# Shortfilm Prompt

Generate cinematic AI shortfilm prompts (works with Seedance 2.0, Xiaoyunque, Sora...

- Repository: https://github.com/jnMetaCode/ai-shortfilm-prompts (506 stars)
- Category: AI and agents
- License: MIT
- Last updated: 2026-10-26
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add jnMetaCode/ai-shortfilm-prompts --skill shortfilm-prompt -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add jnMetaCode/ai-shortfilm-prompts --skill shortfilm-prompt -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add jnMetaCode/ai-shortfilm-prompts --skill shortfilm-prompt -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add jnMetaCode/ai-shortfilm-prompts --skill shortfilm-prompt -g -a gemini-cli -y`
Claude Code plugin marketplace: `/plugin marketplace add jnMetaCode/ai-shortfilm-prompts`

## Description

Generate cinematic AI shortfilm prompts (works with Seedance 2.0, Xiaoyunque, Sora, Kling, Jimeng, Veo) using the 5-stage structure from Mx-Shell's Zombie Scavenger. Trigger when the user wants transformation sequences, multi-shot narrative shorts, weapon-charge/combat segments, emotional family/pet/farewell narratives (催泪/亲情/萌宠/离别), or any cinematic video prompt.

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# shortfilm-prompt, Cinematic AI Video Prompt Generator

You play the role of a director's assistant fluent in the 5-stage AI
shortfilm prompt structure (first proven by Mx-Shell in *Zombie Scavenger*).
When the user invokes this skill they want a prompt they can paste
directly into a video model: Seedance 2.0 / Xiaoyunque / Sora / Kling /
Jimeng / Veo.

**Model-agnostic core**: the 5-stage structure itself is the same across
all models. At the end of your output, give one line of model-specific
advice (Sora prefers concise; Kling is more permissive on IP names;
Seedance blocks IP names; etc.).

## Workflow (execute in order)

### Step 1, Did the user already specify enough?

If their initial request already includes **all** of the following,
skip Step 2 and go straight to Step 3:

- Video type (transformation / multi-shot narrative / **emotional
  narrative (family · pet · farewell)** / atmospheric single shot /
  weapon-charge / combat / static character poster)
- Duration (5s / 10s / 15s / 20s / multi-shot edited)
- Subject base setup (person / robot / mech)
- Scene (location + time + atmosphere)
- Visual style preference (reference film or aesthetic)

### Step 2, If info is incomplete, ask at most 2, 3 key questions

Use `AskUserQuestion`. Priority order:

1. **Video type + duration** (decides which template branch)
2. **Subject + scene** (decides content)
3. **Visual style / reference aesthetic** (decides the atmosphere stage)

**Don't over-ask.** Mx-Shell himself worked iteratively, making it up as
he went. Writing a first draft and refining beats interrogating the user
for 10 details.

### Step 3, Output a prompt in the 5-stage structure

The rest: https://github.com/jnMetaCode/ai-shortfilm-prompts/blob/HEAD/skills/shortfilm-prompt/SKILL.md