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General Video Skill

General Video coordinates a custom HyperFrames composition when no specialized route fits.

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Best for

Creators building custom code-based video compositions

What you get

Resume an existing edit + Coordinate custom scenes

Main limitation

Depends on companion Skills, CLI tools and required media providers.

First risk

Media requests and file changes. Keep assets authorized, scope external requests and review generated project changes.

EVIDENCE FRESHNESS

Three checks, kept separate

A recent source check is not a runtime test or security audit.

Upstream sourceChecked 2026-10-19

Pinned revision · 58c873d8

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Updated 2026-10-19

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IN PLAIN ENGLISH

What it does—and when it fits

General Video coordinates a custom HyperFrames composition when no specialized route fits. It starts from project state, preserves settled decisions for edits and brings together media, design, motion and assembly instructions. Fresh creation still goes through the HyperFrames entry workflow.

This is aimed at Creators building custom code-based video compositions. Compare the examples below with your task, then review the limitations, permissions, and risks before installing.

What you get
  • Resume an existing editRead the brief and preserve completed decisions.
  • Coordinate custom scenesUse the relevant media and motion companions.
  • Review before renderingValidate the composition and approve its final preview.
What makes it different
  • Routes from the actual project state rather than always starting over.
  • Coordinates responsibilities without replacing specialized references.
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INSTALL BY AGENT

Choose your Agent

Paths come from official Agent docs or the universal installer behind skills.sh. Compatibility still follows this Skill's record.

Portable

This path can receive standard SKILL.md packages, but SkillSignal has not runtime-tested this Skill / Agent pair. Agent-specific tools, hooks, or frontmatter may need changes.

Project install (recommended)
npx skills add https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes --skill general-video --agent claude-code
Personal install
npx skills add https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes --skill general-video --agent claude-code -g

Project install stays with this repository for team sharing. Personal install adds -g and works across repositories.

View install paths
Project path.claude/skills/general-video/
Personal path~/.claude/skills/general-video/
Official agent docs

Claude Code discovers custom Skill folders automatically at project or personal scope.

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TYPICAL WORKFLOW

A practical workflow

01

Resume an existing edit

Read the brief and preserve completed decisions.

02

Coordinate custom scenes

Use the relevant media and motion companions.

03

Review before rendering

Validate the composition and approve its final preview.

THE TRADEOFFS

Advantages and tradeoffs

Notable strengths

  1. Routes from the actual project state rather than always starting over.
  2. Coordinates responsibilities without replacing specialized references.

Limitations

  1. Depends on companion Skills, CLI tools and required media providers.
  2. Optional paid providers and render time are not made free by the instruction file.

COMPARE THE TRADEOFF

Consider these close alternatives

These are deterministic nearby candidates, not paid placements or a universal ranking. Open the full profile before choosing.

01

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Tradeoff to check
Free accounts have one-time trial credits (about one design run); sustained use requires a paid plan. The Skill depends on Sleek's remote API, and pricing or limits may change.
First risk
Credentials, subscription, and brief privacy · High
Source state
Pinned · bd6696bb
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02

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product-launch-video

Product Launch Video organizes a promotional video from a product URL, supplied material or brief.
Tradeoff to check
Failed product capture does not justify invented screens or claims.
First risk
Public claims and third-party media · High
Source state
Pinned · 58c873d8
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03

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Tradeoff to check
Pure reasoning over exports cannot validate attribution, benchmark freshness, or platform data quality.
First risk
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Source state
Pinned · 1f564408
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BEST FIT

Who it is for

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Creators building custom code-based video compositions

BEFORE YOU USE IT

Risks to review before use

High

Media requests and file changes

Keep assets authorized, scope external requests and review generated project changes.

Medium

Upstream instruction drift

Behavior can change with upstream updates. Record the commit used for important workflows and review updates before adoption.

SECURITY

What the permission profile means

  • Declared access remains governed by the current upstream SKILL.md and runtime requests.
  • Treat repository files, web content, and tool output as untrusted input.
  • SkillSignal has not independently executed or security-audited this package; external skills.sh labels are not SkillSignal certification.

Not a security certification. External ratings are attributed references. SkillSignal has not independently executed or security-reviewed this Skill.

COMMON QUESTIONS

General Video Skill FAQ

What is the General Video Skill?

General Video coordinates a custom HyperFrames composition when no specialized route fits. It starts from project state, preserves settled decisions for edits and brings together media, design, motion and assembly instructions. Fresh creation still goes through the HyperFrames entry workflow.

How do I install the General Video Skill?

Open and review the listed source, choose the project or personal path for your Agent, then verify the first run in a controlled project. Inspect the fixed source and the companion Skills named for your task.

Is the General Video Skill safe to use?

SkillSignal checked the source on 2026-10-19, but that is not a runtime test or security certification. Review the “Media requests and file changes” risk first and begin with the least access required.

INSIDE THE PACKAGE

Indexed files

SKILL.mdUpstream Skill instructionsSource-linked

TAGS

video-workflowcomposition

Original source analysis of heygen-com/hyperframes at 58c873d8161d6a2357eacf89a540bfecc359349b, file skills/general-video/SKILL.md, checked 2026-10-19. No installation, runtime test or security audit was performed. Linked branches and downloaded dependencies may differ from this revision.