openclaw-openmontage

An OpenClaw plugin that adds AI video production capabilities via a local OpenMontage workspace.

What it does

Injects skills that teach OpenClaw agents to delegate video production tasks — animated explainers, cinematic trailers, avatar videos, screen demos, motion graphics, and more — to your local OpenMontage installation.

The plugin contributes no runtime JS code. It is a skills package: structured markdown files that get injected into the agent's system prompt and teach it how to engage OpenMontage's instruction-driven pipeline system.

Requirements

• OpenClaw ≥ 2026.1.26
• OpenMontage cloned locally and set up (run make setup in the OpenMontage repo)

Install

openclaw install @itsuzef/openclaw-openmontage

Or from a local checkout:

{
  "plugins": {
    "installs": [
      { "source": "path", "sourcePath": "/path/to/openclaw-openmontage" }
    ]
  }
}

Configure

openclaw config set plugins.entries.openmontage.enabled true
openclaw config set plugins.entries.openmontage.config.workspacePath /path/to/OpenMontage

Or in your openclaw config JSON directly:

{
  "plugins": {
    "entries": {
      "openmontage": {
        "enabled": true,
        "config": {
          "workspacePath": "/Users/you/Documents/OpenMontage"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Usage

Once configured, ask your OpenClaw agent anything video-related:

• "Make a 60-second animated explainer about how black holes form"
• "Create a Ghibli-style animated video of an underwater city at dusk"
• "Build a cinematic trailer for our product launch"
• "Make a screen demo showing how to install our CLI tool"
• "Turn this blog post into a 90-second video"
• "25-second kinetic typography launch reel using HyperFrames"

The agent will run preflight, present a production plan and cost estimate, and execute the pipeline with human approval gates at each creative stage.

Cost

Most pipelines have a zero-cost path using free tools (Piper TTS + stock media + Remotion + FFmpeg). Premium paths add AI image/video generation and ElevenLabs TTS.

Path	Cost	Unlocks
Zero key	$0	Pipelines with a free path (explainer, animation, screen-demo, hybrid, clip-factory)
FAL_KEY	~$0.15–$1.50	FLUX AI image generation
Full setup	~$1–$3	Video gen (Veo/Kling/Runway/Seedance) + ElevenLabs + music

Pipelines

Pipeline	Best For	Status
animated-explainer	Explainers, educational content, data viz	production
cinematic	Trailers, teasers, hype edits	production
animation	Motion graphics, Ghibli/anime-style	production
screen-demo	CLI demos, developer walkthroughs	production
avatar-spokesperson	Presenter videos, announcements	production
hybrid	Source footage + AI support visuals	production
talking-head	Speaker videos	beta
clip-factory	Multi-clip from long source	beta
podcast-repurpose	Podcast highlights	beta
localization-dub	Translate and dub	beta
documentary-montage	Real-footage montage, tone-poem style	beta

How it works

OpenMontage is agent-driven: the AI agent reads pipeline manifests and stage director skills, makes creative decisions, and uses Python tools for actual generation. This plugin teaches OpenClaw agents:

1. What OpenMontage can produce (skills/openmontage/openmontage.md)
2. How to engage the workspace — preflight, pipeline selection, plan presentation (skills/openmontage/delegate.md)
3. Which pipeline fits which brief (skills/openmontage/pipelines.md)

The agent navigates to your OpenMontage workspace using its existing file and shell tools, reads AGENT_GUIDE.md from that workspace, and follows the instruction-driven pipeline system from there.

Contributing

Improvements to the skill content are the most valuable contributions. If OpenMontage adds a new pipeline or changes its capability surface, update the matching skill file.

1. Fork and clone this repo
2. Edit skills/openmontage/*.md
3. Test by pointing your local plugin install at the fork
4. Open a PR with a clear description of what changed and why