Steve DudenhoefferandClaude Opus 4.8
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Adapts mort's builtin animate skill into an executus/skillpack: - plans scenes + a reusable cast so recurring people/props stay consistent (built for funny bits 'about ourselves'), incl. multi-minute pieces - bundled scripts/encode.py owns the fragile encode + format decision: GIF for short loops, H.264 MP4 (yuv420p, even dims, +faststart — plays inline in Discord) for long pieces OR when a GIF comes out too big, with a gifski→ffmpeg-palette fallback - keeps the workspace discipline, text-readability pacing, and <=3-pass vision self-critique from the original; adds a frame budget for long renders encode.py verified end-to-end (short->gif, long->mp4 confirmed h264/yuv420p/ even/faststart); SKILL.md parses cleanly via the executus skillpack loader. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <[email protected]>
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executus-skills
Skill packs for executus
harnesses (mort, gadfly, …), in the SKILL.md "agent-skills" format. Each pack is
its own subfolder with a SKILL.md manifest plus any bundled helper files.
executus-skills/
gif/
SKILL.md # instructions the agent loads on demand
scripts/encode.py # bundled helper the agent runs in its sandbox
Packs
gif— make a funny animated GIF or MP4 for Discord from a description. Plans scenes, keeps recurring people/props consistent via a reusable cast, renders frames in Python, and lets a bundledencode.pypick the format: a GIF for short loops, or an H.264 MP4 (that Discord plays inline) for long bits or when a GIF comes out too big. Adapted from mort's builtinanimateskill. Handles multi-minute pieces.
Using a pack from mort
Each subfolder is a separate subscription (pinned by content digest):
.set skillpacks.enabled true # then restart mort (boot-read)
.set skillpacks.allowed_sources git:https://gitea.stevedudenhoeffer.com/steve/
.skillpack subscribe git https://gitea.stevedudenhoeffer.com/steve/executus-skills subpath=gif ref=main
Then attach the pack to an agent that already has the tools the pack uses (the
pack supplies instructions, not tools). For gif, the agent needs
code_exec, image_describe, send_attachments, file_get_metadata, and
think in its toolset, a generous max_runtime with critic_enabled: true
(long renders run for minutes), and a sandbox image with ffmpeg (plus
gifski/gifsicle for nicer GIFs). Add it in the agent's YAML:
low_level_tools: [code_exec, image_describe, send_attachments, file_get_metadata, think]
skill_packs: [gif]
When the pack is updated upstream, .skillpack check reports it and
.skillpack apply gif re-pins — nothing an agent runs changes until you apply.