---
name: remotion-create
description: Create a new Remotion video
version: 4.0.519
---

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.

## Is this a multi-scene video?

If this is a video with multiple subsequence videos, follow guidance at [Multi-scene videos](../remotion-markup/multi-scene-video.md).

## 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.

## Open the preview

After creating or updating the video, start the preview server by default:

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

This will start a long-running process and print the server URL for the preview.  
If the server is already started, it will print the URL.
Open the exact URL in the agent client's available browser. If no browser tool is available, keep the preview server running and provide the URL to the user.
You can visit a specific composition by navigating to `/[composition-id]`, for example `http://localhost:3000/MapAnimation`.

## Render the video

Only render if the user explicitly asks for it.

```
npx remotion render
```

For more options, see [Rendering](../remotion-render/SKILL.md).

## Follow-up

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