Agent skill

Groups Compose

by Utopai-Research in Utopai-Research/pai-code

Designs and maintains semantic groupings and readable layouts on the filmmaking canvas — scenes, character-reference sets, act beats, and other titled visual frames.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedMedia & Creative

Install Groups Compose

skills CLI
$ npx skills add Utopai-Research/pai-code --skill groups-compose -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install Utopai-Research/pai-code groups-compose --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/Utopai-Research/pai-code.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/groups-compose .claude/skills/groups-compose && 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
groups-compose
GitHub stars
355
Token cost
~1.5k tokens
SKILL.md length
686 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
6
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Designs and maintains semantic groupings and readable layouts on the filmmaking canvas — scenes, character-reference sets, act beats, and other titled visual frames.

  • Works in 4 steps: Scene grouping → Character-reference set → Act / beat grouping → …
  • Nodes on the canvas cluster around a shared meaning and would read more clearly if arranged together and wrapped in a frame
  • SKILL.md covers When to propose, Contract, Patterns and Recipe, plus 1 more section
  • Calls node

What it does

Groups Compose is an agent skill from Utopai-Research/pai-code. Designs and maintains semantic groupings and readable layouts on the filmmaking canvas — scenes, character-reference sets, act beats, and other titled visual frames. Use when nodes on the canvas cluster around a shared meaning and would read more clearly if arranged together and wrapped in a frame. Don't force it — groups are a view concern, not an organizing tax.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.5k 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. The repository describes itself as: Local AI filmmaking studio — skills, canvas, timeline — driven from your coding agent.

When your agent uses it

  • Nodes on the canvas cluster around a shared meaning and would read more clearly if arranged together and wrapped in a frame

Example prompts

  • “Use the groups-compose skill to design and maintains semantic groupings and readable layouts on the filmmaking canvas — scenes, character-reference…”
  • “/groups-compose”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Scene grouping
  2. Character-reference set
  3. Act / beat grouping
  4. Production-state grouping (opt-in)

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 825bca2. 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:

    • node

    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

Groups Compose loads about 1.5k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 95 tokens; SKILL.md has 686 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~95
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.5k

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 686 words (~1,506 tokens).

“Skip if fewer than 3 members or the tie is just generation order.”

— opening of SKILL.md by Utopai-Research, Custom licence
name
groups-compose

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/groups-compose of Utopai-Research/pai-code.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 825bca2

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Groups Compose 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.

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Questions about Groups Compose

What does Groups Compose do?

Designs and maintains semantic groupings and readable layouts on the filmmaking canvas — scenes, character-reference sets, act beats, and other titled visual frames. Groups Compose is an agent skill from Utopai-Research/pai-code. Designs and maintains semantic groupings and readable layouts on the filmmaking canvas — scenes, character-reference sets, act beats, and other titled visual frames.

When should I use Groups Compose?

Groups Compose fits situations like: nodes on the canvas cluster around a shared meaning and would read more clearly if arranged together and wrapped in a frame.

How do I install Groups Compose in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add Utopai-Research/pai-code --skill groups-compose -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/groups-compose in Utopai-Research/pai-code) into .claude/skills/groups-compose in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Groups Compose in Codex?

Run `npx skills add Utopai-Research/pai-code --skill groups-compose -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/groups-compose in Utopai-Research/pai-code) into .agents/skills/groups-compose in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Groups Compose 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 Utopai-Research/pai-code --skill groups-compose -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/groups-compose, .gemini/skills/groups-compose, .github/skills/groups-compose and .opencode/skills/groups-compose in your project.

What does Groups Compose need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Groups Compose needs the command-line tools its instructions call (node).

Does Groups Compose 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 Groups Compose 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 Groups Compose use?

Groups Compose 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 Groups Compose use?

About 1.5k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 6k 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 Groups Compose?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Groups Compose: Guizang Social Cards (op7418/guizang-social-card-skill, 7.4k stars), Weekly Changelog Video (heygen-com/hyperframes, 59k stars), Anthropic Brand Styling (anthropics/skills, 180k stars) and MoneyPrinterTurbo Video Generator (harry0703/MoneyPrinterTurbo, 129k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Groups Compose?

Utopai-Research (a GitHub organization) maintains it in Utopai-Research/pai-code, which has 355 GitHub stars. The repository holds 6 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 29, 2026.

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