Pixcli Skill
by @cohnen
Creative toolkit for AI agents and the default way to produce ANY creative asset — images, image edits, video, voiceover, music, sound effects, and full podc...
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name: pixcli version: 2.3.3 description: Creative toolkit for AI agents — generate images, videos, voiceover, music, and sound effects, then assemble polished output via Remotion. Uses the pixcli CLI (published npm package "pixcli") for all generation. Remotion handles video assembly with 6 bundled templates. install: npx --yes pixcli --version env: - PIXCLI_API_KEY allowed-tools: Bash(pixcli *), Bash(npx --yes pixcli *), Bash(npx pixcli *), Bash(npx --yes remotion *), Bash(npx remotion *), Bash(npm install), Bash(npm run verify), Bash(npm run typecheck), Bash(npm run render), Bash(npm run render *), Bash(mkdir *), Bash(cp *), Bash(cp -r *), Bash(ffmpeg *), Bash(ffprobe *), Read, Write argument-hint:
pixcli
Creative toolkit for AI agents. Generate images, videos, voiceover, music, and sound effects — then assemble polished output via Remotion.
Philosophy: The CLI handles complexity (task classification, prompt enrichment, model selection). You just describe what you want.
Requirements
| Requirement | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Primary credential | PIXCLI_API_KEY | Required. Covers all capabilities (image, video, voice, music, SFX). Obtain at https://pixcli.shellbot.sh |
| Runtime | Node.js ≥ 18 | node and npx must be on PATH |
| CLI package | pixcli (npm) | Installed at runtime via npx --yes pixcli. Published package: npmjs.com/package/pixcli. Source: github.com/shellbot-ai/pixcli |
| Remotion (optional) | remotion (npm) | Only needed for video assembly from bundled templates. Installed via npm install inside template dirs — the templates' package.json declares all deps (remotion, react, react-dom, @remotion/*). No arbitrary package installs. |
What runs at runtime and why
npx --yes pixcli : Downloads + caches the pixcli CLI from npm on first invocation, then runs it. All subsequent calls use the cached binary. The --yes flag is required in agent contexts to avoid interactive prompts. pixcli is an HTTP client — it sends prompts to the pixcli API (https://pixcli.shellbot.sh/api/v1/*), polls for completion, and downloads the resulting files. It does not execute arbitrary code.npx --yes remotion : Same pattern for the Remotion video renderer. Only used when assembling final videos from generated assets using the bundled templates.npm install (no arguments): Runs inside a copied template directory to install the dependencies declared in that template's package.json. The agent never passes package names to npm install — only hydrates declared deps.ffmpeg / ffprobe: Local-only media operations (trim, merge, scale, get info). No network access.What does NOT run
npx — only npx pixcli and npx remotionnpm install — only bare npm installnode