Make videos with code using Claude: 8 GitHub repos with different styles, ready-made prompts and real examples (setup and usage)

All of these repos work the same way: Claude writes the code, Google Chrome captures the frames, and ffmpeg turns them into a video. So you'll need:

• Claude Code: the version of Claude that can write files and run commands on your computer. Setup: code.claude.com. Choose Opus as the model; for long, detailed jobs, set the thinking level (effort) to high.
• Node.js: download the LTS version from nodejs.org and install it like any other program.
• Google Chrome: if it's already installed, do nothing.
• ffmpeg: install it with winget install ffmpeg on Windows or brew install ffmpeg on Mac.

You don't need to know how to code; you can also have Claude Code run the commands by telling it "install this." To check whether the setup is correct, type the following into the terminal; both should print a version number.

What it's for: It collects hundreds of videos made with Opus 5.5 that spread on social media, each with the prompt that produced it (the README lists 703 prompts, 418 of them with live remakes). No setup; it's an archive.

How to use it:
1. Open github.com/yihui-dev/awesome-opus5-5-videos, or go to skillry.dev/ai-videos/opus-5-5 to see the videos side by side.
2. Click the Prompt link under the video you like and copy the prompt text.
3. Open Claude Code in an empty folder and paste the prompt. Change parts like the product name, colors and text to fit your business.
4. Ask Claude to build the result as a single HTML file and convert it to MP4.

What to know: The same prompt doesn't give the same result; every run produces a different video. Some posts include only part of the prompt; the file itself notes this.

What it's for: 66 ready-made film styles (80s anime, toy bricks, ink painting, risograph, ukiyo-e…), each with a style prompt and a sample film. The videos are made entirely with code; no video model was used. You can also save your own style.

Setup (recommended): type the command below into the terminal. The command adds the skill to Claude Code.

How to use it:
1. Open Claude Code and type just /lemo-opuscar:lemo-opuscar.
2. It first asks for the language, then what you want to do: a film in a style from the library, adapting a style for yourself, or a film in a style you've saved.
3. If you want to see the styles first, you can watch a sample film of each at lemomo-ai.github.io/lemo-opuscar.

If you'd rather not install the skill, you can also download the repo (git clone https://github.com/lemomo-ai/lemo-opuscar.git) and work by typing claude inside the folder.

What it's for: A music video for the song "I'm Upping My P(doom)" with the lyrics landing on screen word by word. The idea, lyric timing, scenes and rendering were all made by talking to Claude Code. The code is open; it's the best example for having a lyric-synced video made for your own song.

How to explore / run it:
1. Download the repo from github.com/mexicat/pdoom-video.
2. What you need: bun (bun.sh), Google Chrome and ffmpeg.
3. Open the folder in Claude Code and say "start the preview according to the README"; it opens a live preview in the browser.
4. data/lyrics.json holds the lyric timings and app/src/scenes/ holds each scene. You can start by telling Claude "make a music video for my song with this structure."

What to know: The song doesn't belong to the repo owner; use your own music in your own video.

What it's for: A hand-drawn-looking cartoon music video JohnHeibel made for the same song. Open it side by side with the repo in step 4 to see how a completely different video comes out of the same idea. Opus's scene plan (STORYBOARD.md) and the style guide it wrote for its own subagents (ANIMATION_GUIDE.md) are also in the repo.

How to run it: Node.js, Chrome and ffmpeg are enough. Download the repo and run the commands below in the folder: the first draws the frames, the second converts them to MP4.

What it's for: 15 motion graphics styles such as frame-by-frame drawing, isometric, 3D, synthwave, pixel and cyberpunk HUD. Each is a 10-second film; the full prompt and source code are open.

How to use it:
1. Watch the films at vincentwei1021.github.io/mg-styles-15 and pick the one you like.
2. Open that style's file in the repo's prompts/ folder and copy the entire prompt block.
3. Paste it into Claude Code in an empty folder.
4. To adapt it to yourself, change only the story, brand name, text and colors in the Creative seed section; if you want a vertical video, set the Output section to 1080×1920. Don't touch the Signature features section; that's what makes the style recognizable.

To save time, you can tell Claude to use the repo's harness/render.mjs (rendering) and lib/audio (music) files. The 3D style also requires Blender.

What it's for: A ready-made starter pack for Clawd, Claude's mascot: a hand-painted look with p5.js and p5.brush, 31 emotional expressions and an animation guide for the model to follow (ANIMATION_GUIDE.md).

How to use it:
1. Download the repo and open the folder in Claude Code (commands below).
2. Write to Claude what you want. Example: "Read ANIMATION_GUIDE.md, then make a 15-second video of Clawd trying to catch a butterfly."
3. The model first produces a scene plan, then builds it scene by scene and writes the out/video.mp4 file.

What to know: On computers without a graphics card, the watercolor fills render slowly; you can ask Claude to replace those fills with something lighter. You can also provide your own reference image to change the character or add new emotions or costumes.

What it's for: It collects videos made with Claude 5.5, linked to their original posts (424 source posts; by model: Opus 301, Sonnet 54, Haiku 21, Fable 68). A good starting point to see which model and which production route were used for which job.

How to use it:
1. Open github.com/athemeroy/awesome-claude-5-5-videos.
2. Click a model in the Browse by model table and find a video in the list similar to what you want to make.
3. Check how it was made via the original link in each row; the Make your own section tells you which example to start from based on your job.

No setup needed; it's an archive.

What it's for: 54 sample videos made with code using Opus 5.5, and ready-made prompts you can copy and use directly. The repo is in Chinese; it reads easily with your browser's translation feature, and most of the prompts are already in English.

How to use it:
1. Open github.com/joeseesun/opus-video-prompts and scroll down to the "精选提示词" (featured prompts) section.
2. Copy a prompt. Even this one-sentence prompt produces a promo video: it's in the box below.
3. Paste it into Claude Code in an empty folder and replace the "for a modern startup" part with your own business.
4. Claude writes the code, renders the frames, checks its own work and gives you an MP4.

The video below is an example made with this one-sentence prompt.

If you copy the styles in these repos one-to-one, your video will still look like everyone else's. Tell Claude your own brand's colors, typeface, transition style and pacing. Example: "Use this style, but make the colors dark navy and yellow, the typeface Inter, the transitions hard cuts, the video vertical 1080×1920 and 20 seconds long."

Don't expect a perfect result on the first try: watch the video, describe what you don't like ("the second scene is too slow," "the text is small") and have it redone. Every run produces a different result; that's normal.