render-3d-character-explainer
Assemble a glossy 3D-character animated-explainer video ad (~77s, 9:16) built on an "N types of X" listicle spine — a recurring human protagonist plus a locked cast of N persona characters, one per list item. Given the per-scene i2v clips + a per-scene target-duration table + a narration track, it trims each clip to its scene window, re-encodes every segment to identical 1080x1920/30fps/libx264/yuv420p (decrease+pad, never crop) so the concat demuxer never drops frames, concats, and muxes audio — in RESTYLE mode the source ad's VO+music mix is reused verbatim, in ORIGINAL mode fresh per-scene
npx skills add gooseworks-ai/goose-skills --skill render-3d-character-explainer --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# render-3d-character-explainer The free, deterministic renderer for the **3d-character-explainer** video ad format — the glossy Pixar-style 3D spot built on an **"N types of X" listicle** spine, where a recurring human protagonist plus a locked cast of **N persona characters (one per list item)** carry a hook → "deeper story" → cast-reveal → one beat per list item → kicker → product test → relieved payoff. This capability is the **FREE assembly stage only**. All generative work (Nano-Banana cast anchors + per-scene keyframes, Kling-V3 i2v clips, ElevenLabs VO + music, or a source ad's audio reused verbatim) happens upstream in the recipe and is handed to this capability as files. It ports the validated compose recipe from the Bristle "Six Types" restyle run (`_render_full.sh` — per-scene trim → normalize 1080×1920/fps30 → concat -c copy → mux the source audio, with a static-still fallback on any failed clip). The assembly is deterministic — iterate the cut for free, re-roll only the offending paid beat. ## Two modes - **Restyle mode** (`audio_mode: "restyle"`, the reference run) — re-tell a finished source ad, beat for beat, as 3D character comedy. The source ad's **audio mix (VO
- Two modes
- What it does (the deterministic recipe)
- Scripts (free — Python + ffmpeg, no bash, no paid calls)
- Inputs (all via --config + a runtime work dir — NO hardcoded paths)
- Craft rules (load-bearing — faithful to the source molecule + reference run)
- Requires
What does the render-3d-character-explainer skill do?
Assemble a glossy 3D-character animated-explainer video ad (~77s, 9:16) built on an "N types of X" listicle spine — a recurring human protagonist plus a locked cast of N persona characters, one per list item. Given the per-scene i2v clips + a per-scene target-duration table + a narration track, it trims each clip to its scene window, re-encodes every segment to identical 1080x1920/30fps/libx264/yuv420p (decrease+pad, never crop) so the concat demuxer never drops frames, concats, and muxes audio — in RESTYLE mode the source ad's VO+music mix is reused verbatim, in ORIGINAL mode fresh per-scene
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add gooseworks-ai/goose-skills --skill render-3d-character-explainer --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From gooseworks-ai/goose-skills, a repository with 1,091 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.