image-to-video
Animate a still image into a finished, moving video with Pexo. Upload a photo and Pexo adds natural motion, camera moves, and transitions, auto-picks the best image-to-video model (Seedance, Kling, Wan, and more), and returns a publish-ready clip with music. Use when the user has an IMAGE to bring to life: "image to video", "animate this photo", "make a video from this picture", "turn my image into a video". NOT for text-only prompts (use the text-to-video skill) or editing an existing video.
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Install
Works with every agent the skills CLI supports.
npx skills add https://github.com/pexoai/pexo-skills --skill image-to-video- 01
Install
Run the command in your project. The CLI asks which agents to install for.
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Describe the task
Ask your agent for something this skill covers. It loads image-to-video automatically when relevant.
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Review the result
The agent follows the SKILL.md steps, scripts and references bundled with the skill.
SKILL.md
The instructions your agent reads when the skill is triggered.
Image to Video — Pexo
Pexo: https://pexo.ai — get an API key, watch your project render, and buy credits there.
Bring a still image to life as a finished video. You upload the user's image, hand the request to the hosted Pexo agent, and deliver the result — Pexo adds the motion, camera movement, music, and assembles the final clip.
Your role: relay, don't create
Create a project, send the user's request verbatim, poll, deliver. Pexo's backend handles all creative work — scriptwriting, model choice, prompts, music. Adding your own direction (duration, style, models the user didn't ask for) overrides its judgment and produces worse videos.
Config
~/.pexo/config:
PEXO_BASE_URL="https://pexo.ai"
PEXO_API_KEY="sk-<your-api-key>"
No account / first run → read references/SETUP-CHECKLIST.md and walk the user through it — it carries the signup flow with the invite code that grants new users bonus credits, plus how to create the config above. Config error → run scripts/pexo-doctor.sh and follow its output.
Workflow
Scripts live in this skill's scripts/. Reply to the user in their language.
- Create a project:
pexo-project-create.sh "<short brief>"→ save theproject_id. - Upload any files the user gave:
pexo-upload.sh <project_id> <path>→ saveasset_id, reference it inline as<original-image>asset_id</original-image>(or<original-video>/<original-audio>). Tags are required — a bareasset_idis ignored. Pexo can't crawl URLs — download, then upload. - Send the request:
pexo-chat.sh <project_id> "<user's exact words> <asset tags>". Copy the user's words exactly; only add asset tags. - Tell the user (their language): submitted ✓ · ~15–20 min ·
https://pexo.ai/project/<project_id>. - Poll: every ≥60s run
pexo-project-get.sh <project_id>and act onnextAction:- WAIT → keep polling; every ~5 polls send a one-line update with the project link.
- RESPOND → handle each event in
recentMessages: relay Pexo's text (wait for the user's answer if it asked, thenpexo-chat.shtheir reply); forpreview_video, runpexo-asset-get.sh <project_id> <assetId>per option, show the URLs (A/B/C), let the user pick, thenpexo-chat.sh <project_id> "<choice>" --choice <assetId>; for adocumentevent, mention it to the user. - DELIVER →
pexo-asset-get.sh <project_id> <final assetId>, then send the user the full asset URL as plain text — all?…query params, never truncated or wrapped in markdown — plus the project link. - FAILED → explain
nextActionHintin plain terms and offer to retry. - RECONNECT →
pexo-chat.sh <project_id> "continue", tell the user the connection dropped and you're resuming, then keep polling. - Never call
pexo-chat.shduring WAIT — it triggers duplicate production. - Taking too long → if it's been >30 min and still WAIT, tell the user (with the project
link +
https://pexo.ai/connect/openclaw) it's running long; ask whether to keep waiting or stop. Don't poll forever.
Revisions
After delivery, the user's tweaks ("make it shorter", "new music", "different shot") reuse the
same project: pexo-chat.sh <project_id> "<their feedback>", then poll again (step 5). Never
create a new project for a revision — it throws away Pexo's server-side context.
Credits
If a script fails with "Credits balance" / "Insufficient credits": if the error carries a
purchase link, pass it to the user; otherwise tell them to add credits at https://pexo.ai/home
→ Credits → Buy Credits. Retry after they confirm.
Example
User: "Animate this product photo into a 10-second clip with a slow zoom."
pid=$(pexo-project-create.sh "animate product photo")
pexo-chat.sh "$pid" "Animate this product photo into a 10-second clip with a slow zoom."
# Tell the user: submitted, ~15–20 min, https://pexo.ai/project/$pid
# Poll pexo-project-get.sh "$pid" until nextAction is DELIVER, then deliver the asset URL.
Scripts
| Script | Usage | Returns |
|---|---|---|
pexo-project-create.sh | "<brief>" | project_id |
pexo-upload.sh | <project_id> <file> | asset_id |
pexo-chat.sh | <project_id> "<message>" [--choice <id>] | ack (async) |
pexo-project-get.sh | <project_id> | JSON: nextAction, recentMessages |
pexo-asset-get.sh | <project_id> <asset_id> | JSON with url |
pexo-doctor.sh | — | setup diagnostic |
Error codes and edge cases → references/TROUBLESHOOTING.md.
FAQ
What does the image-to-video skill do?
Animate a still image into a finished, moving video with Pexo. Upload a photo and Pexo adds natural motion, camera moves, and transitions, auto-picks the best image-to-video model (Seedance, Kling, Wan, and more), and returns a publish-ready clip with music. Use when the user has an IMAGE to bring to life: "image to video", "animate this photo", "make a video from this picture", "turn my image into a video". NOT for text-only prompts (use the text-to-video skill) or editing an existing video.
How do I install image-to-video?
Run npx skills add https://github.com/pexoai/pexo-skills --skill image-to-video in your project. The skills CLI detects the agents you use and copies the skill into the right folder. For Claude Code you can also place the skill folder at ~/.claude/skills/image-to-video/ (personal) or .claude/skills/image-to-video/ (project).
Which AI agents can use image-to-video?
Any agent that supports the open Agent Skills format (a folder with a SKILL.md file), including Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, Windsurf, Cline, OpenCode and more.
Is image-to-video safe to install?
No partner security audit is available yet. Skills can run commands and scripts, so read the SKILL.md and any bundled files before installing.
Who maintains image-to-video?
It is published by pexoai in pexoai/pexo-skills. It has 110 recorded installs.
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