Agent skill · Remotion

Remotion Render skill for Claude Code, Codex and Cursor

Exports a Remotion composition to a finished video file.

Officialname: remotion-render★ 5.6k (repo)pushed 2026-10-22SKILL.md on GitHubchecked 2026-11-07

What it does, in the publisher's words

Export a Remotion video

The description field of the SKILL.md. The agent reads only this at startup and decides from it when to load the full skill.

Install Remotion Render

The skills CLI copies the skill into the folder of each agent you pick (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, Windsurf...). Add -g for all projects. Needs Node.js 22.20+. docs

npx skills add remotion-dev/skills --skill remotion-render

Copy the skill folder into ~/.claude/skills (all projects) or .claude/skills (this repo). Claude Code picks it up without a restart. docs

npx skills add remotion-dev/skills --skill remotion-render -a claude-code

# or by hand:
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/remotion-dev/skills.git /tmp/remotion-render-src
cp -r /tmp/remotion-render-src/skills/remotion-render ~/.claude/skills/remotion-render

Download the skill folder, zip it, then Customize > Skills > + > Create skill > Upload a skill. Code execution must be on (Settings > Capabilities). docs

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/remotion-dev/skills.git /tmp/remotion-render-src
cp -r /tmp/remotion-render-src/skills/remotion-render ./remotion-render
zip -r remotion-render.zip remotion-render

Codex reads skills from .agents/skills in the repo or ~/.agents/skills. Type $ in Codex to use one. docs

npx skills add remotion-dev/skills --skill remotion-render -a codex

gh skill (GitHub CLI 2.90+, preview) installs it for Copilot in VS Code, the CLI and the cloud agent. Copilot also reads .github/skills and ~/.copilot/skills. docs

gh skill install remotion-dev/skills remotion-render

Cursor reads .cursor/skills, .agents/skills and ~/.cursor/skills (and .claude/skills). It does not install loose skills from a GitHub URL, so copy it in. docs

npx skills add remotion-dev/skills --skill remotion-render -a cursor

Installs from the GitHub repo; --path picks this skill out of the repo. Default scope is user (all projects). docs

gemini skills install https://github.com/remotion-dev/skills.git --path skills/remotion-render

OpenCode reads .opencode/skills, ~/.config/opencode/skills and the Claude and .agents folders. docs

npx skills add remotion-dev/skills --skill remotion-render -a opencode

Windsurf (now Devin Desktop) reads .devin/skills, .windsurf/skills and ~/.codeium/windsurf/skills. docs

npx skills add remotion-dev/skills --skill remotion-render -a windsurf

Works with

Claude Code, Claude.ai and Claude Desktop, Codex, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, Windsurf and other agents that read the open Agent Skills format.

What's in the SKILL.md

2 sections

General rendering strategy
Transparent videos

Bundled files

agents/openai.yaml
assets/remotion-icon.svg
transparent-videos.md

Loaded only when the instructions point to them.

Facts

Skill name: remotion-render
Publisher: Remotion (official)
Repo: remotion-dev/skills
Version: 4.0.541
SKILL.md size: 100 words, 36 lines
Bundled files: 3, 1 docs
Repo stars: 5.6k (as of 2026-10-24)
SKILL.md checked: 2026-11-07

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FAQ

What does the remotion-render skill do?+

Exports a Remotion composition to a finished video file. In its own SKILL.md, Remotion describes it as: "Export a Remotion video"

How do I install the remotion-render skill?+

Run npx skills add remotion-dev/skills --skill remotion-render and pick your agents, or use the tab for your agent above. In Claude Code the skill ends up in ~/.claude/skills/remotion-render/SKILL.md; in Codex and Cursor in .agents/skills/remotion-render/.

Does Remotion Render work in Codex, Cursor and Copilot, or only Claude?+

It's a standard SKILL.md, so any agent that reads the Agent Skills format can use it: Claude Code, the Claude apps, Codex, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, Windsurf and more.

Who maintains Remotion Render?+

Remotion, the company or project behind it, in the remotion-dev/skills repo on GitHub, last pushed 2026-10-22.

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