# Creativeclaw Minimax H3 Max > Apply MiniMax H3 Max prompting, storyboard, and reference techniques after Creative Claw selects that model family. Use when the user explicitly requests H3 Max, MiniMax H3 Max, or H3 Max Fast, or when another Creative Claw workflow routes a fast cinematic clip to an H3 Max model. - Skill: `creativeclawco/creativeclaw-minimax-h3-max` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 6 files) - Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add creativeclawco/creativeclaw-minimax-h3-max` - Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/creativeclawco/creativeclaw-minimax-h3-max/raw - Safety review: pending - Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex - Category: AI & ML - Author: creativeclawco (https://skillmd.com/u/creativeclawco) - Updated: 2026-09-17 - Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/creativeclawco/creativeclaw-minimax-h3-max --- # Creative Claw — MiniMax H3 Max Read [shared execution guidance](references/workflow-basics.md) once per task before using tools. It covers existing authorization, model discovery, optional cost checks, imports, and recovery. Use `video/minimax-h3-max` for fast, aesthetically strong 480P, 768P, or Full HD (1080P) video with native synchronized audio, optional first/last frames, and multimodal references. Use `video/minimax-h3-max-turbo` only when the user prioritizes lower latency and cost and does not need reference video or reference audio. Do not invent an `h3-max-lite` model ID. The current faster lightweight route is `video/minimax-h3-max-turbo`. ## Core workflow 1. Define one shot: duration, ratio, subject, action, camera, audio, and continuity anchors. 2. Search or import source assets. 3. Reuse a supplied opening image. Generate a storyboard only when requested or unresolved appearance/continuity needs it; a clear text-to-video request can proceed directly. Create missing boundary frames only when the requested transition needs them. 4. Fetch missing settings with `get_model_params` for the exact selected H3 Max or Turbo model; reuse its schema for unchanged shots. 5. Choose text, first-frame, first-to-last, or reference mode deliberately. 6. Assign every reference a role using H3 Max's one-based `Image 1`, `Video 1`, and `Audio 1` language. 7. Set `agentic_prompting: false` for exact reference labels, dialogue, timecodes, or locked prompt structure. 8. Generate at 480P for cheap motion tests, 768P (default) for balanced results, or 1080P (Full HD) for the highest-quality final H3 Max output. 9. Inspect visible motion and synchronized audio before reuse. ## Choose the route | Need | Model and inputs | | --- | --- | | Fast text-to-video | H3 Max with `prompt`. | | Animate an approved opening | H3 Max with `image_url`. | | Controlled first-to-last motion | H3 Max with `image_url` and `last_frame_url`. | | Identity, style, motion, or audio references | H3 Max with `image_urls`, `video_urls`, and/or `audio_urls`. | | Fastest lower-cost text/image draft | H3 Max Turbo; verify its current schema first. | H3 Max reference video conditions a new result. It is not a precise source-video editor. ## Current H3 Max contract | Field | Current use | | --- | --- | | `duration` | Whole seconds from 5 through 15; default 5. | | `aspect_ratio` | `21:9`, `16:9`, `4:3`, `1:1`, `3:4`, `9:16`; `adaptive` for reference mode. | | `image_url` | Literal first frame. | | `last_frame_url` | Optional literal destination frame. | | `image_urls` | Up to 9 references, cited as `Image 1` through `Image 9`. | | `video_urls` | Up to 3 clips, cited as `Video 1` onward. | | `audio_urls` | Up to 3 clips, cited as `Audio 1` onward; requires an image or video reference. | | `resolution` | `480P`, `768P` (default), or `1080P` for Full HD; pass it through the top-level Creative Claw field. | | `extras.prompt_expansion_mode` | `disabled`, `balanced`, or `quality`. | Current limits are model-specific: up to 12 total reference files; reference video and audio clips are commonly 2–15 seconds with no more than 15 seconds combined per modality. Recheck the runtime schema rather than applying these limits to another model. ## Storyboard-first direction H3 Max responds well when the opening composition is already solved: 1. Turn the brief into two to four filmable beats. 2. Generate an approved start frame at the final ratio. 3. Use a separate character/product reference if the start frame does not show every protected detail clearly. 4. Generate a compatible end frame when pose, camera destination, product state, or continuity matters. 5. Use motion video only to teach movement or camera rhythm; say which parts must not transfer. 6. Use audio only to teach timing, speech, music, or sound texture. Do not upload a storyboard grid. Use individual clean frames and individual reference files. ## First and last frames ### First frame Pass the approved opening as `image_url`. Prompt the change after frame zero: ```text From the supplied first frame, the motorcycle launches forward and wet gravel sprays behind the rear tire. The rider, bike geometry, road, and dusk lighting remain unchanged. Low tracking camera, no cuts. ``` ### First and last frame Pass both `image_url` and `last_frame_url`. Match aspect ratio and visual continuity between them. Describe a single temporal bridge: ```text Begin exactly at the first frame and reach the supplied last frame at second 10. The camera cranes upward while the crowd parts and the performer walks into the spotlight. Continuous natural movement; preserve face, clothing, stage layout, and lighting direction. No cuts or sudden pose morphs. ``` If the endpoints differ too much in identity, geometry, perspective, or environment, revise the images first rather than asking the video model to hide an impossible transition. ## Reference language H3 Max uses one-based words without `@`: ```text Image 1 = exact character identity and wardrobe. Image 2 = exact product shape and materials. Video 1 = body choreography and camera rhythm only. Audio 1 = dialogue timing and voice energy. ``` Then direct the result: ```text Use Image 1 as the locked character identity and wardrobe. Use Image 2 as the locked product geometry. Follow only the body choreography and lateral camera rhythm of Video 1; do not copy its performer, set, or clothing. Use Audio 1 for speech timing and emotional cadence. The character crosses the workshop and places the product beneath the inspection light. Preserve identity and product details. One continuous shot; no captions, duplicated objects, or extra limbs. ``` Do not use Seedance `@Image1` or Omni `` syntax here. ## Prompt structure ```text References: [Image/Video/Audio N → role and protected attributes]. Shot: [duration, ratio, single shot or explicit beats]. Subject and environment: [concrete visible facts]. Action: [two to four ordered filmable beats]. Camera: [framing, angle, one principal movement]. Look: [lighting, lens feel, texture, palette]. Audio: [quoted dialogue, synchronized effects, ambience, music, or silence]. Continuity: [identity, wardrobe, geometry, location]. Avoid: [specific failure modes, text, cuts, additions]. ``` Bind sounds to visible actions: “The latch clicks as the lid reaches ninety degrees.” Keep dialogue short and quote it. Describe what the camera sees, not abstract marketing goals. ## Prompt expansion - Use `balanced` for ordinary briefs. - Use `quality` for a loose idea that benefits from richer cinematic elaboration. - Use `disabled` for exact dialogue, precise reference roles, timecodes, legal copy, or carefully authored shot plans. - Set `agentic_prompting: false` when no rewriting layer should alter the prompt. Avoid two independent rewriting passes. Inspect the final prompt behavior if references appear misassigned. ## Prompt examples Cinematic product shot: ```text Eight-second single shot. A graphite smartwatch rests on black volcanic stone. Condensation rolls across the glass as the display wakes and one silver droplet slides down the edge. Extreme macro, slow clockwise orbit, hard white rim light with a subtle red reflection. Precise watch shape and button placement. Audio: low room tone, tiny electrical pulse, crisp droplet impact. No hands, text, watermark, extra buttons, cuts, or product deformation. ``` Reference-guided action: ```text Image 1 is the exact athlete identity and uniform. Video 1 supplies only the sprinting gait and low follow-camera rhythm. Audio 1 supplies breath cadence and shoe impacts. Ten-second continuous shot on a wet night track. Preserve the face, body proportions, uniform, and lane markings. The athlete accelerates through the bend as the camera tracks beside them, then eases ahead for the final two seconds. Stadium ambience and synchronized footsteps. No copied performer from Video 1, no cuts, text, or identity drift. ``` First-to-last transition: ```text Start exactly at the empty-stage frame and end exactly at the supplied full-stage frame. Across twelve seconds, practical lights ignite from back to front while the band enters naturally and takes position. One slow crane down toward the lead singer. Preserve stage architecture, instruments, people, and final pose. Native crowd murmur grows into applause. No cuts, teleportation, or duplicate performers. ``` ## Quality and feedback Check identity, reference roles, endpoint accuracy, physical continuity, subject motion, camera smoothness, audio synchronization, lip movement, unwanted cuts, and duplicated anatomy. If motion is too weak, replace static adjectives with visible verbs and reduce competing actions. Use `submit_feedback` when H3 Max repeatedly misuses a reference, ignores a boundary frame, creates poor synchronized audio, or exposes unclear runtime limits. Include the exact model ID and mode; distinguish H3 Max from H3 Max Turbo.