Agent skill · marketing growth · nousresearch
kanban-video-orchestrator
Plan and run multi-agent video production pipelines.
Why this skill is useful
Generates a setup script for orchestrating multi-agent video production that includes specialized profiles and task management.
What it needs
Requires hermes installed locally. About 5k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-08-07. 226,679 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
Kanban Video Orchestrator Wrap any video request — from a 15-second product teaser to a 5-minute narrative short to a music video to an ASCII loop — in a Hermes Kanban pipeline that decomposes the work to specialized agent profiles. This skill does not render anything itself. It is a meta-pipeline that: 1. Scopes the request through targeted discovery 2. Designs an appropriate team (which roles, which tools per role) based on the style 3. Generates a setup script that creates Hermes profiles, project workspace, and the initial kanban task 4. Hands off to the director profile, which decomposes via the kanban 5. Monitors execution, helps intervene when tasks stall or fail The actual rendering happens inside the kanban once it's running, via whichever existing skills + tools fit the scenes — ascii-video, manim-video, p5js, comfyui, touchdesigner-mcp, songwriting-and-ai-music, heartmula, external APIs, or plain Python with PIL + ffmpeg. When NOT to use this skill The video is one continuous procedural project that needs no specialists. Just write the code directly. The user wants a quick one-shot conversion (e.g. "convert this mp4 to a GIF") — use ffmpeg directly. The output is a static image, GIF, or audio-only artifact — use the matching specific skill (ascii-art, gifs, meme-generation, songwriting-and-ai-music). The work fits a single existing skill cleanly (e.g. a pure ASCII video — just use ascii-video). Workflow Step 1 — Discover (ask the right questions) The discovery process is adaptive: ask only what is actually needed. Always start with three questions to identify the broad shape: What is the video? (one-sentence brief) How long? (5-30s teaser / 30-90s short / 90s-3min explainer / 3-10min film / longer) What aspect ratio + target platform? (1:1 / 9:16 / 16:9; X, IG, YouTube, internal, etc.) From the answer, classify the style category. The style determines which follow-up questions to ask. Do not ask all questions at once. …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
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