How do I install the Remotion Best Practices skill?

Run npx skillmds@latest add remotion-dev/remotion-best-practices-3 in your terminal (requires Node.js), paste this page's agent-chat prompt into Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-connected agent, or download the SKILL.md file and copy it into your agent's skills directory.

What does the Remotion Best Practices skill do?

Router for all Remotion skills It is listed under Coding & Dev Tools on SkillMD.

Is Remotion Best Practices safe to use?

This skill has not completed SkillMD's automated safety review yet. Independent scanners report: SkillSpector: PASS, Skill Scanner: PASS. SkillMD never runs a skill's scripts for you; review the SKILL.md before installing.

Which AI agents work with Remotion Best Practices?

This skill is tagged as working with Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex. SKILL.md is an open format, so most agents that read a skills directory can load it too.

Is Remotion Best Practices free to use?

Yes. Installing skills from SkillMD is free, and the skill stays under its author's original license.

Who published Remotion Best Practices?

Remotion (@remotion-dev) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Remotion Best Practices by remotion-dev

Name: Remotion Best Practices
Author: Remotion

File contents

Preserve user changes

Users may make edits in the code outside of the conversation.

If you detect a surprising change made in the meanwhile, don't overwrite it, assume it was intentional or ask for confirmation.

Creating a video

If the user asks to make, create, or build a new video or composition, load Create a new Remotion video, whether or not a Remotion project already exists.

New project setup

If no Remotion project currently exists, load Create a new Remotion project

React Markup Best Practices

If you are writing Remotion React Markup, load Remotion Markup Best Practices

Maps

For static maps, animated routes and markers, geographic explainers, Mapbox, MapLibre, MapTiler, GeoJSON, or 3D geographic flyovers, load Remotion Maps.

Multimedia

For achieving multimedia tasks in the browser, such as trimming, cropping videos, or getting metadata from them, load Remotion Multimedia

Improving Interactivity

By structuring the Remotion markup well, we can allow users to interactively change things in the Studio and write back to code. If relevant: Interactivity Best Practices

Rendering

For advanced rendering beyond simple npx remotion render, see: Rendering Best Practices

Opening Remotion Studio

To launch a project in Remotion Studio, open its exact local URL, or configure Studio CLI flags, load Remotion Studio.

Captions

When working with Captions, load Remotion Captions.

Creating a SaaS, automation or application

Use the Remotion SaaS skill for knowledge about Remotion-powered SaaS apps, such as <Player>, rendering on Lambda, Vercel, Cloudflare, via Express.js, client-side rendering, or for finding the right SaaS template.

Looking up Remotion APIs and documentation

To find and read current Remotion documentation, load Remotion Docs.

Upgrading

To upgrade Remotion, related packages, compatible Mediabunny packages, and installed Remotion Agent Skills, load Remotion Upgrade.

Codex troubleshooting

When running inside Codex, first try starting the Remotion Studio without opening the system browser:

npx remotion studio --no-open

Only if that fails with file watcher limits such as EMFILE: too many open files, watch, retry with polling and without opening a browser from Codex:

npx remotion studio --no-open --webpack-poll 1000

If Studio still fails to start from Codex, ask the user to start it manually from their macOS Terminal and then continue using the already-running Studio. Sandbox errors while launching Chromium from Codex are likely caused by the Codex/macOS sandbox rather than the Remotion project.

---name: remotion-best-practices-3description: Router for all Remotion skills---## Preserve user changesUsers may make edits in the code outside of the conversation.If you detect a surprising change made in the meanwhile, don't overwrite it, assume it was intentional or ask for confirmation.## Creating a videoIf the user asks to make, create, or build a new video or composition, load [Create a new Remotion video](./remotion-create/REFERENCE.md), whether or not a Remotion project already exists.## New project setupIf no Remotion project currently exists, load [Create a new Remotion project](./remotion-create/REFERENCE.md)## React Markup Best PracticesIf you are writing Remotion React Markup, load [Remotion Markup Best Practices](./remotion-markup/REFERENCE.md)## MapsFor static maps, animated routes and markers, geographic explainers, Mapbox, MapLibre, MapTiler, GeoJSON, or 3D geographic flyovers, load [Remotion Maps](./remotion-maps/REFERENCE.md).## MultimediaFor achieving multimedia tasks in the browser, such as trimming, cropping videos, or getting metadata from them, load [Remotion Multimedia](./remotion-multimedia/REFERENCE.md)## Improving InteractivityBy structuring the Remotion markup well, we can allow users to interactively change things in the Studio and write back to code. If relevant: [Interactivity Best Practices](./remotion-interactivity/REFERENCE.md)## RenderingFor advanced rendering beyond simple `npx remotion render`, see: [Rendering Best Practices](./remotion-render/REFERENCE.md)## Opening Remotion StudioTo launch a project in Remotion Studio, open its exact local URL, or configure Studio CLI flags, load [Remotion Studio](./remotion-studio/REFERENCE.md).## CaptionsWhen working with Captions, load [Remotion Captions](./remotion-captions/REFERENCE.md).## Creating a SaaS, automation or applicationUse the [Remotion SaaS skill](./remotion-saas/REFERENCE.md) for knowledge about Remotion-powered SaaS apps, such as `<Player>`, rendering on Lambda, Vercel, Cloudflare, via Express.js, client-side rendering, or for finding the right SaaS template.## Looking up Remotion APIs and documentationTo find and read current Remotion documentation, load [Remotion Docs](./remotion-docs/REFERENCE.md).## UpgradingTo upgrade Remotion, related packages, compatible Mediabunny packages, and installed Remotion Agent Skills, load [Remotion Upgrade](./remotion-upgrade/REFERENCE.md).## Codex troubleshootingWhen running inside Codex, first try starting the Remotion Studio without opening the system browser:```bashnpx remotion studio --no-open```Only if that fails with file watcher limits such as `EMFILE: too many open files, watch`, retry with polling and without opening a browser from Codex:```bashnpx remotion studio --no-open --webpack-poll 1000```If Studio still fails to start from Codex, ask the user to start it manually from their macOS Terminal and then continue using the already-running Studio. Sandbox errors while launching Chromium from Codex are likely caused by the Codex/macOS sandbox rather than the Remotion project.

Frequently asked questions

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