Video Shotcraft — prompt skill for camera & shots
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124 shot recipe cards and a tested Remotion template for cinematic product promos built from real UI screenshots.
- Type: Prompt · Camera & shots
- 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: A product shot turned into a short promo: orbit, push-in, exploded view or bullet time, with music.
More camera & shots skills
- fal Cinematography: Direct cinematic stills and video: shot language, camera moves, lenses, lighting, grade and film texture.
- Storyboard Creation: Storyboard a video before generating: shot types, angles, moves, the 180-degree rule, annotated panels.
- Camera Moves: 22 camera moves with direction, speed and an end frame — dolly in to bullet time — in six models' syntax.
- Shot Sizes & Angles: 17 framing cards — extreme wide to insert, eye level to worm's-eye — with model-ready clauses.
- Lens & Optics: 10 lens and focus cards — compression, anamorphic, rack focus, split diopter — written as visible effects.
- Composition & Framing: 9 composition cards — thirds, symmetry, leading lines, negative space, 2.39:1 — for stills and video.
Run the generation on varg
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- 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