create-video-start

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---
name: create-video-start
description: Master orchestrator that chains all Remotion video creation skills together in a single automated pipeline. Takes a creative brief and produces a complete, production-ready Remotion video project. Use when starting a new video from scratch, when asked to "create a video", "make a video", "build a complete video", or "video from idea to code".
argument-hint: <creative-brief>
---

# Create Video Start

Master orchestrator skill that chains the entire Remotion video pipeline together. Takes a single creative brief and automatically invokes each specialized skill in sequence, passing outputs between them.

## What This Skill Does

Orchestrates the complete video creation pipeline:

1. **motion-designer** → Creates VIDEO_SPEC.md from creative brief
2. **remotion-scaffold** → Sets up project structure
3. **remotion-animation** → Generates animation configurations
4. **remotion-composition** → Creates Sequence layout
5. **remotion-component-gen** → Generates each scene component
6. **remotion-render-config** → Configures output settings
7. **remotion-asset-coordinator** → Prepares asset manifest

## Pipeline Execution

When invoked, execute this pipeline in order:

### Step 0: Setup

Create a working directory for pipeline artifacts:

```bash
# Create pipeline working directory
PIPELINE_DIR=".remotion-pipeline/$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)"
mkdir -p "$PIPELINE_DIR"
echo "Pipeline artifacts: $PIPELINE_DIR"
```

### Step 1: Motion Designer → VIDEO_SPEC.md

Generate the motion design specification from the creative brief:

```bash
# Invoke motion-designer skill
claude -p "You are using the /motion-designer skill.

Create a detailed VIDEO_SPEC.md for this creative brief:

$CREATIVE_BRIEF

Output a complete motion design specification with:
- Overview (duration, fps, dimensions)
- Color palette with hex codes
- Scene-by-scene breakdown with timing
- Animation details for each element
- Audio specifications

Write the spec to: $PIPELINE_DIR/VIDEO_SPEC.md" \
  --allowedTools "Read,Write,Edit,Bash"
```

**Checkpoint:** Verify VIDEO_SPEC.md exists and contains all required sections.

### Step 2: Remotion Scaffold → SCAFFOLD_MANIFEST.md

Create project folder structure:

```bash
# Invoke remotion-scaffold skill
claude -p "You are using the /remotion-scaffold skill.

Based on this VIDEO_SPEC.md:
$(cat $PIPELINE_DIR/VIDEO_SPEC.md)

Create the Remotion project scaffold:
1. Create folder structure for the composition
2. Create empty template files
3. Setup asset directories
4. Register composition in Root.tsx

Write manifest to: $PIPELINE_DIR/SCAFFOLD_MANIFEST.md
Write actual files to the project." \
  --allowedTools "Read,Write,Edit,Bash,Glob"
```

**Checkpoint:** Verify scaffold directories and files exist.

### Step 3: Remotion Animation → ANIMATION_CONFIG.md

Generate animation configurations:

```bash
# Invoke remotion-animation skill
claude -p "You are using the /remotion-animation skill.

Based on this VIDEO_SPEC.md:
$(cat $PIPELINE_DIR/VIDEO_SPEC.md)

Generate animation configurations:
1. Spring configs for each animation type
2. Interpolation mappings
3. Timing constants
4. Stagger delay patterns

Write to: $PIPELINE_DIR/ANIMATION_CONFIG.md

Output TypeScript constants that can be copied to constants.ts" \
  --allowedTools "Read,Write,Edit"
```

**Checkpoint:** Verify ANIMATION_CONFIG.md contains spring configs and timing.

### Step 4: Remotion Composition → COMPOSITION_STRUCTURE.md

Generate Sequence layout:

```bash
# Invoke remotion-composition skill
claude -p "You are using the /remotion-composition skill.

Based on this VIDEO_SPEC.md:
$(cat $PIPELINE_DIR/VIDEO_SPEC.md)

Generate composition structure:
1. Sequence ordering for all scenes
2. Transition timing between scenes
3. Duration calculations
4. Scene timing constants

Write to: $PIPELINE_DIR/COMPOSITION_STRUCTURE.md

Output the main composition JSX structure." \
  --allowedTools "Read,Write,Edit"
```

**Checkpoint:** Verify COMPOSITION_STRUCTUR