Give Claude Code a topic and it writes six or seven lines, voices them, and renders a faceless 9:16 reel in a cut-paper style, with a box mascot, stamps, counters and captions that land one paper scrap per word.
In short: Give Claude Code a topic and it writes six or seven lines, voices them, and renders a faceless 9:16 reel in a cut-paper style, with a box mascot, stamps, counters and captions that land one paper scrap per word. It is a free skill for people who use Claude Code and want help with motion graphics.
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| Agent / tool | Access / cost | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code | Paid Claude plan or API | claude.com/claude-code |
| GitHub repo | Open source · ★ 62 | haiderfarooq3/paper-reel |
Image: from the GitHub README, shown with credit.
git clone https://github.com/haiderfarooq3/paper-reel ~/.claude/skills/paper-reel cd ~/.claude/skills/paper-reel && npm install && npx playwright install chromium brew install ffmpeg whisper-cpp
Install command copied from the project README. Check the README for the latest version.
Give Claude Code a topic and it writes six or seven lines, voices them, and renders a faceless 9:16 reel in a cut-paper style, with a box mascot, stamps, counters and captions that land one paper scrap per word.
paper-reel turns a topic into a short vertical reel. Claude drafts six or seven spoken lines for you to approve; Kokoro reads them locally, whisper.cpp times every word, and each line becomes one scene drawn on an HTML…
Short excerpt from the README of haiderfarooq3/paper-reel. Read the full README on GitHub.
From the original post, credited below.
macOS only for now, and a few hundred MB of voice and timing models are downloaded on first setup. The look is fixed (cut paper plus the box mascot), so it suits explainers and tool spotlights more than brand work. The renderer comes from cth9191/animate (MIT), which we also list.
Give Claude Code a topic and it writes six or seven lines, voices them, and renders a faceless 9:16 reel in a cut-paper style, with a box mascot, stamps, counters and captions that land one paper scrap per word.
It works with Claude Code. The code is on GitHub at haiderfarooq3/paper-reel.
Free & open source (MIT). Runs on your Mac with no API keys or accounts: Kokoro voice, whisper.cpp word timing, Playwright and ffmpeg (all free).
Run the install command from the README: “git clone https://github.com/haiderfarooq3/paper-reel ~/.claude/skills/paper-reel”. Check the README on GitHub for the latest version, then follow the steps on this page.
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