Agent skill

Papercraft Stop Motion Explainer

by vllm-project in vllm-project/vllm-omni

Turn knowledge topics into layered papercraft stop-motion explainers, including visual metaphors, miniature sets, prompts, storyboards, motion and sound plans, or rendered video.

Apache-2.0Auto-check passedMedia & Creative

Install Papercraft Stop Motion Explainer

skills CLI
$ npx skills add vllm-project/vllm-omni --skill papercraft-stop-motion-explainer -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install vllm-project/vllm-omni papercraft-stop-motion-explainer --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/vllm-project/vllm-omni.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/papercraft-stop-motion-explainer .claude/skills/papercraft-stop-motion-explainer && 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
papercraft-stop-motion-explainer
GitHub stars
7.1k
Token cost
~996 tokens
SKILL.md length
472 words
Files
3 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
20
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Apache-2.0

At a glance

Turn knowledge topics into layered papercraft stop-motion explainers, including visual metaphors, miniature sets, prompts, storyboards, motion and sound plans, or rendered video.

  • Tactile paper dioramas and mechanisms
  • SKILL.md covers Knowledge and direction, Build the paper world, Prompts and timeline and Sound, generation, and review
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Not ordinary vector cartoons

What it does

Papercraft Stop Motion Explainer is an agent skill from vllm-project/vllm-omni. Turn knowledge topics into layered papercraft stop-motion explainers, including visual metaphors, miniature sets, prompts, storyboards, motion and sound plans, or rendered video. Use for tactile paper dioramas and mechanisms, not ordinary vector cartoons or photographic collage.

Its SKILL.md is about 1000 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 4 other files, including reference files (for example `agents/openai.yaml` and `references/paper-staging.md`).

It sits in Media & Creative, covering Comics and storyboards. The repository describes itself as: A framework for efficient model inference with omni-modality models. The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

  • Tactile paper dioramas and mechanisms
  • Not ordinary vector cartoons
  • Photographic collage

Example prompts

  • “/papercraft-stop-motion-explainer”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit e4af781. 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

Papercraft Stop Motion Explainer loads about 996 tokens when it runs, and up to ~1.7k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 78 tokens; SKILL.md has 472 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~78
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~996
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~1.7k

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 vllm-project/vllm-omni at commit e4af781, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© vllm-project). 472 words, ~996 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/papercraft-stop-motion-explainer/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 2 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
papercraft-stop-motion-explainer
description
Turn knowledge topics into layered papercraft stop-motion explainers, including visual metaphors, miniature sets, prompts, storyboards, motion and sound plans, or rendered video. Use for tactile paper dioramas and mechanisms, not ordinary vector cartoons or photographic collage.
metadata.compatibility
Portable file-based workflow with sibling h3-prompt-writing; actual media generation uses tools available in the host environment.

Papercraft Stop-Motion Explainer

Read the portable workflow. For scene/prompt planning read paper staging. Route a single image prompt, image series, short animation prompt, or storyboard request directly to that artifact; do not force a full film workflow.

Knowledge and direction

Identify the exact topic, source facts, audience, desired learning outcome, and output type. Preserve technical terms and causal meaning. A visual metaphor helps explain a mechanism; it must not turn into a false scientific claim.

Reuse requested duration and ratio. If unspecified, a 30-second, 16:9 general-audience concept is a reasonable starting point. Offer distinct directions only when useful: pop-up-book journey, paper laboratory, layered cross-section, miniature nature theater, or mechanism board. Each should identify one learning outcome, a paper mechanism that conveys it, and the signature visual moment.

Build the paper world

Design characters only if they help the explanation. Specify paper construction, silhouette, joint/hinge design, replaceable facial parts, gestures, and repeatable identity cues. Keep the central knowledge object readable.

Plan foreground occluders, midground mechanism, background scenery, and a distant paper plane when the shot benefits from depth. Record each layer's material, thickness, cut/fold edges, shadow, movement, and educational role. Use real paper mechanics such as pull-tabs, sliders, rotating discs, page folds, and pinned joints. Motion is stepped with small pauses and rebounds, not a smooth CG melt.

Create an asset list by function: characters, scientific objects, information cards, environment, and moving mechanisms. For a complete production, prepare one to three preview briefs or images when useful and authorized. Respect any preview approval requested by the user; otherwise continue under the existing end-to-end scope.

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Prompts and timeline

Write a compact storyboard with columns: time, knowledge beat, visual action, paper movement, camera/transition, sound cue. Each shot explains one knowledge step, with a readable pause for a necessary label. Keep ratio, material, light direction, identity, and domain vocabulary consistent across image-series prompts.

For a short image-to-video prompt, begin from the actual image and animate a few paper mechanisms with restrained push-in or lateral parallax. Preserve thickness, cut edges, texture, and layer shadows. Compile final rendering prompts using the bundled H3 mode guide, with truthful references and local clip timing.

Sound, generation, and review

Map paper flips, cardboard slides, joint taps, soft pops, and rustles to actual motion. Match any requested music to the topic and cultural context rather than automatically using the same whimsical score. Keep speech intelligible. If narration is requested, preserve its approved wording, measure its duration, and adjust the timeline or script within the user's scope; do not silently speed up the voice.

Use available generation/editing tools, then inspect both educational accuracy and paper construction: readable mechanism, separate layers/shadows, hinged or stepped motion, plausible camera movement, and a clear ending takeaway. Check narration tails, clicks, audio gaps, and music balance. Deliver requested artifacts and state missing rendering capabilities or unresolved scientific/visual issues.

© vllm-project, 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 2 other files (references) in .agents/skills/papercraft-stop-motion-explainer of vllm-project/vllm-omni.

  • SKILL.md
  • agents/openai.yaml
  • references/paper-staging.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit e4af781

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Questions about Papercraft Stop Motion Explainer

What does Papercraft Stop Motion Explainer do?

Turn knowledge topics into layered papercraft stop-motion explainers, including visual metaphors, miniature sets, prompts, storyboards, motion and sound plans, or rendered video. Papercraft Stop Motion Explainer is an agent skill from vllm-project/vllm-omni. Turn knowledge topics into layered papercraft stop-motion explainers, including visual metaphors, miniature sets, prompts, storyboards, motion and sound plans, or rendered video.

When should I use Papercraft Stop Motion Explainer?

Papercraft Stop Motion Explainer fits situations like: tactile paper dioramas and mechanisms; not ordinary vector cartoons; photographic collage.

How do I install Papercraft Stop Motion Explainer in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add vllm-project/vllm-omni --skill papercraft-stop-motion-explainer -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/papercraft-stop-motion-explainer in vllm-project/vllm-omni) into .claude/skills/papercraft-stop-motion-explainer in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Papercraft Stop Motion Explainer in Codex?

Run `npx skills add vllm-project/vllm-omni --skill papercraft-stop-motion-explainer -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/papercraft-stop-motion-explainer in vllm-project/vllm-omni) into .agents/skills/papercraft-stop-motion-explainer in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Papercraft Stop Motion Explainer 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 vllm-project/vllm-omni --skill papercraft-stop-motion-explainer -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/papercraft-stop-motion-explainer, .gemini/skills/papercraft-stop-motion-explainer, .github/skills/papercraft-stop-motion-explainer and .opencode/skills/papercraft-stop-motion-explainer in your project.

What does Papercraft Stop Motion Explainer need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Papercraft Stop Motion Explainer is instructions for the agent only.

Does Papercraft Stop Motion Explainer 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 Papercraft Stop Motion Explainer 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 Papercraft Stop Motion Explainer use?

Papercraft Stop Motion Explainer 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 Papercraft Stop Motion Explainer use?

About 996 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4k 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 663 tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Papercraft Stop Motion Explainer?

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Who maintains Papercraft Stop Motion Explainer?

vllm-project (a GitHub organization) maintains it in vllm-project/vllm-omni, which has 7,107 GitHub stars. The repository holds 20 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 10, 2026.

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