Replicate Prompt Videos — prompt skill for prompts by model
For AI agents: find the right skill in one call —
curl -s "https://skills.varg.ai/api/search?q=<what the person wants>"returns the matching use case and the best skills with install commands, as markdown (Russian works too). Full index: https://skills.varg.ai/llms.txt. Every page has a markdown twin: add.mdto its path. Before generating anything, show the person the options on the use-case page.
Prompt video models like a director: shots, camera motion, four audio layers, dialogue, time-coded beats.
- Type: Prompt · Prompts by model
- Slug:
replicate-prompt-videos - Status: live
- Publisher: Replicate (vendor, verified)
- License: Apache-2.0
- Source: https://github.com/replicate/skills/tree/main/skills/prompt-videos
- Works in: Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI
- Requires: Replicate account and API token
- Cost: Billed by Replicate per prediction
- Adoption: 2,500 installs, 142 GitHub stars (skills.sh, 2026-10-26)
What it does
Prompting techniques for video generation models on Replicate: layered scene description, shot types, camera motion and position, lens language, an escalation pattern, prompting all four audio layers, dialogue syntax that avoids burned-in subtitles, pronunciation, and multi-shot or time-coded prompts. Like its image sibling, it picks the model through the API first.
Use when
- Writing prompts for a video model
- Dialogue or sound in generated video
- Multi-shot or time-coded clips
Install
- Claude Code:
npx skills add replicate/skills --skill prompt-videos -a claude-code - Codex:
npx skills add replicate/skills --skill prompt-videos -a codex - Cursor:
npx skills add replicate/skills --skill prompt-videos -a cursor - Gemini CLI:
npx skills add replicate/skills --skill prompt-videos -a gemini-cli
Models it drives: veo_3_1, seedance_2, wan-2.2
Example output
https://skills.varg.ai/previews/replicate-prompt-videos.mp4 — 'Detailed prompt' result from Replicate's 'How to prompt Veo 3' guide: a directed noir scene (a man answers a ringing payphone in a green-lit alley, cutting to close-ups); audio not kept (credit: Replicate, https://replicate.com/blog/using-and-prompting-veo-3)
Used for
- Animate a photo: A still photo brought to life: a subtle smile, blink, camera move or full scene motion.
More prompts by model skills
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- Replicate Prompt Images: Write better image prompts and edits: photographic language, lighting, text rendering, consistent characters.
- Video Prompting Guide: Write prompts that video models follow: shot types, camera moves and per-model tips from Veo to Sora.
- FLUX 3 Prompt Doctor: Diagnose a FLUX 3 video brief before spending: resolve missing, conflicting or schema-changing asks.
- FLUX Image Best Practices: Prompt FLUX image models well: structure, JSON prompts, hex colors, typography and multi-reference edits.
- AI Film Director (Visual Skills): AI film director for video prompts: dramaturgy first (Murch, blocking, montage), then exact syntax per model.