Clipcat Skill

The clipcat skill and CLI help a TikTok Shop seller find videos that sell and produce similar ones with their own product

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  • Posts videos to your TikTok account and can spend paid credits
  • Keeps the API key in a local config and sends uploaded photos and videos to a cloud service
  • Downloads TikTok and Douyin videos and installs the CLI with a curl | bash script
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  • Posts videos to your TikTok account and can spend paid credits
  • Keeps the API key in a local config and sends uploaded photos and videos to a cloud service
  • Downloads TikTok and Douyin videos and installs the CLI with a curl | bash script

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What it does

Clipcat Skill is a SKILL.md manifest plus the cross-platform `clipcat` CLI, which let any agent with shell access act as a TikTok Shop seller's assistant. The agent reads the manifest, runs commands and parses JSON replies. The heavy video and image work is done by the clipcat.ai service. The CLI returns data on creators, products, shops, videos and live streams, with search by keyword or image. The `clipcat prompt search` command finds matching examples in a library of real AI selling videos and builds a shooting prompt that cites the source video. The skill breaks a competitor's video into script, scenes, hooks and music and repeats the winning structure with your product. It turns product photos into video, creates store images from text and upscales to 1080p or 2K. A finished video goes to the connected TikTok account right away, on a schedule up to 30 days ahead, or to drafts. The CLI also downloads TikTok and Douyin videos.

Who it is for. For TikTok Shop sellers and marketers who want to run niche research, production and posting of videos through an agent.

Good fit when

  • You need to find viral videos for a product and learn which script and hook sell
  • You want to study competitor shops, creators and live streams in a category
  • A product needs a ready-to-shoot prompt built from real winning videos
  • Product photos should become a UGC, talking-head or product-demo video
  • A finished video must be queued for posting to a connected TikTok account

Not a fit when

  • You need free use without an account: generation requires an API key and credits
  • You need another platform: the skill is built for TikTok Shop and Douyin
  • You need posting without confirmation: before every paid task and post the agent shows a checklist and waits for an explicit yes
  • You need local rendering: video and images are generated by the cloud service clipcat.ai

Example request

I sell a portable blender: find matching viral videos, write a ready-to-shoot prompt and show how many credits it will cost

Limitations

The skill depends on the clipcat.ai service: you need a key from your account and a credit balance, and the model list and prices change, so `clipcat models` shows the current set. Trial models are open to everyone, standard ones need a paid plan. Posting to TikTok costs no credits but needs a one-time authorization with `clipcat tiktok connect` and accepts only watermark-free videos. Generation tasks are asynchronous and take several minutes. The repository states no license.

How to disable. Delete the skill folder from the agent's skills directory and remove the `clipcat` binary. The saved key lives in the local config; clear it with `clipcat config` or delete the file. The TikTok account connection is revoked in the settings on the TikTok and clipcat.ai side.

FAQ

How do I install Clipcat in Claude Code?

Run `curl -fsSL https://clipcat.ai/cli | bash`, get a key in your clipcat.ai account and save it with `clipcat config`. Then add SKILL.md and the agent will call commands itself.

How much does generation cost?

The price depends on model, duration and resolution. Before a run the agent gets a free quote with the credit cost and shows it to you, and `clipcat models` lists exact prices per combination.

What is the viral prompt library?

It is a searchable base of real AI selling videos from TikTok Shop with reconstructed prompts. It holds more than 5000 entries across 15 markets and 30 categories; the US market is updated daily and the others weekly.

How do I post videos to TikTok?

Run `clipcat tiktok connect` once. The agent then prepares a post with caption, who can view, comments and time, and after your consent publishes it now, on a schedule or to drafts.

Which generation models are available?

Trial: grok_imagine, veo3.1fast, omini_flash, seedance2_mini and mmh3_promo. Paid: seedance2, seedance2_5, seedance2_fast, wan30, minimax_h3 and happyhorse10. Check the set and prices with `clipcat models`.

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Comparison with similar tools

Entries that share the main search query, and how they differ.

EntryOfficialAuthenticationRepository starsMain difference
Clipcat Skill (this entry)no374
short-video-makernonot required1,446assembles short vertical videos with subtitles and voice-over, with no TikTok Shop data
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README in short

The README works as a reference: a short feature list, CLI install for macOS, Linux and Windows, key setup and sample prompts for the agent. It ends with a table of trial and paid models and a list of languages and regions.

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Original SKILL.md

---
name: clipcat
description: All-in-one TikTok Shop selling-video skill for any AI agent (Claude Code, Codex, WorkBuddy, OpenClaw). Find viral TikTok videos, research TikTok Shop products, shops, creators and live rooms, break down why a video sells (script, scenes, hooks, music), search the largest library of real high-GMV AI selling videos and their reverse-engineered prompts and adapt the closest match to your own product, replicate a winning video, turn product photos — or your own raw prompt and images — into AI selling / UGC / talking-head / product-demo videos, generate e-commerce images from a text prompt, upscale to 1080p or 2K, and download TikTok or Douyin videos. Keywords — AI selling video, TikTok viral replication, TikTok Shop product research, competitor shop analysis, creator and influencer ranking, AI selling video prompt library, product-to-video, UGC video generator, AI product image, TikTok video downloader. Use whenever the user needs TikTok e-commerce data, viral video research, or AI video/image generation.
user-invocable: true
metadata:
  {
    "openclaw":
      {
        "requires": { "env": ["CLIPCAT_API_KEY"] },
        "primaryEnv": "CLIPCAT_API_KEY",
      },
    "homepage": "https://clipcat.ai",
  }
---

# Clipcat CLI

This skill is intentionally short. Detailed flags and supported values belong to the CLI itself — always treat `clipcat -h` and `clipcat <subcommand> -h` as the primary reference. The one thing `-h` cannot be current about is the model catalog: models come and go between releases, so `clipcat models` is the authority on which models, resolutions and durations exist right now.

## Installation

Run `clipcat --version` first — if it prints a version, clipcat is installed; skip to API key. If the command is missing, install for the platform:

macOS / Linux / Git Bash:

```bash
curl -fsSL https://clipcat.ai/cli | bash
```

Windows (PowerShell, no bash):

```powershell
irm https://clipcat.ai/cli.ps1 | iex
```

Then set the API key (see below). Update later with `clipcat update` (re-runs the installer; your saved config is preserved).

### Windows sandbox note (Codex etc.)

If the Windows install fails with `SEC_E_NO_CREDENTIALS`, `AcquireCredentialsHandle`, `0x8009030E`, "The underlying connection was closed", or 「基础连接已经关闭」, you are in a restricted sandbox (e.g. the Codex Windows sandbox) where the Windows TLS stack (Schannel) can't open credentials — `Invoke-WebRequest` and system `curl.exe` both fail there. The installer automatically retries the download through Node (its OpenSSL bypasses Schannel), so installing Node in the sandbox usually fixes it. If it still fails, **show the install command to the user and ask them to run it in a normal PowerShell outside the sandbox, or to approve running it outside the sandbox — do not keep retrying with different commands.**

## API key

Configure the key in the local config file — the only reliable method:

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