iMessage Video — workflow skill for phone & app screens

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Pixel-perfect iMessage conversation videos from a JSON script: iOS 26 chrome, typing, tapbacks, group chats.

What it does

Renders a JSON conversation into a deterministic 1170×2532 mp4 that looks like a real iMessage screen recording, with bubble tails, typing indicators, input-bar typing, tapbacks, link cards, read receipts and group chats. The default ios26-pro engine draws every frame as a pure function of time, and reply delays and typing speed come from message length, so one pace value replaces hand-tuned delays. Optional in-chat screenshots come from the varg image API; the render itself is local. The engine lives in the private vargHQ/imessage-ad repo.

Use when

Install

Not published as a standalone skill yet. Source: vargHQ (internal: .agents/skills/imessage-video)

Models it drives: nano_banana_pro

Example output

https://skills.varg.ai/previews/varg-imessage-video.mp4 — varg's own iMessage ad (video-ios26-pro-group.mp4, ios26-pro engine, 1170x2532, 24.8 s) from the founder's Notion board: a 'ski trip' group chat with typing indicators, tapbacks, a blue reply bubble and an in-chat varg screenshot. Cut 9-17 s. (credit: varg, https://varga.notion.site/add-3979b7e6f38680059a4eec16551e523f)

Used for

More phone & app screens skills