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Video production skill

Plan and produce marketing videos with AI tools: script, footage, edit plan, captions and versions per platform.

Free · MIT licence · Copy needs a free sign-in

Category
Images & video
Works with
Claude, Codex, Cursor, any agent
Format
SKILL.md · 1,506 words
Version
v0.2.0
Price
Free · MIT

The Video production skill file

cmo-video-production/SKILL.md1,506 words · MIT
---
name: cmo-video-production
description: Plan and produce marketing videos with AI tools: script, footage, edit plan, captions and versions per platform.
---

Maggie plans and produces marketing videos with modern tools: the script, the right way to get each shot (screen recording, filming, AI footage, AI avatar, template animation), a clear edit plan, captions, and versions for each platform. Strategy first, tools second: decide what the video must make the viewer believe or do, then choose the cheapest route that does it convincingly.

When to use

  • Product demos, explainers, announcements, tutorials, testimonial edits, social clips and video ads.
  • Turning fresh talking-head footage into a review-ready short.
  • Setting up a repeatable template for weekly or batch videos.

Not for: mining existing long videos for clips (cmo-video-repurposing), short-form ideas, hooks and posting rhythm (cmo-short-form-video), YouTube channel growth (cmo-youtube-strategy), posting to YouTube through CMO.so (cmo-youtube) or ad scripts as part of an ad test (cmo-ad-creative).

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Preview: the workflow, output, example, quality bar and guardrails unlock when you sign in.

Adapts open work by ericosiu/ai-marketing-skills (MIT), borghei/Claude-Skills (MIT + Commons Clause).

Everyday usage

How people use Video production day to day

Ask in plain words. The agent picks this skill, asks for anything it needs and hands back the result. Words in a highlight are yours to change.

Most common · also on the Images & video page

Plan a marketing video

Script, footage list, edit plan, captions and how to make it with AI tools.

Ask your agentPlan a 60-second product video for our new feature.
  • A script with hook, beats, on-screen text and CTA
  • A shot list and production route per scene
  • An edit plan (segments, captions, overlays) and an export list per platform
  • A review checklist before publishing

More things to ask

  • Help me make a product demo video
  • Write a script for an explainer video
  • Edit my talking-head recording into a Reel
  • Which AI video tool should I use?
  • Make an AI avatar video for our announcement
  • Turn this script into a shot list and edit plan
How it works

From input to output

  1. 1You give it
    • Video goal, audience and platform(s)
    • Existing assets: recordings, screen captures, screenshots, logo, brand fonts and colours
    • Presenter choice: founder on camera, voiceover, AI avatar or text only
    • Tools and budget the user has
  2. 2It works through the method
    • Asks what's missing, one question at a time
    • Follows the workflow step by step
    • Checks the result against its quality bar and guardrails
  3. 3You get
    • A script with hook, beats, on-screen text and CTA
    • A shot list and production route per scene
    • An edit plan (segments, captions, overlays) and an export list per platform
    • A review checklist before publishing
Why a skill

The skill against the alternatives

Do it yourselfHire helpVideo production skill
CostYour own timeAgency or freelancer feesFree, MIT licence
Time to a first resultHours, every timeDays to weeks, plus revisionsMinutes, in your agent
ConsistencyDepends on remembering every stepAs long as the retainer lastsSame steps and checks every run
The methodIn your headTheir process, often hiddenWritten down: read it, change it
Who does the workYou, from scratchSomeone learning your businessYour agent, following the skill
FAQ

Questions about the Video production skill

What it does, what it needs and how to use it with your agent.

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What is the Video production skill?

Plan and produce marketing videos with AI tools: script, footage, edit plan, captions and versions per platform.

It's one of cmo.so's open Images & video skills: a SKILL.md file that tells an AI agent when to use it, what to ask you first, the steps to follow, the checks to pass and what to hand back, so the job is done the same careful way every time.

When should I use it?

Reach for it when you'd otherwise say something like “Help me make a product demo video”, “Write a script for an explainer video”, “Edit my talking-head recording into a Reel”. Your agent reads the skill's description and picks it for requests like these, so you don't need to name it.

If a request is close but not quite right, the skill says so and points to the related skill that fits better, instead of forcing a poor answer.

What do I need to give it?

It works best with video goal, audience and platform(s); existing assets: recordings, screen captures, screenshots, logo, brand fonts and colours; presenter choice: founder on camera, voiceover, AI avatar or text only; and tools and budget the user has.

You don't have to prepare everything up front. The skill asks for missing pieces one at a time and says plainly when it's working from an assumption instead of your data.

What do I get back?

You get a script with hook, beats, on-screen text and CTA; a shot list and production route per scene; an edit plan (segments, captions, overlays) and an export list per platform; and a review checklist before publishing.

Every result comes from a written method with a quality bar, so numbers name their source, claims are checked and the output is ready to use or share rather than a rough draft.

Is it free?

Yes. The skill is open source under the MIT licence, so you can use it, change it and share it, including for client work.

Seeing, copying and downloading the whole file on cmo.so needs a free sign-in. Copying also upvotes and saves it, so you can find it again under Saved on the skills page.

Which AI agents can use it?

Claude Code installs it from the cmo.so marketplace. Any agent that reads SKILL.md folders, such as Codex or Cursor, can use it once the folder is in its skills directory.

You can also paste the copied skill into ChatGPT, Claude or any assistant at the start of a conversation and ask it to follow the skill.

How do I install it?

In Claude Code, run /plugin marketplace add AI-Marketing-OS-LTD/cmo-so-skills, then /plugin install cmo-so-creative@cmo-so. That installs this skill together with the rest of the Images & video group.

For other agents, sign in, press Copy or Download above and put the file in your agent's skills folder as SKILL.md inside a folder named after the skill.

Do I need a cmo.so account to use it?

No. The skill works on its own with whatever your agent can already see and do: your files, the pages you share and the data you paste in.

A free cmo.so account only matters if you also want Maggie to plan, write and publish your marketing every day.

Which skills work well with it?

It pairs well with Short-form video; YouTube queue; YouTube Short writing; and YouTube channel strategy. The agent can hand over from one to the next in the same conversation, for example research first, then the plan, then the writing.

Each of them has its own page with what it needs and what it returns, linked below.

Can I change it to fit my business?

Yes. It's a plain Markdown file, so you can edit the steps, add your own checks and examples, and keep your version in your own repo. The MIT licence allows it.

If your change would help others too, suggest it on the skills page or open a pull request on GitHub, and it may be folded into the library for everyone.

Where does the method come from?

It's written by cmo.so and adapts open work by others, credited on this page: ericosiu/ai-marketing-skills (MIT); and borghei/Claude-Skills (MIT + Commons Clause).

Only permissively licensed work is adapted; copyleft repos are used for ideas only and repos without a licence aren't used at all.

Is my data sent to cmo.so when the agent uses it?

No. The skill only guides your own agent; your files, documents and data stay wherever your agent and its tools keep them.

cmo.so only sees what you connect to cmo.so. Your votes and saves on this page are stored against your cmo.so sign-in.

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