Agent skill

Video Shortform

by sanqiufong in sanqiufong/slides-from-anything

Short-form video generation skill — 3-10 second clips for product reveals, motion teasers, ambient loops.

Apache-2.0Auto-check passedMedia & Creative

Install Video Shortform

skills CLI
$ npx skills add sanqiufong/slides-from-anything --skill video-shortform -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install sanqiufong/slides-from-anything 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/sanqiufong/slides-from-anything.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/video-shortform .claude/skills/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
video-shortform
GitHub stars
132
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~1.1k tokens
SKILL.md length
447 words
Files
2
Skills in repo
48
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Apache-2.0

At a glance

Short-form video generation skill — 3-10 second clips for product reveals, motion teasers, ambient loops.

  • Works in 5 steps: Read the project metadata → Plan the shot → Compose the prompt → …
  • Tasks that involve AI video generation
  • SKILL.md covers Resource map, Workflow and Hard rules
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Video Shortform is an agent skill from sanqiufong/slides-from-anything. Short-form video generation skill — 3-10 second clips for product reveals, motion teasers, ambient loops. Defaults to Seedance 2 but works the same with Kling 3 / 4, Veo 3 or Sora 2. Output is one MP4 saved to the project folder. When the workspace also ships an interactive-video / hyperframes skill, prefer composing several short shots into a single timeline rather than one long monolithic clip.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 1 other file.

It sits in Media & Creative, covering AI video generation, Video production and Motion graphics. It works with HeyGen, Seedance and Google Veo. The repository describes itself as: Turn anything into slides. The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve AI video generation
  • Tasks that involve Video production
  • Tasks that involve Motion graphics

Example prompts

  • “/video-shortform”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Read the project metadata
  2. Plan the shot
  3. Compose the prompt
  4. Dispatch via the media contract
  5. Hand off

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 65da4ac. 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 (its code samples are bash).

    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

Video Shortform loads about 1.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 104 tokens; SKILL.md has 447 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~104
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.1k

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 sanqiufong/slides-from-anything at commit 65da4ac, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© sanqiufong). 447 words, ~1,108 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/video-shortform/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
video-shortform
description
Short-form video generation skill — 3-10 second clips for product reveals, motion teasers, ambient loops. Defaults to Seedance 2 but works the same with Kling 3 / 4, Veo 3 or Sora 2. Output is one MP4 saved to the project folder. When the workspace also ships an interactive-video / hyperframes skill, prefer composing several short shots into a single timeline rather than one long monolithic clip.
triggers
video, clip, shortform, reel, 短视频, 动效
od.mode
video
od.surface
video
od.scenario
marketing
od.example_prompt
5-second product reveal — ceramic coffee mug rotating on a soft paper backdrop, warm side-light from camera-left, micro dust motes drifting through the beam…

Video Shortform Skill

Short-form (≤ 10s) is the sweet spot for current text-to-video models — they're great at one shot with one idea, weaker at multi-cut narratives. Plan one shot per call.

Special case: hyperframes-html is not a photoreal text-to-video model. It's a local HTML-to-MP4 renderer. For that model, do not roleplay cinematography or "real-world" camera physics. Treat the brief as a motion design card / title-frame / product interstitial, ask at most one clarifying question, then dispatch immediately.

Resource map

video-shortform/
├── SKILL.md
└── example.html

Workflow

Step 0 — Read the project metadata

videoModel, videoLength (seconds), videoAspect. These are hard-locks — clamp the prompt to whatever the chosen model supports (Seedance 2 caps at 10s; Kling 4 supports up to 10s + image-to-video; Veo 3 supports 8s with audio).

Step 1 — Plan the shot

Write the shotlist BEFORE calling the model:

SlotContent
SubjectWhat's in frame?
CameraStatic / pan / push-in / orbit?
LightingKey direction + temperature
MotionWhat moves, at what pace? Subject motion vs camera motion.
SoundAmbient bed? (only if the model supports audio)

Normally, show this to the user as a one-sentence plan before dispatching — they can redirect cheaply.

For hyperframes-html, skip the extra pre-dispatch narration once the user has answered the discovery form. Collapse the plan into the actual generation prompt and dispatch immediately.

Step 2 — Compose the prompt

Use the format the upstream model prefers (Seedance: motion + camera + mood; Kling: subject + camera + style; Veo: subject + cinematography + sound). Bind the project's videoAspect and videoLength directly to the API parameters; never put them in prose.

For hyperframes-html, write a concise motion-design brief instead of a camera-realism prompt. Focus on subject, layout, palette, motion character, and overall tone. Do not spend turns narrating environment checks, missing side files, or "I am about to dispatch" status updates.

Show full SKILL.md (160 more words)Show less
Step 3 — Dispatch via the media contract

Use the unified dispatcher — do not call provider APIs by hand:

bash
"$OD_NODE_BIN" "$OD_BIN" media generate \
  --project "$OD_PROJECT_ID" \
  --surface video \
  --model "<videoModel from metadata>" \
  --aspect "<videoAspect from metadata>" \
  --length <videoLength seconds> \
  --output "<short-slug>-<seconds>s.mp4" \
  --prompt "<assembled shot prompt from Step 2>"

The command prints one line of JSON: {"file": {"name": "...", ...}}. The bytes land in the project; the FileViewer plays it automatically.

Step 4 — Hand off

Reply with: shot summary, the filename returned by the dispatcher, and one sentence on what to try if the user wants a variation.

For hyperframes-html, keep the reply especially short: what was rendered, the filename, and one concrete variation idea.

Hard rules

  • One shot per turn. Multi-shot timelines belong in a hyperframes / interactive-video skill, not here.
  • Match videoAspect exactly — re-renders are slow.
  • Never ship a video without saving the file — the user expects something to play in the file viewer.
  • When the underlying model fails (NSFW filter, content policy, timeout), report the error verbatim. Don't silently retry.
  • Do not claim a render has been "sent", "started", or "is running" unless you have already called "$OD_NODE_BIN" "$OD_BIN" media generate.

© sanqiufong, Apache-2.0. 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 1 other file in skills/video-shortform of sanqiufong/slides-from-anything.

  • SKILL.md
  • example.html

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 65da4ac

Used in 1 other repository

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

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HyperFrames Video Entry Pointheygen-com/hyperframes60k3 repos~5.2kAutomated safety check: PassApache-2.0
VideoNexus-JPF/note-companion8703 repos~3.6kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
AI Motion DirectorPluviobyte/video-production-skills671—~1.6kAutomated safety check: PassNone

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Questions about Video Shortform

What does Video Shortform do?

Short-form video generation skill — 3-10 second clips for product reveals, motion teasers, ambient loops. Video Shortform is an agent skill from sanqiufong/slides-from-anything. Short-form video generation skill — 3-10 second clips for product reveals, motion teasers, ambient loops.

When should I use Video Shortform?

Video Shortform fits situations like: tasks that involve AI video generation; tasks that involve Video production; tasks that involve Motion graphics.

How do I install Video Shortform in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add sanqiufong/slides-from-anything --skill video-shortform -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/video-shortform in sanqiufong/slides-from-anything) into .claude/skills/video-shortform in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Video Shortform in Codex?

Run `npx skills add sanqiufong/slides-from-anything --skill video-shortform -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/video-shortform in sanqiufong/slides-from-anything) into .agents/skills/video-shortform in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use 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 sanqiufong/slides-from-anything --skill 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/video-shortform, .gemini/skills/video-shortform, .github/skills/video-shortform and .opencode/skills/video-shortform in your project.

What does Video Shortform need to run?

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

Does 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 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 Video Shortform use?

Video Shortform is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Video Shortform use?

About 1.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.4k 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 Shortform?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Video Shortform: Super Video Maker (Bomx/super-video-maker-skill, 310 stars), Editorial Collage Motion (Pluviobyte/rnskill, 1.6k stars), HyperFrames Video Entry Point (heygen-com/hyperframes, 60k stars) and Video (Nexus-JPF/note-companion, 870 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Video Shortform?

sanqiufong (a GitHub user) maintains it in sanqiufong/slides-from-anything, which has 132 GitHub stars. The repository holds 48 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 10, 2026.

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