remotion-upgrade Skill: Upgrade Remotion and Its Packages

Makes your agent upgrade Remotion, every @remotion package and the Remotion skills to the same latest version.

Installs: 230.2K; on skills.sh
Stars: 6K; on GitHub
Files: 2; besides SKILL.md
Updated: Oct 2026; last repo commit

The agent first reads your manifests and lockfile to find the package manager and workspaces. If @remotion/cli is available it runs npx remotion upgrade, which also updates project-local Remotion skills. If not, it upgrades by hand: it looks up the latest version with npm view, sets every remotion and @remotion/* dependency to it, aligns helper packages, updates the lockfile, and runs npx skills update on 12 named Remotion skills.

It edits package.json files and the lockfile, and it runs your package manager. Commit or stash your work first so you can review the diff, which the skill's last step asks the agent to do.

Good for

Remotion users moving a project to a new release
Monorepo teams that need every Remotion package on one version

Install remotion-upgrade

Claude Code

Copy this prompt.

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

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

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

Upgrade Remotion, and related packages

Key facts

Author: Remotion (remotion-dev), the maker of Remotion
Installs on skills.sh: 230,201 (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: A Remotion project with a package manager; network access to npm

What it includes

Reads manifests and lockfile to find package manager and workspaces
It keeps unrelated changes intact.
Files · Inspect the project
The fast path when @remotion/cli is installed; also updates project-local skills
If this works, the manual steps are skipped.
Runs code · npx remotion upgrade
Looks up the latest version and sets every remotion and @remotion/* package to it
Uses npm view for the version, aligns helper packages such as zod and mediabunny with the versions Remotion Studio lists, then updates the lockfile.
Runs code · Manual package upgrade
Runs npx skills update for 12 named Remotion skills
Used only when the CLI route is not available.
Runs code · Update the Remotion skills
Checks all Remotion packages share one version; optionally runs npx remotion versions
Links to the Remotion release notes to summarize what changed.
Runs code · Review the diff

From the official docs

Permissions

Medium risk

It changes your dependency files and runs npm commands. Commit first and review the diff.

What it can do

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

Watch out for

It rewrites package.json files and the lockfile
Commit or stash first so the diff is easy to review or revert.
It runs npx and your package manager
These download and run code from npm. Approve each command in your client.
The manual route updates 12 installed skills without prompting
When @remotion/cli is not available, SKILL.md runs `npx skills update` for 12 named Remotion skills with `--yes`. New skill instructions then load into your agent. Review what changed. github.com
Snyk shows warn on skills.sh
The other two audits pass. Check the audit page before you install. skills.sh

Technical details

Talks to	npm registry

Questions

How do I install remotion-upgrade?

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-upgrade do?

It upgrades Remotion and every related package to one version, updates the lockfile, and refreshes the installed Remotion skills.

Does it need an API key?

No key is mentioned. It needs network access to npm and a package manager.

Is it safe?

It bundles no scripts but it changes your package files and runs npm-based commands, so commit first and read the diff afterwards. In the manual route it also runs npx skills update for 12 Remotion skills with --yes, which pulls new skill files into your setup.

Will it also upgrade my other dependencies?

It targets remotion and @remotion/* packages, plus helper packages such as zod and mediabunny where Remotion lists a version. It tells the agent to preserve unrelated changes.

Information

updated Nov 2, 2026

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

remotion-dev/skills skills.sh

Sources

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

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remotion-dev/skills remotion-upgrade SKILL.md · github.com
remotion-dev/skills README · github.com