BrewReel skill
A skill that builds promos, voiced talks and lessons from a brief: a cheap model fills a form and an engine renders the video.
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- Apache-2.0
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Why this level
- Paid voice-over and AI frames send text to third-party services and spend money.
Install
- Works in
In your terminal, with SkillFoxx CLI
npx skillfoxx add skills/brewreelDetects the agents on your machine, shows the access level and pins the version.
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How we reviewMinimal accessThe tool runs nothing and makes no network calls.
- Paid voice-over and AI frames send text to third-party services and spend money.
This is third-party code. Review the repository files before installing.
What it does
BrewReel is a skill that assembles videos from source materials with one command. It has three modes: a 9:16 promo from a product brief, adding visuals to a recorded talk (animated cards or AI frames) and a 16:9 lesson from a script. The idea is that the model writes no code: it picks a layout and fills `storyboard.json`, `broll.json` or `lesson.json`, and Remotion does the rendering, so cheap models such as DeepSeek cope. Checks run before release: Chinese advertising law rules, industry restrictions, sources for the numbers in charts, layout and motion. If a check fails the video is not produced. There are three recipes (cards, quiz, character journey), six industries, voice-over through MiniMax, Alibaba Cloud or Volcengine, and word-by-word subtitle highlighting. A DSH plugin ships in the box.
Who it is for. Marketers and small teams that need short videos and lessons without editing, especially for Chinese platforms and on inexpensive models.
Good fit when
- A vertical social video is needed from a product brief with advertising wording checks.
- A recorded talk gets animation and placeholder frames without manual editing.
- A lesson from a script is assembled into a video with voice-over and subtitles.
- The skill runs on a cheap model that does not write animation code.
Not a fit when
- Videos are needed for medicine, drugs, school courses, supplements or tobacco, which are excluded.
- Editing with cinematic lighting and free direction is required.
- The machine has no Node.js 18 and Python 3.10.
Example request
Make a vertical promo from this brief, run validation first, then voice it in mock mode.Limitations
Node.js 18 and Python 3.10 are required, and on Windows only x64. The advertising rules and industry restrictions are built for China, so check other markets yourself. Paid voice-over and AI frames call third-party services and cost money: start with the `mock` mode and a price estimate. For chart data the numbers must appear in the quoted source text. The README is in Chinese, with an English version as a separate file.
How to disable. Delete the `~/.claude/skills/brewreel/` folder (or `~/.agents/skills/brewreel/` for Codex). Produced videos sit in the `--out` directory and are removed by hand.
FAQ
Which modes are there?
A promo from a brief via `scripts/make.mjs`, visuals for a recorded talk via `scripts/talk.mjs` and a lesson via `scripts/lesson/make-lesson.mjs`.
Why do cheap models cope?
They only choose a layout and fill a JSON form while the engine does the rendering. The model writes no animation code.
Is commercial use allowed?
Yes, under Apache-2.0. Attribution is required when distributing the code and not in the rendered videos.
How do I try it without spending money?
Run a lesson with `--voice-provider mock --no-bgm`: the voice is a stand-in while layout and pacing are visible. AI frames in talk mode are placeholders first at no cost.
Which industries are supported?
Six: software, food service, e-commerce goods, adult vocational training, lifestyle beauty, tourism and lodging. Each has its own rules.
Discussion
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