Open-Source AI Video Skills for Claude Code and Codex (October 2026 Directory)

Quick answer: to make videos with Claude Code or Codex, start with a rendering framework (Remotion for React or HyperFrames for HTML) plus its official agent skills. Then add a task-specific skill: video-shotcraft or ai-promo-video-maker for product promos, anything2explainer for narrated explainers, video-use for editing real footage, or OpenMontage for a full brief-to-video pipeline. Licenses differ, and some are non-commercial or AGPL, so check the License column before using one at work.

All numbers below come from the GitHub API on October 18, 2026, around 15:30 Taipei time. “Last push” is the date of the most recent push to the repository, in Taipei time. We list original repositories only, not forks or mirrors. A skill is a folder with a SKILL.md that teaches the agent a task (Claude Code docs). New to this? Read Claude Code + Remotion: make your first video first.

Which rendering frameworks do these skills build on?

These aren’t skills themselves; they turn code into video. Most skills below use one of them.

Repository	What it does (per README)	Stars (Oct 18)	Last push	License
remotion-dev/remotion	Make videos programmatically with React	64,840	2026-10-17	Remotion License: free for individuals, companies with up to 3 employees and non-profits; company license otherwise (terms)
heygen-com/hyperframes	“Write HTML. Render video. Built for agents.” Node.js 22+ and FFmpeg	66,158	2026-10-18	Apache-2.0
3b1b/manim	Animation engine for explanatory math videos	95,255	2026-09-10	MIT
motion-canvas/motion-canvas	Visualize ideas with code (TypeScript animation)	19,377	2026-07-03	MIT

What is the difference between Remotion and HyperFrames?

The HyperFrames README says both “render video with headless Chrome and FFmpeg”. The difference is the authoring model: “Remotion’s bet is React components; HyperFrames’ bet is plain HTML” (HyperFrames). HyperFrames needs no build step, while Remotion uses a bundler. Remotion has a longer track record and a larger ecosystem. The licenses also differ.

Which official agent skills should you install first?

Repository	What it does	Stars (Oct 18)	Last push	License
remotion-dev/skills	Remotion’s official Agent Skills: create, markup, studio, render, captions, maps and more; for Claude Code, Codex, Kimi Code and Cursor	5,305	2026-10-16	No license file in the repository (Remotion’s own license applies to Remotion)
heygen-com/hyperframes (skills included)	21 skills with a /hyperframes router; Claude Code plugin or npx skills add heygen-com/hyperframes	see above	see above	Apache-2.0

Install Remotion’s skills with npx remotion skills add inside a Remotion project (Remotion docs).

Which skills make product promo and ad videos?

Repository	What it does (per README)	Stars (Oct 18)	Last push	License
Vincentwei1021/video-shotcraft	Claude Code / Codex skill for cinematic product videos with Remotion: captures your real pages, picks shots from a recipe library, storyboards, renders an MP4. “It is not a video generator”	12,324	2026-10-18	Apache-2.0
liyupi/ai-promo-video-maker	One-sentence product promo: the agent researches the product, proposes styles, captures 4K screenshots and renders with Remotion. README in Chinese	313	2026-10-09	MIT
leosssvip-dot/remotion-ad-video-skill	Editable ad video projects from a URL, rendered with Remotion or HyperFrames; “No video-generation AI required”	110	2026-06-10	MIT
heygen-com/hyperframes-launches	Source of HeyGen’s own HyperFrames launch videos, to study or remix (see its license note on bundled assets)	608	2026-10-04	Apache-2.0

Which skills make explainer videos?

Repository	What it does (per README)	Stars (Oct 18)	Last push	License
Vincentwei1021/anything2explainer	“Topic in, narrated explainer video out”: a Claude Code / Codex skill for motion-graphics explainers with TTS voiceover and subtitles, drawn in Remotion	2,573	2026-09-18	PolyForm Noncommercial 1.0.0; the license notice says “any commercial use of the toolkit requires prior authorization from the author”
wshuyi/remotion-video-skill	Claude Code skill for programmatic videos with Remotion, with TTS (MiniMax or Edge TTS) and scene timing. Not recently updated	417	2026-01-25	MIT (stated in README; no separate license file)

Which skills edit real footage?

Repository	What it does (per README)	Stars (Oct 18)	Last push	License
browser-use/video-use	“Edit videos with Claude Code”: cuts filler words and dead space, color grades, burns subtitles and adds overlays via HyperFrames, Remotion or Manim; uses an ElevenLabs API key	29,212	2026-10-09	MIT
0xsline/OpenChatCut	Local-first conversational AI video editor with a multi-track timeline; external agents connect over MCP	2,475	2026-10-15	AGPL-3.0
moritzkremb/framejam	Plugin for Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor: pick a style, then click a frame to tell the agent what to change; runs locally	48	2026-10-18	MIT

Which tools run the whole pipeline?

Repository	What it does (per README)	Stars (Oct 18)	Last push	License
calesthio/OpenMontage	“Turn your AI coding assistant into a full video production studio”: research, script, assets, edit and composition, and it can start from a reference video	69,277	2026-10-16	AGPL-3.0

OpenMontage has been widely shared on X as a way to turn Claude Code or Codex into a full video production setup (@xuxin_AI). Its pipelines can call paid generation APIs, so read the README before running large jobs. Other users have compiled community roundups of agent editing tools (@Mr_TuanDoan).

How do you choose and install one safely?

• Read the license first. AGPL-3.0 (OpenMontage, OpenChatCut) has obligations if you modify the code and offer it as a network service. PolyForm Noncommercial (anything2explainer) rules out commercial use without the author’s permission. Remotion needs a company license above its size threshold. None of this is legal advice.
• Review what a skill can run. Skills can pre-approve tools through allowed-tools, and Claude Code applies that field even for repository skills, so “review the allowed-tools of skills checked into a repository” before running them (Claude Code docs).
• Watch API keys and usage. Many skills call paid services such as TTS, music or video models, on top of your agent’s own usage. See Claude Pro vs Max vs API for agent limits and how to get a Claude API key if you run on the API.
• Prefer the original repository. Several popular skills have forks and mirrors. We link only the originals.
• Check the last push. A skill that hasn’t changed in months may not match the current Remotion or agent versions.

Why aren’t some tools listed?

We list open-source repositories that we could verify on GitHub. We left out closed SaaS products, mirrors and forks, and projects mentioned on X that we couldn’t match to a repository. Missing something? Tell us.

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