A free Claude skill · by Lohith Savala · MIT licence

Video Studio: mind dump in, video out.

Turn your notes, a call transcript or an infographic into a finished explainer video. You approve every step.

Download the skill (zip) ↓View on GitHub ↗

What it is

Explain heavy ideas as video, on your own.

For people who aren't designers or editors. You explain hard, technical ideas to people who aren't technical, and video is the best way to do it.

In

Your mind dump

Rough notes or a call transcript
A deck or an infographic
A reference video whose look you like

Out

A finished MP4

Script, voice, animation, music, sound
In the style and brand you pick
A description with the credits

No

What you don't need

A designer or an editor
Editing software
Any code

It runs inside the Claude desktop app as a skill: a set of instructions and tools Claude follows step by step.

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How it works

Five stages. You check each one.

1Script

Reads your mind dump and files. Writes a brief and a timed script.

You getThe script

You approveor say what to change

2StoryboardYou pick style + brand

Sketches one frame per beat, in your look.

You getThe storyboard page

You approveor note a frame

3CastSkipped if no people

Dresses 2-3 drawn people for each role.

You getA casting page

You pickone per role

4Preview

Makes the voice and the first 20 seconds.

You getA 20-second preview

You approvebefore the full video is made

5Build + render

Builds every scene, adds music and sound, renders the MP4.

You getThe MP4 + a description with credits

You reviewa fix redoes only that part

Claude does it You decide ↺Not right? Say what to change. Claude redoes that stage and shows you again.

Every project gets a live board in your browser: what's happening now, what needs you, and all five stages.

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Example output

Three infographics in, a 2:40 explainer out.

Press play · Ray Dalio "Principles" style · free local voice · free music and sound

1 · In: the infographics

Input infographic: AI customer experience strategy and budget dashboard

Strategy + budget dashboard

Cost-centre cheat sheet

Technology landscape

2 · Storyboard

Storyboard page: a sketch, narration and motion cues for every frame

3 · Board

Project board: the finished video, its look, files and steps

Tap a picture to open it full size

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Styles + brand

Ten styles, plus your brand on top.

Each style was studied from real videos: pace, motion, layout, sound. Inspired by these creators; not affiliated with them.

Style decides

How it moves

Layout, motion, pacing, narration, illustration.

Brand decides

Whose it is

Your colours, fonts, logo and end card. Say "make a brand from my website" and Claude builds it.

Tested A full video was made in it. Untested Works, but expect an extra feedback round. Tap a tile for details.

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Install · what you need

Three things. The rest installs itself.

01

A computer

Mac (macOS 13+) or Windows 10/11
8 GB memory or more
Internet

02

A Claude plan

Pro or higher

03

The Claude app

Free download
Its Code tab runs the skill

+

Optional

An OpenRouter key, for a more expressive voice and AI pictures
Pay as you go (slide 11)

No Node, FFmpeg or Python by hand. The setup prompt installs them and tells you what it did. A Mac asks for your password once. Windows may ask you to click Yes.

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Install · step 1 of 3

Get the Claude app. Use its Code tab.

No terminal needed: the Code tab has Claude Code built in.

01

Download

Pick the one for your computer.

Mac ↓Windows ↓

Windows on ARM (Snapdragon)? Get this one.

02

Install, sign in

Mac: open the file, drag Claude into Applications.

Windows: double-click the file you downloaded.

Open Claude and sign in.

03

Click Code

At the top of the app. This is where you'll make videos.

Windows: Git for Windows is recommended. The setup prompt (step 3) adds it, or get it at git-scm.com/downloads/win.

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Install · step 2 of 3

Get the skill. Make a VideoStudio folder.

a

Download video-studio-skill.zip

It lands in Downloads. Leave it there; the setup prompt unzips it.

Download the skill ↓

b

Mac

In Finder, open your home folder (⇧⌘H). New folder (⇧⌘N), name it VideoStudio.

Windows

In File Explorer, open C:\Users\your-name. New folder (Ctrl+Shift+N), name it VideoStudio.

c

In the Code tab, under the prompt box: choose Local, then pick the VideoStudio folder.

Your home folder ├─ Downloads │ └─ video-studio-skill.zip └─ VideoStudio ← pick this ├─ my-first-video └─ my-next-video

Your videos live here, one folder each.

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Install · step 3 of 3

Paste one prompt. Claude installs these.

Homebrew (Mac) · winget (Windows)

Install the other tools.

Node.js 22

Runs HyperFrames.

FFmpeg

Joins audio and video.

Python + Kokoro (open-source voice)

The free voice that reads your script.

HyperFrames by HeyGen

The video engine: HTML animation to MP4.

HyperFrames plugin

Teaches Claude how to use HyperFrames.

Video Studio skill

The step-by-step pipeline, from your zip.

A 3-second test video

Proves it all works. It opens by itself.

About 10 minutesMac: asks for your password onceWindows: click Yes

Setup prompt · paste into the Code tab

See the full prompt

Set up this computer for the Video Studio pipeline. It is a Mac or a Windows PC. I am not a developer and I am using the Code tab of the Claude desktop app, so do everything for me, explain each step in one short plain sentence, and only ask me when you need my password or a click.

Work in this order and check before installing anything (skip what is already there, never downgrade, never remove anything). Paths below use ~ for my home folder (on Windows that is %USERPROFILE%, e.g. C:\Users\my-name).

1. Detect the system: macOS (Apple Silicon or Intel) or Windows (x64 or ARM). Tell me which, then follow only the lines for my system.
2. Package manager:
- Mac: Homebrew. If `brew` is missing, do not run the installer yourself, because it needs my Mac password. Give me the one official install command from https://brew.sh to paste into the app's Terminal (the Terminal button in the title bar, or Ctrl+`). Tell me that nothing shows while I type my password, and wait until I say "done". Then make sure `brew` is on my PATH for new shells (follow Homebrew's "Next steps" output).
- Windows: winget (built into Windows 10/11 as Microsoft's App Installer). Check `winget --version`; if it is missing, tell me to install "App Installer" from the Microsoft Store and wait until I say "done". Add `--accept-source-agreements --accept-package-agreements` to every winget install. Before each install, tell me Windows may ask "Do you want to allow this app to make changes to your device?" and that I should click Yes.
- Windows only: Git for Windows (recommended for Claude Code on Windows). Check `git --version`; if missing, `winget install --id Git.Git -e`.
3. Node.js 22 or newer (HyperFrames needs 22+):
- Check `node -v`. If missing or older than 22: Mac `brew install node@22`, then link it (`brew link --overwrite --force node@22`); Windows `winget install --id OpenJS.NodeJS.22 -e`.
- Before upgrading an existing older Node, list my global npm packages (`npm ls -g --depth=0`) and tell me if any project folder pins an old Node version (.nvmrc / "engines"). Upgrade only if nothing would break; otherwise stop and ask.
4. FFmpeg (joins audio and video): check `ffmpeg -version`; if missing, Mac `brew install ffmpeg`; Windows `winget install --id Gyan.FFmpeg -e`.
- Windows: tools installed by winget only show up in a new shell. Refresh PATH for this session before checking again, or tell me to start a new session and paste this prompt again (it skips what is done).
5. Python 3.10+ for the free local voice (Kokoro):
- Check: Mac `python3 --version`; Windows `py --version` (if `python` only opens the Microsoft Store, ignore it). If missing: Mac `brew install python@3.12`; Windows `winget install --id Python.Python.3.12 -e`.
- Create a private environment just for the voice at ~/VideoStudio/.venv (do not touch the system Python): Mac `python3 -m venv ~/VideoStudio/.venv`; Windows `py -3.12 -m venv "$env:USERPROFILE\VideoStudio\.venv"`. Then install `kokoro-onnx soundfile` into it.
- Make HyperFrames use it: set HYPERFRAMES_PYTHON to that environment's python, for new shells and for this session too. Mac: add `export HYPERFRAMES_PYTHON=~/VideoStudio/.venv/bin/python` to ~/.zshrc. Windows: save it as a user environment variable pointing to %USERPROFILE%\VideoStudio\.venv\Scripts\python.exe.
6. HyperFrames (the video engine):
- Check it runs: `npx -y hyperframes@latest --version`. Note the version.
- Install the HyperFrames Claude plugin: if the `claude` command works here, run `claude plugin marketplace add heygen-com/hyperframes` then `claude plugin install hyperframes@hyperframes`. If it does not, tell me to click the + next to the prompt box, choose Add plugins, add the marketplace heygen-com/hyperframes and install "hyperframes".
7. The Video Studio skill:
- I downloaded video-studio-skill.zip from GitHub (https://github.com/Lohith212-dev/video-studio/releases/latest/download/video-studio-skill.zip). If it isn't in ~/Downloads, download it there.
- If ~/Downloads/video-studio-skill does not exist yet, unzip ~/Downloads/video-studio-skill.zip there (Windows: Expand-Archive).
- Copy the folder ~/Downloads/video-studio-skill to ~/.claude/skills/video-studio (create the folders if needed).
- Confirm ~/.claude/skills/video-studio/SKILL.md exists.
8. Smoke test, inside ~/VideoStudio:
- `npx -y hyperframes@latest init smoke-test --example blank --non-interactive`
- Make 3 seconds of voice: `npx -y hyperframes@latest tts "Video Studio is ready." --voice am_michael -o smoke-test/assets/hello.wav`
- Put a title "Video Studio is ready" in the composition, add the audio, then go into smoke-test and render it: `npx -y hyperframes@latest render --output ../smoke-test.mp4`
- Open the MP4 for me: Mac `open ../smoke-test.mp4`; Windows `Start-Process ..\smoke-test.mp4`.
9. Finish with a short checklist table: each item, the version found or installed, and OK / FIXED / NEEDS YOU. Then tell me to start a new session in the Code tab (or quit and reopen the app) so the new plugin and skill load, and that afterwards I can type: /video-studio Let's make a video about ...

If any step fails, try the obvious fix once, then explain the problem in one plain sentence and what I should do. Never use sudo with npm. Never delete files.

Mac: the password is for Homebrew. Nothing shows while you type it; that's normal. Windows: if asked "Do you want to allow this app to make changes?", click Yes.

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Make your first video

Start a new session. Type one line.

›/video-studio Let's make a video about [topic] for [audience]. Here's what I have: [notes, files or images]

Paste your notes, or drop in files and images. Typing /video-studio makes sure the skill is used.

What happens next

01

The board opens

Your project folder and its live board: the five stages and a Needs you card.

02

It asks before each stage

Script, storyboard + look, cast, preview, final. Reply in plain words: "approve", "make it shorter", "redo frame 6".

03

You get the MP4

Plus a description with every credit line, ready to post.

About 35 minutes for a 60-90 second video · a 3-minute one takes 1-2 hours of Claude's time

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Optional · OpenRouter

Free by default. A key adds polish.

Free, without a key

Kokoro voice, on your computer
Free music and sound effects
Hand-drawn people and props
All drawing and animation

With an OpenRouter key (pay as you go)

A more expressive voice: ElevenLabs v3 through OpenRouter. About $0.08 per 1,000 characters; roughly $0.20-0.40 for a 2-3 minute video.
AI pictures of people and scenes: from about $0.01 per image, depending on the model.
Short AI video clips: available but untested; much pricier.

01

Get a key

openrouter.ai → Keys → Create key. Add a few dollars of credit.

02

Let Claude store it

Claude saves it as the environment variable OPENROUTER_API_KEY. It never goes into your project files.

03

It asks before spending

Each paid batch shows the estimated cost first and waits for your yes.

Prices change; check openrouter.ai/models. The expressive voice and AI people were tested on one video; other paid models weren't.

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Footnotes · how it's made

Under the hood. All open or free.

Video

HyperFrames by HeyGen (open source) renders HTML + GSAP animation in headless Chrome to MP4. Long videos render in parts.

Voice

Kokoro-82M: an open-source voice model that runs on your computer, free. Or ElevenLabs v3 through OpenRouter.

Sound effects

From Freesound (CC0) and Kenney (CC0). No credit needed.

Music

Kevin MacLeod / incompetech (CC BY 4.0; the credit line is added for you) and Freesound CC0 tracks.

People

Open Peeps by Pablo Stanley (CC0) and Humaaans by Pablo Stanley, dressed for roles in a few poses.

Mixing

FFmpeg places every sound on its cue word and lowers the music under the voice.

Quality check

Before you see a render, a separate reviewer agent scores it against the reference video in 8 areas. Anything below 4/5 goes back for fixes first.

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Credits

Made by Lohith Savala. Free to use.

Created by

Lohith Savala. Released under the MIT licence: use it, change it, share it, with credit.

GitHub ↗

Style references

Ray Dalio (Principles), Vox, Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell, Johnny Harris, the RSA (RSA Animate), Fireship, Varun Mayya, Vaibhav Sisinty, Aevy TV, and launch films by Apple and Linear. Styles are inspired by their work; not affiliated or endorsed.

Assets + tools

Open Peeps and Humaaans (Pablo Stanley), Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Freesound contributors, Kenney. Built with Claude Code, HyperFrames by HeyGen, Kokoro and FFmpeg.

Made something with it? Share it and tag me.

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