Agent skill

Paw Cra Video Shortform

by pawbytes in pawbytes/skill-suites

Short-form video pipeline for Reels, TikTok, and Shorts. An agent skill from pawbytes/skill-suites.

MITAuto-check passedMedia & Creative

Install Paw Cra Video Shortform

skills CLI
$ npx skills add pawbytes/skill-suites --skill paw-cra-video-shortform -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install pawbytes/skill-suites paw-cra-video-shortform --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/pawbytes/skill-suites.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/src/creative/paw-cra-video-shortform .claude/skills/paw-cra-video-shortform && 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
paw-cra-video-shortform
GitHub stars
113
Token cost
~1.5k tokens
SKILL.md length
593 words
Files
5 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
71
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Short-form video pipeline for Reels, TikTok, and Shorts. An agent skill from pawbytes/skill-suites.

  • Works in 3 steps: Pre-Production → Production → Validation and Export
  • User requests create short video
  • SKILL.md covers Overview, On Activation, Pipeline and Tool Dependencies, plus 2 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Paw Cra Video Shortform is an agent skill from pawbytes/skill-suites. Short-form video pipeline for Reels, TikTok, and Shorts. Use when user requests 'create short video', 'make a Reel', 'TikTok video', or 'short-form video'.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.5k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 5 other files, including reference files (for example `references/headless-mode.md`, `references/pre-production.md` and `references/production.md`).

It sits in Media & Creative, covering Video production and Video scripts and shorts. It works with TikTok. The repository describes itself as: 50+ AI agent skills for Claude, Codex, OpenClaw etc — agentic marketing automation, AI creative agency, and developer productivity tools. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • User requests create short video
  • Short-form video

Example prompts

  • “create short video”
  • “make a Reel”
  • “TikTok video”
  • “/paw-cra-video-shortform”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Pre-Production
  2. Production
  3. Validation and Export

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 547a6df. 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

Paw Cra Video Shortform loads about 1.5k tokens when it runs, and up to ~5.6k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 45 tokens; SKILL.md has 593 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~45
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.5k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~5.6k

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); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from pawbytes/skill-suites at commit 547a6df, republished under its MIT licence (© pawbytes). 593 words, ~1,459 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/paw-cra-video-shortform/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 4 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
paw-cra-video-shortform
description
Short-form video pipeline for Reels, TikTok, and Shorts. Use when user requests 'create short video', 'make a Reel', 'TikTok video', or 'short-form video'.

Short-Form Video Pipeline

Overview

This workflow produces upload-ready short-form vertical video (15-90 seconds) for TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts. It takes a brief or script and outputs a finished MP4 (1080x1920, H.264) with burned-in subtitles and a video-manifest.json.

Args: Accepts --headless / -H for non-interactive execution. Requires a brief with at minimum: topic, duration, platform, and brand.

Output: MP4 video file + video-manifest.json saved to .pawbytes/creative-suites/brands/{brand}/videos/.

Act as a technical video production specialist who orchestrates AI generation tools and ffmpeg into a cohesive short-form video pipeline. You understand both creative storytelling (hooks, pacing, visual beats) and technical video engineering (codecs, resolution, safe zones, platform limits).

Design rationale: This workflow is production-first -- it accepts briefs directly without a mandatory Strategist gate. The Strategist is available on-demand for script writing when the user does not provide one. The codec validation step (Step 9) serves as the embedded review gate, replacing the old standalone cra-video-review-gate. Every run produces a tangible video file plus machine-readable manifest.

On Activation

Load available config from {project-root}/.pawbytes/config/config.yaml and {project-root}/.pawbytes/config/config.user.yaml (root level and cra section). If config is missing, let the user know paw-cra-setup can configure the module at any time. Resolve and apply:

  • {user_name} (null) -- address the user by name
  • {communication_language} (English) -- use for all communications
  • {document_output_language} (English) -- use for generated document content
  • {fal_key} (null) -- fal.ai API key for video generation
  • {elevenlabs_api_key} (null) -- ElevenLabs API key for voiceover (optional)
  • {output_directory} (.pawbytes/creative-suites) -- base output path
  • {default_brand} (null) -- default brand name

Load shared agency memory from {project-root}/.pawbytes/creative-suites/index.md. If an active brand is set, load {project-root}/.pawbytes/creative-suites/brands/{brand}/guidelines.md.

Tool verification: Check for fal_key (required), ffmpeg availability (required), egaki CLI (required for AI video generation), elevenlabs_api_key (optional, for voiceover). Report any missing tools and inform the user which capabilities are limited.

If --headless or -H is passed, load ./references/headless-mode.md and execute without interaction.

Otherwise, greet the user, report tool readiness, and begin brief intake.

Pipeline

The pipeline runs in three phases. Each phase loads its reference on demand.

Phase 1: Pre-Production

Steps 1-4 -- From brief to storyboard with brand context loaded.

Load ./references/pre-production.md to execute.

Covers: brief intake and parsing, script check (use provided script or optionally invoke Strategist), storyboard planning (3-8 scenes with visual direction per scene), and brand context loading.

Progression: Storyboard is confirmed (user approval in interactive mode, auto-approved in headless).

Show full SKILL.md (214 more words)Show less
Phase 2: Production

Steps 5-8 -- Generate scenes, audio, assemble, and add subtitles.

Load ./references/production.md to execute.

Covers: AI scene generation via egaki CLI / fal.ai API (Veo 3.1 or Kling v3), voiceover generation via ElevenLabs (if needed), ffmpeg assembly with transitions (xfade) and audio overlay, and subtitle generation with burn-in (styled, safe-zone positioned).

Progression: Assembled video with subtitles exists as a file on disk.

Phase 3: Validation and Export

Steps 9-11 -- Verify, export, and log.

Load ./references/validation-export.md to execute.

Covers: codec validation (1080x1920, H.264, duration check, file size under platform limits), export to {project-root}/.pawbytes/creative-suites/brands/{brand}/videos/ with video-manifest.json, and status update to campaign status and daily log.

Progression: video-manifest.json written, daily log updated.

Tool Dependencies

ToolPurposeRequired
egaki CLIMulti-provider AI video generation (Veo, Kling)Yes
fal.ai APIVeo 3.1, Kling v3 (text-to-video, image-to-video)Yes
ffmpegScene concatenation, xfade transitions, audio overlay, subtitle burn-in, encodingYes
ElevenLabs APIAI voiceover generationOptional
paw-cra-agent-strategistScript writing (invoked on-demand when no script provided)Optional

Platform Specifications

PlatformMax DurationResolutionAspectMax File Size
TikTok60s1080x19209:16287 MB
Instagram Reels90s1080x19209:16250 MB
YouTube Shorts60s1080x19209:16256 MB

Memory

Reads:

  • {project-root}/.pawbytes/creative-suites/index.md -- active brands, campaigns
  • {project-root}/.pawbytes/creative-suites/brands/{brand}/guidelines.md -- brand identity
  • {project-root}/.pawbytes/creative-suites/brands/{brand}/campaigns/{campaign}/brief.md -- campaign brief
  • {project-root}/.pawbytes/creative-suites/brands/{brand}/campaigns/{campaign}/scripts/ -- approved scripts

Writes:

  • {project-root}/.pawbytes/creative-suites/brands/{brand}/videos/ -- video assets
  • {project-root}/.pawbytes/creative-suites/brands/{brand}/videos/video-manifest.json -- manifest
  • {project-root}/.pawbytes/creative-suites/daily/{YYYY-MM-DD}.md -- activity log

© pawbytes, 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 4 other files (references) in src/creative/paw-cra-video-shortform of pawbytes/skill-suites.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/headless-mode.md
  • references/pre-production.md
  • references/production.md
  • references/validation-export.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 547a6df

Compare with similar skills

Paw Cra Video Shortform next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.

Paw Cra Video Shortform compared with similar skills
SkillStarsUsed inTokensAuto-checkLicenceRepo updated
Paw Cra Video Shortform this skillpawbytes/skill-suites113—~1.5kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Taisly Social Media Postingtaisly/agent2171 repos~1.5kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Viral Captions And Ctasvyralcontent/content-skills1341 repos~2.8kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Viral Hooksvyralcontent/content-skills1341 repos~2.5kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
AutoshortsUpload-Post/skill-autoshorts151—~5.3kAutomated safety check: NotesMIT
Viral Short Formvyralcontent/content-skills1341 repos~2.1kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

Similar skills

  • Free AI-first short-form video publishing to TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, X, and Facebook from AI agents through Taisly.

    217 GitHub starsUsed in 1 repo~1.5k tokens
    Media & CreativeAuto-check passed
  • Viral Captions And Ctas

    vyralcontent/content-skills

    Write captions, on-screen text, hashtags, and CTAs for short-form video that earn saves and sends without tripping engagement-bait penalties.

    134 GitHub starsUsed in 1 repo~2.8k tokens
    Media & CreativeAuto-check passed
  • Viral Hooks

    vyralcontent/content-skills

    Write and critique viral hooks for short-form video: the opening 1 to 3 seconds that decide whether anything else gets seen.

    134 GitHub starsUsed in 1 repo~2.5k tokens
    Media & CreativeAuto-check passed
  • Autoshorts

    Upload-Post/skill-autoshorts

    Daily pipeline that picks one long video from a folder, transcribes it with Whisper, uses Gemini 3 Flash multimodal to find every viral short-form moment, cuts each candidate with FFmpeg, adds a…

    151 GitHub stars~5.3k tokensUpdated 5 mo ago
    Media & CreativeAuto-check: notes
  • Viral Short Form

    vyralcontent/content-skills

    Brainstorm and write high-retention short-form video and carousel content for TikTok, Reels, and YouTube Shorts.

    134 GitHub starsUsed in 1 repo~2.1k tokens
    Media & CreativeAuto-check passed
  • Video Plan

    MagicCube/agentara

    Plan short-form video, vlog, travel, lifestyle, documentary, or cinematic social video scripts by negotiating duration, choosing a story arc and visual style, then splitting the film into timed…

    516 GitHub starsUsed in 1 repo~2.6k tokens
    Media & CreativeAuto-check passed

More from pawbytes/skill-suites

All 71 skills in this repo
  • Prodig Suites Setup

    pawbytes/skill-suites

    Installs the Prodig Suites product-creation module into a project, scaffolding its workspace folders and writing the shared and personal config files.

    113 GitHub stars~4.3k tokensUpdated 8 days ago
    Auto-check passed
  • Video Clip Repurposing

    pawbytes/skill-suites

    Cuts long-form video into short platform-ready clips: finds strong moments, reframes for vertical, adds subtitles and brand overlays, and writes a clip manifest.

    113 GitHub stars~1.2k tokensUpdated 8 days ago
    Auto-check passed
  • Paw Pa Generation

    pawbytes/skill-suites

    Assembles branded, export-ready proposals from brief, research, and pricing artifacts — type-adaptive for pitch, RFP, or scoping.

    113 GitHub stars~2.3k tokensUpdated 8 days ago
    Auto-check passed
  • Proposal Brief Intake

    pawbytes/skill-suites

    Turns pasted text, audio, video or URLs from a client into a structured, completeness-checked brief.md for the first stage of a proposal pipeline.

    113 GitHub stars~2.7k tokensUpdated 8 days ago
    Auto-check passed
  • Proposal Library Indexer

    pawbytes/skill-suites

    Turns case studies, past proposals and boilerplate dropped into a library inbox into structured, source-linked indexes for later proposal work.

    113 GitHub stars~1.9k tokensUpdated 8 days ago
    Auto-check passed
  • Turns a structured sales brief into an evidence-backed HTML research dossier, matching indexed case studies locally and gathering client, tech-stack and pricing evidence from the web.

    113 GitHub stars~2.2k tokensUpdated 8 days ago
    Auto-check passed

Works with

Questions about Paw Cra Video Shortform

What does Paw Cra Video Shortform do?

Short-form video pipeline for Reels, TikTok, and Shorts. An agent skill from pawbytes/skill-suites. Paw Cra Video Shortform is an agent skill from pawbytes/skill-suites. Short-form video pipeline for Reels, TikTok, and Shorts.

When should I use Paw Cra Video Shortform?

Paw Cra Video Shortform fits situations like: user requests create short video; short-form video.

How do I install Paw Cra Video Shortform in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add pawbytes/skill-suites --skill paw-cra-video-shortform -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (src/creative/paw-cra-video-shortform in pawbytes/skill-suites) into .claude/skills/paw-cra-video-shortform in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Paw Cra Video Shortform in Codex?

Run `npx skills add pawbytes/skill-suites --skill paw-cra-video-shortform -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (src/creative/paw-cra-video-shortform in pawbytes/skill-suites) into .agents/skills/paw-cra-video-shortform in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Paw Cra Video Shortform 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 pawbytes/skill-suites --skill paw-cra-video-shortform -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/paw-cra-video-shortform, .gemini/skills/paw-cra-video-shortform, .github/skills/paw-cra-video-shortform and .opencode/skills/paw-cra-video-shortform in your project.

What does Paw Cra Video Shortform need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Paw Cra Video Shortform is instructions for the agent only.

Does Paw Cra Video Shortform 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 Paw Cra Video Shortform 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 Paw Cra Video Shortform use?

Paw Cra Video Shortform 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 Paw Cra Video Shortform use?

About 1.5k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.8k 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 4.2k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Paw Cra Video Shortform?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Paw Cra Video Shortform: Taisly Social Media Posting (taisly/agent, 217 stars), Viral Captions And Ctas (vyralcontent/content-skills, 134 stars), Viral Hooks (vyralcontent/content-skills, 134 stars) and Autoshorts (Upload-Post/skill-autoshorts, 151 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Paw Cra Video Shortform?

pawbytes (a GitHub organization) maintains it in pawbytes/skill-suites, which has 113 GitHub stars. The repository holds 71 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 3, 2026.

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