varg — AI Agent Skills for Video, Image, Speech & Music Generation

A collection of Agent Skills for AI video, image, speech, and music generation using the varg platform. One skill to access Seedance 2.5, Kling 4, Wan 3, Veo 3.1, Nano Banana 2.1, GPT Image 2.5, ElevenLabs v4 and 200+ more models — zero code, just prompt.

Works with Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, OpenCode, ClawHub, and any tool that supports the Agent Skills standard.

Installation

ClawHub (recommended)

# Install a specific skill
npx clawhub@latest install vargai

# Or install all skills from this repo
npx clawhub@latest install vargai

Claude Code plugin

Installs the varg-ai skill and the hosted varg MCP server (https://mcp.varg.ai/mcp, sign in with OAuth on first use):

claude plugin marketplace add vargHQ/skills
claude plugin install varg@varg

Or inside Claude Code: /plugin marketplace add vargHQ/skills, then /plugin install varg@varg.

Kiro power

powers/varg-how-to connects the keyless varg how to MCP (https://api.varg.ai/v2/skills/mcp) in Kiro: Powers panel → Add Custom Power → Import power from GitHub → https://github.com/vargHQ/skills/tree/main/powers/varg-how-to.

Claude Code (manual)

# Clone into personal skills directory (available in all projects)
git clone https://github.com/vargHQ/skills.git ~/.claude/skills/varg

# Or symlink individual skills
ln -s /path/to/skills/varg-ai ~/.claude/skills/varg-ai

OpenCode

# Clone into any supported skills directory
git clone https://github.com/vargHQ/skills.git ~/.opencode/skills/varg

# Also works with:
#   ~/.agents/skills/
#   .opencode/skills/ (project-level)

Agent Skills CLI

npx skills add vargHQ/skills --yes

Available Skills

How to make any AI video: not sure which skill fits a video request? Start with how-to-make-ai-video. It searches varg how to (varg.ai/how-to), 2,000+ checked video skills and step-by-step tutorials, and lists the options to offer before anything is generated. No key needed. The same search is available as a public MCP server: claude mcp add --transport http varg-how-to https://api.varg.ai/v2/skills/mcp.

Publish your own skill: connect the varg MCP (claude mcp add --transport http varg https://mcp.varg.ai/mcp) and ask your agent to "publish this skill to varg how to" (install varg-publish-skill so every listing gets the same card). It reads the skill, shows you the card and sends it with publish_skill; the varg team reviews it and it becomes searchable at varg.ai/how-to. No agent: the form at varg.ai/how-to/publish. Skills that join this repo go through a pull request (see the README of each skill and vargHQ/skills-marketplace → Adding a skill).

Skill	Description	ClawHub Slug
varg-ai	AI video, image, speech, and music generation	vargai
varg-previz	Plan multi-shot AI videos: story, anchors, a three.js grey-box previz with auto cameras, Seedance video-to-video packs	—
varg-video-editing	Which service to edit existing footage with, job by job (cuts, talking-head cleanup, Shorts, captions, AI restyle and swaps, dubbing, upscaling, QA, handing off to Resolve/Premiere/Final Cut), plus the rules that keep cuts frame-accurate and in sync	—
varg-video-edit-library	206 named edits for footage you already have, each with the look, when to use it, the common mistake, timings and a recipe for FFmpeg, HyperFrames, Remotion and CapCut: cuts and pacing (J/L cuts, match cuts, speed ramps), transitions (CapCut-style, every FFmpeg xfade, Remotion TransitionSeries, HyperFrames and GL shaders), headlines, quotes, end cards, UI walkthroughs, cursors, device mockups, code and terminal, AI agent flows, numbers and charts, logo walls, grids and backdrops	—
media-download	Save videos/audio by link from X, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and 1800+ sites (yt-dlp), and Pinterest images by pin, board or search (gallery-dl). Local, no API key	—
short-form-ffmpeg-cookbook	Short-form FFmpeg cookbook: copyable commands for Reels. Crop to 9:16, burn captions (SRT/ASS), trim and join, music with ducking; every command tested. Local, no API key	—
paper-shaders

Requirements

• VARG_API_KEY (get at varg.ai) or the hosted varg MCP (https://mcp.varg.ai/mcp) -- required for varg-ai, varg-previz and the format skills (varg-music-video, varg-character-keynote, varg-consistent-characters, varg-character-design and its category recipes, varg-podcast-video, varg-product-hook, varg-dropship-reel, the Kling 4 skills (kling-4-prompting, kling-4-keyframe-film, kling-4-action-montage), the occasion skills (varg-birthday-video, varg-occasion-video), ecommerce-video-ads, ai-ugc-ad-video, product-photo-to-video); media-download, short-form-ffmpeg-cookbook, paper-shaders, the motion craft skills (caption-styles, title-design, kinetic-type-art, social-overlays, app-ui-mockups, transition-craft, motion-formats, maps-and-data-motion, footage-effects), how-to-make-ai-video, varg-publish-skill (publishes with a varg login or key, no credits), video-skills, varg-video-edit-library, varg-video-editing, ecommerce-video-edit, ad-creative-testing, product-video-hooks (written hooks) and tiktok-shop-video (scripts) need no key (varg-video-editing uses varg only for the paid edits it recommends)
• Cloud mode: curl only (zero dependencies)
• Local mode: bun runtime + ffmpeg
• paper-shaders and the motion craft skills: Node 22 and ffmpeg for HyperFrames (npx hyperframes), or a Remotion 4 project; footage-effects needs only ffmpeg

What this plugin connects to

Everything the plugin runs, sends or fetches:

• varg how to MCP (https://api.varg.ai/v2/skills/mcp): no key. Sends the search text you or the agent type (search_how_to) and returns how-to cards. Searches are logged without IP or key (query, MCP client name, top results).
• varg MCP (https://mcp.varg.ai/mcp): OAuth sign-in to your varg account. Sends generation requests (prompts, uploaded or linked media) and spends your varg credits; results are stored in your varg account and served from s3.varg.ai.
• varg API (https://api.varg.ai): the skills' curl examples send VARG_API_KEY from your environment as a Bearer token to api.varg.ai only, never to any other host. Skills that need no key are listed under Requirements.
• media-download: runs yt-dlp on your machine against the video link you give it (X, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Pinterest and other sites yt-dlp supports) and saves the file locally.
• paper-shaders and varg-previz: render locally; varg-previz bundles three.js (MIT) in varg-previz/templates/previz/vendor/ so the previz page works offline.
• The plugin has no hooks and changes no Claude settings or permissions.

Privacy: https://varg.ai/privacy · Terms: https://varg.ai/terms · Security: SECURITY.md

Skill Structure

Each skill follows the Agent Skills specification:

skill-name/
├── SKILL.md            # Core instructions (required)
├── references/         # On-demand reference docs
│   ├── models.md       # Model catalog, pricing
│   ├── components.md   # Component reference
│   └── ...
├── scripts/            # Executable setup/helper scripts
│   └── setup.sh
└── assets/             # Static resources (optional)

Adding a New Skill

1. Create a directory at the repo root with your skill name (lowercase, hyphens only):

mkdir my-new-skill

2. Create my-new-skill/SKILL.md with cross-compatible frontmatter:

---
name: my-new-skill
description: >-
  What this skill does and when to use it.
  Include trigger keywords for auto-discovery.
license: MIT
metadata:
  author: vargHQ
  version: "1.0.0"
  openclaw:
    requires:
      env:
        - VARG_API_KEY
      anyBins:
        - curl
        - bun
    primaryEnv: VARG_API_KEY
    homepage: https://varg.ai
compatibility: >-
  Describe environment requirements here.
allowed-tools: Bash(bun:*) Bash(curl:*) Read Write Edit
---

Your skill instructions here...

3. Add reference docs in my-new-skill/references/ (keep SKILL.md under 500 lines).

4. Push to main -- the GitHub Actions workflow auto-publishes all changed skills to ClawHub via clawhub sync.

Frontmatter Field Reference

Field	Standard	Purpose
name	Agent Skills	Skill identifier (must match directory name)
description	Agent Skills	What + when (used for discovery in all tools)
license	Agent Skills	License (MIT for ClawHub)
metadata.author	Agent Skills	Author identifier
metadata.version	Agent Skills	Semver version string
metadata.openclaw	ClawHub	Runtime requirements, env vars, binaries
compatibility	Agent Skills	Human-readable requirements description
allowed-tools	Claude Code / OpenCode	Pre-approved tools (experimental in OpenCode)

All fields are cross-compatible -- tools ignore fields they don't recognize.

Quick Start

# 1. Install the skill
npx clawhub@latest install vargai

# 2. Set your API key
export VARG_API_KEY=varg_xxx

# 3. Run setup to verify environment
bash varg-ai/scripts/setup.sh

# 4. Make your first clip (TSX/JSX videos are deprecated; edit clips with the ffmpeg tool)
curl -fsSL https://varg.ai/install | sh && vargai login
vargai generate_video --prompt "waves at dusk" --duration 5

Documentation

• vargHQ/sdk -- Full SDK documentation
• vargHQ/templates -- Video template examples
• Agent Skills Spec -- Agent Skills format
• ClawHub -- Skill registry

License

MIT