Remotion Create — guide skill for explainers
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Scaffold a new Remotion project and lay the video out as clips or scenes before writing any frames.
- Type: Guide · Explainers
- Slug:
remotion-create - Status: live
- Publisher: Remotion (vendor, verified)
- License: MIT
- Source: https://github.com/remotion-dev/skills/tree/main/skills/remotion-create
- Works in: Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI
- Requires: Node.js, Remotion 4
- Cost: Free — local render (Remotion company license for larger for-profit teams)
- Adoption: 218,500 installs, 5,750 GitHub stars (skills.sh, 2026-10-26)
What it does
Starts a Remotion video in an empty or existing folder with npx create-video@latest and opens the Studio preview before building. It decides whether the piece is a timeline of clips or a multi-scene composition, applies the interactivity conventions and covers TailwindCSS setup.
Use when
- Starting a new Remotion video or composition
- Adding Remotion to an existing project
- Planning a promo or explainer as scenes
Install
- Claude Code:
npx skills add remotion-dev/skills --skill remotion-create -a claude-code - Codex:
npx skills add remotion-dev/skills --skill remotion-create -a codex - Cursor:
npx skills add remotion-dev/skills --skill remotion-create -a cursor - Gemini CLI:
npx skills add remotion-dev/skills --skill remotion-create -a gemini-cli
Example output
https://skills.varg.ai/previews/remotion-create.mp4 — Remotion's 'Hello World' demo: npx create-video --blank, then one prompt creates a sample composition with a glitch effect; this is the rendered result (credit: Remotion (@Remotion), https://x.com/Remotion/status/2051235644370817051)
Used for
- Changelog or release video: Release notes, a PR or a GitHub repo turned into a short video for X or LinkedIn.
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