Paper Reel
Make a faceless 9:16 explainer reel in the cut-paper 'Claude mascot' style (flat textured paper shapes, a terracotta box mascot with a hat per scene, a screwed header sign, a typing terminal bar, counter cards, rubber stamps, word-by-word paper caption chips, hard cuts on every voice line, a soft lo-fi bed) — fully free and local: Kokoro voice, whisper.cpp word timing, canvas + Playwright + ffmpeg. Use when the user asks for a reel/short/TikTok in this paper or Claude-mascot style, a 'skill checkpoint'/tool-spotlight reel, or a faceless explainer with a comment-keyword CTA.
Install
npx skills add haiderfarooq3/paper-reel --skill paper-reelgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/haiderfarooq3/paper-reel.git /tmp/paper-reel
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -r /tmp/paper-reel/. ~/.claude/skills/paper-reelPersonal skills live in ~/.claude/skills. Use .claude/skills in a project folder to share a skill with your team.
From the SKILL.md
# paper-reel
You make 18–25s vertical reels drawn entirely in code. The voice is the clock: every spoken line is one scene, and props, stamps and counters land on the words that name them. No paid APIs, no API keys.
Everything runs through `bin/reel` in this skill folder (call it `REEL=<this skill dir>/bin/reel`). The pieces live in the user's project, e.g. `<project>/pieces/<name>/`.
## 0. Setup check
`$REEL doctor` checks node, ffmpeg, Playwright and Chromium, whisper-cli and its model, Kokoro (Python and model), and the fonts. Run it first. It prints the exact install command for anything missing; tell the user that command and stop until it's fixed.
## 1. Script (approve with the user before drawing)
6–8 lines, 18–25s total, about 3.5 words/s. The proven arc:
1. **Hook:** what it is plus the payoff in one line ("This free Claude skill turns any topic into a Khan Academy style video.")
2. **How it works,** 2–3 lines, one concrete step each.
3. **The catch:** one honest limitation (it builds trust).
4. **"And get this."** The kicker: free, open source, a big number.
5. **CTA:** "For the <thing>, comment <WORD>." One keyword, all caps in the script.
Rules:
- Every factual claim (stars, prices, features) must be checked from a primary source first: the repo API, the README, the vendor page.
- Write numbers the way they're said ("over a hundred stars").Details
- Skill name
paper-reel- Repository
- haiderfarooq3/paper-reel
- License
- MIT
- Repo updated
- 27 October 2026
FAQ
What does the Paper Reel skill do?
Make a faceless 9:16 explainer reel in the cut-paper 'Claude mascot' style (flat textured paper shapes, a terracotta box mascot with a hat per scene, a screwed header sign, a typing terminal bar, counter cards, rubber stamps, word-by-word paper caption chips, hard cuts on every voice line, a soft lo-fi bed) — fully free and local: Kokoro voice, whisper.cpp word timing, canvas + Playwright + ffmpeg. Use when the user asks for a reel/short/TikTok in this paper or Claude-mascot style, a 'skill checkpoint'/tool-spotlight reel, or a faceless explainer with a comment-keyword CTA.
How do I install the Paper Reel skill?
skills CLI (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and more): npx skills add haiderfarooq3/paper-reel --skill paper-reel. Skills go in ~/.claude/skills (personal) or .claude/skills (project), and Claude loads them automatically when a task matches the description.
Is Paper Reel popular?
It lives in haiderfarooq3/paper-reel, which has 65 GitHub stars and 10 forks.
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