Best practices for Remotion video creation in React

by jdrhyne · MIT license · ★ 240 on GitHub · updated Aug 30

Best practices for Remotion video creation in React — compositions, sequences, animation, timing, and rendering. Use when building, reviewing, or debugging Remotion videos.

---
name: remotion
description: Best practices for Remotion video creation in React — compositions, sequences, animation, timing, and rendering. Use when building, reviewing, or debugging Remotion videos.
metadata:
  tags: remotion, video, react, animation, composition
---

## When to use

Use this skills whenever you are dealing with Remotion code to obtain the domain-specific knowledge.

## How to use

Read individual rule files for detailed explanations and code examples:

- [rules/3d.md](rules/3d.md) - 3D content in Remotion using Three.js and React Three Fiber
- [rules/animations.md](rules/animations.md) - Fundamental animation skills for Remotion
- [rules/assets.md](rules/assets.md) - Importing images, videos, audio, and fonts into Remotion

Overview

Use this skills whenever you are dealing with Remotion code to obtain the domain-specific knowledge.

Manual install (npx, ZIP)

Claude Codenpx skills add jdrhyne/agent-skills --skill remotion -g -a claude-code

Claude Code (manual)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && curl -sL https://codeload.github.com/jdrhyne/agent-skills/tar.gz/439cd3a9da78 \
  | tar -xz -C ~/.claude/skills --strip-components=2 agent-skills-439cd3a9da78/skills/remotion

Windows (PowerShell)

New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force "$HOME\.claude\skills" | Out-Null; Invoke-WebRequest "https://m.agentalley.io/zip/7024ff5dee606f7e1bb9/remotion.zip" -OutFile "$env:TEMP\remotion.zip"; Expand-Archive "$env:TEMP\remotion.zip" -DestinationPath "$HOME\.claude\skills" -Force

Claude.ai / desktopDownload the ZIP and upload it under Settings → Capabilities → Skills.

Codex, Cursor, other agentsPoint them at SKILL.md. The other files are plain text.

Connects with Agent Alley MCP · agentalley.io/mcp

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.clawhub/1 file · 140 B
rules/31 files · 72.7 KB

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When to use

Use this skills whenever you are dealing with Remotion code to obtain the domain-specific knowledge.

How to use

Read individual rule files for detailed explanations and code examples:

rules/3d.md - 3D content in Remotion using Three.js and React Three Fiber
rules/animations.md - Fundamental animation skills for Remotion
rules/assets.md - Importing images, videos, audio, and fonts into Remotion
rules/audio.md - Using audio and sound in Remotion - importing, trimming, volume, speed, pitch
rules/calculate-metadata.md - Dynamically set composition duration, dimensions, and props
rules/can-decode.md - Check if a video can be decoded by the browser using Mediabunny
rules/charts.md - Chart and data visualization patterns for Remotion
rules/compositions.md - Defining compositions, stills, folders, default props and dynamic metadata
rules/display-captions.md - Displaying captions in Remotion with TikTok-style pages and word highlighting
rules/extract-frames.md - Extract frames from videos at specific timestamps using Mediabunny
rules/fonts.md - Loading Google Fonts and local fonts in Remotion
rules/get-audio-duration.md - Getting the duration of an audio file in seconds with Mediabunny
rules/get-video-dimensions.md - Getting the width and height of a video file with Mediabunny
rules/get-video-duration.md - Getting the duration of a video file in seconds with Mediabunny
rules/gifs.md - Displaying GIFs synchronized with Remotion's timeline
rules/images.md - Embedding images in Remotion using the Img component
rules/import-srt-captions.md - Importing .srt subtitle files into Remotion using @remotion/captions
rules/lottie.md - Embedding Lottie animations in Remotion
rules/measuring-dom-nodes.md - Measuring DOM element dimensions in Remotion
rules/measuring-text.md - Measuring text dimensions, fitting text to containers, and checking overflow
rules/sequencing.md - Sequencing patterns for Remotion - delay, trim, limit duration of items
rules/tailwind.md - Using TailwindCSS in Remotion
rules/text-animations.md - Typography and text animation patterns for Remotion
rules/timing.md - Interpolation curves in Remotion - linear, easing, spring animations
rules/transcribe-captions.md - Transcribing audio to generate captions in Remotion
rules/transitions.md - Scene transition patterns for Remotion
rules/trimming.md - Trimming patterns for Remotion - cut the beginning or end of animations
rules/videos.md - Embedding videos in Remotion - trimming, volume, speed, looping, pitch

1	---
2	name: remotion
3	description: Best practices for Remotion video creation in React — compositions, sequences, animation, timing, and rendering. Use when building, reviewing, or debugging Remotion videos.
4	metadata:
5	tags: remotion, video, react, animation, composition
6	---
7
8	## When to use
9
10	Use this skills whenever you are dealing with Remotion code to obtain the domain-specific knowledge.
11
12	## How to use
13
14	Read individual rule files for detailed explanations and code examples:
15
16	- [rules/3d.md](rules/3d.md) - 3D content in Remotion using Three.js and React Three Fiber
17	- [rules/animations.md](rules/animations.md) - Fundamental animation skills for Remotion
18	- [rules/assets.md](rules/assets.md) - Importing images, videos, audio, and fonts into Remotion
19	- [rules/audio.md](rules/audio.md) - Using audio and sound in Remotion - importing, trimming, volume, speed, pitch
20	- [rules/calculate-metadata.md](rules/calculate-metadata.md) - Dynamically set composition duration, dimensions, and props
21	- [rules/can-decode.md](rules/can-decode.md) - Check if a video can be decoded by the browser using Mediabunny
22	- [rules/charts.md](rules/charts.md) - Chart and data visualization patterns for Remotion
23	- [rules/compositions.md](rules/compositions.md) - Defining compositions, stills, folders, default props and dynamic metadata
24	- [rules/display-captions.md](rules/display-captions.md) - Displaying captions in Remotion with TikTok-style pages and word highlighting
25	- [rules/extract-frames.md](rules/extract-frames.md) - Extract frames from videos at specific timestamps using Mediabunny
26	- [rules/fonts.md](rules/fonts.md) - Loading Google Fonts and local fonts in Remotion
27	- [rules/get-audio-duration.md](rules/get-audio-duration.md) - Getting the duration of an audio file in seconds with Mediabunny
28	- [rules/get-video-dimensions.md](rules/get-video-dimensions.md) - Getting the width and height of a video file with Mediabunny
29	- [rules/get-video-duration.md](rules/get-video-duration.md) - Getting the duration of a video file in seconds with Mediabunny
30	- [rules/gifs.md](rules/gifs.md) - Displaying GIFs synchronized with Remotion's timeline
31	- [rules/images.md](rules/images.md) - Embedding images in Remotion using the Img component
32	- [rules/import-srt-captions.md](rules/import-srt-captions.md) - Importing .srt subtitle files into Remotion using @remotion/captions
33	- [rules/lottie.md](rules/lottie.md) - Embedding Lottie animations in Remotion
34	- [rules/measuring-dom-nodes.md](rules/measuring-dom-nodes.md) - Measuring DOM element dimensions in Remotion
35	- [rules/measuring-text.md](rules/measuring-text.md) - Measuring text dimensions, fitting text to containers, and checking overflow
36	- [rules/sequencing.md](rules/sequencing.md) - Sequencing patterns for Remotion - delay, trim, limit duration of items
37	- [rules/tailwind.md](rules/tailwind.md) - Using TailwindCSS in Remotion
38	- [rules/text-animations.md](rules/text-animations.md) - Typography and text animation patterns for Remotion
39	- [rules/timing.md](rules/timing.md) - Interpolation curves in Remotion - linear, easing, spring animations
40	- [rules/transcribe-captions.md](rules/transcribe-captions.md) - Transcribing audio to generate captions in Remotion
41	- [rules/transitions.md](rules/transitions.md) - Scene transition patterns for Remotion
42	- [rules/trimming.md](rules/trimming.md) - Trimming patterns for Remotion - cut the beginning or end of animations
43	- [rules/videos.md](rules/videos.md) - Embedding videos in Remotion - trimming, volume, speed, looping, pitch
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