# Seedance Video Gen — model skill for cinematic & short films

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Text- and image-to-video with Doubao Seedance on Volcengine, with optional audio and first/last frame

- **Type:** [Model](https://skills.varg.ai/models.md) · [Cinematic & short films](https://skills.varg.ai/browse/skills/cinematic.md)
- **Slug:** `video-gen`
- **Status:** beta
- **Publisher:** qiujiahong (community)
- **License:** unknown
- **Source:** https://clawhub.ai/qiujiahong/skills/video-gen
- **Works in:** OpenClaw
- **Requires:** Volcengine Ark API key, Python 3, Feishu app ID and secret (optional, for delivery)
- **Cost:** Billed by Volcengine (your own API key)
- **Adoption:** 101 installs, 3 ClawHub stars (ClawHub, 2026-10-27)

## What it does

A Python script that calls the Doubao Seedance API on Volcengine Ark for text-to-video, image-to-video (URL or local file), video with generated audio from a first frame or first and last frames, and Seedance Lite with a style reference image. It expands your description into a detailed prompt, waits for the job and saves an MP4. The workflow then uploads the video to Feishu and sends it as a message, using a sample code block that needs your Feishu app credentials. Models are older Seedance versions (1.5 and Lite), not Seedance 2.

## Use when

- You want to generate a video from text or an image with Seedance
- You need a talking or sound video from a first frame
- You want a video between a first and last frame
- You use Feishu and want the result sent there

## Install

- OpenClaw: `npx clawhub@latest install video-gen`

**Models it drives:** seedance-1.5, seedance-lite

## More cinematic & short films skills

- [Previz to Seedance](https://skills.varg.ai/skills/varg-previz.md): Plan multi-shot AI video before paying: story, anchor sheets, a three.js grey-box previz, then a Seedance v2v pack.
- [Higgsfield Generate](https://skills.varg.ai/skills/higgsfield-generate.md): Generate images, video, 3D and audio across 30+ models, plus ad videos and virality scoring, from one CLI.
- [fal Recipes](https://skills.varg.ai/skills/fal-recipes.md): Follow proven multi-step fal pipelines for commercials, product shots, characters, lip-sync and try-on.
- [fal Fan Cam](https://skills.varg.ai/skills/fal-fan-cam.md): Put someone into a live sports broadcast: a realistic fan-cam cutaway with scoreboard and channel overlays.
- [Gemini Omni Flash](https://skills.varg.ai/skills/gemini-omni-flash-api.md): Generate and edit video with Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash: text-to-video, first/last frames, extensions, edits.
- [Melies](https://skills.varg.ai/skills/melies.md): 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`
- Grok and any agent that reads SKILL.md: `npx skills add vargHQ/skills --skill varg-ai`, or point it at the skill's SKILL.md
- 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