# Video Shotcraft — prompt skill for camera & shots > **For AI agents:** find the right skill in one call — `curl -s "https://skills.varg.ai/api/search?q="` 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 `.md` to its path. Before generating anything, show the person the options on the use-case page. 124 shot recipe cards and a tested Remotion template for cinematic product promos built from real UI screenshots. - **Type:** [Prompt](https://skills.varg.ai/prompts.md) · [Camera & shots](https://skills.varg.ai/browse/skills/camera.md) - **Slug:** `video-shotcraft` - **Status:** live - **Publisher:** Vincent Wei (community) - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source:** https://github.com/Vincentwei1021/video-shotcraft - **Works in:** Claude Code, Codex - **Requires:** Node.js + Remotion, ffmpeg, Python 3 (helper scripts), Optional: Upload-Post API key for publishing - **Cost:** Free — local Remotion render - **Adoption:** 5,310 installs, 13,824 GitHub stars (GitHub + skills.sh, 2026-10-26) ## What it does A self-contained production kit for web and desktop product promos: 124 shot recipe cards in 10 categories (each with intent, a motion core, a parameter table, known pitfalls and a reference implementation), a validated Remotion template called Ink Press, reusable components and audio assets, and a six-stage workflow. The skill first runs a read-only product check, then offers three modes: reuse the template, autonomous free creation, or co-creation with sign-off on the brief, visual direction, shot mapping and storyboard. The cards double as a general motion vocabulary, so you can pull one for a single shot in any video. Extras export Jianying (CapCut China) drafts and publish through Upload-Post. ## Use when - Turn a web app or frontend project into a cinematic product video - Reuse the Ink Press template for your own product - Apply one named shot card to a single clip ## Not for - Live-action or AI-generated footage (it animates real page screenshots in code) ## Install - Claude Code: `npx skills add Vincentwei1021/video-shotcraft` - Codex: `npx skills add Vincentwei1021/video-shotcraft` ## Example output https://skills.varg.ai/previews/video-shotcraft.mp4 — The exploded-view shot card from the skill's Gallery: a product dashboard tilts in 3D, its panels fly apart with callouts, then reassemble under 'Built in layers.' Full 5.7 s clip. (credit: Vincent Wei (video-shotcraft), https://vincentwei1021.github.io/video-shotcraft/) ## Used for - [Product video from a photo](https://skills.varg.ai/use-cases/product-video.md): A product shot turned into a short promo: orbit, push-in, exploded view or bullet time, with music. ## More camera & shots skills - [fal Cinematography](https://skills.varg.ai/skills/fal-cinematography.md): Direct cinematic stills and video: shot language, camera moves, lenses, lighting, grade and film texture. - [Storyboard Creation](https://skills.varg.ai/skills/inference-sh-storyboard-creation.md): Storyboard a video before generating: shot types, angles, moves, the 180-degree rule, annotated panels. - [Camera Moves](https://skills.varg.ai/skills/craft-camera-moves.md): 22 camera moves with direction, speed and an end frame — dolly in to bullet time — in six models' syntax. - [Shot Sizes & Angles](https://skills.varg.ai/skills/craft-shot-sizes-angles.md): 17 framing cards — extreme wide to insert, eye level to worm's-eye — with model-ready clauses. - [Lens & Optics](https://skills.varg.ai/skills/craft-lens-optics.md): 10 lens and focus cards — compression, anamorphic, rack focus, split diopter — written as visible effects. - [Composition & Framing](https://skills.varg.ai/skills/craft-composition-framing.md): 9 composition cards — thirds, symmetry, leading lines, negative space, 2.39:1 — for stills and video. ## 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 -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