# Remotion Create

> Scaffolds a new Remotion video project, guides React markup design with video layout rules, and starts the Remotion Studio preview server.

- Skill: `remotion-dev/remotion-create` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 3 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds add remotion-dev/remotion-create`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/remotion-dev/remotion-create/raw
- Safety review: CAUTION (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools, Web & Frontend, Dev Tooling, Frontend Frameworks
- Tags: Create Video, Npx, React, Remotion, Remotion Studio, Video
- Author: Remotion (https://skillmd.com/u/remotion-dev)
- Updated: 2026-08-22
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/remotion-dev/remotion-create

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These are instructions for making a new Remotion project and composition.  
If this is not the next task, see [Remotion Best Practices](../remotion-best-practices/SKILL.md)

## Scaffold a project

If a project already exists, skip this.
Ensure Node.js and Git is installed, and the current folder is appropriate for starting a new project.

Scaffold one using:

```bash
npx create-video@latest --yes --blank --no-tailwind my-video
cd my-video
npm i
```

Replace `my-video` with a suitable project name.

## Designing a video

Keep the scaffold and add React Markup. Follow [Remotion React Markup Best Practices](../remotion-markup/SKILL.md) and [Video Layout Rules](video-layout.md) for video-first layout and text sizing guidance.

## Interactivity Best Practices

By structuring the React Markup following [Remotion Interactivity Best Practices](../remotion-interactivity/SKILL.md), you allow the user to make edits in the Studio which write back to code.

## TailwindCSS

If Tailwind is requested, see [tailwind.md](tailwind.md) for using TailwindCSS in Remotion.

## Starting preview

```bash
npx remotion studio --no-open
```

This will start a long-running process and print the server URL for the preview.

## Follow-up

The video creation process has finished.
For follow-up prompts, use [Remotion Best Practices](../remotion-best-practices/SKILL.md)