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prompt-videos
Prompting techniques for AI video generation models on Replicate. Use when writing prompts for video models or building video generation features.
Why this skill is useful
Provides specific prompting techniques and detailed scene description strategies for AI video generation that the AI wouldn't reliably generate on its own.
What it needs
Requires replicate account access. About 10k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-06-04. 53 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
Prompting video models on Replicate Distilled from Replicate's blog posts on prompting video models (2025-2026). Techniques are model-agnostic and focus on transferable principles. Choose a model with the API, not from memory This skill describes general prompting techniques. To choose a model, use the find-models skill and query the Replicate API. The video model landscape changes weekly. Don't assume specific models exist or are still state-of-the-art based on names you've seen before. Always search the API for current options, then read the schema before running anything. For pricing and feature comparison, see the compare-models skill. Scene description A good video prompt is a scene description, not a caption. Write what happens, where, and how it looks. Layer these elements into every prompt 1. Subject: Who or what is in the scene (a person, animal, object, landscape). 2. Context: Where the subject is (indoors, a city street, a forest, a spaceship corridor). 3. Action: What the subject does (walks, turns, picks up a phone, runs). 4. Style: The visual aesthetic (cinematic, animated, stop-motion, documentary). 5. Camera: How the camera moves (dolly shot, tracking, static, handheld). 6. Composition: How the shot is framed (wide shot, close-up, over-the-shoulder). 7. Ambiance: Mood and lighting (warm tones, blue light, golden hour, overcast). Be specific, not vague Vague: "A car chase" Specific: "A high-speed car chase on a rain-drenched highway at night. Two muscle cars weave through heavy traffic at 140mph, headlights slicing through the downpour. One car clips a semi-truck sending sparks showering across six lanes. Tires hydroplane on standing water. Neon highway signs blur overhead." Overdescribe Modern video models handle long, dense prompts well. …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills replicate/prompt-videos