Is video-shotcraft still maintained?

Yes, active. Last change today. Latest release showcase-media, 2 months ago.

Can I trust video-shotcraft?

Some track record. 18k stars, 4 months old. Get it from the official repo and read what it installs.

Reading the repo

Opening the box…

How to install on macOS

Vincentwei1021/video-shotcraft

AI video skill for Claude Code & Codex — cinematic, editable product promos with Remotion: 124 shot recipe cards, 150 motion previews, beat sync, sound design, Motion Workbench & JianYing (CapCut CN) export.

Node.js#agent-skills#ai-agents#ai-video#claude-code

Difficulty: Easy
Time: about 5 min
Stars: ★ 18,128
Activity: Updated this month

Before you start

Is it free?: YesOpen source (Apache-2.0).
Still maintained?: Yes, activeLast change today. Latest release showcase-media, 2 months ago.
Can I trust it?: Some track record18k stars, 4 months old. Get it from the official repo and read what it installs.

Saved setup from 2 h ago

Will it work on macOS?

Yes, it runs on macOS

You'll build it yourself with Node.js.

Your system

macOS Windows Linux

Start here

Website ↗vincentwei1021.github.ioThe project's own site.

4 steps on macOS

Download setup.sh

Then run bash setup.sh. It stops at the first error and is safe to run again. Servers and tests aren't started; it lists them at the end. Read it first.

Clone the repository

Needs Git: xcode-select --install

git clone https://github.com/Vincentwei1021/video-shotcraft.git
cd video-shotcraft

Install the required runtimes

Node.js 22

# needs nvm: brew install nvm (or https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm)
nvm install 22

3
Install dependencies
```
npm ci
```
4
Run the tests
```
npm test
```

From the README: Install

Built and tuned for Claude Code and Codex. The simplest way is to hand your agent the link:

Install this skill for me: https://github.com/Vincentwei1021/video-shotcraft

Or with the skills CLI:

npx skills add Vincentwei1021/video-shotcraft

Or by hand:

git clone https://github.com/Vincentwei1021/video-shotcraft.git
cd video-shotcraft
ln -s "$(pwd)" ~/.claude/skills/video-shotcraft   # Claude Code
ln -s "$(pwd)" ~/.codex/skills/video-shotcraft    # Codex

In mainland China, clone from the AtomGit mirror if GitHub is slow: git clone https://atomgit.com/VincentWei/video-shotcraft.git.

Did you get it running?

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