visual-mode
Guidance for working on Remotion Studio Visual Mode, sequence identity, node paths, symbolicated stacks, override IDs, and hot reload behavior. Use when implementing or debugging visual editing of Sequences.
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Install
Works with every agent the skills CLI supports.
npx skills add https://github.com/remotion-dev/remotion --skill visual-mode- 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 visual-mode 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.
Visual Mode is a feature in Remotion Studio that allows one to visually edit Sequences.
I've made the following observations:
Fields
- overrideId -> does keep the identity the same of a sequence, even if the file / line / column changes
- Sequence
stack-> changes on hot reload. shared by multiple sequences which have different overrideIds - Sequence file, line, column (symbolicated stack) -> does not change, but needs to be calculated asyn
nodePath-> same identity, even if line, stack and overrideId changes. async
nodePath + index is ideal way to keep track of the expanded state. that’s the end goal.
Once nodePath is mapped to overrideId, it doesn’t change otherwise component would remount and overrideId works change.
If the same stack is found already used by another sequence, we re-use the overrideId.
nodePath to symbolicated stack could theoretically change on every file change. but multiple sequences can share the same stack and then they all have the same nodePath.
We should only fetch the nodepath for every stack once
different unsymbolicated stacks could lead to the same symbolicated stack, because of fast refresh
unsymbolicated to symbolicated stack does never change because if it does, it is a different stack due to fast refresh
Browser Studio route tracking
Whenever adding a new Studio API route, also add it to the Browser Studio parity checklist in issue #9807. Do this in the same change, even if the route is intentionally server-only; place it in either the required Browser Studio operations or the explicitly unsupported routes.
FAQ
What does the visual-mode skill do?
Guidance for working on Remotion Studio Visual Mode, sequence identity, node paths, symbolicated stacks, override IDs, and hot reload behavior. Use when implementing or debugging visual editing of Sequences.
How do I install visual-mode?
Run npx skills add https://github.com/remotion-dev/remotion --skill visual-mode 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/visual-mode/ (personal) or .claude/skills/visual-mode/ (project).
Which AI agents can use visual-mode?
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 visual-mode 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 visual-mode?
It is published by remotion-dev in remotion-dev/remotion, and it is an official skill from the maker of the technology it covers. It has 797 recorded installs.
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