COMMENT "SKILLS"
20 free skills that give Claude new powers
20 free, open-source add-ons ('skills') let Claude make motion graphics, 3D, audio and video, things it couldn't do on its own. Don't grab all 20. Pick one, install it, make one real thing.
01Quick steps
- 1Pick the ONE thing you actually make first: video, motion/design, 3D, or audio.
- 2Find the free tool behind it on GitHub (three.js, ffmpeg, remotion, manim, whisperX, ComfyUI).
- 3Do the one-time install from that repo's README (a couple of minutes).
- 4Then ask Claude in plain English and it builds the actual file.
- 5Get one result you're proud of, then add the next skill.
02Your ready to use prompt
Prompt for Claude: 'I want to make ONE of these: a short video with captions, a 3D logo, motion graphics, or clean audio. Pick the best free open-source tool for my choice (three.js, remotion, anime.js, manim, ffmpeg, whisperX, or ComfyUI), give me the exact one-time install steps for my computer, then tell me the plain-English request to give you so you build the actual file.'
03Full tutorial
A skill is a free add-on you drop into Claude once. After that, instead of Claude telling you how to make something, it actually makes the file: a 3D scene, an animation, an edited video, cleaned-up audio. You just ask in plain English.
The mistake is installing all 20 and using none. Decide the single thing you most want to make: short videos, motion graphics or designs, 3D, or audio. Everything below follows from that one pick.
Each skill is built on a real, free, open-source tool: 3D is three.js (https://github.com/mrdoob/three.js); motion is remotion, anime.js, manim, or lottie; video and audio are ffmpeg and whisperX; images are ComfyUI. Open the repo for your pick.
Follow that repo's README to install it, usually a couple of commands. This is the only setup step, and you only do it once per skill. If you use Claude Code, it can run these steps for you.
Now just describe what you want: 'make me a 3D spinning logo of my brand' or 'cut this video to 30 seconds with captions' or 'clean the background noise out of this audio'. Claude uses the skill to build the real file.
Make one thing you would actually use or post. Getting a single finished result teaches you more than reading about all 20, and it tells you whether this is the skill you needed.
Once you have a result you are happy with, add the next skill the same way: find the tool, install it, ask in plain English. Grow your setup one proven skill at a time.
These replace separate paid apps for video editing, design, 3D and audio, and they live inside one place you already talk to. Free, open-source, and you drive them with plain language instead of learning five different tools.
All the tools are free and open-source. Start with one, make one thing, then grow.