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Cinetic: agent-directed launch films from code

A skill that has your coding agent plan, design, score and render a short cinematic launch film or motion piece, all as code.

In short: A skill that has your coding agent plan, design, score and render a short cinematic launch film or motion piece, all as code. It is a free skill for people who use Claude Code or Codex and want help with motion graphics.

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Claude CodePaid Claude plan or APIclaude.com/claude-code
CodexChatGPT plan or APIopenai.com/codex
GitHub repoOpen source · ★ 236Leonxlnx/cinetic
Cinetic: agent-directed launch films from code

Image: from the GitHub README, shown with credit.

Image from the Leonxlnx/cinetic README

Images from the project README on GitHub.

Reference videos (1)

Real videos made with this skill, credited to their creators. Hover to preview.

Cinetic launch film, made by the skill itself thumbnailLAUNCH0:30

Cinetic launch film, made by the skill itself

The release video for cinetic was produced with the skill from one short prompt.

cinetic@LexnLin♥ 436

Try it in 60 seconds

npx skills add Leonxlnx/cinetic
npx skills add Leonxlnx/cinetic -g -a claude-code -y
npx skills add Leonxlnx/cinetic#v1.0.0

Install command copied from the project README. Check the README for the latest version.

What it does

A skill that has your coding agent plan, design, score and render a short cinematic launch film or motion piece, all as code.

Cinematic launch films and motion design from code, directed by your coding agent.

Short excerpt from the README of Leonxlnx/cinetic. Read the full README on GitHub.

Inside the repo

Quick startGalleryThe technique libraryInstallSkills CLI (recommended)Claude Code plugin marketplaceManualRequirementsUseHow it worksHard bansWhat's inside

A prompt to try

Using cinetic, make a 30-second launch film for [product]. Start with the concept and a shot list, then show me style frames before rendering.

Written by us so you can reuse it. Replace each [bracket] with your details.

Step by step

  1. Open the GitHub repo and read the README (install commands change often).
  2. Install it: run npx skills add Leonxlnx/cinetic, or follow docs/setup.md in the repo (it needs ffmpeg, Node and Python).
  3. Restart your agent so it picks the skill up.
  4. Describe the video you want in plain words, then review the draft frames before the final render.

Docs, demos & materials

Sources & credit

All credit to the original authors. We rewrite in our own words and link back. Something wrong? Report it.

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