Music to Video skill
Turns a music track into a beat-synced video: a lyric video, slideshow or kinetic promo.
A Premium skill. Premium opens soon.
- By
- HeyGen
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Installs
- 412.3K
- Works in
- 17 apps
What Music to Video makes
This skill builds a video around a song. You give it a music file, a video to pull the sound from, or a mood description. It measures the beat and energy of the track once, then times every cut and animation to the music.
It splits the track into frames, plans a treatment for each, builds them in HyperFrames and renders an MP4. Photos or clips you supply are cut in on the beat, and a complete video needs no assets at all. On calm music with no clear beat, it paces by phrases and energy instead of forcing a beat.
Best for: Musicians, event hosts and creators who want a music-driven video fast.
- Analyzes the track for beats, energy and quiet parts
- Cuts your images and clips onto the beat
- Works with zero assets, using type and templates
- Paces calm music by phrase, not by a forced beat
- Renders an MP4 after your approval
Made with this skill
Canal Street Night Market — a 16-second promo cut to the beat. "Create a short kinetic promo set to this beat for my event." The event (a Friday night market) and the track were supplied with the brief; typography only, 16:9. Any brands, names or numbers inside are invented examples.
Example prompts
Type something like this once the skill is added. Your app opens the skill when the request matches.
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Make a lyric video for this track with big kinetic type.
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Turn these 20 photos into a slideshow timed to my song.
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Create a 30-second kinetic promo set to this beat for my event.
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Make a calm, slow visual for this ambient track.
What’s inside
170 files in the skill folder, with its Apache-2.0 licence kept inside. 6 are program files your agent can run. Read them before you install.
- SKILL.md the instructions
- references/ 162 files
- scripts/ 5 files
- sub-agents/ 1 files
- LICENSE licence
Which apps it works in
A skill is a folder of plain files, so any app that reads the open skills format can use it. Pick your app for its page.
How to add Music to Video to your app
Step by step for each app. We say where to click, so you never need to leave this page.
ChatGPTby OpenAI
- 1 Download the skill (.zip) with the button at the top of this page, then unzip it.
- 2 Open the ChatGPT desktop app and look for Skills in the sidebar, where standalone skills are listed.
- 3 Add the “music-to-video” folder there if your version offers it. If you do not see Skills yet, use this skill in Claude or Codex instead.
- 4 In a chat, type @ and pick the skill, or just ask. Ask for what you want, for example: “Make a lyric video for this track with big kinetic type.”
To make your own, describe the workflow to @skill-creator in ChatGPT Work and it drafts a skill for you.
Claude appby Anthropic
- 1 Download the skill (.zip) with the button at the top of this page.
- 2 In the Claude app, open Settings > Features.
- 3 Upload the .zip file.
- 4 Ask for what you want, for example: “Make a lyric video for this track with big kinetic type.”
The current Claude Help Center lists Free, Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise. Organization policy can restrict uploads and sharing. Chat runs code in an isolated environment; uploading a skill does not give it your local project, coding-agent tools or unrestricted network access.
Codexby OpenAI
- 1 Download the skill (.zip) with the button at the top of this page, then unzip it.
- 2 Move the “music-to-video” folder into your skills folder:
~/.agents/skills - 3 Or paste the install prompt below into Codex and let it do the copying.
- 4 Start a new session. Ask for what you want, for example: “Make a lyric video for this track with big kinetic type.”
Install prompt: paste this into Codex
I downloaded the agent skill "Music to Video" as music-to-video.zip. Unzip it and copy the music-to-video folder into ~/.agents/skills. Before you finish, list every file it contains, show me any scripts and what they do, and stop if anything asks for passwords, API keys or downloads from other websites.
To use the skill in one project only, put it in .agents/skills inside that project instead.
Claude Codeby Anthropic
- 1 Download the skill (.zip) with the button at the top of this page, then unzip it.
- 2 Move the “music-to-video” folder into your skills folder:
~/.claude/skills - 3 Or paste the install prompt below into Claude Code and let it do the copying.
- 4 Start a new session. Ask for what you want, for example: “Make a lyric video for this track with big kinetic type.”
Install prompt: paste this into Claude Code
I downloaded the agent skill "Music to Video" as music-to-video.zip. Unzip it and copy the music-to-video folder into ~/.claude/skills. Before you finish, list every file it contains, show me any scripts and what they do, and stop if anything asks for passwords, API keys or downloads from other websites.
Built-in installer: claude plugin marketplace add <owner/repo>
Built-in installer: claude plugin install <plugin>@<marketplace>
To use the skill in one project only, put it in .claude/skills inside that project instead.
Cursor
- 1 Download the skill (.zip) with the button at the top of this page, then unzip it.
- 2 Move the “music-to-video” folder into your skills folder:
~/.cursor/skills - 3 Or paste the install prompt below into Cursor and let it do the copying.
- 4 Start a new session. Ask for what you want, for example: “Make a lyric video for this track with big kinetic type.”
Install prompt: paste this into Cursor
I downloaded the agent skill "Music to Video" as music-to-video.zip. Unzip it and copy the music-to-video folder into ~/.cursor/skills. Before you finish, list every file it contains, show me any scripts and what they do, and stop if anything asks for passwords, API keys or downloads from other websites.
To use the skill in one project only, put it in .cursor/skills inside that project instead. Cursor also reads ~/.agents/skills, ~/.claude/skills, ~/.codex/skills.
GitHub Copilotby GitHub
- 1 Download the skill (.zip) with the button at the top of this page, then unzip it.
- 2 Move the “music-to-video” folder into your skills folder:
~/.copilot/skills - 3 Or paste the install prompt below into GitHub Copilot and let it do the copying.
- 4 Start a new session. Ask for what you want, for example: “Make a lyric video for this track with big kinetic type.”
Install prompt: paste this into GitHub Copilot
I downloaded the agent skill "Music to Video" as music-to-video.zip. Unzip it and copy the music-to-video folder into ~/.copilot/skills. Before you finish, list every file it contains, show me any scripts and what they do, and stop if anything asks for passwords, API keys or downloads from other websites.
Built-in installer: gh skill install <owner/repo> <skill> --agent github-copilot --scope user
To use the skill in one project only, put it in .github/skills inside that project instead. GitHub Copilot also reads ~/.agents/skills.
Gemini CLIby Google
- 1 Download the skill (.zip) with the button at the top of this page, then unzip it.
- 2 Move the “music-to-video” folder into your skills folder:
~/.gemini/skills - 3 Or paste the install prompt below into Gemini CLI and let it do the copying.
- 4 Start a new session. Ask for what you want, for example: “Make a lyric video for this track with big kinetic type.”
Install prompt: paste this into Gemini CLI
I downloaded the agent skill "Music to Video" as music-to-video.zip. Unzip it and copy the music-to-video folder into ~/.gemini/skills. Before you finish, list every file it contains, show me any scripts and what they do, and stop if anything asks for passwords, API keys or downloads from other websites.
Built-in installer: gemini skills install <git-url>
To use the skill in one project only, put it in .gemini/skills inside that project instead. Gemini CLI also reads ~/.agents/skills.
Windsurf
- 1 Download the skill (.zip) with the button at the top of this page, then unzip it.
- 2 Move the “music-to-video” folder into your skills folder:
~/.codeium/windsurf/skills - 3 Or paste the install prompt below into Windsurf and let it do the copying.
- 4 Start a new session. Ask for what you want, for example: “Make a lyric video for this track with big kinetic type.”
Install prompt: paste this into Windsurf
I downloaded the agent skill "Music to Video" as music-to-video.zip. Unzip it and copy the music-to-video folder into ~/.codeium/windsurf/skills. Before you finish, list every file it contains, show me any scripts and what they do, and stop if anything asks for passwords, API keys or downloads from other websites.
To use the skill in one project only, put it in .windsurf/skills inside that project instead.
Kiro
- 1 Download the skill (.zip) with the button at the top of this page, then unzip it.
- 2 Move the “music-to-video” folder into your skills folder:
~/.kiro/skills - 3 Or paste the install prompt below into Kiro and let it do the copying.
- 4 Start a new session. Ask for what you want, for example: “Make a lyric video for this track with big kinetic type.”
Install prompt: paste this into Kiro
I downloaded the agent skill "Music to Video" as music-to-video.zip. Unzip it and copy the music-to-video folder into ~/.kiro/skills. Before you finish, list every file it contains, show me any scripts and what they do, and stop if anything asks for passwords, API keys or downloads from other websites.
To use the skill in one project only, put it in .kiro/skills inside that project instead.
Antigravityby Google
- 1 Download the skill (.zip) with the button at the top of this page, then unzip it.
- 2 Move the “music-to-video” folder into your skills folder:
~/.gemini/antigravity/skills - 3 Or paste the install prompt below into Antigravity and let it do the copying.
- 4 Start a new session. Ask for what you want, for example: “Make a lyric video for this track with big kinetic type.”
Install prompt: paste this into Antigravity
I downloaded the agent skill "Music to Video" as music-to-video.zip. Unzip it and copy the music-to-video folder into ~/.gemini/antigravity/skills. Before you finish, list every file it contains, show me any scripts and what they do, and stop if anything asks for passwords, API keys or downloads from other websites.
To use the skill in one project only, put it in .agents/skills inside that project instead.
OpenCode
- 1 Download the skill (.zip) with the button at the top of this page, then unzip it.
- 2 Move the “music-to-video” folder into your skills folder:
~/.config/opencode/skills - 3 Or paste the install prompt below into OpenCode and let it do the copying.
- 4 Start a new session. Ask for what you want, for example: “Make a lyric video for this track with big kinetic type.”
Install prompt: paste this into OpenCode
I downloaded the agent skill "Music to Video" as music-to-video.zip. Unzip it and copy the music-to-video folder into ~/.config/opencode/skills. Before you finish, list every file it contains, show me any scripts and what they do, and stop if anything asks for passwords, API keys or downloads from other websites.
To use the skill in one project only, put it in .opencode/skills inside that project instead. OpenCode also reads ~/.agents/skills, ~/.claude/skills.
Cline
- 1 Download the skill (.zip) with the button at the top of this page, then unzip it.
- 2 Move the “music-to-video” folder into your skills folder:
~/.agents/skills - 3 Or paste the install prompt below into Cline and let it do the copying.
- 4 Start a new session. Ask for what you want, for example: “Make a lyric video for this track with big kinetic type.”
Install prompt: paste this into Cline
I downloaded the agent skill "Music to Video" as music-to-video.zip. Unzip it and copy the music-to-video folder into ~/.agents/skills. Before you finish, list every file it contains, show me any scripts and what they do, and stop if anything asks for passwords, API keys or downloads from other websites.
To use the skill in one project only, put it in .agents/skills inside that project instead.
Amp
- 1 Download the skill (.zip) with the button at the top of this page, then unzip it.
- 2 Move the “music-to-video” folder into your skills folder:
~/.config/agents/skills - 3 Or paste the install prompt below into Amp and let it do the copying.
- 4 Start a new session. Ask for what you want, for example: “Make a lyric video for this track with big kinetic type.”
Install prompt: paste this into Amp
I downloaded the agent skill "Music to Video" as music-to-video.zip. Unzip it and copy the music-to-video folder into ~/.config/agents/skills. Before you finish, list every file it contains, show me any scripts and what they do, and stop if anything asks for passwords, API keys or downloads from other websites.
Built-in installer: amp skill add <github-url> --global
To use the skill in one project only, put it in .agents/skills inside that project instead. Amp also reads ~/.agents/skills, ~/.config/amp/skills, ~/.claude/skills.
Gooseby Block
- 1 Download the skill (.zip) with the button at the top of this page, then unzip it.
- 2 Move the “music-to-video” folder into your skills folder:
~/.agents/skills - 3 Or paste the install prompt below into Goose and let it do the copying.
- 4 Start a new session. Ask for what you want, for example: “Make a lyric video for this track with big kinetic type.”
Install prompt: paste this into Goose
I downloaded the agent skill "Music to Video" as music-to-video.zip. Unzip it and copy the music-to-video folder into ~/.agents/skills. Before you finish, list every file it contains, show me any scripts and what they do, and stop if anything asks for passwords, API keys or downloads from other websites.
To use the skill in one project only, put it in .agents/skills inside that project instead. Goose also reads ~/.claude/skills.
OpenClaw
- 1 Download the skill (.zip) with the button at the top of this page, then unzip it.
- 2 Move the “music-to-video” folder into your skills folder:
~/.openclaw/skills - 3 Or paste the install prompt below into OpenClaw and let it do the copying.
- 4 Start a new session. Ask for what you want, for example: “Make a lyric video for this track with big kinetic type.”
Install prompt: paste this into OpenClaw
I downloaded the agent skill "Music to Video" as music-to-video.zip. Unzip it and copy the music-to-video folder into ~/.openclaw/skills. Before you finish, list every file it contains, show me any scripts and what they do, and stop if anything asks for passwords, API keys or downloads from other websites.
Built-in installer: openclaw skills install @owner/<slug>
Built-in installer: openclaw skills install @owner/<slug> --global
Built-in installer: openclaw skills install git:owner/repo@ref
To use the skill in one project only, put it in skills inside that project instead. OpenClaw also reads ~/.agents/skills.
Hermes Agentby Nous Research
- 1 Download the skill (.zip) with the button at the top of this page, then unzip it.
- 2 Move the “music-to-video” folder into your skills folder:
~/.hermes/skills - 3 Or paste the install prompt below into Hermes Agent and let it do the copying.
- 4 Start a new session. Ask for what you want, for example: “Make a lyric video for this track with big kinetic type.”
Install prompt: paste this into Hermes Agent
I downloaded the agent skill "Music to Video" as music-to-video.zip. Unzip it and copy the music-to-video folder into ~/.hermes/skills. Before you finish, list every file it contains, show me any scripts and what they do, and stop if anything asks for passwords, API keys or downloads from other websites.
Built-in installer: hermes skills install <owner/repo/skill>
VS Codeby Microsoft
- 1 Download the skill (.zip) with the button at the top of this page, then unzip it.
- 2 Move the “music-to-video” folder into your skills folder:
~/.copilot/skills - 3 Or paste the install prompt below into VS Code and let it do the copying.
- 4 Start a new session. Ask for what you want, for example: “Make a lyric video for this track with big kinetic type.”
Install prompt: paste this into VS Code
I downloaded the agent skill "Music to Video" as music-to-video.zip. Unzip it and copy the music-to-video folder into ~/.copilot/skills. Before you finish, list every file it contains, show me any scripts and what they do, and stop if anything asks for passwords, API keys or downloads from other websites.
To use the skill in one project only, put it in .github/skills inside that project instead. VS Code also reads ~/.claude/skills, ~/.agents/skills.
This skill includes 6 program files. That is normal for skills that build real files, but read them first, and stop if anything asks for passwords or outside downloads.
Questions about Music to Video
Does it need a music file?
It accepts a music file, a video to take audio from, or a mood brief to generate a track. Generating music may need a provider sign-in.
Does it add narration?
No. It is for music-driven videos with no narration and no website capture.
What does it need?
It uses a Python beat analyzer and the HyperFrames command line tool, so it works best in a coding agent.
Is the Music to Video skill free?
It is a Premium skill on Best Agent Skills. Premium opens soon, with monthly, yearly and lifetime plans on the pricing page.
Who made the Music to Video skill?
HeyGen. We did not write it. Best Agent Skills curates skills like this one, explains them in plain words and shows how to add them to your app. It is shared under the Apache-2.0 licence (Copyright 2026 HeyGen, Inc.).
