Install with the open skills CLI (global, non-interactive — available in every Claude Code session):
npx skills add remotion-dev/skills --skill "remotion-captions" -g -a claude-code -yOr manually — clone and copy the skill directory (SKILL.md + companion files):
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/remotion-dev/skills /tmp/skills && cp -r /tmp/skills/skills/remotion-captions ~/.claude/skills/remotion-captions-remotion-dev-2This skill is a directory: SKILL.md is the entry point; the files below ship with it.
---
name: remotion-captions
description: Dealing with captions in Remotion
metadata:
tags: subtitles, captions, remotion, json
---
All captions must be processed in JSON. The captions must use the [`Caption`](https://www.remotion.dev/docs/captions/caption.md) type which is the following:
```ts
import type { Caption } from "@remotion/captions";
```
This is the definition:
```ts
type Caption = {
text: string;
startMs: number;
endMs: number;
timestampMs: number | null;
confidence: number | null;
};
```
## Generating captions
To transcribe video and audio files to generate captions, load the [transcribe-captions.md](transcribe-captions.md) file for more instructions.
## Displaying captions
To display captions in your video, load the [display-captions.md](display-captions.md) file for more instructions.
## Importing captions
To import captions from a .srt file, load the [import-srt-captions.md](import-srt-captions.md) file for more instructions.
You MUST use this before any creative work - creating features, building components, adding functionality, or modifying behavior. Explores user intent, requirements and design before implementation.
Use when you have a spec or requirements for a multi-step task, before touching code
Use when creating new skills, editing existing skills, or verifying skills work before deployment