video-prompting

Draft and refine prompts for video generation models (text-to-video and image-to-video), and create character-sheet prompts for image models when the goal is character consistency before image-to-video. Use when a user asks for a "video prompt", a model-specific prompt such as Seedance 2.0, Ovi, Sora, Veo 3, Wan 2.2, LTX-2, or LTX-2.3, or a consistent-character prompt such as "character sheet prompt", "character turnaround", "character reference sheet", or "photographic identity sheet".

install

source · Clone the upstream repo

git clone https://github.com/Square-Zero-Labs/video-prompting-skill

Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/

T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/Square-Zero-Labs/video-prompting-skill "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/video-prompting" ~/.claude/skills/square-zero-labs-video-prompting-skill-video-prompting && rm -rf "$T"

manifest: video-prompting/SKILL.md

source content

Video Prompting

Overview

Turn a user’s intent into either:

a strong, model-compliant video prompt, or
a strong image-model prompt for a character sheet that will later support image-to-video consistency.

Model-specific video guidance lives in

references/models/

. Character-sheet guidance lives in

references/workflows/character-sheets.md

. This file is the entry point: route to the right path, ask the minimum clarifying questions, then draft the prompt in the expected format.

Model Index

Ovi:
```
references/models/ovi/prompting.md
```
Sora (Sora 2):
```
references/models/sora/prompting.md
```
Veo 3 / 3.1:
```
references/models/veo3/prompting.md
```
Wan 2.2:
```
references/models/wan22/prompting.md
```

Seedance 2.0:

references/models/seedance2/prompting.md

LTX-2:
```
references/models/ltx2/prompting.md
```
LTX-2.3:
```
references/models/ltx2-3/prompting.md
```

Workflow Index

Character sheets for consistent characters:
```
references/workflows/character-sheets.md
```

To add a new model later: create

references/models/<model>/prompting.md

, then add it to this index.

To add a new workflow later: create

references/workflows/<workflow>.md

, then add it to the Workflow Index.

Workflow

Step 1 — Route the request

Decide whether the user wants:

a video-generation prompt, or
a character-sheet prompt for an image model

Route to the character-sheet workflow when the user wants a reusable reference sheet, turnaround, expression sheet, costume sheet, photographic identity sheet, or a consistent-character starting point for a longer image-to-video project.

If the user is asking for both, do them in this order:

Character sheet
Scene still / anchor frame
Video prompt

Step 2 — If it is a video prompt, identify the model and input mode

If the user did not name a model, ask which model they are using (or offer supported options from the Model Index).

Then confirm the input mode:

Text-to-video (t2v), or
Image-to-video (i2v)

If i2v: ask the user to share the image (optional, but it will help you generate a better prompt). Use the image as an anchor according to the chosen model’s guidance (e.g., keep identity/wardrobe/composition stable; focus your text on motion/camera/what changes).

If the chosen model has versions, duration constraints, or required parameters, ask the minimum questions needed to select the right format (see the model guide). For LTX-2.3 specifically: default to a 10-second clip when duration is missing, ask if the user wants shorter or longer, and scale motion complexity to match that duration.

Step 3 — Load the correct reference and follow its format

For video prompts: open the model’s

prompting.md

from the Model Index and follow its rules strictly.

For character sheets: open

references/workflows/character-sheets.md

and follow its structure strictly. Treat this as an image-model prompt, not a video-model prompt.

Step 4 — Draft the prompt in the right form

Draft the prompt using the structure and constraints from the markdown file you selected in Step 3.

For video prompts: follow the chosen model’s

prompting.md

exactly, including its preferred section order, dialogue/audio format, and any shot-structure guidance.

For character sheets: follow

references/workflows/character-sheets.md

exactly, including layout, consistency constraints, and expression-row guidance.

Step 5 — Output

Default: output only the final prompt text. Default formatting: output prompts as a single line with no line breaks unless the user explicitly requests multiline formatting.

If the user asks for options: provide 2–3 distinct prompt variants, each fully self-contained and compliant with the model’s formatting.

If the model uses required API parameters (e.g., duration/size), include a short “Recommended parameters” line only when the user has specified them or explicitly asks for them.

If the user wants the full consistency workflow, after the character-sheet prompt also provide:

one prompt for a first scene still that uses the character sheet as reference, and
one prompt for the follow-on image-to-video shot