Sora Video Generation

Generate videos from text prompts or reference images using OpenAI Sora. ✅ USE WHEN: - Need AI-generated video from text description - Want image-to-video (animate a still image) - Creating cinematic/artistic video content - Need motion/animation without lip-sync ❌ DON'T USE WHEN: - Need lip-sync (person speaking) → use veed-ugc or ugc-manual - Just need image generation → use nano-banana-pro or morpheus - Editing existing videos → use Remotion - Need UGC-style talking head → use veed-ugc INPUT: Text prompt + optional reference image OUTPUT: MP4 video (various resolutions/durations)

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Install

openclaw skills install sora

Sora Video Generation

Generate videos using OpenAI's Sora API.

API Reference

Endpoint: POST https://api.openai.com/v1/videos

Parameters

Parameter	Values	Description
`prompt`	string	Text description of the video (required)
`input_reference`	file	Optional image that guides generation
`model`	`sora-2`, `sora-2-pro`	Model to use (default: sora-2)
`seconds`	`4`, `8`, `12`	Video duration (default: 4)
`size`	`720x1280`, `1280x720`, `1024x1792`, `1792x1024`	Output resolution

Important Notes

Image dimensions must match video size exactly - the script auto-resizes
Video generation takes 1-3 minutes typically
Videos expire after ~1 hour - download immediately

Usage

# Basic text-to-video
uv run ~/.clawdbot/skills/sora/scripts/generate_video.py \
  --prompt "A cat playing piano" \
  --filename "output.mp4"

# Image-to-video (auto-resizes image)
uv run ~/.clawdbot/skills/sora/scripts/generate_video.py \
  --prompt "Slow dolly shot, steam rising, warm lighting" \
  --filename "output.mp4" \
  --input-image "reference.png" \
  --seconds 8 \
  --size 720x1280

# With specific model
uv run ~/.clawdbot/skills/sora/scripts/generate_video.py \
  --prompt "Cinematic scene" \
  --filename "output.mp4" \
  --model sora-2-pro \
  --seconds 12

Script Parameters

Flag	Description	Default
`--prompt`, `-p`	Video description (required)	-
`--filename`, `-f`	Output file path (required)	-
`--input-image`, `-i`	Reference image path	None
`--seconds`, `-s`	Duration: 4, 8, or 12	8
`--size`, `-sz`	Resolution	720x1280
`--model`, `-m`	sora-2 or sora-2-pro	sora-2
`--api-key`, `-k`	OpenAI API key	env var
`--poll-interval`	Check status every N seconds	10

API Key

Set OPENAI_API_KEY environment variable or pass --api-key.

Prompt Engineering for Video

Good prompts include:

Camera movement: dolly, pan, zoom, tracking shot
Motion description: swirling, rising, falling, shifting
Lighting: golden hour, candlelight, dramatic rim lighting
Atmosphere: steam, particles, bokeh, haze
Mood/style: cinematic, commercial, lifestyle, editorial

Example prompts:

Food commercial:

Slow dolly shot of gourmet dish, soft morning sunlight streaming through window, 
subtle steam rising, warm cozy atmosphere, premium food commercial aesthetic

Lifestyle:

Golden hour light slowly shifting across mountains, gentle breeze rustling leaves, 
serene morning atmosphere, premium lifestyle commercial

Product shot:

Cinematic close-up, dramatic lighting with warm highlights, 
slow reveal, luxury commercial style

Workflow: Image → Video

Generate image with Nano Banana Pro (or use existing)
Pass image as --input-image to Sora
Write prompt describing desired motion/atmosphere
Script auto-resizes image to match video dimensions

Output

Videos saved as MP4
Typical file size: 1.5-3MB for 8 seconds
Resolution matches --size parameter