5 skills that let Claude Code edit your videos

The reel you watched about editing with Claude Code was made without opening an editing program. No Premiere, no After Effects. We gave Claude the voiceover, it timed every word, and it wrote the whole video as code.

Claude can't do that on its own, though. It needs skills: files that teach it the job. Here are five of them, with the install command for each and when to pick it.

In short

• A skill is an instruction file (named SKILL.md) that teaches Claude Code one job, such as editing or animating text.

• The video is built in code and rendered on your own computer, with no editing program.

• The five: HyperFrames, OneTake, Collage B-roll, Remotion, Lemo Opuscar.

• All of them are on GitHub. Their licences differ: one is free for noncommercial use only, and one needs an API key that is billed per use.

• The AI does the work. The idea, the taste and the final yes stay with you.

How does Claude Code edit a video?

Claude Code doesn't watch the video the way you do, and it doesn't drag clips along a timeline. It writes code that draws every frame, then turns the frames into a video file. So anything you can describe in words can become motion: a word that grows, text that turns, one scene wiping into the next.

If you have a voiceover, it listens first and writes down when each word is said. Every move and every sound effect is then placed exactly on its word.

What you need first

• Claude Code, installed and working.

• Node.js and FFmpeg: most of these skills need them to render. HyperFrames, for example, asks for Node.js 22 or later.

• An ordinary computer is enough. A graphics card makes rendering faster but isn't required.

Not sure how to install things? Tell Claude Code: "Install Node.js and FFmpeg on my computer and check that they work."

The five skills

1. HyperFrames

From HeyGen. You write an ordinary HTML page with motion in it, and it turns that page into an MP4. If you know a little HTML and CSS this is the closest one to you, and if you don't, Claude writes it for you. Good for ads, explainers, animated captions and charts.

claude plugin marketplace add heygen-com/hyperframes
claude plugin install hyperframes@hyperframes

Licence: Apache-2.0, open source. github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes

Tell Claude: "Use HyperFrames to make a 15-second vertical video introducing my project, and show me frames before you render."

2. OneTake

A video that is one continuous shot: the camera never stops, and each scene grows out of the one before it with no cut. Made for product launch films and short feature demos, 10 to 30 seconds long.

git clone https://github.com/feitangyuan/onetake.git ~/.claude/skills/onetake

Licence: PolyForm Noncommercial, so it is free for noncommercial use only. For client or company work, its author sells a commercial licence. github.com/feitangyuan/onetake

3. Collage B-roll

You give it one line of your script (about 5 seconds), and it makes a B-roll clip in a paper-cutout, halftone style. It works in three stages and only moves on when you approve: the visual idea, then a still image, then the motion.

git clone https://github.com/pyang5166/gbro-collage-broll.git ~/.claude/skills/gbro-collage-broll

Licence: MIT. Note: this is the only one on the list that uses a video generation model (Google's Gemini), so it needs an API key and the generation is billed per use. According to its page, the still-image stage relies on the image tool built into Codex, so in Claude Code you need to give it another image tool or prepare the still yourself. Its documentation is in Chinese. github.com/pyang5166/gbro-collage-broll

4. Remotion

The best-known way to build video in code. A video is a React project: each scene is a component, each move is a line. The Remotion team publishes official skills that teach Claude to write that code properly: captions, maps, audio and rendering.

npx skills add remotion-dev/skills

If you already have a Remotion project:

npx remotion skills add

Licence: free for individuals and for companies of up to 3 people. Larger teams need a paid company licence. remotion.dev/docs/ai/skills

5. Lemo Opuscar

A library of film styles, each with a short film made entirely in code: oil painting, watercolour, old Japanese woodblock prints and more. You choose a style, give it your topic, and get a short film in that style. Its page lists 43 styles.

claude plugin marketplace add lemomo-ai/lemo-opuscar
claude plugin install lemo-opuscar@lemolab

Licence: MIT. github.com/lemomo-ai/lemo-opuscar

Which one should you pick?

• An explainer or ad with text and numbers: HyperFrames or Remotion.

• A short, smooth product launch film: OneTake (if your use is noncommercial).

• An artistic shot to cover one line of your script: Collage B-roll.

• A short film in a distinctive art style: Lemo Opuscar.

• No idea where to start: start with HyperFrames. It installs in two lines and its licence is open.

How to work with them

1. Write the script first. The video follows the words, and motion won't rescue a weak script.

2. Record the voice or generate it, and give it to Claude.

3. Ask for frames before the render: from the start, the middle and the end. A change at this point costs seconds.

4. Listen to the result yourself. Claude measures loudness but can't hear, so the call on music and effects is yours.

Tell Claude: "Here is the script and here is the audio file. Make a vertical motion video from them, with every move on its word. Stop at the frames and wait for my approval."

What does this mean for you now?

If you have a project or a page and you need videos, you don't have to learn an editing program from scratch. You need a clear idea, a good script and an eye for what looks right. The rest gets written.

Be realistic, though: this approach is strong at motion graphics, text and interfaces. If your work is camera footage and cutting recorded clips, an editing program still has its place.

Above all: the AI executes, and the creativity stays yours.

Sources

• HyperFrames on GitHub

• OneTake on GitHub

• Collage B-roll on GitHub

• Remotion: Agent Skills and licence and pricing

• Lemo Opuscar on GitHub

Last reviewed: 13 November 2026. Licences and install commands change, so check each skill's page before you install it. This article was written with the help of AI and reviewed by the HASSA TECH team.