Remotion Video Toolkit
Write React components, get real MP4 videos. This skill teaches your AI agent how to build with Remotion — from a first animation to a production rendering pipeline.
29 rules. Every major Remotion feature covered.
What you can build with this
Personalized video at scale Feed user data as JSON props, render a unique video per user. Think Spotify Wrapped, GitHub Unwrapped, onboarding walkthroughs — one template, thousands of outputs.
Automated social media clips Pull live data (stats, leaderboards, product metrics) and render daily or weekly video posts without anyone touching a timeline editor.
Dynamic ads and marketing videos Swap in customer name, product image, pricing. Same template, infinite variations. Render server-side via API or Lambda.
Animated data visualizations Turn dashboards and KPI reports into shareable video clips with animated charts and transitions.
TikTok and Reels captions Transcribe audio, display word-by-word highlighted subtitles, export ready for upload.
Product showcase videos Auto-generate from your database — images, specs, pricing — straight to MP4.
Educational and explainer content Animated course materials, certificate videos, step-by-step walkthroughs — all driven by code.
Video generation as a service Expose rendering as an HTTP endpoint. Your app sends JSON, gets back a video file.
Requirements
- Node.js 18+
- React 18+ (Remotion renders React components frame-by-frame)
- Remotion — scaffold with
npx create-video@latest - FFmpeg — ships with
@remotion/renderer, no separate install needed - For serverless rendering: AWS account (Lambda) or GCP account (Cloud Run)
What's inside
Core
| Rule | Description |
|---|---|
| Compositions | Define videos, stills, folders, default props, dynamic metadata |
| Rendering | CLI, Node.js API, AWS Lambda, Cloud Run, Express server patterns |
| Calculate metadata | Set duration, dimensions, and props dynamically at render time |
Animation and timing
| Rule | Description |
|---|---|
| Animations | Fade, scale, rotate, slide |
| Timing | Interpolation curves, easing, spring physics |
| Sequencing | Delay, chain, and orchestrate scenes |
| Transitions | Scene-to-scene transitions |
| Trimming | Cut the start or end of any animation |
Text and typography
| Rule | Description |
|---|---|
| Text animations | Typewriter, word highlight, reveal effects |
| Fonts | Google Fonts and local font loading |
| Measuring text | Fit text to containers, detect overflow |
Media
| Rule | Description |
|---|---|
| Videos | Embed, trim, speed, volume, loop, pitch shift |
| Audio | Import, trim, fade, volume and speed control |
| Images | The Img component |
| GIFs | Timeline-synced GIF playback |
| Assets | Importing any media into compositions |
| Decode check | Validate browser compatibility |
Captions and subtitles
| Rule | Description |
|---|---|
| Transcribe captions | Audio to captions via Whisper, Deepgram, or AssemblyAI |
| Display captions | TikTok-style word-by-word highlighting |
| Import SRT | Load existing .srt files |
Data visualization
| Rule | Description |
|---|---|
| Charts | Animated bar charts, line graphs, data-driven visuals |
Advanced
| Rule | Description |
|---|---|
| 3D content | Three.js and React Three Fiber |
| Lottie | After Effects animations via Lottie |
| TailwindCSS | Style compositions with Tailwind |
| DOM measurement | Measure element dimensions at render time |
Media utilities
| Rule | Description |
|---|---|
| Video duration | Get length in seconds |
| Video dimensions | Get width and height |
| Audio duration | Get audio length |
| Extract frames | Pull frames at specific timestamps |
Quick start
# Scaffold a project
npx create-video@latest my-video
# Preview in browser
cd my-video && npm start
# Render to MP4
npx remotion render src/index.ts MyComposition out/video.mp4
# Pass dynamic data
npx remotion render src/index.ts MyComposition out.mp4 --props '{"title": "Hello"}'
Contribute
Source: github.com/shreefentsar/remotion-video-toolkit
Missing something? Found a better approach? Open a PR — new rules, improved examples, bug fixes all welcome.
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