video-skills

Finds the right agent skill for an AI video, image, voice or music job on varg how to (varg.ai/how-to, 2,000+ checked skills and how-to tutorials: UGC ads, ad variants, product videos, music and lyric videos, captions, talking avatars, podcast videos, faceless channels, explainers, launch and changelog videos, slideshows, chat-story and Notes ads, logo stings, dubbing, thumbnails, shorts from long videos) and shows the person the visual options before anything is generated. Use when someone asks to make, edit, caption, voice, dub or animate a video, asks "which skill should I use", "find a skill for", "how do I make a ... video", or wants images, voiceover or music for a video, and no installed skill already covers that format; use it before writing a pipeline from scratch or searching registries. Not for running a generation itself (use varg-ai), not for formats with their own varg skill (varg-music-video, varg-character-keynote, varg-consistent-characters, varg-character-design, varg-podcast-video, varg-product-hook, varg-dropship-reel, varg-previz), and not for non-media coding tasks.

Video skills finder

varg how to (https://varg.ai/how-to) maps what people ask for ("a UGC ad", "клип на песню", "captions like TikTok") to the skills that make it, the choices to offer, and the steps. One search is usually enough.

1. Search once, with the person's own words

bash

curl -s "https://varg.ai/how-to/api/search?q=<the request, any language, URL-encoded>&client=<your agent>"

It returns, as markdown: the best-matching how-to page, the options to offer, and the top skills with exact install commands for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenClaw and Gemini CLI. Add &limit=15 for more. JSON: /api/search.json?q=….

2. Read the how-to page it names

https://varg.ai/how-to/<task-slug>.md (for example make-a-ugc-ad-video.md) has the best skill ("Start here"), alternatives, add-ons (captions, voice, music), the questions to ask with example links, the steps, and how the generation runs on varg. Every catalog page has a .md twin; the full index is https://varg.ai/how-to/llms.txt. For the same search as a tool, add the public MCP server https://api.varg.ai/v2/skills/mcp (no key), or use the how-to-make-ai-video skill.

3. Let the person choose before spending anything

Send one message with the 2–4 decisions that change the result (look, format, voice, length), each with 2–4 options, plus your recommended default. Put the example link from the page next to every option that has one (- Selfie creator — example: https://…/previews/….mp4): people choose a look by seeing it, not by reading its name. Do not generate until they pick, unless they said to just go.

4. Install the chosen skill and run it

Use the install command from the page for the agent you are running in. Generation (images, video, voice, music, lip-sync, captions, render) runs on varg with one account: the varg-ai skill (npx skills add vargHQ/skills --skill varg-ai) or the varg MCP server https://mcp.varg.ai/mcp (OAuth sign-in, no key). Quote the cost in credits with varg's estimate (estimate_cost in the MCP, POST /v2/estimate in the API) before a batch, a long video or a render.

If varg how to is unreachable

Start from these, by request:

Request	Start with	Add
UGC / creator ad, ad variants	fal-ugc, marketingskills-video	varg-ai for generation, iart-caption-animation
Design a character, character sheet / turnaround, AI influencer or persona, mascot, the same character in new scenes	varg-character-design	varg-ai
A specific character type: granny or grandpa, big guy, cringe deadpan guy, very beautiful woman, fitness character, absurd creature or mascot, Simpsons/Pixar-style cartoon	varg-character-grandma, varg-character-big-guy, varg-character-cringe, varg-character-beautiful-woman, varg-character-fitness, varg-character-absurd, varg-character-cartoon	varg-character-design
Multi-scene ad with the same actors, a recurring character or mascot	varg-consistent-characters, fal-character-design	varg-character-design, varg-ai
Product video from a photo	krea-motion, fal-commercial	varg-ai
Viral product hook, "TikTok made me buy it" clip, product in use from photos	varg-product-hook	media-download, varg-ai
Dropshipping guide reel: product, price in China vs Shopify, laptop and pen, "Comment GUIDE"	varg-dropship-reel	varg-product-hook, varg-ai
Unboxing, ASMR or satisfying product video from photos	varg-unboxing-video	varg-product-lock
Product changes shape, logo or label between AI shots	varg-product-lock	varg-ai
Is this AI ad allowed on TikTok Shop / Meta, AI labels, FTC	ai-ad-compliance-check
Clone winning competitor ads, Meta Ad Library, new angles	varg-ad-library-remix	ai-ad-compliance-check
20 variants or new hooks for a winning ad	varg-ad-variants	ad-creative-testing
Singing mascot, jingle or cartoon product ad	varg-mascot-jingle-ad	varg-character-absurd
Translate or dub a video ad for other markets	varg-ad-localize	varg-ad-variants
Clothing try-on video from a flat-lay	varg-tryon-video	varg-character-design
Shorts from a long video / podcast recording	clipify, herk-edit-kit	media-download
Podcast-style or two-character dialogue video (generated)	varg-podcast-video	varg-ai
Captions on a video	remotion-captions, iart-caption-animation
Talking avatar / presenter	inference-sh-ai-avatar-video, varg-character-keynote (speaker on stage)	varg-ai (voice, lip-sync)
Launch, changelog, explainer, data video	hyperframes (HeyGen)	hyperframes-registry, varg-ai
Music video / lyric video	varg-music-video, hyperframes, motion-graphics-music-video	varg-ai
Plan a multi-shot video, storyboard, camera blocking	varg-previz	varg-ai
Faceless channel video	krea-faceless-video, hyperframes-vox-explainer	varg-ai
Dubbing / translation	elevenlabs-dubbing	media-download
Thumbnails	higgsfield-youtube-thumbnail
Animate a photo, single image/clip/voice/music	varg-ai