# testimonial-video

Turns text testimonials and reviews into vertical video cards via Remotion, complete with line-by-line reveals and animated star ratings.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 932 installs · ★ 18
- Author: iart-ai
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/iart-ai/ad-video-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/testimonial-video/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-06-22
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/testimonial-video

## What it does

This skill guides agents in building quote-based social-proof clips using React and Remotion. The visual structure prioritizes readability over flashy motion: quote text steps in line by line with a 6–10 frame offset, a highlight sweeps across the key value statement, star ratings fill smoothly to exact or fractional values, and attribution details enter last.

Motion runs strictly through `useCurrentFrame()` and `spring()` math rather than CSS transitions or browser timers. That keeps every frame deterministic during headless rendering. The card accepts plain props, letting a single composition render an entire folder of JSON review files from the command line.

The workflow focuses strictly on testimonials and quotes; it lacks layouts for discount announcements or general promotional creative.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add iart-ai/ad-video-skills --skill testimonial-video -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add iart-ai/ad-video-skills --skill testimonial-video -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add iart-ai/ad-video-skills --skill testimonial-video -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install iart-ai/ad-video-skills testimonial-video
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add iart-ai/ad-video-skills --skill testimonial-video -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/iart-ai/ad-video-skills --path skills/testimonial-video
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add iart-ai/ad-video-skills --skill testimonial-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/iart-ai/ad-video-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/testimonial-video/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- turn customer testimonials into short vertical video clips
- animate quote cards with staggered line reveals and accent highlights
- render animated star ratings with support for fractional scores
- batch-render MP4 clips from JSON review files with Remotion CLI

## Example prompts
- Make a 9:16 Remotion testimonial video from this customer quote
- Animate a review card with a 4.5 star rating and author details
- Set up a batch render script for customer reviews in `reviews/*.json`

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: testimonial-video
description: This skill should be used when the user asks to "make an animated testimonial", "create a quote video", "build a review video", "turn a customer testimonial into a graphic", "animate a customer review", "make a social proof video", "add an animated star rating", or "turn a list of reviews into videos". Covers quote typography, staggered line reveals, kinetic emphasis on key phrases, animated star ratings, the author block (name/role/avatar/company), and templating one card across many quotes.
version: 0.1.0
---

# Testimonial Video

Animate a written quote, review, or testimonial into a short, trustworthy social-proof clip. The craft is typographic, not flashy: a clean quote card where the words land in reading order, the key phrase gets emphasis exactly when it should, the stars fill to the real score, and the author signs off. One card design, driven by props, becomes a video for every review on the list.

## When to use

- Customer review → a 6–12s vertical/feed clip (the headline use case).
- A pull-quote or testimonial graphic with author name, role, avatar, company.
- An animated star rating (including half/fractional scores like 4.5).
- A batch: a list/CSV of reviews → one video each, same template.

Do **not** reach here for sale/discount promos or generic ad creative — this skill is strictly the quote / social-proof angle.

## The one rule: trust before motion

A testimonial earns its job by feeling *real*, not produced. Restraint reads as credibility; over-animation reads as an ad people skip.

1. **Reveal in reading order.** The eye must finish a line before the next arrives. Stagger lines (or clauses), never all words at once, and never reorder for visual flair.
2. **Quote the words exactly.** Do not paraphrase, trim mid-sentence, or invent a rating. If you emphasize a phrase, it must be the customer's phrase.
3. **The author is the proof.** A quote with no attributable human is just a slogan. Name + role + company (and avatar if real) is non-negotiable.

## The anatomy of a quote card

| Element | Job | Timing |
|---|---|---|
| Quote mark motif | Signals "this is a quote" before words read | Frame 0, scales/fades in first |
| Quote body | The testimonial, revealed line-by-line | Staggered, ~6–10 frames apart |
| Emphasis span | The one phrase that sells | Lands *after* its line settles |
| Star rating | The score, filled to the real value | Fills left→right after the quote |
| Author block | Name / role / company / avatar | Signs off last, slides up |

Build in that order; reveal in that order. The viewer reads the quote, believes it, sees the score, then learns who said it.

## Staggered line reveal
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