image-to-video Skill (inference.sh) for Claude Code: What It Does and How to Install It

Guides Claude through turning a still image into video: model choice, camera and subject motion prompts, durations and a multi-step pipeline.

Installs: 58.8K; on skills.sh
Stars: 17; on GitHub
Updated: Aug 2026; last repo commit

This skill is a guide to animating still images. It compares 6 video apps (Wan 2.5 i2v, Pruna WAN-I2V, Seedance 2.0, Seedance 2.0 Fast, Fabric 1.0 and Grok Imagine Video), lists 7 camera movements and 6 kinds of subject motion, and says to prefer subtle motion over dramatic motion.

It runs the apps through the belt CLI. It needs belt installed and signed in.

Good for

Creators who want to animate photos, art or product shots
Marketers making short product reveals and social clips

Install image-to-video

Claude Code

Copy this prompt.

Install the image-to-video skill in Claude Code. Run this command:

npx skills add https://github.com/inference-sh/skills --skill image-to-video

Then check that it loaded and tell me how to use it.

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Paste it into Claude Code. It shows the change and asks before running it.

Requires Node.js.

Pick one route for the skill, then install the belt CLI with one of the belt routes and run belt login. Every command in SKILL.md is a belt app run call, and its allowed-tools line is Bash(belt *), so the skill does nothing without belt. The folder holds 1 file, SKILL.md (repo tree). It runs belt in a shell, so there is no Claude app upload route.

Built from the package data we hold. Not yet tested by us.

What's in the skill

When it loads

Still-to-video conversion guide: model selection, motion prompting, and camera movement. Covers Wan 2.5 i2v, Seedance, Fabric, Grok Video with when to use each. Use for: animating images, creating video from stills, adding motion, product animations. Triggers: image to video, i2v, animate image, still to video, add motion to image, image animation, photo to video, animate still, wan i2v, image2video, bring image to life, animate photo, motion from image

Sections in SKILL.md

Quick Start
Model Selection
When to Use Each
Motion Types
Camera Movement
Subject Motion
Prompting Best Practices
The Golden Rule: Subtle > Dramatic
Prompt Structure
Examples by Scenario
Duration Guidelines
Extending Duration
The Full Workflow
Still-to-Final-Video Pipeline
Cinemagraph Effect
Common Mistakes

Key facts

Author: inference.sh (owner of the repo; plugin.json lists inference.sh as author)
License: MIT per plugin.json and the README badge; the repo has no LICENSE file
Installs on skills.sh (101-skills/superpowers listing): 58,835 (Nov 2, 2026)
GitHub stars: 797 for the whole repo (Nov 2, 2026)
Last repo commit: Oct 15, 2026
Audits on skills.sh (101-skills/superpowers listing): Gen Agent Trust Hub: pass, Socket: warn, Snyk: pass
What it includes: 1 file: SKILL.md (from the repo tree)
Needs: The inference.sh belt CLI, signed in with belt login
Allowed tools: Bash(belt *)

What it includes

Make an image with falai/flux-dev-lora, then animate with falai/wan-2-5-i2v
The Quick Start chains two belt app run calls.
Try: “Animate this lake photo with gentle ripples and drifting clouds”
Runs code · Still then animate
Six apps with best-for notes and a when-to-use table
For example Fabric 1.0 for cloth and liquids, Seedance 2.0 as an all-rounder.
Model selection
7 movements: push in, pull out, pan, tilt, orbit, crane up, static
Each has a prompt keyword and an effect.
Camera movement prompts
6 types such as natural elements, hair and cloth, atmosphere, liquid
Example phrases for each type.
Subject motion prompts
2 to 3 seconds gives the highest quality; avoid 10 seconds or more
A 4-row table of durations and uses.
Duration guidelines
Generate short clips with --no-wait, join with infsh/media-merger
The way SKILL.md extends a video.
Runs code · Stitch clips
Image, animate, upscale, add ambient audio, merge
Five steps using seedream-4-5, wan-2-5-i2v, topaz-video-upscaler, mmaudio and video-audio-merger.
Runs code · Still-to-final pipeline
Move one element only, 2 to 4 seconds, for a seamless loop
A prompt pattern for looping clips.
Runs code · Cinemagraph
7 mistakes with fixes, such as asking for too much motion
A 7-row table.
Common mistakes

From the official docs

Permissions

Medium risk

This skill makes your agent run belt app run commands that send your prompts and files to inference.sh and use credits on your account. Check the price of an app with belt app pricing before you start a large batch.

What it can do

Read your data
Create and change things
Delete things
Read-only mode

Watch out for

Each run uses inference.sh credits
The apps in its pipeline (Wan 2.5, Seedance, Fabric, an upscaler and an audio app) each have their own price, and SKILL.md lists none. The belt README shows belt balance to check credits and belt app pricing to see the cost formula before a run. github.com
Your prompts and files go to inference.sh
Every belt app run sends its input to an inference.sh app. The belt README says local file paths in an input are uploaded by the CLI. github.com
You must install the belt CLI first
The belt README gives a download-and-review install script, Homebrew, npm and Scoop. cli-install.md in the repo says the installer downloads a binary and checks its SHA-256 checksum. The belt skill named in SKILL.md can also run brew install and npm install -g. github.com

Security advisories

No published security advisories as of Nov 2, 2026.

Technical details

Turning on read-only	SKILL.md describes no read-only mode.
Talks to	inference.sh (belt app run calls). cli.inference.sh and dist.inference.sh (belt installer)
Sign-in and keys	Run belt login to sign in to inference.sh. SKILL.md does not say where belt keeps the login.
Scopes	Runs belt app run commands in your shell (allowed-tools: Bash(belt *)) Uploads the inputs you give it, including local files, to inference.sh

Questions

What does the image-to-video skill do?

It teaches Claude how to animate a still image with an AI video model. It compares six video apps, gives camera and subject motion prompts, duration guidance and a five-step pipeline that upscales and adds audio.

How do I install it?

Use the install box at the top of this page for the skill. You also need the belt CLI from inference.sh, installed with one of the belt routes in the box, and a belt login. There is no Claude app upload route because the skill runs belt in a shell.

Does it need an account or API key?

It needs an inference.sh sign-in through belt login. SKILL.md names no separate API key. The belt README shows belt balance for credits and belt app pricing for the cost of an app.

Is it safe?

It runs belt app run commands through your shell. Each run sends your prompt and any files or URLs you give it to inference.sh and uses credits. The belt CLI has to be installed first, so read its install steps before you run them.

Is there another copy of this skill?

skills.sh also lists this skill under 101-skills/superpowers, a repo whose plugin.json names inference.sh as author and inference-sh/skills as the repository. This page links to inference-sh/skills, the repo the plugin.json points to.

Who publishes this skill?

inference.sh, in its own repo github.com/inference-sh/skills. The repo's plugin.json lists inference.sh as author and https://inference.sh as homepage.

Which model does it recommend for what?

SKILL.md recommends Wan 2.5 i2v for landscapes and portraits, Fabric 1.0 for cloth, flags and liquids, Seedance 2.0 for illustrated images and general use, and Seedance 2.0 Fast for quick tests.

Which other skills does it point to?

Its Related Skills section lists ai-video-generation, ai-image-generation, p-video, video-prompting-guide and prompt-engineering from inference-sh/skills. They are optional.

Information

updated Nov 2, 2026

Repository: inference-sh/skills
Folder: tools/video/image-to-video

inference-sh/skills skills.sh

Sources

Docs, issue trackers and discussions this page is built from.

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image-to-video SKILL.md · github.com
belt CLI README · github.com
cli-install.md · github.com
README · github.com
plugin.json · github.com
belt skill SKILL.md · github.com