# youtube-intro-outro

Builds a 3–5s logo sting intro and an outro plate with room for YouTube's clickable elements. One brand object re-skins the whole channel.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 686 installs · ★ 5
- 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/youtube-video-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/youtube-intro-outro/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-06-22
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/youtube-intro-outro

## What it does

The skill covers the two pieces of motion around every video: a short branded intro and an outro whose final seconds host YouTube's clickable cards. The intro stays inside 3–5 seconds, with the logo hit at 1–2 seconds. Anything longer costs retention, so the skill keeps the form tight.

The sting runs in three beats: windup, impact, settle. The logo has to land on the exact frame of the audio hit, not near it. Inside is a Remotion component where a `spring` overshooting from 1.18 to 1 supplies the snap and a white flash decaying over 6 frames sells the impact. The outro works differently. YouTube's clickable elements sit on the right two thirds of the frame, so the logo, channel name and any face-cam go in the left third, with empty zones left for the cards.

Both compositions read a single `brand` object — name, logo, sting, colors. Nothing is hardcoded, so re-skinning a channel means swapping one file. One catch: the outro needs at least 20 seconds of held layout and the video at least 25 seconds total, or the elements have nowhere to go. Rendering runs through `npx remotion render` with the `--props` flag.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install iart-ai/youtube-video-skills youtube-intro-outro
```

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

### Gemini CLI

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

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

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

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

## When to use it
- build a channel intro whose logo lands on the audio hit
- lay out an outro so YouTube's cards miss your branding
- keep one template and re-skin it per channel
- hold the intro inside 3–5 seconds
- batch-render intro and outro from a list of brand files

## Example prompts
- Make a channel intro where the logo lands on the sting impact, 3.5 seconds long
- Build an outro with empty zones for the subscribe button and next-video card
- Re-skin the intro and outro for a new brand from `brand.json` and render both

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: youtube-intro-outro
description: This skill should be used when the user asks to "make a YouTube intro", "create a channel intro", "build a logo sting/bumper", "design an outro / end screen / end card", "add subscribe and next-video cards", "make an intro animation", "build a reusable intro template", or "sync the logo reveal to an audio sting". Covers the 3-5s branded intro, the last-20s end-screen outro inside YouTube's element safe zones, timing conventions, audio-sting sync, and a swap-the-brand template.
version: 0.1.0
---

# YouTube Intro & Outro

Build the two pieces of motion that bracket every video on a channel: a 3-5s branded **intro** (logo sting that says "this is my channel") and an **outro** whose last ~20s host YouTube's clickable end-screen elements (subscribe + next video). Both must respect hard platform constraints — intro length affects retention; outro layout must dodge YouTube's overlaid UI — and both should be one reusable template where only the brand changes.

## When to use

- Channel intro / bumper / logo sting (a 3-5s identity hit before content).
- Outro / end screen / end card (the last ~20s with subscribe + next-video cards).
- A reusable brand template: swap name, logo, colors, sting, and re-export.

## Two hard rules (platform, not taste)

1. **Keep the intro 3-5s, the logo hit 1-2s.** Anything longer than 5s causes measurable viewer drop-off, which hurts the video in the algorithm. The intro confirms the channel and gets out of the way.
2. **The outro must be ≥20s of held, quiet layout, and the video ≥25s total.** YouTube only allows end-screen elements in the final 5-20s, and the video must be at least 25 seconds long. Design the outro plate around where those elements land — never put your own content under them.

## Intro: the logo sting

A sting is three beats in ~3.5s: a **windup** (motion building tension), an **impact** (logo snaps to full on the audio hit), and a **settle** (micro-overshoot relaxing to rest). The brand mark must land exactly on the sound's impact frame, not near it.

| Beat | Window | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Windup | 0-0.8s | whoosh / build; logo not yet readable |
| Impact | ~0.8s | logo snaps to full on the audio hit + a white flash |
| Settle | 0.8-1.2s | overshoot relaxes to rest; tagline fades in |
| Hold | 1.2-3.5s | brand legible, then cut to content |

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