# FLUX 3 Video — model skill for cinematic & short films

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Route any FLUX 3 video job to the right specialist: diagnosis, direction, audio or execution.

- **Type:** [Model](https://skills.varg.ai/models.md) · [Cinematic & short films](https://skills.varg.ai/browse/skills/cinematic.md)
- **Slug:** `flux-3-video`
- **Status:** live
- **Publisher:** Black Forest Labs (vendor, verified)
- **License:** MIT
- **Source:** https://github.com/black-forest-labs/skills/tree/master/skills/flux-3-video
- **Works in:** Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI
- **Requires:** BFL API key (BFL_API_KEY)
- **Cost:** Billed by Black Forest Labs (API credits)
- **Adoption:** 148 installs, 135 GitHub stars (skills.sh, 2026-10-26)

## What it does

The router for BFL's FLUX 3 video skills. It reads a general video request and loads only the specialists it needs: the prompt doctor for diagnosis, cinematic inserts and archival formats for direction, audio and dialogue, keyframes and continuation, product ads, and generate for execution.

## Use when

- Any FLUX 3 video request
- Unsure which FLUX 3 skill applies

## Install

- Claude Code: `/plugin marketplace add black-forest-labs/skills && /plugin install flux-3-video@black-forest-labs`
- Codex: `npx skills add black-forest-labs/skills --skill flux-3-video -a codex`
- Cursor: `npx skills add black-forest-labs/skills --skill flux-3-video -a cursor`
- Gemini CLI: `npx skills add black-forest-labs/skills --skill flux-3-video -a gemini-cli`

**Models it drives:** flux_3

## Example output

https://skills.varg.ai/previews/flux-3-video.mp4 — FLUX 3 'Broad range of styles' example on BFL's model page: anime-style ramen bowl whose noodles rise like a dragon in a rainy street; 0-9 s (credit: Black Forest Labs, https://bfl.ai/models/flux-3-video)

## Used for

- [Change something inside a video](https://skills.varg.ai/use-cases/video-edit-ai.md): Swap a product, restyle a scene, change lighting or the look of an existing clip while keeping the motion.

## More cinematic & short films skills

- [Previz to Seedance](https://skills.varg.ai/skills/varg-previz.md): Plan multi-shot AI video before paying: story, anchor sheets, a three.js grey-box previz, then a Seedance v2v pack.
- [Higgsfield Generate](https://skills.varg.ai/skills/higgsfield-generate.md): Generate images, video, 3D and audio across 30+ models, plus ad videos and virality scoring, from one CLI.
- [fal Recipes](https://skills.varg.ai/skills/fal-recipes.md): Follow proven multi-step fal pipelines for commercials, product shots, characters, lip-sync and try-on.
- [fal Fan Cam](https://skills.varg.ai/skills/fal-fan-cam.md): Put someone into a live sports broadcast: a realistic fan-cam cutaway with scoreboard and channel overlays.
- [Gemini Omni Flash](https://skills.varg.ai/skills/gemini-omni-flash-api.md): Generate and edit video with Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash: text-to-video, first/last frames, extensions, edits.
- [Melies](https://skills.varg.ai/skills/melies.md): Generate images, video, movie posters and thumbnails from the terminal with 148 AI actors and style flags.

## Run the generation on varg

varg is one API key for the models these skills drive — Seedance 2.5, Kling 4, Veo 3.1, Wan 3, Nano Banana 2.1, GPT Image 2.5, ElevenLabs v4 and 200+ more — billed in credits, with a cost estimate before anything runs.

- Claude Code: `claude plugin marketplace add vargHQ/skills && claude plugin install varg@varg` (skill + hosted MCP)
- Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, OpenClaw: `npx skills add vargHQ/skills --skill varg-ai -a <agent> -y`
- Claude.ai, ChatGPT, any MCP client: connect `https://mcp.varg.ai/mcp`
- API key: https://varg.ai/dashboard/api · Model specs: https://varg.ai/models/llms.txt