FavStash Creator Skills: find ideas, script, edit and publish short videos with Claude Code or Codex
Give this prompt to your agent:
Set up FavStash creator skills for my short-form workflow.
Clone https://github.com/alisadiq-ai/favstash-ai-video-editing-skills and follow:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/alisadiq-ai/favstash-ai-video-editing-skills/main/INSTALL_FOR_AGENTS.md
Install all ten skills and the local media tools they need in my workspace.
Check whether FavStash is connected; if not, connect it with the FavStash CLI
(Codex or Claude Code) or guide me through sign-in. Verify the setup, then tell
me how to start my first reel.
Give your AI agent the whole short-form loop. These free, open-source skills
teach Claude Code, Codex or any skills-aware agent to find proven ideas, write
scroll-stopping scripts in your voice, edit Reels, TikToks and Shorts in five
finished styles, then publish and learn from the results.
The creator loop
flowchart LR
R[1 · Research<br/>find-ideas] --> S[2 · Script<br/>write-script]
S --> E[3 · Edit<br/>edit-video + a style]
E --> P[4 · Publish & learn<br/>publish-and-analyze]
P -->|results pick the next idea| R
| Stage | Skill | What your agent does |
|---|
| 1 · Research | find-ideas | Finds proven reels to adapt (3× their creator's median), reads saved inspiration and suggests what to make next |
| 2 · Script | write-script | Copies the proven hook, adds as many equally aggressive alternatives as you want to test, writes one shared body in your voice and hands over a filmable brief |
| 3 · Edit | edit-video | Cuts your takes, removes retakes, adds captions, sound and motion graphics, keeps everything in safe areas and reviews the actual export |
| 4 · Publish & learn | publish-and-analyze | Exports at full quality, picks a real-frame cover, avoids duplicate holds on hook variants, schedules after your approval and compares results |
Every skill works on its own. FavStash closes the loop:
your saved reels feed research, approved cuts go to Instagram, TikTok, YouTube or
LinkedIn, and the analytics pick the next test.
Editing styles
edit-video is the base for every edit. Add the style that fits the story; each one
lives in its own folder under skills/3-editing-styles/.
adaptive-glass: speaker plus moving proof in glass panels
For product, tool and explainer reels with real screen proof. Palettes are matched to your footage.
paper-grid: white grid pane, one animated UI artifact per line
For tool, repo and feature explainers where every sentence names something to show.
breakout-card: your head breaks out of a card at the bottom
For talking-head explainers that alternate graphics with personal lines. One-to-two-word captions in Montserrat.
product-motion-ads: a motion-graphics ad built from your product
For promoting a product, physical or digital (a gadget, a bottle, an app, a SaaS tool), a free resource or a comment-to-DM giveaway, with no camera footage. Your agent plans the story from the product itself (its app, site, photos or packaging), carries one object from scene to scene and locks every sound to its frame. It also makes a 16:9 launch film for YouTube or a landing page.
motion-effects: 33 named effects for any talking-head edit
Ask for an effect by name: kinetic hook, gravity drop, giant captions, timeline, grade slider, title card, comment drop, orbit, frame break, vertigo, paper cut, rewind and 21 more. Big words sit behind you, and your own frames, posts and waveform appear inside the UI. Each effect has a copy-paste prompt.
text-over-footage: one readable line over matching B-roll
For jokes, observations and setup/payoff reels, with footage matched to the line.
Free to use
The skills are free and open source (Apache-2.0). FavStash's free plan includes
unlimited saved items and stash searches, 100 transcript and AI enrichments, one
connected channel and 10 posts a month. See the current plans.
Install
Paste the prompt above into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or another local coding agent.
It follows INSTALL_FOR_AGENTS.md to install the skills,
prepare FFmpeg, HyperFrames and GSAP in your workspace, render a smoke test and
connect FavStash. You only sign in; the agent does the rest.
npx skills add https://github.com/alisadiq-ai/favstash-ai-video-editing-skills
Add --skill edit-video --skill paper-grid (for example) to pick skills. The
agent setup guide covers media tools and the FavStash connection.
For Claude Code or Codex, the FavStash CLI connects your stash and uploads local files:
npm install -g @sketric/favstash-mcp@latest
favstash auth login
favstash setup --agent claude-code
favstash doctor
Use --agent codex for Codex. Other agents connect through FavStash's MCP server
with OAuth (connection guide).
This repository is also a Claude plugin, favstash-creator-skills, with all ten
skills and the FavStash connector. Load it in Claude Code for one session:
claude --plugin-dir ./favstash-ai-video-editing-skills
Skills are namespaced under the plugin, for example
/favstash-creator-skills:edit-video, and Claude also picks them up when your
request fits. Connect FavStash from the plugin's connectors with OAuth. The editing
skills need the local media tools in the agent setup guide,
so use the plugin in Claude Code or in Cowork on your own computer.
Try it
Use $find-ideas to find three proven reels about AI coding tools I could adapt.
Use $write-script to adapt this reel into a few hooks to test and one body in my voice.
Use $edit-video with $breakout-card to edit these takes into a 40-second reel.
Use $edit-video with $product-motion-ads to make a 25-second ad for my app from its code,
ending on "comment TEMPLATE".
Use $edit-video with $motion-effects to add a kinetic hook, a timeline and a comment drop
ending on "comment EDITOR" to my talking-head video.
Use $publish-and-analyze to prepare covers and a caption for this cut, then compare
last week's hook test once I approve.
FAQ
Do I need FavStash? No. Research, scripting and editing work without it. FavStash
adds your saved inspiration, scheduling and analytics so the loop closes.
Will my agent post without asking? No. It delivers a local cut. Posting needs your
approval for the exact file, cover, caption, account and time.
What runs where? Editing runs locally with FFmpeg and HyperFrames (Node 22+).
paper-grid, breakout-card and the duplicate check also use Python. The
breakout card's built-in person matte uses Apple Vision on macOS; on other systems,
supply a matte from any segmentation tool.
What does it send, and where? The bundled scripts run on your machine and make no
network requests; your footage, renders and preferences stay in your workspace.
Data leaves your machine only through FavStash tools you connect: the remote MCP
server at https://mcp.favstash.app/mcp (OAuth) or the FavStash CLI. They search
your stash, read your connected accounts' analytics, and upload and schedule a
post only after you approve the exact file, caption, account and time. See the
FavStash privacy policy.
Can I use a saved reel as a reference? Yes, for analysis. Adapt its hook,
structure and pacing, and make the video from your own footage. Downloaded footage
and music stay analysis-only unless you have reuse rights.
Contributing
npm test
npm run validate
See contributing and security. Code, instructions
and original SFX use Apache-2.0; external tools and the bundled Montserrat
font keep their own licenses. The style previews come from
the maintainer's own reels, with the speaker replaced by a placeholder.
