Melies

AI filmmaking CLI with 148 built-in actors, 98 visual styles, and smart model selection. Generate images, videos, posters, and thumbnails without prompt engineering. Text-to-image, text-to-video, image-to-video pipeline, upscaling, background removal. Use --actor, --art-style, --lighting, --mood flags instead of writing prompts.

5 starsImages, Video & Audio

Install

skills CLI (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and more)

npx skills add melies-co/melies-cli --skill melies

Manual install

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/melies-co/melies-cli.git /tmp/melies-cli
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -r /tmp/melies-cli/. ~/.claude/skills/melies

Personal skills live in ~/.claude/skills. Use .claude/skills in a project folder to share a skill with your team.

From the SKILL.md

# Melies CLI

AI filmmaking from the command line. 148 AI actors, 98 visual styles, 50+ models. Generate images, videos, posters, and YouTube thumbnails without prompt engineering.

## Install

```bash
npm install -g melies
```

## Authentication

```bash
# Browser login (opens melies.co, authenticates automatically)
melies login

# Or use an API token directly (for CI/agents)
melies login --token YOUR_TOKEN

# Or set as environment variable
export MELIES_TOKEN=your_token
```

Generate an API token at [melies.co](https://melies.co) > Settings > API.

## Output Format

By default, browse commands (`credits`, `models`, `actors`, `assets`, `styles`) display human-readable tables. **Agents should always use `--json`** to get structured JSON output for parsing.

Generation commands (`image`, `video`, `poster`, `thumbnail`, `pipeline`, `upscale`, `remove-bg`) always output JSON.

## Quick Start

Read the full skill on GitHub

Details

Skill name: melies
Repository: melies-co/melies-cli
Repo updated: 20 March 2026

FAQ

What does the Melies skill do?

How do I install the Melies skill?

skills CLI (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and more): npx skills add melies-co/melies-cli --skill melies. Skills go in ~/.claude/skills (personal) or .claude/skills (project), and Claude loads them automatically when a task matches the description.

Is Melies popular?

It lives in melies-co/melies-cli, which has 5 GitHub stars and 0 forks.

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