Image: Vibha Ramprakash
Why it mattersA creator who hires a video editor pays per edit. A skill like this moves 45 common edits into the chat window.
A creator who wants a reel-style edit usually opens a video editor. One common edit is brackets that follow their face. Another is a comment box that types itself. Vibha Ramprakash released a free Claude skill that puts 45 of these edits inside Claude. A user drops a video into the chat and types /effects with the name. Claude then renders a new file next to the original.
The repository is at github.com/Vibha-Ramprakash/claude-video-effects. It carries an MIT-style license. The project went up on 22 October and passed 250 stars six days later. That is strong early traction for a skill of this kind. The audio of the clip is kept as it was.
What the effects do
The README lists each effect in a table. There are 45 of them. Some add things around the face. locked-on draws brackets that follow the face. orbit sends small reels around the head. spotlight darkens everything except the person on cue.
Some draw a scene around the clip. backdrop-word drops a big word behind the person. comment-box types out an Instagram-style comment and posts it. cover-star turns the clip into a magazine cover.
Some are quick frame tricks. lean-in punches in on a single word. pause-point freezes the clip with a hand-drawn arrow. reject-stamp slams a red stamp onto the frame.
Users can stack effects in one request. The README gives this example. Add locked-on from 6 to 10 seconds. Then add orbit from 10 to 13 seconds. Then stamp "no". Claude reads a few frames first. It fixes anything that would cover the person's face before the final render runs.
How the skill is set up
The skill is a folder that goes under ~/.claude/skills/effects. The README gives a one-line install command. The first run takes about two minutes. The skill installs ffmpeg and Python if they are missing. After that, every call writes a new file called <yourvideo>_effects.mp4 next to the original clip.
The author points at a longer paid product on their own site. It carries more effects and new ones each week. The free skill is the core 45, under one license.
Why this is a good shape for a skill
A video effect is a small, well-defined job. It has a clear input and a clear output. A skill bundles the prompt, the ffmpeg recipe and the review step. That turns 45 editor jobs into 45 named commands. A creator used to hire an editor for each short clip. They can now ask Claude for one of these edits by name. A team doing the same work on a product video gets the same gain.
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