Agent skill

Make A Video

by nateherkai in nateherkai/hyperframes-student-kit

Beginner-friendly end-to-end video creator for HyperFrames. An agent skill from nateherkai/hyperframes-student-kit.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedMedia & Creative

Install Make A Video

skills CLI
$ npx skills add nateherkai/hyperframes-student-kit --skill make-a-video -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install nateherkai/hyperframes-student-kit make-a-video --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/nateherkai/hyperframes-student-kit.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/make-a-video .claude/skills/make-a-video && 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
make-a-video
GitHub stars
1.2k
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~3.1k tokens
SKILL.md length
1,408 words
Files
7 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
11
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Beginner-friendly end-to-end video creator for HyperFrames. An agent skill from nateherkai/hyperframes-student-kit.

  • Works in 6 steps: What's this video for? (promo · social… → Who's the audience? (open-ended) → Target duration? (10–20s short · 20–45s… → …
  • The user says make a video
  • SKILL.md covers When to use this skill — and…, The two phases, Gate 1 · Intent & format and Gate 2 · Script & voice, plus 9 more sections
  • Calls npx and ffmpeg

What it does

Make A Video is an agent skill from nateherkai/hyperframes-student-kit. Beginner-friendly end-to-end video creator for HyperFrames. Use when the user says "make a video", "create a video", "new video", "build a video", "video from scratch", "I want to make a video", "help me create a video", or when someone who's never used HyperFrames before arrives with a concept, script, or rough idea and wants a finished MP4. Interviews the user in one pass, then builds the full video with mandatory preview and visual-verification gates.

Its SKILL.md is about 3.1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 7 other files, including reference files (for example `references/build-checklist.md`, `references/catalog-intent-map.md` and `references/composition-scaffold.md`).

It sits in Media & Creative, covering Motion graphics. It works with HeyGen. The repository describes itself as: Edit videos, reels, and YouTube Shorts with Codex or Claude Code. 14 skills, transcript-driven cuts, storytelling, 406 motion-graphics cards, and HyperFrames templates.

When your agent uses it

  • The user says make a video
  • Video from scratch
  • I want to make a video
  • Help me create a video

Example prompts

  • “make a video”
  • “create a video”
  • “new video”
  • “/make-a-video”

Requirements

  • Node.js

Workflow steps

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

  1. What's this video for? (promo · social ad · launch teaser · product demo · tutorial · explainer · intro/outro card · other)
  2. Who's the audience? (open-ended)
  3. Target duration? (10–20s short · 20–45s promo · 45–90s explainer · 1.5–3 min lesson · custom)
  4. Aspect ratio? (16:9 1920×1080 · 9:16 1080×1920 · 1:1 1080×1080)
  5. Frame rate? (30 default · 60 for crisp UI · 24 cinematic)
  6. Platform / delivery constraints? (file size · deadline · where it'll play)

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 0d30152. 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

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • npx
    • ffmpeg

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

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use npx, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

    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

Make A Video loads about 3.1k tokens when it runs, and up to ~11k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 118 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,408 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~118
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~3.1k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~11k

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

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 1,408 words (~3,100 tokens).

“Two phases, eight sequential gates. Every gate produces a concrete artifact the next gate consumes. Don't skip gates.”

— opening of SKILL.md by nateherkai, Custom licence
name
make-a-video

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 6 other files (references) in .agents/skills/make-a-video of nateherkai/hyperframes-student-kit.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/build-checklist.md
  • references/catalog-intent-map.md
  • references/composition-scaffold.md
  • references/interview-questions.md
  • references/storyboard-template.md
  • references/style-intake.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 0d30152

Used in 1 other repository

We found 2 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in nateherkai/hyperframes-student-kit, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Figma to HyperFramesheygen-com/hyperframes59k3 repos~4.5kAutomated safety check: NotesApache-2.0
HyperFrames Video Entry Pointheygen-com/hyperframes59k3 repos~5.2kAutomated safety check: PassApache-2.0
Media Useedenfunf/reelmimic1.8k1 repos~2kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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Works with

Questions about Make A Video

What does Make A Video do?

Beginner-friendly end-to-end video creator for HyperFrames. An agent skill from nateherkai/hyperframes-student-kit. Make A Video is an agent skill from nateherkai/hyperframes-student-kit. Beginner-friendly end-to-end video creator for HyperFrames.

When should I use Make A Video?

Make A Video fits situations like: the user says make a video; video from scratch; I want to make a video; help me create a video.

How do I install Make A Video in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add nateherkai/hyperframes-student-kit --skill make-a-video -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/make-a-video in nateherkai/hyperframes-student-kit) into .claude/skills/make-a-video in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Make A Video in Codex?

Run `npx skills add nateherkai/hyperframes-student-kit --skill make-a-video -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/make-a-video in nateherkai/hyperframes-student-kit) into .agents/skills/make-a-video in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Make A Video 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 nateherkai/hyperframes-student-kit --skill make-a-video -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/make-a-video, .gemini/skills/make-a-video, .github/skills/make-a-video and .opencode/skills/make-a-video in your project.

What does Make A Video need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Make A Video needs the command-line tools its instructions call (npx and ffmpeg). Our summary lists: Node.js.

Does Make A Video access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use npx, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Make A Video 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 Make A Video use?

Make A Video has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Make A Video use?

About 3.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 12k 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 8.2k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Make A Video?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Make A Video: HyperFrames Animation (heygen-com/hyperframes, 59k stars), Faceless Explainer Video (heygen-com/hyperframes, 59k stars), Figma to HyperFrames (heygen-com/hyperframes, 59k stars) and HyperFrames Video Entry Point (heygen-com/hyperframes, 59k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Make A Video?

nateherkai (a GitHub user) maintains it in nateherkai/hyperframes-student-kit, which has 1,239 GitHub stars. The repository holds 11 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 28, 2026.

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