remotion-server

What This Skill Does

The remotion-server skill provides an enterprise-grade headless video rendering environment directly on your Linux infrastructure. By leveraging the power of Remotion, this skill enables the OpenClaw agent to programmatically generate MP4s, WebM files, or GIF animations without the overhead of a graphical interface or the requirement of macOS hardware. It handles the browser-level orchestration needed to render high-quality web-based animations into video assets, making it ideal for automating content creation pipelines. The skill includes pre-configured templates for common tasks like chat demos and title cards, which can be easily customized through JSON data structures.

Installation

To integrate this skill, use the ClawHub CLI: clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/mvanhorn/remotion-server. Once installed, you must perform a one-time execution of the setup script located at {baseDir}/scripts/setup.sh. This script installs critical headless browser dependencies, including specialized Chrome binaries and system libraries (e.g., libnss3, libgbm1, and libatk) required for rendering. Ensure your environment has sufficient permissions to run system-level dependency installations.

Use Cases

This skill is perfect for developers, creators, and teams looking to automate video production. Primary use cases include generating dynamic social media assets, creating "screen-cast" style product demos from chat logs, rendering automated title sequences for video series, and creating programmatic visual reporting. Because it runs on Linux, it is perfectly suited for CI/CD pipelines and headless server environments.

Example Prompts

1. "Generate a new chat promo video based on the latest support ticket conversation in messages.json."
2. "Create a title card for our upcoming dev-stream with the text 'Deploying with Claw' using the title template."
3. "Render the current chat template as a WebM file at 1080p resolution for the documentation site."

Tips & Limitations

• Review Before Use: Always inspect the generated JSON data in src/messages.json before rendering to ensure no sensitive information is present.
• Performance: Rendering is CPU and RAM intensive. For large batch jobs, ensure your Linux server has adequate resources.
• Customization: While the skill provides templates, you are free to modify the underlying Remotion code to build entirely custom video architectures.
• Security: This skill does not access remote APIs or cloud storage, meaning all rendering occurs strictly within your local environment, keeping your intellectual property secure.