{
 "name": "Skills, MCP servers and repos for video with Claude Code",
 "url": "https://gettakes.app/video-agents",
 "checked": "2026-10-29",
 "note": "Each repo was public, not archived and pushed to in the last 180 days on the checked date. Stars as read that day. Takes is made by the site owner.",
 "entries": [
  {
   "name": "Takes for Mac",
   "repo": "https://github.com/marvtub/takes-public",
   "group": "mcp",
   "kind": "MCP server + app",
   "what": "Records you with a teleprompter that follows your voice, then lets your agent cut the take, make the 9:16 clip, add captions and draft the posts.",
   "best_for": "Talking-head videos on a Mac, from script to post.",
   "install": "curl -fsSL https://gettakes.app/install | bash",
   "license": "MIT",
   "stars": 38,
   "note": "Adds its MCP server to Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, opencode, pi and Claude Desktop. Mac with Apple silicon only.",
   "page": "https://gettakes.app/video-agents#takes-for-mac"
  },
  {
   "name": "Kinocut",
   "repo": "https://github.com/KyaniteLabs/kinocut",
   "group": "mcp",
   "kind": "MCP server + CLI",
   "what": "Gives an agent tested ffmpeg tools: trim, caption, turn a long video into Shorts and Reels, and check the result before it calls the job done.",
   "best_for": "Agent edits on Mac, Windows or Linux.",
   "install": "pip install kinocut",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "stars": 229,
   "note": "Python 3.11+. Also in the official MCP Registry.",
   "page": "https://gettakes.app/video-agents#kinocut"
  },
  {
   "name": "earshot",
   "repo": "https://github.com/Leonxlnx/earshot",
   "group": "mcp",
   "kind": "MCP server",
   "what": "Lets a coding agent hear audio: it reviews a mix, finds clicks and loud spots, and makes sound effects in code. It runs on the CPU.",
   "best_for": "Sound: review the mix, make a whoosh or a ding.",
   "install": "git clone https://github.com/Leonxlnx/earshot",
   "license": "MIT",
   "stars": 3218,
   "note": "Setup is a Python venv, then claude mcp add. The README has the steps.",
   "page": "https://gettakes.app/video-agents#earshot"
  },
  {
   "name": "HyperFrames",
   "repo": "https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes",
   "group": "skill",
   "kind": "Skill + CLI",
   "what": "Your agent writes a video as HTML and HyperFrames renders it to MP4. Made for titles, lower thirds, captions and short explainers.",
   "best_for": "Motion graphics and explainers.",
   "install": "npx skills add heygen-com/hyperframes",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "stars": 75326,
   "note": "In Claude Code you can also run: claude plugin install hyperframes@hyperframes",
   "page": "https://gettakes.app/video-agents#hyperframes"
  },
  {
   "name": "Remotion Agent Skills",
   "repo": "https://github.com/remotion-dev/skills",
   "group": "skill",
   "kind": "Skills",
   "what": "Teach your agent Remotion, where a video is a React app. Good for data videos and templates you render again and again.",
   "best_for": "Videos made from code and data.",
   "install": "npx skills add remotion-dev/skills",
   "license": "Remotion license",
   "stars": 5870,
   "note": "Remotion itself needs a company license for some companies. Read its license page first.",
   "page": "https://gettakes.app/video-agents#remotion-agent-skills"
  },
  {
   "name": "auto-editor",
   "repo": "https://github.com/WyattBlue/auto-editor",
   "group": "skill",
   "kind": "CLI + skill",
   "what": "Cuts the silent parts out of a video in one command. You set how much pause to keep around each cut.",
   "best_for": "A fast first pass on one long file.",
   "install": "npx skills add WyattBlue/auto-editor",
   "license": "Unlicense",
   "stars": 5658,
   "note": "The CLI itself installs from auto-editor.com/installing.",
   "page": "https://gettakes.app/video-agents#auto-editor"
  },
  {
   "name": "Anthropic's skills",
   "repo": "https://github.com/anthropics/skills",
   "group": "skill",
   "kind": "Skills",
   "what": "Anthropic's own skills. None of them edits video, but skill-creator helps you write a video skill of your own, and slack-gif-creator makes animated GIFs.",
   "best_for": "Writing your own video skill.",
   "install": "/plugin marketplace add anthropics/skills",
   "license": "See each skill",
   "stars": 184737,
   "note": "Run the line inside Claude Code, not in Terminal.",
   "page": "https://gettakes.app/video-agents#anthropics-skills"
  },
  {
   "name": "FFmpeg",
   "repo": "https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg",
   "group": "tool",
   "kind": "Tool",
   "what": "The program almost every video skill calls in the end. It cuts, joins, crops to 9:16, burns in captions and changes formats.",
   "best_for": "Every cut, crop and export.",
   "install": "brew install ffmpeg",
   "license": "LGPL / GPL",
   "stars": 66041,
   "note": "Agents know it well. Long filter chains can still fail, so check the result.",
   "page": "https://gettakes.app/video-agents#ffmpeg"
  },
  {
   "name": "whisper.cpp",
   "repo": "https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp",
   "group": "tool",
   "kind": "Tool",
   "what": "Turns speech into text on your own computer, with a time for each word. Those word times are what an agent cuts on.",
   "best_for": "Transcripts and captions, fast on a Mac.",
   "install": "brew install whisper-cpp",
   "license": "MIT",
   "stars": 54766,
   "note": "Runs offline. Fast on Apple silicon.",
   "page": "https://gettakes.app/video-agents#whispercpp"
  },
  {
   "name": "OpenAI Whisper",
   "repo": "https://github.com/openai/whisper",
   "group": "tool",
   "kind": "Tool",
   "what": "The original Whisper speech model in Python. Slower than whisper.cpp, but many skills on GitHub call it by name.",
   "best_for": "Skills that expect the Python whisper command.",
   "install": "pip install openai-whisper",
   "license": "MIT",
   "stars": 111534,
   "note": "Give it a prompt full of ums and it keeps them, so they can be cut.",
   "page": "https://gettakes.app/video-agents#openai-whisper"
  }
 ]
}