setup-guide skill
Guides users through installing the Remotion Superpowers plugin, acquiring API keys, and troubleshooting MCP server connections.
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What does the setup-guide skill do?
setup-guide guides users through installing the Remotion Superpowers plugin, acquiring API keys, and troubleshooting MCP server connections.
Summary generated from the skill's SKILL.md.
About the setup-guide skill
Helping users install the Remotion Superpowers plugin and configure necessary API keys is the primary function of this skill. It serves developers who need to set up a video generation environment by providing instructions for dependency installation, such as using npx skills add remotion-dev/skills, and managing updates via npx remotion upgrade. An agent should load this skill when a user runs a setup command or encounters difficulties with MCP server connections.
This knowledge base explains how to integrate the plugin with Remotion's twelve official Agent Skills, which handle tasks like rendering, captions, and markup. It also guides the configuration of provider skills like ElevenLabs for audio and Replicate for optional models. The skill provides specific guidance on project scaffolding using npx create-video@latest and ensures users understand how to manage environment variables like ELEVENLABS_API_KEY and REPLICATE_API_TOKEN to enable media generation features.
What an agent can do with it
- 1Initial plugin installationGuide a developer through the command line steps to install the Remotion Superpowers plugin and its required companion skills.
- 2Troubleshooting connection issuesAssist a user who is experiencing errors while trying to connect to their MCP server.
- 3Configuring audio and model providersProvide instructions on how to acquire and set up API keys for ElevenLabs or Replicate to enable media generation.
- 4Setting up a new video projectWalk a user through scaffolding a new Remotion project from scratch using the correct terminal commands.
Written from the skill's SKILL.md. Every use case is checked against a quote from it.
How to install the setup-guide skill
Each command copies the skill folder into the client's skills directory. Restart the client or start a new session to load it.Install the setup-guide skill in Plugin
/plugin marketplace add DojoCodingLabs/remotion-superpowers /plugin install remotion-superpowers@remotion-superpowers
Install the setup-guide skill in Claude Code
~/.claude/skills/setup-guide/SKILL.md
$ npx degit DojoCodingLabs/remotion-superpowers/skills/setup-guide ~/.claude/skills/setup-guideInstall the setup-guide skill in Claude Code (project)
.claude/skills/setup-guide/SKILL.md
$ npx degit DojoCodingLabs/remotion-superpowers/skills/setup-guide .claude/skills/setup-guideInstall the setup-guide skill in Codex
~/.agents/skills/setup-guide/SKILL.md
$ npx degit DojoCodingLabs/remotion-superpowers/skills/setup-guide ~/.agents/skills/setup-guideInstall the setup-guide skill in Gemini CLI
~/.gemini/skills/setup-guide/SKILL.md
$ npx degit DojoCodingLabs/remotion-superpowers/skills/setup-guide ~/.gemini/skills/setup-guideInstall the setup-guide skill in Claude.ai
npx degit DojoCodingLabs/remotion-superpowers/skills/setup-guide setup-guide && zip -r setup-guide.zip setup-guide # claude.ai → Customize → Skills → + → Create skill → Upload a skill → setup-guide.zip
SKILL.md
View on GitHubSetup Guide for Remotion Superpowers
This skill contains knowledge for helping users set up the plugin and troubleshoot issues. The step-by-step wizard is the setup skill; keep advice here consistent with it.
Required companion: Remotion's official Agent Skills
Remotion Superpowers layers on top of Remotion's 12 official skills (remotion-best-practices, remotion-captions, remotion-create, remotion-docs, remotion-interactivity, remotion-maps, remotion-markup, remotion-multimedia, remotion-render, remotion-saas, remotion-studio, remotion-upgrade). This plugin owns media generation; the official skills own markup, scaffolding, preview, captions and rendering.
- Install:
npx skills add remotion-dev/skills(detects the installed agents and installs to each; select all 12 if asked) - Update:
npx remotion upgradefrom the project (also updates project-local skills), ornpx skills update <the 12 names> --yeswhen@remotion/cliisn't installed - New project: scaffold as official
remotion-createsays: inspect the folder first, thennpx create-video@latest --yes --blank --no-tailwind(.for an empty folder, or a subfolder name), thennpm i. Don't recommend Tailwind unless the user asks. - Launch directory: start the agent from the Remotion project root; remotion-media tools write to
public/of the directory the agent was launched from.
Provider skills this plugin builds on
- ElevenLabs (voice, SFX, music, transcription):
npx skills add elevenlabs/skills. Generation runs through its SDK withELEVENLABS_API_KEY. The ElevenLabs MCP server in this plugin is deprecated upstream and kept for one more release. - Replicate (optional models):
npx skills add replicate/skills, with the localreplicate-mcpserver andREPLICATE_API_TOKEN. - TwelveLabs has no Agent Skills; point to https://docs.twelvelabs.io.
Optional add-ons (not bundled)
Official servers from other providers that pair well with Remotion videos. Mention them only if the user asks for more models:
- fal: official MCP server with hundreds of image and video models (https://fal.ai/docs/documentation/setting-up/mcp)
- Runway: official MCP server for Runway video models (https://github.com/runwayml/runway-api-mcp-server)
- Google Gemini: official
google-gemini/gemini-skillsfor Veo and Imagen via the Gemini API - Codex users: OpenAI's official Remotion plugin covers Remotion markup; this plugin adds the media on top.
Rule Files
rules/api-keys-setup.md— Detailed instructions for obtaining each API key, signup URLs, free tiers, and pricing info
Files in this skill
2setup-guide skill questions
How do I install the setup-guide skill in Claude Code?
Run npx degit DojoCodingLabs/remotion-superpowers/skills/setup-guide ~/.claude/skills/setup-guide. Claude Code loads skills from ~/.claude/skills (all projects) or .claude/skills (one project) and uses a skill when its description matches the task.
Which clients can use the setup-guide skill?
Any client that reads the Agent Skills format: Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI and claude.ai (upload as a ZIP). Scripts in the skill run only where the client allows code execution.
How do I install the required Remotion official Agent Skills?
You can install them using the command npx skills add remotion-dev/skills and selecting all 12 skills if prompted.
How should I start a new Remotion project for this plugin?
Scaffold a new project using npx create-video@latest --yes --blank --no-tailwind, then run npm i.
What is needed to use ElevenLabs for voice and music generation?
You must install the ElevenLabs skills using npx skills add elevenlabs/skills and provide an ELEVENLABS_API_KEY.