Hey friends,
Last week I showed you how the Instagram Carousel skill turned Claude into a PROPER graphic designer.
The responses from you all said the same thing:
you want more skills that actually do something for your content.
So here’s another one.
And this time it’s video!
It's called the "Remotion skill" and it's behind every animated thumbnail, product video, and website animation I’ve shipped in the past few months.
It’s helped me rack up 1M+ views on Threads, and it’s definitely one of the most useful additions to my workflow all year.
Let me show you exactly how it works.
P.S. Testing out a new format. Click here to experience and swipe right
📌 What Is Remotion?
Remotion builds videos using code instead of a drag-and-drop timeline.
You describe what you want, Claude writes the whole thing, and renders it as an MP4.
The Remotion skill teaches Claude the framework’s patterns and best practices.
Works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, or any AI agent that reads skills.
Here’s what makes it different from a typical video tool:
- Prompt-driven: describe your video in plain English, Claude writes the code
- Precise: every frame is controlled, so animations are clean and consistent
- Agent-agnostic: works with Claude Code, Codex, and more
- Zero assets needed: everything can be animated text, SVG, or shapes
- Scalable: same template, different content, infinite variations
✨ What I’ve Built With It (So Far)
✅ 1. Threads Thumbnails That Stop the Scroll
Every video I post on Threads lives or dies by the first frame.
I used to spend a painful amount of time building these in Canva.. or never at all.
Now I prompt Claude to generate a branded, animated intro card and it renders as a short video loop.
Clean, fast, and genuinely smooth. This is behind most of my 1M+ view content on Threads.
Try this prompt:
“Create a 5-10 second 16:9 thumbnail animation using Remotion skill. Dark background with coral accents highlighting the key words in this headline: [your headline here]. Animate each word in with a spring effect, one at a time, then hold the full title on screen for 2 seconds. Keep the motion tight and intentional — nothing decorative, every frame earns its place. Export as MP4”
Pro tip: Tell Claude to read your website, app or codebase before building. It’ll extract your actual colours, fonts, and visual style and bake all of it into the animation.
“Before building this Remotion video, browse my website at [your URL] and extract the brand colours, fonts, and visual style. Use these as the design foundation.”
That’s the HACK. Generic videos instantly become on-brand ones.
✅ 2. My AI Agent Experience Launch Video
When I launched my free AI Agent Stack experience, I needed a polished launch video without spending a week in After Effects. I described the whole thing to Claude: animated sections, sequenced text reveals, my brand colours, and a clean close. Claude built the entire Remotion project and rendered it as an MP4 ready to share. The whole thing took an afternoon. It would’ve taken a freelancer a week.
Try this (tweak it):
“Build a 20-second Remotion launch video for [product name] in 16:9. Open with the product name springing onto a dark background in bold white type with coral accents (hold for 2 seconds). Reveal three benefits one at a time: [benefit 1], [benefit 2], [benefit 3], each springs in, holds for 3 seconds, then slides out cleanly. Close with [your website URL] and [your CTA] fading in over the final 3 seconds. Spring animations throughout. Export as MP4. ”
Pro tip: Be specific about timing. Tell Claude how long each section stays on screen, what text appears when, and what the exit animation looks like. The more detail, the tighter the output.
✅ 3. Website Animations
Not everything has to be a shareable video. I’ve used Remotion to build subtle looping animations for my website. Branded motion that makes the product feel alive. Things that would’ve required a developer or a pricey tool are now just a prompt away.
Create a seamless 3-second looping Remotion background animation for a landing page hero. Dark background with 2-3 slow-moving gradient orbs in [brand colour] at low opacity, drifting gently across the screen. The motion should be the kind you notice after a few seconds, not immediately. Loop must be perfectly seamless with no visible cut. Export as 1920×1080 MP4.
Pro tip: Ask Claude to keep animations under 3 seconds and loop-friendly. Much easier to embed on a landing page without distracting from your content.
🛠 How to Get Started
- Get Claude Code or Codex running: Claude Code is what I use and recommend. Codex works too
- Install the Remotion skill: Download the zip here and upload it to Claude in Skills OR tell Claude directly: “Install the Remotion skill” and it’ll handle the setup
- Point it at your brand: Give Claude your website URL or app screenshots. It will collect the elements
- Describe your video: Be specific: length, what text appears, how it animates, and the mood. Claude writes the code, renders the video, and gives you an MP4.
Note: People are also using Remotion for full video editing (cutting clips, captions, timeline sequencing) entirely through prompts. I haven’t explored that side personally, but the capability is genuinely there.
📈 Why This Matters
The gap between “I can’t make a good video” and “I have a polished, on-brand video” just got a lot smaller.
Last week was carousels. This week is video. The pattern keeps repeating: skills turn Claude into a specialist.
You’re not just using AI, you’re giving it domain expertise at a level that used to require a full production team.
It’s not about replacing creativity. It’s about removing the production bottleneck so you can actually ship what’s in your head.
🫡 Final Thoughts
Start small.
Ask Claude to make a 5-second animated brand intro. See what it gives you. Then build from there.
The Remotion skill file is linked below.
Download it and add it to your Claude Code or Codex project.
Or just tell Claude “install the Remotion skill” and it’ll sort itself out.
If this episode gave you a new idea, forward it to a friend who’s been putting off video content.
They’ll thank you!
To automating content and beyond,
Nahid
