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Whiteboard video skill: hand-drawn explainers from images

A Codex skill wrapping a local engine that turns images, SVGs, line art or scripts into hand-drawn whiteboard animation videos.

In short: A Codex skill wrapping a local engine that turns images, SVGs, line art or scripts into hand-drawn whiteboard animation videos. It is a free skill for people who use Codex and want help with motion graphics.

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CodexChatGPT plan or APIopenai.com/codex
GitHub repoOpen source · ★ 334gnipbao/codex-whiteboard-video-skill

Try it in 60 seconds

git clone https://github.com/gnipbao/codex-whiteboard-video-skill.git \

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

What it does

A Codex skill wrapping a local engine that turns images, SVGs, line art or scripts into hand-drawn whiteboard animation videos.

whiteboard-video-engine 的 Codex Skill 适配层。安装后,Codex 可以直接调用本地引擎,把图片、SVG、线稿或脚本转换成白板手绘视频,并从 30 种内置视觉风格中选择、推荐或扩展配方。

Short excerpt from the README of gnipbao/codex-whiteboard-video-skill. Read the full README on GitHub.

Inside the repo

仓库分工效果演示安装在 Codex 中使用视觉风格本地模型仓库内容不包含许可证

A prompt to try

Using the whiteboard video skill, turn these 4 diagrams into a hand-drawn whiteboard explainer: [files]

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 with the command in the README, or copy the skill folder into ~/.claude/skills/ (Claude Code) or ~/.codex/skills/ (Codex).
  3. Restart your agent so it picks the skill up.
  4. Ask for the video in plain words and review drafts 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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