What is this?
Reference Video Director is an Agent Skill that turns character, outfit, and scene reference images plus a rough story idea into a complete, ready-to-execute video-generation prompt, focusing on character consistency, couple POV shots, natural dialogue, micro-expressions, hand interaction, and camera continuity.
Reference Video Director is an Agent Skill that turns character, outfit, and scene reference images plus a rough story idea into a complete, ready-to-execute video-generation prompt, focusing on character consistency, couple POV shots, natural dialogue, micro-expressions, hand interaction, and camera continuity.Is this a video generator itself, or something else?It's not a video generator itself — it's a Skill folder (built around a SKILL.md file) that you load into an Agent Skills or Codex Skill compatible client; it writes prompts for video models like Seedance, Hailuo, Kling, Veo, or Sora to actually execute.
It's not a video generator itself — it's a Skill folder (built around a SKILL.md file) that you load into an Agent Skills or Codex Skill compatible client; it writes prompts for video models like Seedance, Hailuo, Kling, Veo, or Sora to actually execute.How do I install and start using it?Download the repo as a ZIP or git-clone it, keep the whole 'reference-video-director' folder intact (SKILL.md plus the references/ directory), then import that folder through your client's Skills / Agent Skills / Custom Skills import option and refresh the skill list.
Download the repo as a ZIP or git-clone it, keep the whole 'reference-video-director' folder intact (SKILL.md plus the references/ directory), then import that folder through your client's Skills / Agent Skills / Custom Skills import option and refresh the skill list.Which clients can run this skill?Any agent, CLI, or Codex-style client that supports Agent Skills or Codex Skill imports can use it directly from the repo folder; no API key or extra software is mentioned beyond that.
Any agent, CLI, or Codex-style client that supports Agent Skills or Codex Skill imports can use it directly from the repo folder; no API key or extra software is mentioned beyond that.Any pitfalls when setting it up?Don't download only the SKILL.md file — you must keep the entire folder structure (SKILL.md plus references/) or the skill will not behave correctly.
Don't download only the SKILL.md file — you must keep the entire folder structure (SKILL.md plus references/) or the skill will not behave correctly.How does it handle multiple reference images?When you upload character, outfit, and scene references together, you should tell it what each image represents so it avoids face-swapping, outfit mixing, or scene drift in the output.
When you upload character, outfit, and scene references together, you should tell it what each image represents so it avoids face-swapping, outfit mixing, or scene drift in the output.Can it produce two linked 30-second clips?Yes — if you ask for a second 30-second continuation, it carries over the previous clip's character position, action, and state so the two segments connect smoothly.
Yes — if you ask for a second 30-second continuation, it carries over the previous clip's character position, action, and state so the two segments connect smoothly.What's the core writing philosophy behind the prompts?It favors realism over drama: character reactions over fancy lines, couple chemistry over forced romance, micro-expressions over big gestures, and pauses over nonstop dialogue.
It favors realism over drama: character reactions over fancy lines, couple chemistry over forced romance, micro-expressions over big gestures, and pauses over nonstop dialogue.Does it support languages other than Chinese?It automatically follows the user's input language — Chinese input gets Chinese output, English input gets English output, or you can explicitly request a language.
It automatically follows the user's input language — Chinese input gets Chinese output, English input gets English output, or you can explicitly request a language.What are similar projects?kid-papercraft, seedance2-skill, h3-storyboard-skill, God-minmax-H3, AI-drama-pound, ian-xiaohei-illustrations, awesome-seedance, bigpeng-hot-gzh
kid-papercraft, seedance2-skill, h3-storyboard-skill, God-minmax-H3, AI-drama-pound, ian-xiaohei-illustrations, awesome-seedance, bigpeng-hot-gzhWhich topics is it in?ai-video-generation, skill-md, prompt, text-to-video, codex-skill, chinese-language, content-creation, agent-skill, claude-skills, workflow, video-generation, prompt-engineering
ai-video-generation, skill-md, prompt, text-to-video, codex-skill, chinese-language, content-creation, agent-skill, claude-skills, workflow, video-generation, prompt-engineering