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Restaurant Promo Video

v1.0.0

Describe your restaurant and NemoVideo creates the promo video. Showcase your signature dishes, your kitchen, your atmosphere — and get a 30-60 second video...

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Purpose & Capability
The skill's stated purpose (make short restaurant promo videos) matches the runtime behaviour (calls NemoVideo API at mega-api-prod.nemovideo.ai and accepts video/prompts). However the SKILL.md declares required environment variable NEMO_TOKEN and a config path (~/.config/nemovideo/), while the top-level registry metadata provided with this submission lists no required env vars or config paths — this metadata mismatch is an incoherence that reduces trust.
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Instruction Scope
Runtime instructions explicitly tell the agent to read and write files in the user's home (~/.config/nemovideo/client_id), generate a UUID if needed, call an anonymous-token endpoint and store the returned token in an environment variable for the session. Those file-system and token-management actions go beyond a purely read-only assistant and should be expected for a client that persists a client_id, but they are not declared in the registry metadata. The skill will also upload user-provided video/content to an external service (expected for this purpose) — users should be aware of that data flow.
Install Mechanism
No install spec or downloadable code is present; this is instruction-only and therefore does not install third-party packages or execute arbitrary downloaded code. That reduces install-time risk.
Credentials
The only credential referenced in SKILL.md is NEMO_TOKEN (and a locally stored CLIENT_ID). That is proportionate to an API-backed video service. The issue is the registry metadata provided with the skill did not list these environment/config requirements — the declared primaryEnv and configPaths in SKILL.md should be reflected in the registry so users know which secrets/files the skill needs.
Persistence & Privilege
The skill requests only to create/read/write its own config directory (~/.config/nemovideo/) and a client_id file, and it does not request system-wide privileges or set always:true. Persisting a client_id and session token in a per-user config directory is normal for a client, but users should still expect the skill to create files in their home directory.
What to consider before installing
Before installing or invoking this skill: (1) confirm the registry listing matches the SKILL.md (SKILL.md requires NEMO_TOKEN and writes ~/.config/nemovideo/ but the registry metadata omitted these); (2) be aware any videos or images you provide will be uploaded to mega-api-prod.nemovideo.ai — do not send sensitive or private content you don't want shared; (3) expect the skill to create ~/.config/nemovideo/client_id and to obtain/store an anonymous token for the session; if you are uncomfortable with those file writes, run the skill in a sandbox or request the publisher update the registry metadata to accurately declare required env vars and config paths; (4) verify NemoVideo's privacy/security policy and the token's scope before placing any permanent credentials in NEMO_TOKEN. No regex scan findings were reported for the package (the skill is instruction-only), so pay attention to the SKILL.md instructions themselves when deciding whether to proceed.

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License

MIT-0
Free to use, modify, and redistribute. No attribution required.

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