Remotion

---
name: Remotion
description: Programmatic video creation with React. USE WHEN video, animation, motion graphics, video rendering, React video, intro video, YouTube video, TikTok video, video production, render video.
---

## 🚨 MANDATORY: Voice Notification (REQUIRED BEFORE ANY ACTION)

**You MUST send this notification BEFORE doing anything else when this skill is invoked.**

1. **Send voice notification**:
   ```bash
   curl -s -X POST http://localhost:8888/notify \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
     -d '{"message": "Running the WORKFLOWNAME workflow in the Remotion skill to ACTION"}' \
     > /dev/null 2>&1 &
   ```

2. **Output text notification**:
   ```
   Running the **WorkflowName** workflow in the **Remotion** skill to ACTION...
   ```

**This is not optional. Execute this curl command immediately upon skill invocation.**

# Remotion

Create professional videos programmatically with React.

## Customization

**Before executing, check for user customizations at:**
`~/.claude/skills/PAI/USER/SKILLCUSTOMIZATIONS/Remotion/`

## Workflow Routing

| Trigger | Workflow |
|---------|----------|
| "animate this", "create animations for", "video overlay" | `Workflows/ContentToAnimation.md` |

## Quick Reference

- **Theme:** Always use PAI_THEME from `Tools/Theme.ts`
- **Art Integration:** Load Art preferences before creating content
- **Critical:** NO CSS animations - use `useCurrentFrame()` only
- **Output:** Always to `~/Downloads/` first

**Render command:**
```bash
npx remotion render {composition-id} ~/Downloads/{name}.mp4
```

## Full Documentation

- **Art integration:** `ArtIntegration.md` - theme constants, color mapping
- **Common patterns:** `Patterns.md` - code examples, presets
- **Critical rules:** `CriticalRules.md` - what NOT to do
- **Detailed reference:** `Tools/Ref-*.md` - 28 pattern files from Remotion

## Tools

| Tool | Purpose |
|------|---------|
| `Tools/Render.ts` | Render, list compositions, create projects |
| `Tools/Theme.ts` | PAI theme constants derived from Art |

## Links

- Remotion Docs: https://remotion.dev/docs
- GitHub: https://github.com/remotion-dev/remotion