tool.

stagecallnote
statusGET $B/api/production/$Pstage, subjects, shots, errors
subjects found by the writerGET $B/api/production/$P/subjectscharacters, environments, props
cast one subjectPOST $B/api/production/$P/cast/<subject_id> with {"action": ...}link to an existing Cast Library subject or plan a new one
confirm castingPOST $B/api/production/$P/casting/confirmuser gate: every subject needs a cast plan first
storyboard shot imageGET $B/api/production/$P/storyboard/shot/<shot_id>/imagereview keyframes
redo one shotPOST $B/api/production/$P/storyboard/shot/<shot_id>/regenerate
approve storyboardPOST $B/api/production/$P/storyboard/approveuser gate: releases the renders. A 409 with flagged_shots lists frames the curator flagged; show them, and resend with {"confirm_flagged": true} only if the user says to render them anyway
retry a failed stagePOST $B/api/production/$P/retry
list / deleteGET $B/api/production, DELETE $B/api/production/$P

Without the MCP tool: POST $B/api/production with {"name", "script_text", "settings": {"video_model": "..."}}.

How to run it well

  1. Show the screenwriter's output (scenes, shots, subjects) before touching casting.
  2. Consistent faces come from trained LoRAs. If a subject has no Cast entry, offer to create and train one (the cast skill) or cast it "as described" and warn identity may drift.
  3. State the render cost before the storyboard approval: shots × seconds × model speed.
  4. The editor assembles the shots in the Video Editor; the result appears in the media library.
  5. Nothing posts or uploads. The film stays on the machine unless the user moves it.

© guaardvark, 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/film-crew of guaardvark/guaardvark.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 0299024

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Questions about Film Crew

What does Film Crew do?

Run Guaardvark's five-role Film Crew locally: screenwriter, casting (Cast Library LoRAs), cinematographer storyboards, keyframe renders, editor. Film Crew is an agent skill from guaardvark/guaardvark. Run Guaardvark's five-role Film Crew locally: screenwriter, casting (Cast Library LoRAs), cinematographer storyboards, keyframe renders, editor.

When should I use Film Crew?

Film Crew fits situations like: the user says film this; make a short film; storyboard this script; start the film crew.

How do I install Film Crew in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Film Crew in Codex?

Run `npx skills add guaardvark/guaardvark --skill film-crew -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/film-crew in guaardvark/guaardvark) into .agents/skills/film-crew in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Film Crew 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 guaardvark/guaardvark --skill film-crew -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/film-crew, .gemini/skills/film-crew, .github/skills/film-crew and .opencode/skills/film-crew in your project.

What does Film Crew need to run?

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

Does Film Crew 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 Film Crew 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 Film Crew use?

Film Crew 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 Film Crew use?

About 727 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 Film Crew?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Film Crew: Civitai (artokun/comfyui-mcp, 803 stars), Model Registry (artokun/comfyui-mcp, 803 stars), Train Character Lora (artokun/comfyui-mcp, 803 stars) and Panel Operations (artokun/comfyui-mcp, 803 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Film Crew?

guaardvark (a GitHub user) maintains it in guaardvark/guaardvark, which has 257 GitHub stars. The repository holds 15 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

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