ratava/videoexpress-scripting-skill

An Agent Skill for planning and scripting multi-clip AI videos in VideoExpress 3.5 and later by PaulPonna.com. It turns a song, story or narration into a clip-by-clip prompt pack: start-image prompts, VE multishot video prompts, timing, and a generation QC checklist.
## See it in action
An example video planned, scripted and produced in VideoExpress with this skill. Click the image to watch on YouTube.
## Wiki: how-to and style catalogue
Install walkthroughs with screenshots: Claude Desktop · ChatGPT · Grok. Claude Desktop and ChatGPT add this repo as a plugin marketplace; Grok installs the skill from its GitHub folder.
How-To: install, start methods (concept, script, existing images), intake, the prompt pack, the three operating modes (manual, automated with Claude driving VideoExpress, shared), fixing problems and finishing, with flow diagrams for each step.
Style catalogue: all 45 Creative mode styles, each with its own page, demo clip and style sheet.
See all styles: existing presets reel · v2.2 new styles reel · full playlist
## Platforms
The skill follows the open Agent Skills standard, so the same core method runs in Claude, ChatGPT and Grok. This repo ships one build per platform, each with its own install guide; Grok uses the platform-neutral ChatGPT build. The repo is also a plugin marketplace for both: add ratava/videoexpress-scripting-skill once (Claude Desktop: Customize → Personal plugins → Add Marketplace; ChatGPT: Settings → Plugins → Add a Marketplace) and install the skill from there. Walkthroughs with screenshots: Install in Claude Desktop · Install in ChatGPT.
| Platform | Folder | Guide | Release package |
| Claude (desktop, web, mobile) | claude/ | Install in Claude Desktop (wiki, with screenshots) · claude/README.md | Add the repo as a plugin marketplace (ratava/videoexpress-scripting-skill) in Claude Desktop, or videoexpress-scripting-claude.zip |
| ChatGPT | chatgpt/ | Install in ChatGPT (wiki, with screenshots) · chatgpt/README.md | Add the repo as a plugin marketplace (ratava/videoexpress-scripting-skill), or videoexpress-scripting-chatgpt.zip |
| Grok | chatgpt/ | Install in Grok (wiki) · chatgpt/README.md | Ask Grok to install it from the chatgpt/skills/videoexpress-scripting folder link (free trial and paid plans only) |
The two builds share the same method, bible rules, prompt template, style sheets and failure fixes. They differ only in wording (which assistant is being addressed), the platform notes in the browser workflow, and platform metadata (agents/openai.yaml in the ChatGPT build).
## Companion skill: VideoExpress Prompt
VideoExpress Prompt is a step-by-step wizard for one prompt: a start image, a clip, or an image and its clip, or an improved version of a prompt you already have. It uses the same prompt rules, styles and lip-sync methods, and installs from the same marketplace (Claude Desktop, ChatGPT) or the same way in Grok: Install VideoExpress Prompt. Builds: claude-prompt/ and chatgpt-prompt/ (also used by Grok).
## What's new
See CHANGELOG.md. The first time the skill is used in a conversation, it also offers a short summary of what's new in the installed version.