Talking Head Production — workflow skill for talking heads & avatars
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Produce talking-head videos with AI avatars, lip-sync and voiceover, from portrait specs to final cut.
- Type: Workflow · Talking heads & avatars
- Slug:
inference-sh-talking-head-production - Status: live
- Publisher: inference.sh (vendor, verified)
- License: MIT
- Source: https://github.com/inference-sh/skills/tree/main/guides/video/talking-head-production
- Works in: Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI
- Requires: inference.sh account, belt CLI (
belt login) - Cost: Billed by inference.sh
- Adoption: 6 installs, 781 GitHub stars (skills.sh, 2026-10-26)
What it does
Talking-head production with AI avatars, lip-sync and voiceover on inference.sh. It recommends P-Video-Avatar (fastest and cheapest, built-in TTS), also covers OmniHuman, PixVerse and Fabric, and spells out portrait requirements and audio preparation.
Use when
- A presenter or spokesperson video
- Choosing an avatar and lip-sync model
Install
- Claude Code:
npx skills add inference-sh/skills --skill talking-head-production -a claude-code - Codex:
npx skills add inference-sh/skills --skill talking-head-production -a codex - Cursor:
npx skills add inference-sh/skills --skill talking-head-production -a cursor - Gemini CLI:
npx skills add inference-sh/skills --skill talking-head-production -a gemini-cli
Models it drives: p-video-avatar, omnihuman_v1_5, kokoro
Example output
https://skills.varg.ai/previews/inference-sh-talking-head-production.mp4 — Talking-head output of P-Video-Avatar (the guide's recommended model): a presenter in an office speaking to camera, from inference.sh's side-by-side vs HeyGen Avatar 4 (credit: inference.sh blog (P-Video-Avatar comparison), https://inference.sh/blog/guides/p-video-avatar-talking-head-generation)
Used for
- Talking avatar or presenter: A person (from a headshot, or generated) speaks your script to camera with lip-sync, in any language.
More talking heads & avatars skills
- Character Keynote: One render call: a Soul character delivers a keynote-style ad line on a generated stage, voiced by Seedance 2.5.
- Podcast Dialogue Video: Two-character podcast or debate clips: one studio set, locked camera angles, MiniMax H3 Max with native audio.
- AI Avatar Video: Create talking-head avatar videos from a portrait and a script, with a lip-synced voice.
- P-Video Avatar: Turn one portrait into a speaking avatar video with Pruna P-Video-Avatar, its built-in TTS or your audio.
- AI Podcast Video: Generate a multi-person talking-head podcast video from scratch: characters, voices, avatars, stitching.
- Lanshu AI Presenter Video: Publish-ready explainers led by an AI presenter from an authorized photo, or in one of twelve presenter-free styles.
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