Free skill for Claude Code

Turn any page or doc into a video that actually gets watched.

Type /storyboard and a link. Claude plans the story, writes the narration, choreographs every scene on a real motion engine, voices it, and renders an MP4 — all on your machine.

Download the skill See how it works

Free · Runs locally in Claude Code · No API key needed for the built-in voice

This 90-second tour was made with /storyboard: script, voice, animation and render. Chapters and transcript

Works with the content you already have
  • Web page URL
  • PDF
  • Markdown
  • Word .docx
  • Existing HTML page
  • Pasted text
The transformation

From wall-of-text to watch-worthy

Your content already says something worth watching. The skill gives it pictures, pacing, and a voice.

Before · your doc
After · your video
How it works

One command. Three phases. Zero timeline editing.

Every phase writes a plain file you can read and tweak, so you can stop, edit, and pick up where you left off.

  1. 1

    Plan & script

    Point it at a URL, PDF, doc, or text. Claude picks a narrative shape, maps an emotional arc across the beats, and writes narration timed to your target length — concept.md and script.md.

  2. 2

    Voice & animate

    Generate the voice-over with a free neural voice (or ElevenLabs), then Claude acts as the animator — choosing entrances, transitions, and word-synced hits for every beat in storyboard.html.

  3. 3

    Audit & render

    Preview it in your browser, run the built-in audit to catch broken or lifeless beats, then render a finished MP4 with headless Chromium and ffmpeg.

claude
> /storyboard https://yourblog.com/how-we-cut-onboarding-time --duration 60s
  ✓ concept.md    8 beats · problem → frame → solution · energy arc 2-3-5-3-4-5-2-4
  ✓ script.md     152 words · SSML breaks · beats block
  ✓ voiceover.mp3 free neural voice · exact slide cues
  ✓ storyboard.html 8 slides · 14 presets · 3 transitions · 4 word hits
  ✓ audit         0 errors
  ✓ storyboard.mp4 1920×1080 · ready to post
Features

A motion studio inside Claude Code

Scripting, choreography, narration, and rendering — the parts that used to take a team and a week.

Claude is your animator

It explores creative directions, picks one, and choreographs each beat using the 12 principles of animation — a focal entrance, an atmospheric layer, a quiet breath where the story needs it.

A real motion engine

110+ animation presets, spring physics, staggered cascades, chained sequences, camera dollies with parallax depth, shared-element morphs, and 20+ cinematic slide transitions.

Charts that draw themselves

Bar grows, donut sweeps, line draws, comparison bars, and counters that animate on the audio clock — so every number lands exactly as it's said.

Voice-over, your way

A free neural voice with no API key, voiced beat by beat so slide changes land exactly — or ElevenLabs for premium voices. Word timestamps drive per-word visual hits.

Characters & dazzle

Rig your own mascot with moods, gestures and gaze in the built-in rigger. Add confetti, fireworks, badges and 20+ other celebration effects, or pull from a curated 100+ Lottie index.

16:9 and 9:16, rendered to MP4

Horizontal for YouTube and the web, vertical for Reels, TikTok and Shorts. Or use adopt mode to narrate an existing HTML page without touching its styles.

Character rigging

A cast that acts on cue

Drop in a presenter or mascot and direct it like an actor: it waves, looks at the chart you're talking about, points, reacts and talks along with the voice-over.

Rendered by the skill. Every pose is computed from the timestamp, so it loops and renders frame-perfect.

  • Nine built-in characters. Two people (modern flat and construction-paper cutout, with skin, hair and outfit options) plus seven mascots: blob, orb, bot, cat, ghost, star and bean.
  • Moods and gestures. Happy, sad, surprised, thinking and wink; wave, nod, jump, bounce, shrug and spin.
  • Gaze and pointing. Characters look at or point to any element on the slide, so the viewer's eye follows.
  • Talks with the voice-over. Lip-sync rides the narration, and speech bubbles pop on cue.
  • Bring your own. Rig your own SVG art in the visual rigger: drag the eyes and mouth into place and export it.
<div data-anim="character" data-char="bot"
  data-acts="0.8:happy; 2.2:look=#chart;
    3.4:surprised; 5:jump; 6.4:say=Wow!">

One attribute is the whole performance: a timeline of acts, relative to the slide's cue. See every act and option

Looks

Seven signature styles

Each style carries its own palette, motion vocabulary, and transitions — pick one per video and the whole piece moves with one personality.

AaKurzgesagt
AaApple Keynote
AaDocumentary
AaBold Editorial
AaData Journalism
AaNeon Tech
AaPlayful Pop
Use cases

Built for everyone who has more to say than time to film

Marketers

Turn blog posts, case studies, and launch notes into social video — at the pace your calendar actually needs.

Creators & educators

Convert lessons, scripts, and notes into clear, animated explainers your audience finishes — and remembers.

Founders & product teams

Spin up product explainers, changelog recaps, and pitch videos straight from the docs you've already written.

Developers

Every phase is a file and every tool is a script — wire storyboards into your own Claude Code workflows and CI.

Install

Up and running in four steps

You'll need Claude Code and Python 3.9 or newer.

  1. 1 Download and unzip into your skills folder

    Download storyboard-skill.zip ~2 MB

    macOS / Linux

    unzip storyboard-skill.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/

    Windows (PowerShell)

    Expand-Archive storyboard-skill.zip -DestinationPath $HOME\.claude\skills

  2. 2 Install the render tools

    python -m pip install playwright imageio-ffmpeg numpy edge-tts
python -m playwright install chromium

    Optional: python -m pip install elevenlabs and set ELEVENLABS_API_KEY for premium voices.

  3. 3 Check your setup

    python "$HOME/.claude/skills/storyboard/doctor.py" --smoke

    Tells you exactly what's missing and how to fix it, then renders a two-second test video.

  4. 4 Make your first video

    In Claude Code:

    /storyboard https://your-page.com

    Try --aspect 9:16 for vertical, --duration 60s to set the length, or /storyboard adopt page.html to narrate an existing page.

FAQ

Questions, answered

What do I need to use it?

Claude Code, Python 3.9 or newer, and a few free Python packages for rendering — Playwright with Chromium, imageio-ffmpeg (bundles its own ffmpeg), and edge-tts for the free voice. Run doctor.py and it will tell you what's missing.

Is it really free?

Yes. The skill is a free download and runs inside your own Claude Code plan. The built-in voice needs no API key. ElevenLabs is optional and bills your own ElevenLabs account.

What can I turn into a video?

A web page URL, a PDF, a Word or Markdown document, pasted text, or an existing HTML page or deck. Adopt mode narrates an existing page as-is, without changing its styles.

What do I get at the end?

A project folder: the plan (concept.md), the narration (script.md), a playable animated storyboard.html, the voice-over MP3, and a rendered MP4 in 16:9 or 9:16. Edit any file and re-render.

Can I change the script or the timing?

Yes — everything is plain text. Edit the narration and regenerate the voice, or open the deck in your browser and use the built-in calibration keys to retime slides by ear. Sample-accurate timing from a DAW (via AAF export) is supported too.

Where does my content go?

Claude Code processes your source under your own plan. The free voice sends the narration text to Microsoft's online text-to-speech service; ElevenLabs, if you choose it, receives the narration text. Animation and rendering happen entirely on your machine.

Who built Easy Storyboard?

It's built by , a product manager and AI consultant who ships production Claude AI — chat widgets, knowledge bases, and agentic workflows — for subscription apps and SaaS teams. He also makes Help Me Breathe, a guided breathing timer for sleep, stress and focus, and Gapscout, an AI ad automation platform for every channel.

Can I use the videos commercially?

The visuals and the bundled sound effects are yours to use. For narration, check the terms of the voice provider you pick — ElevenLabs' paid plans cover commercial use; the free voice is best for drafts and personal projects.

Your next video is one command away.

Bring a link, a doc, or a page. Walk away with a video worth posting.

Download the skill Install guide

Free · Runs in Claude Code · Your content, your video