# papercraft-stop-motion-explainer

This skill turns a topic into a production plan for a papercraft stop-motion explainer: characters, sets, prompts and a storyboard.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 3400 installs · ★ 10579
- Author: MiniMax-AI
- License: not stated · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/MiniMax-AI/MiniMax-H3/tree/HEAD/skills/papercraft-stop-motion-explainer/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-08-15
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/papercraft-stop-motion-explainer

## What it does

The skill takes a topic, key points or source material and builds a plan for an explainer video. It pulls out the learning goal and visual metaphor, suggests creative directions, and designs paper characters, layered diorama sets and props. From there come preview concepts, image and video prompts, storyboards, camera movement, transitions and sound.

Work runs in phases with confirmation cards: after each stage the skill offers choices — continue, revise, switch direction, jump to a single asset, or stop. Ask for one asset and the full 18-step route stays out of the way: a single-image prompt needs steps 1, 2, 9 and 17, a storyboard needs 1, 2 and 12 through 16. The finished production document goes to the canvas, and chat gets a short summary plus the filename.

The skill requires the MiniMax Hub agent with its canvas workspace and MiniMax H3 generation, so it will not run on generic agent harnesses. Video generation defaults to MiniMax-H3 unless you pick another model. The look is fixed too: foreground, midground and background planes, visible paper thickness, hinges and pull-tabs, frame-by-frame movement. Smooth CG motion and flat vector backdrops break the effect, which is why standard 2D cartoons and live action are out of scope.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add MiniMax-AI/MiniMax-H3 --skill papercraft-stop-motion-explainer -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add MiniMax-AI/MiniMax-H3 --skill papercraft-stop-motion-explainer -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add MiniMax-AI/MiniMax-H3 --skill papercraft-stop-motion-explainer -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install MiniMax-AI/MiniMax-H3 papercraft-stop-motion-explainer
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/papercraft-stop-motion-explainer/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add MiniMax-AI/MiniMax-H3 --skill papercraft-stop-motion-explainer -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/MiniMax-AI/MiniMax-H3 --path skills/papercraft-stop-motion-explainer
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add MiniMax-AI/MiniMax-H3 --skill papercraft-stop-motion-explainer -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/MiniMax-AI/MiniMax-H3/tree/HEAD/skills/papercraft-stop-motion-explainer/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- turn a topic and key points into an explainer video plan
- design paper characters and layered diorama sets
- write prompts for stills and short video clips
- break a scene into a storyboard with camera moves and transitions
- get a single asset without running the whole workflow

## Example prompts
- Build a full explainer package about the water cycle for schoolchildren, 60 seconds
- Give me three creative directions for a video on how vaccines work
- Just the storyboard for a papercraft video about photosynthesis

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