Halt-Catch-Fire Agent Skills - Setup Guide¶
Source: halt-catch-fire/skills First Discovered: June 27, 2026 Total Ecosystem Installs: 500K+
Six new agent skills from halt-catch-fire covering video rendering (Remotion), AI-powered media generation, Twitter/X automation, and browser automation for agents. These skills appeared on skills.sh in late June 2026 and rapidly accumulated installs across the Hermes/Nous Research ecosystem.
Available Skills¶
| Skill | Installs | Recent Weekly | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
remotion-render |
173K | 62,946 | Render Remotion video compositions programmatically |
ai-avatar-video |
173K | 62,942 | Generate AI avatar-driven video content |
twitter-automation |
173K | 62,923 | Automate Twitter/X posting, reading, and engagement |
ai-video-generation |
173K | 62,920 | AI-powered video generation workflows |
ai-image-generation |
173K | 62,921 | AI image generation with multiple model backends |
agent-browser |
32K | 11,856 | Browser automation for agent-driven web interaction |
Prerequisites¶
- Hermes Agent installed and running
- Node.js 18+ with
npxavailable - For
remotion-render: Remotion project or template - For AI media generation: API keys for supported AI services (configured in Hermes)
- For
twitter-automation: Twitter/X API credentials
Installation¶
# Install individual skills
npx skills add halt-catch-fire/skills --skill remotion-render
npx skills add halt-catch-fire/skills --skill ai-avatar-video
npx skills add halt-catch-fire/skills --skill twitter-automation
npx skills add halt-catch-fire/skills --skill ai-video-generation
npx skills add halt-catch-fire/skills --skill ai-image-generation
npx skills add halt-catch-fire/skills --skill agent-browser
# Or install all at once
npx skills add halt-catch-fire/skills
Skill Details¶
1. remotion-render¶
Programmatic Remotion video rendering from agent prompts. Generate video compositions, apply effects, and export to MP4.
Use cases: - Automated social media video generation - Data visualization animations - Programmatic video editing pipelines
Usage:
Render a 30-second product demo using the Remotion template at ./templates/product-launch
Export as 1080p MP4 with the "fade" transition between scenes
2. ai-avatar-video¶
AI avatar video generation - talking head videos driven by text input.
Use cases: - Automated video presentations - Customer onboarding videos - Social media content with AI presenters
Usage:
Create a 60-second AI avatar video explaining our new feature
Use the "professional" avatar preset with the product screenshot as background
3. twitter-automation¶
Full Twitter/X automation - posting, reading timelines, engaging with mentions.
Use cases: - Automated social media management - Brand monitoring and engagement - Content scheduling
Usage:
Post this thread about our product launch
Monitor @mentions for the last 24 hours and draft responses
4. ai-video-generation¶
General AI video generation using multiple backends (Runway, Pika, Kling, etc.).
Use cases: - Text-to-video generation - Image-to-video animation - Video style transfer
Usage:
Generate a 10-second video from this product screenshot with a zoom-in effect
5. ai-image-generation¶
Multi-model AI image generation (Stable Diffusion, DALL-E, Flux, Midjourney API).
Use cases: - Social media image creation - Product mockups - Marketing assets
Usage:
Generate a hero image for our blog post about AI agents, 1200x630, modern tech aesthetic
6. agent-browser¶
Browser automation for agents - navigate, click, extract data, fill forms.
Use cases: - Web scraping and data extraction - Automated testing - Form filling and submission
Usage:
Navigate to docs.ourproduct.com and extract the API reference section
Fill out the contact form on this page with our company details
Verification¶
After installation, verify the skills are available:
# List installed skills
npx skills list
# Test a skill
npx skills run remotion-render --help
Troubleshooting¶
| Issue | Solution |
|---|---|
| Skill not found after install | Restart Hermes Agent to reload the skill registry |
remotion-render fails on render |
Ensure Remotion project structure is valid and dependencies are installed |
twitter-automation auth errors |
Verify Twitter API v2 credentials in Hermes config |
agent-browser timeout |
Increase browser timeout in skill config or check network connectivity |
Quality Assessment¶
These skills are rated Community Tier 🔵 pending further validation:
- Published by halt-catch-fire on skills.sh
- Rapid adoption suggests utility but limited track record
- Recommend supervised use for the first 5-10 runs
- Test in isolated environments before production deployment
Integration with CorpusIQ¶
CorpusIQ is the connector layer that lets AI assistants read the systems a business already runs on - accounting, payments, CRM, email, files and analytics - and answer with the source named. It is read-only by design: it retrieves data and never writes to, or acts in, a connected system, which is what makes it safe to point at live accounts.
This page is part of the CorpusIQ directory, the reference we maintain for the MCP server and agent-skill ecosystem. Run alongside CorpusIQ, a third-party server like this one can be combined with a company's own business data in a single answer.