varg — AI Agent Skills for Video, Image, Speech & Music Generation

varg — AI Agent Skills for Video, Image, Speech & Music Generation

A collection of Agent Skills for AI video, image, speech, and music generation using the varg platform. One skill to access Seedance 2.5, Kling 4, Wan 3, Veo 3.1, Nano Banana 2.1, GPT Image 2.5, ElevenLabs v4 and 200+ more models — zero code, just prompt.

Works with Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, OpenCode, ClawHub, and any tool that supports the Agent Skills standard.

Installation

ClawHub (recommended)

# Install a specific skill
npx clawhub@latest install vargai

# Or install all skills from this repo
npx clawhub@latest install vargai

Claude Code plugin

Installs the varg-ai skill and the hosted varg MCP server (https://mcp.varg.ai/mcp, sign in with OAuth on first use):

claude plugin marketplace add vargHQ/skills
claude plugin install varg@varg

Or inside Claude Code: /plugin marketplace add vargHQ/skills, then /plugin install varg@varg.

Kiro power

powers/varg-how-to connects the keyless varg how to MCP (https://api.varg.ai/v2/skills/mcp) in Kiro: Powers panel → Add Custom Power → Import power from GitHub → https://github.com/vargHQ/skills/tree/main/powers/varg-how-to.

Claude Code (manual)

# Clone into personal skills directory (available in all projects)
git clone https://github.com/vargHQ/skills.git ~/.claude/skills/varg

# Or symlink individual skills
ln -s /path/to/skills/varg-ai ~/.claude/skills/varg-ai

OpenCode

# Clone into any supported skills directory
git clone https://github.com/vargHQ/skills.git ~/.opencode/skills/varg

# Also works with:
#   ~/.agents/skills/
#   .opencode/skills/ (project-level)

Agent Skills CLI

npx skills add vargHQ/skills --yes

Available Skills

How to make any AI video: not sure which skill fits a video request? Start with how-to-make-ai-video. It searches varg how to (varg.ai/how-to), 2,000+ checked video skills and step-by-step tutorials, and lists the options to offer before anything is generated. No key needed. The same search is available as a public MCP server: claude mcp add --transport http varg-how-to https://api.varg.ai/v2/skills/mcp.

Publish your own skill: connect the varg MCP (claude mcp add --transport http varg https://mcp.varg.ai/mcp) and ask your agent to "publish this skill to varg how to" (install varg-publish-skill so every listing gets the same card). It reads the skill, shows you the card and sends it with publish_skill; the varg team reviews it and it becomes searchable at varg.ai/how-to. No agent: the form at varg.ai/how-to/publish. Skills that join this repo go through a pull request (see the README of each skill and vargHQ/skills-marketplace → Adding a skill).

Requirements

• VARG_API_KEY (get at varg.ai) or the hosted varg MCP (https://mcp.varg.ai/mcp) -- required for varg-ai, varg-previz and the format skills (varg-music-video, varg-character-keynote, varg-consistent-characters, varg-character-design and its category recipes, varg-podcast-video, varg-product-hook, varg-dropship-reel, ecommerce-video-ads, ai-ugc-ad-video, product-photo-to-video); media-download, short-form-ffmpeg-cookbook, paper-shaders, how-to-make-ai-video, varg-publish-skill (publishes with a varg login or key, no credits), video-skills, varg-video-edit-library, varg-video-editing, ecommerce-video-edit, ad-creative-testing, product-video-hooks (written hooks) and tiktok-shop-video (scripts) need no key (varg-video-editing uses varg only for the paid edits it recommends)
• Cloud mode: curl only (zero dependencies)
• Local mode: bun runtime + ffmpeg
• paper-shaders: Node 22 and ffmpeg for HyperFrames (npx hyperframes), or a Remotion 4 project

Skill Structure

Each skill follows the Agent Skills specification:

skill-name/
├── SKILL.md            # Core instructions (required)
├── references/         # On-demand reference docs
│   ├── models.md       # Model catalog, pricing
│   ├── components.md   # Component reference
│   └── ...
├── scripts/            # Executable setup/helper scripts
│   └── setup.sh
└── assets/             # Static resources (optional)

Adding a New Skill

1. Create a directory at the repo root with your skill name (lowercase, hyphens only):

mkdir my-new-skill

2. Create my-new-skill/SKILL.md with cross-compatible frontmatter:

---
name: my-new-skill
description: >-
  What this skill does and when to use it.
  Include trigger keywords for auto-discovery.
license: MIT
metadata:
  author: vargHQ
  version: "1.0.0"
  openclaw:
    requires:
      env:
        - VARG_API_KEY
      anyBins:
        - curl
        - bun
    primaryEnv: VARG_API_KEY
    homepage: https://varg.ai
compatibility: >-
  Describe environment requirements here.
allowed-tools: Bash(bun:*) Bash(curl:*) Read Write Edit
---

Your skill instructions here...

3. Add reference docs in my-new-skill/references/ (keep SKILL.md under 500 lines).

4. Push to main -- the GitHub Actions workflow auto-publishes all changed skills to ClawHub via clawhub sync.

Frontmatter Field Reference

All fields are cross-compatible -- tools ignore fields they don't recognize.

Quick Start

# 1. Install the skill
npx clawhub@latest install vargai

# 2. Set your API key
export VARG_API_KEY=varg_xxx

# 3. Run setup to verify environment
bash varg-ai/scripts/setup.sh

# 4. Render your first video
bunx vargai@alpha render hello.tsx --preview    # Free preview
bunx vargai@alpha render hello.tsx --verbose    # Full render

Documentation

• vargHQ/sdk -- Full SDK documentation
• vargHQ/templates -- Video template examples
• Agent Skills Spec -- Agent Skills format
• ClawHub -- Skill registry

License

MIT