blender-claymation-skill
Claude skill: stop-motion claymation films in Blender from a single prompt
Install with your AI
Paste into Claude Code, Cursor, or any agent — it reads the repo and wires the tool into your project.
Install and set up blender-claymation-skill (claude-skill project) into my current project. Found on https://claudeers.com/blender-claymation-skill Repo: https://github.com/angrypenguinpng/blender-claymation-skill Homepage/docs: — Detected install method: claude-skill → # copy this skill into .claude/skills/blender-claymation-skill/ Category: skills. Platforms: cli. Read the repo's README for exact setup and env vars, then install it and wire it into my project. Claudeers Health Verdict: unknown; community-verified: false. Confirm the source before running anything.
# copy the skill dir into your project: # .claude/skills/blender-claymation-skill/ (or ~/.claude/skills/blender-claymation-skill/ for all projects)
git clone https://github.com/angrypenguinpng/blender-claymation-skill
// compatibility
| Platforms | cli |
|---|---|
| Operating systems | — |
| AI compatibility | claude |
| License | MIT |
| Pricing | open-source |
| Language | Python |
blender-claymation
A skill for Claude that makes stop-motion claymation films in Blender from a single prompt.
"can you make a stop motion claymation video (~20 seconds) of a little penguin who lives in an igloo?"
Claude plans a beat sheet, builds a tabletop miniature and a clay puppet in Python, and animates it "on twos" at 12 fps with hand-made boil and light flicker. It renders with Cycles, checks the frames, and hands you an mp4 (or a video player artifact).
examples/igloo.py | examples/clay_spark.py |
|---|---|
| A penguin peeks out of its igloo, waddles into the snow, catches a snowflake and waves. | A sleepy clay ball wakes up, sprouts into a starburst and hops onto a stack of books. |
Install
Claude Code:
git clone https://github.com/angrypenguinpng/blender-claymation-skill ~/.claude/skills/blender-claymation
Then ask for a claymation in any session.
Requirements:
- Blender 4.2+ (tested on 5.2):
brew install --cask blenderon macOS,snap install blender --classicon Linux. - ffmpeg.
- A GPU helps a lot. Cycles auto-selects Metal, OptiX, CUDA, HIP or oneAPI.
On an Apple M4 Pro a 20 s film renders in about 25 minutes at 1600×900.
Run the examples yourself
scripts/blender.sh examples/igloo.py --still 120 --res 960 540 --samples 32 # one test frame
scripts/blender.sh examples/igloo.py --res 1600 900 --samples 80 # full 240 frames -> renders/igloo/
scripts/encode.sh renders/igloo out/igloo.mp4 # 24 fps mp4 with grain + vignette
What's inside
SKILL.md the workflow Claude follows
scripts/claylib.py clay material, lumpy primitives, lights, camera, easing, boil, CLI
scripts/blender.sh find Blender and run a scene headless
scripts/encode.sh frames -> mp4
scripts/contact_sheet.sh frames -> one review image
scripts/obs.js, record_window.sh optional OBS screen recording of the result (macOS)
examples/ two complete films to copy from
assets/player.html video player page for an artifact
references/look-guide.md the numbers behind the clay look
references/recording-demo.md
Inspired by Alex Albert's post showing Claude making claymations in Blender from one prompt.
MIT licensed.
// faq
What is blender-claymation-skill?
Claude skill: stop-motion claymation films in Blender from a single prompt. It is open-source on GitHub.
Is blender-claymation-skill free to use?
blender-claymation-skill is open-source under the MIT license, so it is free to use.
What category does blender-claymation-skill belong to?
blender-claymation-skill is listed under skills in the Claudeers registry of Claude-compatible tools.
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