video-shortform
Short-form video generation skill — 3-10 second clips for product reveals, motion teasers, ambient loops. Defaults to Seedance 2 but works the same with Kling 3 / 4, Veo 3 or Sora 2. Output is one MP4 saved to the project folder. When the workspace also ships an interactive-video / hyperframes skill, prefer composing several short shots into a single timeline rather than one long monolithic clip.
Profile →npx skills add nexu-io/open-design --skill video-shortform --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.
# Video Shortform Skill Short-form (≤ 10s) is the sweet spot for current text-to-video models — they're great at one **shot** with one **idea**, weaker at multi-cut narratives. Plan one shot per call. Special case: `hyperframes-html` is **not** a photoreal text-to-video model. It's a local HTML-to-MP4 renderer. For that model, do not roleplay cinematography or "real-world" camera physics. Treat the brief as a motion design card / title-frame / product interstitial, ask at most one clarifying question, then dispatch immediately. ## Resource map ``` video-shortform/ ├── SKILL.md └── example.html ``` ## Workflow ### Step 0 — Read the project metadata `videoModel`, `videoLength` (seconds), `videoAspect`. These are hard-locks — clamp the prompt to whatever the chosen model supports (Seedance 2 caps at 10s; Kling 4 supports up to 10s + image-to-video; Veo 3 supports 8s with audio). ### Step 1 — Plan the shot Write the shotlist BEFORE calling the model: | Slot | Content | |---|---| | Subject | What's in frame? | | Camera | Static / pan / push-in / orbit? | | Lighting | Key direction + temperature | | Motion | What moves, at what pace? Subject motion vs camera motion. | | Sound | Ambient b
- Resource map
- Workflow
- Step 0 — Read the project metadata
- Step 1 — Plan the shot
- Step 2 — Compose the prompt
- Step 3 — Dispatch via the media contract
- Step 4 — Hand off
- Hard rules
What does the video-shortform skill do?
Short-form video generation skill — 3-10 second clips for product reveals, motion teasers, ambient loops. Defaults to Seedance 2 but works the same with Kling 3 / 4, Veo 3 or Sora 2. Output is one MP4 saved to the project folder. When the workspace also ships an interactive-video / hyperframes skill, prefer composing several short shots into a single timeline rather than one long monolithic clip.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add nexu-io/open-design --skill video-shortform --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 nexu-io/open-design, a repository with 83,577 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.