reelclaw-templates skill
Vertical video templates for TikTok, Reels and Shorts: one command installs a format and the agent cuts an MP4 from your clips.
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Why this level
- Social page links are downloaded through yt-dlp and rights to others clips stay with their owners.
- Optional publishing and creator clips go through an outside service.
Install
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In your terminal, with SkillFoxx CLI
npx skillfoxx add skills/reelclaw-templatesDetects the agents on your machine, shows the access level and pins the version.
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Access and checks
How we reviewExtended accessThe tool runs code or makes network calls and only reads external data.
- Social page links are downloaded through yt-dlp and rights to others clips stay with their owners.
- Optional publishing and creator clips go through an outside service.
This is third-party code. Review the repository files before installing.
What it does
reelclaw-templates is a catalog of short vertical video templates that turns formats proven on TikTok, Reels and Shorts into skills for Claude Code and Codex. The `npx reelclaw@latest add reaction-demo` command puts a template, the `reelclaw` engine, a playbook skill and instructions for both agents into the project. The agent is then given clips and a hook and builds a 1080 by 1920 file. The catalog currently has seven templates: before and after, greenscreen reaction, numbered listicle, silent tutorial, reaction into demo, talking head with captions and wall of text over b-roll. Every reel stays a plain HyperFrames HTML composition with semantic ids, so a caption or cut is edited in words and re-rendered.
Who it is for. Product founders, social media managers and developers who need promo and demo reels and do not want to learn a video editor.
Good fit when
- A reaction-into-demo reel is needed from two ready clips.
- A batch of variants of one format is built from a table of hooks.
- A caption must be moved or recolored without rebuilding the reel.
- A reel is checked with the `reelclaw qa` report before publishing.
Not a fit when
- You need full editing with a multitrack timeline.
- The machine has no Node.js 22 or ffmpeg.
- You need landscape or long-form videos.
Example request
Make a reaction-demo reel with react.mp4 and demo.mov, hook: i was about to quit and this app talked me out of it.Limitations
Node.js 22 and ffmpeg are required, and `yt-dlp` is needed only for page links. HyperFrames downloads headless Chrome on first run. Links to TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and X pull material from other platforms and the rights stay with the owners, so shoot and use your own clips. Creator clips from DansUGC and publishing are optional and depend on an outside service. Templates aim at platform safe zones, but social network rules change.
How to disable. Delete the `templates/` folder and engine from the project and the skills from `.claude/skills/` and `.agents/skills/`. Finished MP4 files stay in `renders/`.
FAQ
Which templates exist?
Seven: `before-after`, `greenscreen-reaction`, `listicle`, `no-yapping`, `reaction-demo`, `talking-head-captions` and `wall-of-text`. The `catalog/` folder holds a roadmap of about two hundred formats.
How do I install only the skill?
Run `npx skills add danielhangan/reelclaw-templates --skill reaction-demo`. The engine installs on the first run of the skill. Claude Code also has a plugin through `claude plugin marketplace add`.
What is the playbook?
The `reelclaw-playbook` skill with the shared flow: brief, format, hooks, footage, music, build, QA, variants, delivery and optional publishing.
How do I build a reel by hand?
Run `npx reelclaw make reaction-demo --reaction react.mp4 --demo demo.mov --hook "..." --draft`. `reelclaw batch` makes a series from a hooks table.
What are the font and audio defaults?
TikTok Sans, captions fitted into the safe zone, static text and muted clip audio unless the format needs it. The rules live in `RULES.md`.
Discussion
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Comparison with similar tools
Cards that share the main search query, and how they differ.
| Tool | Official | Repository stars | Main difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| reelclaw-templates (this card) | no | 145 | |
| HyperFrames | no | 83,841 | HeyGen skills and CLI for HTML compositions and MP4 rendering in general; reelclaw-templates adds ready short-form formats on top of HyperFrames |
| Remotion Agent Skills | no | 6,903 | official Remotion skills for React video; here HTML compositions and a catalog of viral formats with hooks and QA |
README in short
Every template is also a skill: what inputs to collect, which command to run and what makes the format work. The shared playbook installs with the templates and refreshes on each `add` run.