video-shotcraft: cinematic promos from your own pages — but not magic

Claim

video-shotcraft make a promo?

Catch

NOT MAGIC — READ THE FINE PRINT

Verdict

Not magic, SHOTCRAFT

"Tell Claude Code or Codex 'make a promo for my product' and you get a finished cinematic MP4." That's the pitch behind video-shotcraft, an agent skill for Claude Code and Codex with 14.4 thousand stars. It's not an AI video generator — every frame is drawn by code from your own screenshots and copy. Here's what the repo actually says, and the catch.

The claim

video-shotcraft's README promises cinematic product promo videos: tell your agent to make a promo, it captures your real pages, picks shots from a library of tuned motion recipes, storyboards the film, animates it with Remotion, cuts it to the beat, adds sound design, and hands you an MP4 you can keep editing. GitHub API data shows the repo at 14,410 stars and 1,346 forks, created 19 July 2026, under Apache-2.0. The gallery lists 124 shot recipe cards across 10 categories and 150 motion samples.

What it actually produces

Per the README's "What you get" section: a final MP4 at 1920×1080, 30 fps, h264, with music and sound design — 149 SFX across 16 categories and 5 BGM tracks. You also get the full Remotion project source, a Motion Workbench browser editor that opens after delivery (localhost:5198) to retime, swap shots and re-export, and optional JianYing (CapCut CN) export — verified on JianYing Pro 11.2 for macOS. It's not magic: it needs your own screenshots, copy and logo, and you replace the demo assets before publishing.

The catch

• Agent subscription required. It's built for Claude Code and Codex, so you need access to one of those agents first.
• Local toolchain. Node.js and npm, ffmpeg/ffprobe, uv (for BGM beat analysis only), and puppeteer for page capture. Remotion downloads its own headless Chrome on first render.
• Remotion licensing. Free for individuals and small teams; companies may need a paid license.
• Brand new. Created July 2026, with almost no independent reviews yet.
• Demo assets must be replaced. The bundled screenshots and audio are placeholders — swap in your own product visuals and check any third-party audio licenses.

Try it

video-shotcraft repo: https://github.com/Vincentwei1021/video-shotcraft Gallery: https://vincentwei1021.github.io/video-shotcraft/ SKILL.md (install & requirements): https://github.com/Vincentwei1021/video-shotcraft/blob/main/SKILL.md

Verdict

video-shotcraft is a genuine, code-drawn motion library — not an AI video generator — and the numbers check out: 14.4k stars, 124 cards, MP4 1080p 30 fps h264 with 149 SFX and 5 BGM tracks. The catch is the setup: a Claude Code or Codex subscription plus Node.js, ffmpeg and puppeteer on your machine, and you supply every screenshot yourself. Every number traces to the repo README, SKILL.md, the gallery and the GitHub API.

Sources: github.com/Vincentwei1021/video-shotcraft · api.github.com/repos/Vincentwei1021/video-shotcraft · vincentwei1021.github.io/video-shotcraft/ · github.com/Vincentwei1021/video-shotcraft/blob/main/SKILL.md

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