# model-showdown

Runs a fair motion graphics comparison across three AI models on one brief. Produces a 16:9 side-by-side or a 1080x1920 stacked reel.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1400 installs · ★ 412
- Author: charlie947
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/charlie947/motion-graphics-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/model-showdown/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-11
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/model-showdown

## What it does

The skill enforces strict rules for head-to-head AI benchmarking. Each model receives an identical brief and must return a standalone `index.html` file driven by deterministic `window.seek(t)`. No re-rolls or manual edits are permitted. If an engine delivers broken code or crashes, that failure stays visible in the final cut.

All three outputs are rendered at matching resolution and 30fps before merging with `ffmpeg`. For mobile formats, it stacks three 1080x360 panels at vertical coordinates 540, 900, and 1260 over a `#0B0B0F` background. A transparent `overlay.png` applies titles and branding.

Running this requires actual logo assets and brand data from `brand.md` or `MOTION.md`, or the skill prompts running `brand-intake`. The layout strictly enforces safe zones: no text can sit below vertical line 1420 or in the right 120px to prevent social app buttons from blocking labels.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add charlie947/motion-graphics-skills --skill model-showdown -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add charlie947/motion-graphics-skills --skill model-showdown -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add charlie947/motion-graphics-skills --skill model-showdown -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install charlie947/motion-graphics-skills model-showdown
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add charlie947/motion-graphics-skills --skill model-showdown -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/charlie947/motion-graphics-skills --path skills/model-showdown
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add charlie947/motion-graphics-skills --skill model-showdown -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/charlie947/motion-graphics-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/model-showdown/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- compare motion graphics outputs across three AI models fairly
- assemble three rendered clips into a 1080x1920 stacked social reel using ffmpeg
- build a 16:9 side-by-side comparison layout for email newsletters
- enforce deterministic HTML animation output via window.seek

## Example prompts
- Run a model-showdown comparison across three models with this motion brief
- Build a 1080x1920 stacked reel from these three AI animation renders
- Prepare the deterministic HTML prompt requirements for three AI models

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: model-showdown
description: Give the same motion brief to three AI models, keep each first try, render all three the same way and stack them into one comparison video with model names and logos. Makes a 16:9 side-by-side for a newsletter and a 1080 x 1920 stacked reel for Instagram and TikTok. Use when someone says "compare three models", "same prompt three AIs", "model showdown", "which AI is the best motion designer", "side by side comparison video" or wants a fair head-to-head of AI outputs.
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# Model showdown, three AIs on one brief

A fair test people can see for themselves. One brief, three models, first try each, one renderer.

**Before you start:** read `brand.md` and `MOTION.md` if they exist. If not, run `brand-intake` first, or ask for hex codes, a font and a logo file. Never call a result on-brand without them. The brand applies to the headline and labels, never to the models' outputs.

## Step 1: Ask for four things, then wait

1. **The brief,** word for word. Every model gets the exact same text.
2. **The three models,** named exactly as their makers write them, and how the user reaches each one (their own accounts only).
3. **The logo files** for each model, attached. Never redrawn from memory.
4. **The headline,** two short lines. Example: "Same prompt." / "Three AI models."

## Step 2: The fair-test rules

- **First try only.** No re-rolls, no fixes, no "one more go" for the one you hoped would win.
- **The models write HTML, you render it.** Add this to the brief so no model gets a better export:

```
Deliver ONE self-contained index.html, [WIDTH] x [HEIGHT] px. Output the complete HTML only. A shared renderer will execute window.seek(t) and export each model's output at the same settings.
Implementation: deterministic window.seek(seconds), wrap modulo [SECONDS], every visual state derived from time. Automatic playback when not in ?render mode. Under ?render freeze until seek. Set window.__ready=true after initialisation. No external requests. Do not add controls, debug text, the model name or screenshots.
```

- **Same renderer, same settings** for all three: same size, 30fps, same length, same encoder.
- **A failure stays in.** If a model returns broken HTML or nothing, its panel says so. Never swap in a later try.

## Step 3: Stack them

**Newsletter (16:9):** three panels side by side, each with its model name above it on a plain strip.

**Reel (1080 x 1920):** three 1080 x 360 panels stacked at y 540, 900 and 1260, over a dark background. Build a transparent 1080 x 1920 `overlay.png` in HTML holding the headline and the three labels, then:

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