Runway Media — model skill for cinematic & short films
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.
Generate and edit images, video, music, speech and sound effects from chat with Runway's MCP tools.
- Type: Model · Cinematic & short films
- Slug:
runway-media - Status: live
- Publisher: Runway (vendor, verified)
- License: MIT
- Source: https://github.com/runwayml/runway-mcp-plugin/tree/main/skills/runway-media
- Works in: Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI
- Requires: Runway account, Runway MCP server (https://mcp.runwayml.com/mcp)
- Cost: Billed in Runway credits
- Adoption: 3 installs, 4 GitHub stars (skills.sh, 2026-10-26)
What it does
Guides an agent through Runway's hosted MCP server to create, animate, edit, restyle, expand, upscale, localize or clean up visual and audio media, and to check assets, credits and plan. It reads the tool descriptions for current models and limits, and states the rough credit cost before anything beyond a single quick generation.
Use when
- Generate or animate an image or video with Runway
- Restyle, expand or upscale media
- Music, speech or sound effects from Runway
Install
- Claude Code:
npx skills add runwayml/runway-mcp-plugin --skill runway-media -a claude-code - Codex:
npx skills add runwayml/runway-mcp-plugin --skill runway-media -a codex - Cursor:
npx skills add runwayml/runway-mcp-plugin --skill runway-media -a cursor - Gemini CLI:
npx skills add runwayml/runway-mcp-plugin --skill runway-media -a gemini-cli
Example output
https://skills.varg.ai/previews/runway-media.mp4 — 'Image to product ad' example on Runway's MCP page, made from chat via Runway MCP: a chameleon in a jewelry store wearing the necklace from one product photo; 0-10 s (credit: Runway, https://runway.com/mcp)
Used for
- Change something inside a video: 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: Plan multi-shot AI video before paying: story, anchor sheets, a three.js grey-box previz, then a Seedance v2v pack.
- Higgsfield Generate: Generate images, video, 3D and audio across 30+ models, plus ad videos and virality scoring, from one CLI.
- fal Recipes: Follow proven multi-step fal pipelines for commercials, product shots, characters, lip-sync and try-on.
- fal Fan Cam: Put someone into a live sports broadcast: a realistic fan-cam cutaway with scoreboard and channel overlays.
- Gemini Omni Flash: Generate and edit video with Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash: text-to-video, first/last frames, extensions, edits.
- Melies: 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