# luma

A skill that turns your coding agent into a shot planner for Luma Dream Machine. Handy for animating stills, keeping a character steady across shots, or restyling real footage.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 574 installs · ★ 199
- Author: social-media-skills
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/social-media-skills/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/luma/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-15
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/luma

## What it does

The skill teaches the agent to write director-style shot briefs for Ray3, a reasoning video model that interprets, generates, self-evaluates and retries. One call produces one 5–10 second shot. A brand film is a shot list: each piece generated separately, then cut together in an editor with sound added later, since Luma has no native audio track.

The workflow follows the DREAM framework. First a shot definition with subject, action, lighting and camera movement. Then references: still-first image-to-video, keyframes for transitions, character reference for identity. After that comes money: iterate in Draft Mode, spend Hi-Fi only on the winning take. HDR at 1080p runs about 16 times the standard 720p credits, and monthly credits expire at reset.

Rights matter here. The free tier is watermarked and non-commercial; the commercial floor sits at the Plus-level plan. Luma keeps a marketing license on generations, so client work under NDA needs Enterprise. Tier tables in the app genuinely conflict, so verify pricing inside the account before committing.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add social-media-skills/skills --skill luma -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/luma/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/luma/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add social-media-skills/skills --skill luma -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/luma/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add social-media-skills/skills --skill luma -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/luma/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install social-media-skills/skills luma
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/luma/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add social-media-skills/skills --skill luma -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/social-media-skills/skills --path skills/luma
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/luma/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add social-media-skills/skills --skill luma -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/social-media-skills/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/luma/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- generate a cinematic shot from a text prompt
- turn a still image into moving footage
- keep one character consistent across multiple shots
- restyle real video while keeping the original performance
- budget credits so drafts do not burn the monthly allowance

## Example prompts
- Write a shot brief: a woman by the window, soft morning light, slow push-in
- Animate this brand still via image-to-video, Draft Mode first
- Plan the shot list for a 15-second cut and estimate the credit spend

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: luma
description: >-
  The Luma Dream Machine craft skill — generate cinematic AI video shots (Ray3: text-to-video,
  image-to-video, keyframes, character reference, Modify V2V, HDR) with draft-first economics and
  the right rights. Use when someone wants to generate video with Luma/Dream Machine/Ray3, animate
  a still into video, keep a character consistent across shots, restyle real footage, control
  credit burn, pick a Luma model or plan, or build a multi-shot AI brand film. Uses the DREAM
  framework. Reads ai-video + brand-profile + short-form-video-script first. The agent writes shot
  briefs and can drive the API where connected; the HUMAN judges every clip; WoopSocial publishes.
  Generations are shots not films (no native audio); Draft Mode first, HDR only for finals; verify
  tiers in-app. Never use unpermitted likeness, generate fake-event footage, or state credit rates
  as fact. Distinct from ai-video, veo-3/kling/runway, flux (the stills this animates),
  heygen/synthesia, and capcut.
version: 1.0.0
---

# luma

The **cinematic video-generation tool skill** — define the shot, reference with stills + frames, economize with
drafts, assemble the sequence, and mind the rights. The agent briefs (and can drive the API where connected);
the **human judges every clip**; **WoopSocial publishes**. (Ships with `tools/integrations/luma.md`.)

## The POV: shots, not films — and drafts, not gambles
Dream Machine's 2026 edge is per-shot cinematic quality: Ray3 was the first "reasoning" video model (it
interprets, generates, self-evaluates, retries), with 16-bit HDR, keyframes, character reference, and Modify
(restyle real footage, keep the performance). The top-1% operator holds four truths the marketing softens.
**(1) Generations are shots, not films:** 5–10 seconds each, Extend degrades past the initial clip — a brand
film is a shot list, generated shot-by-shot and **assembled in an editor** with **sound added in post** (no
native audio; that's Veo/Kling territory). **(2) Draft first, always:** iterate cheap in Draft Mode, Hi-Fi
master only the winner — because HDR at 1080p runs ~16× standard credits and monthly credits expire at reset.
**(3) Variance is real:** the same prompt differs run-to-run more than half the time (independent testing) — so
client-grade consistency comes from **references** (still-first image-to-video, character reference on base
Ray3, keyframes), never from luck. **(4) The rights fine print:** free = watermarked non-commercial, the
commercial floor is the Plus-level plan (tier tables genuinely conflict — verify in-app), and **Luma keeps a
marketing license on your generations** — the clause client work needs to know about.

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