Agent skill

Video Storytelling

by nateherkai in nateherkai/hyperframes-student-kit

Design and build the visual layer of a long-form talking-head video as one persistent world the camera moves through, instead of a sequence of separate graphics.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedMedia & Creative

Install Video Storytelling

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

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install nateherkai/hyperframes-student-kit video-storytelling --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/video-storytelling .claude/skills/video-storytelling && 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
video-storytelling
GitHub stars
1.3k
Token cost
~4.9k tokens
SKILL.md length
2,810 words
Files
5
Skills in repo
11
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Design and build the visual layer of a long-form talking-head video as one persistent world the camera moves through, instead of a sequence of separate graphics.

  • Works in 5 steps: The four principles → Discipline → Build contract → …
  • Asked to edit a video
  • SKILL.md covers 1 · The four principles, 2 · Discipline, 3 · Build contract and 4 · Gates, plus 1 more section
  • Runs Python scripts from its folder; calls node, npx and ffmpeg

What it does

Video Storytelling is an agent skill from nateherkai/hyperframes-student-kit. Design and build the visual layer of a long-form talking-head video as one persistent world the camera moves through, instead of a sequence of separate graphics. Use when asked to edit a video, add motion graphics, design the visuals for a script, plan an edit, or fix an edit judged confusing, text-heavy, hard to follow, or "clearly made by an AI". Covers the persistent world, camera grammar, the spotlight rule, spatial open loops, ornament and token discipline, transcript timing, and the verification gates.

Its SKILL.md is about 4.9k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 7 other files (for example `reference/design-system.md`, `reference/patterns/wall-of-slots/README.md` and `reference/patterns/wall-of-slots/geom.py`).

It sits in Media & Creative, covering Motion graphics and Storytelling. 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

  • Asked to edit a video
  • Add motion graphics
  • Design the visuals for a script
  • Fix an edit judged confusing

Example prompts

  • “clearly made by an AI”
  • “/video-storytelling”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

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

  1. The four principles
  2. Discipline
  3. Build contract
  4. Gates
  5. Order of work

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

    Ships script files (Python), which the agent can run.

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • node
    • 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

Video Storytelling loads about 4.9k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 133 tokens; SKILL.md has 2,810 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~133
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~4.9k

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 2,810 words (~4,860 tokens).

“How to build the visual layer of a long-form video so a viewer is still oriented at minute nine. Applies to any talking-head video with a script: a news take, a single-topic deep dive, a comparison, a tutorial, a listicle.”

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

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 4 other files in .agents/skills/video-storytelling of nateherkai/hyperframes-student-kit.

  • SKILL.md
  • reference/design-system.md
  • reference/patterns/wall-of-slots/README.md
  • reference/patterns/wall-of-slots/geom.py
  • reference/patterns/wall-of-slots/wall.py

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 0d30152

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Weekly Changelog Videoheygen-com/hyperframes60k—~3.3kAutomated safety check: PassApache-2.0

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Questions about Video Storytelling

What does Video Storytelling do?

Design and build the visual layer of a long-form talking-head video as one persistent world the camera moves through, instead of a sequence of separate graphics. Video Storytelling is an agent skill from nateherkai/hyperframes-student-kit. Design and build the visual layer of a long-form talking-head video as one persistent world the camera moves through, instead of a sequence of separate graphics.

When should I use Video Storytelling?

Video Storytelling fits situations like: asked to edit a video; add motion graphics; design the visuals for a script; fix an edit judged confusing.

How do I install Video Storytelling in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Video Storytelling in Codex?

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

Can I use Video Storytelling 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 video-storytelling -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/video-storytelling, .gemini/skills/video-storytelling, .github/skills/video-storytelling and .opencode/skills/video-storytelling in your project.

What does Video Storytelling need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Video Storytelling needs Python for the scripts in its folder and the command-line tools its instructions call (node, npx and ffmpeg). Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Video Storytelling 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 Video Storytelling 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 Video Storytelling use?

Video Storytelling 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 Video Storytelling use?

About 4.9k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 19k 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 Video Storytelling?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Video Storytelling: Animejs (boraoztunc/skills, 398 stars), After Hours Editorial Template (nexu-io/open-design, 100k stars), Video Template Frame Pentagram Stat (nexu-io/open-design, 100k stars) and HyperFrames Animation (heygen-com/hyperframes, 60k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Video Storytelling?

nateherkai (a GitHub user) maintains it in nateherkai/hyperframes-student-kit, which has 1,270 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.