remotion-docs Skill: Let Claude Search the Remotion Docs

Makes your agent search the live Remotion docs and read the matching pages before it writes Remotion code.

Installs: 238.9K; on skills.sh
Stars: 6K; on GitHub
Files: 2; besides SKILL.md
Updated: Oct 2026; last repo commit

The skill gives the agent a four-step routine. It searches the Remotion docs through Algolia, picks the best hits, fetches each page as Markdown by adding .md to the URL, and then writes code from that page instead of from memory.

It needs internet access, because every lookup is a web request. The SKILL.md says to load Remotion Best Practices instead when the docs are not what you need.

Good for

Anyone writing Remotion code with an agent that guesses outdated APIs
Claude Code, Codex and Cursor users on a Remotion project

Install remotion-docs

Claude Code

Copy this prompt.

Install the remotion-docs skill in Claude Code. Run this command:

npx skills add https://github.com/remotion-dev/skills --skill remotion-docs

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.

From its listing on skills.sh. Source.

What's in the skill

When it loads

Search Remotion documentation

Sections in SKILL.md

Searching the docs
Fetching a page as Markdown
Workflow

Key facts

Author: Remotion (remotion-dev), the maker of Remotion
Installs on skills.sh: 238,880 (Nov 2, 2026)
GitHub stars: 6,037 for the remotion-dev/skills repo (Nov 2, 2026)
Last repo commit: Oct 26, 2026
What installs: SKILL.md, a Codex metadata file and an icon (2 files); no scripts
Needs: Internet access to the Remotion docs search and remotion.dev

What it includes

Sends a search request to the Remotion docs index and reads the top 10 hits
The agent posts your concept or API name to the Algolia search that powers the Remotion docs, and gets back page titles and URLs.
Network · Search the docs
Adds .md to a docs URL to read the page cheaply
Examples in the skill are use-video-config, sequence and lambda/rendermediaonlambda. The Markdown form saves tokens.
Network · Fetch a page as Markdown
Writes code from the page it just read, not from memorized API knowledge
The last step of the workflow. It is an instruction, not a command.
Implement from current docs

From the official docs

Permissions

Low risk

The skill sends search queries to the Remotion docs search service. Avoid private details in your prompts, and check the Snyk result on skills.sh first.

What it can do

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

Watch out for

Snyk shows fail on skills.sh
Gen Agent Trust Hub and Socket show pass. Read the audit page on skills.sh before you install. skills.sh
Your search terms are sent to a third-party search service
Keep private project details out of the query the agent builds.
The search API key sits in the SKILL.md URL
The agent sends your query to Algolia using the key printed in the skill file. Treat the queries as visible to that service. github.com

Technical details

Talks to	Algolia search for the Remotion docs. www.remotion.dev

Questions

How do I install remotion-docs?

Use the install box above. The Remotion README also lists npx skills add remotion-dev/skills for the whole set and a GitHub CLI route. The remotion-best-practices skill covers all the others if you are unsure which one to pick.

Does it work in Claude Code, Claude app or Codex?

The Remotion README says its skills are for agents like Claude Code, Codex, Kimi Code and Cursor. It does not document the Claude app. This skill also ships a small Codex display file.

What does remotion-docs do?

It teaches the agent to search the current Remotion docs and read the right pages before coding. Use it when you suspect the agent is using an old or invented API.

Does it need an API key?

You do not need to set one up. The SKILL.md has a search request with a key already in its URL, so the agent can run it as written.

Is it safe?

It bundles no scripts. The agent makes web requests to the Algolia docs search and to remotion.dev, so your search terms leave your machine.

How is it different from remotion-best-practices?

The SKILL.md says to load Remotion Best Practices when the docs skill is not relevant. This skill looks things up online. The README calls remotion-best-practices the skill that encompasses all the others, and its SKILL.md is a router that loads the other skills' reference files.

Information

updated Nov 2, 2026

Repository: remotion-dev/skills
Folder: skills/remotion-docs

remotion-dev/skills skills.sh

Sources

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

Show all 3

remotion-dev/skills remotion-docs SKILL.md · github.com
remotion-dev/skills README · github.com
remotion-best-practices SKILL.md · github.com