Remotion Upgrade — guide skill for tools & renderers

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Upgrade Remotion and every @remotion/* package to one matching version, skills included.

• Type: Guide · Tools & renderers
• Slug: remotion-upgrade
• Status: live
• Publisher: Remotion (vendor, verified)
• License: MIT
• Source: https://github.com/remotion-dev/skills/tree/main/skills/remotion-upgrade
• 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: 196,300 installs, 5,750 GitHub stars (skills.sh, 2026-10-26)

What it does

Upgrades a project with npx remotion upgrade when the CLI is installed, which also refreshes project-local Remotion skills. Otherwise it aligns remotion and every @remotion/* package to the same version by hand and matches Studio's auxiliary dependencies.

Use when

• Moving a project to the latest Remotion
• Version mismatch errors between Remotion packages

Install

• Claude Code: npx skills add remotion-dev/skills --skill remotion-upgrade -a claude-code
• Codex: npx skills add remotion-dev/skills --skill remotion-upgrade -a codex
• Cursor: npx skills add remotion-dev/skills --skill remotion-upgrade -a cursor
• Gemini CLI: npx skills add remotion-dev/skills --skill remotion-upgrade -a gemini-cli

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• HyperFrames CLI: Drive the HyperFrames CLI: scaffold, check, preview, snapshot, edit the timeline, render locally or in the cloud.
• HyperFrames Registry: Pull any of ~450 ready-made blocks into a video as editable source: transitions, titles, captions, charts, 3D.
• HyperFrames Media Use: Find or make every asset a video needs: music, SFX, voiceover, images, logos, avatars, transcripts, grades.