# scenario-minimax-video

A skill for generating and editing video with MiniMax Hailuo models on Scenario: text-to-video, frame anchors, clip extension, recasting people.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 375 installs · ★ 1141
- Author: scenario-labs
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/scenario-labs/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/scenario-minimax-video/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/scenario-minimax-video

## What it does

The skill covers the Hailuo family on Scenario through MCP. H3 (Hailuo 3.0) folds text, keyframe and reference conditioning into one call and writes stereo audio in the same pass. The H3 Max line splits that into single-mode members — text, image, reference, lip sync — with faster Turbo twins on the first two. Three Max members edit a clip you already have: Extend Video (plus Turbo), Insert Video and Recast.

H3's mode follows from the inputs. A bare `prompt` means text mode and `aspectRatio` is honored. `firstFrameImage` sets the frame shape and `aspectRatio` is ignored. `firstFrameImage` with `lastFrameImage` gives you start and end anchors. The `referenceImages`, `referenceVideos` and `referenceAudio` arrays guide subject, style, motion and voice without forcing frames. Keyframes and references are mutually exclusive: no frame combines with any reference array. `referenceAudio` never rides alone — it needs at least one image or video reference.

Check the schema with `model_schema_get` before you run anything: the members agree on almost nothing, down to how a resolution is spelled. H3 is slow and expensive, and reference videos bill per second of uploaded footage. Draft on Turbo at `480P`, then spend the expensive member on the take you keep. The older Hailuo 2.3 pair carries a `deprecated` tag naming H3 as successor, so re-discover the catalog before new work.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add scenario-labs/skills --skill scenario-minimax-video -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add scenario-labs/skills --skill scenario-minimax-video -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add scenario-labs/skills --skill scenario-minimax-video -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install scenario-labs/skills scenario-minimax-video
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add scenario-labs/skills --skill scenario-minimax-video -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/scenario-labs/skills --path skills/scenario-minimax-video
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add scenario-labs/skills --skill scenario-minimax-video -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/scenario-labs/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/scenario-minimax-video/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- generate a clip from a text prompt with stereo audio
- pin the first and last frame for exact composition
- extend an existing clip by 1 to 15 seconds
- insert a new scene into the middle of a clip
- swap the people in a video using photos, keeping motion and audio

## Example prompts
- Generate a video from this prompt with scenario-minimax-video, H3 text mode, 2K
- Extend this clip by 5 seconds with Extend, output continuation
- Recast the people in this clip using these photos

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: scenario-minimax-video
description: "Use when generating or editing video with MiniMax Hailuo models on Scenario via MCP: text-to-video, image-to-video, first and last frame anchors, reference images, videos, or audio, native stereo audio, bracketed camera commands, extending a clip, inserting a new scene into one, or recasting the people in it from photos. Keywords: MiniMax, Hailuo 3.0, H3, H3 Max, Turbo, Extend Video, Insert Video, Recast, Hailuo 2.3, T2V, I2V, V2V, 2K."
license: MIT
---

# Scenario MiniMax Video

## Overview

MiniMax's Hailuo video family on Scenario has three kinds of member. H3 (Hailuo 3.0) folds text,
keyframe, and reference conditioning into one model and generates stereo audio in the same pass. The
H3 Max line splits that into single-mode members (text, image, reference, lip sync), each with a
faster Turbo twin on the first two. Three Max members edit a clip you already have instead of
generating one: Extend Video (with a Turbo twin), Insert Video, and Recast. The older Hailuo 2.3
pair carried a `deprecated` tag naming H3 as successor at authoring time. Discover members with
`search` and treat `model_schema_get` as the contract: they agree on almost nothing, not even the
spelling of a resolution.

Connection and the core loop: see the `scenario` skill in this repo; model-agnostic video work: the
`scenario-video` skill. If a sibling skill named here is missing from your available skills, ask the
user to install it (`npx skills add scenario-labs/skills --skill <name>`); unattended, proceed from
tool schemas and flag the gap.

## Quick reference

H3's mode follows from the inputs (names from the live schema):

| Mode         | Inputs                                                 | Behavior                                                                                 |
| ------------ | ------------------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Text         | `prompt`                                               | `aspectRatio` honored (21:9 through 9:16, default `adaptive`)                            |
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