VideoExpress Scripting — an Agent 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 · Gemini. Claude Desktop and ChatGPT add this repo as a plugin marketplace; Grok installs the skill from its GitHub folder; Gemini takes the unzipped skill folder as an upload, or installs it in Gemini CLI.
• 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: 67 Creative mode styles, each with its own style sheet. The catalogue has a page and demo clip for the first 45; pages and clips for the 22 added in v2.6 are on the way.
• 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, Grok and Gemini. This repo ships one build per platform, each with its own install guide; Grok and Gemini use 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.