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Run 1Chat before and after“Before-and-after chat film for our travel assistant: a slow chat about a cheaper Friday flight, then the same ask answered at once.”
Runs in
  • Claude Code
  • Codex
  • Cursor
  • Gemini CLI
  • GitHub Copilot
  • OpenCode
Generates with
Your agent's model
Tested with
Claude Code 2.1.322Claude Opus 5.51 real run, 9 Nov
Needs
Node 22+Chromeffmpeg
Licence
Recaply licence

Chat Before and After

The same chat shown twice: the slow way, then with the product, side by side, then the result.

$9.99once, yours to keep

Every premium skill and prompt, one plan$19.99 a month. Cancel any time. What you get when you buy

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Makes a 15 to 21 s launch film (MP4) from a set recipe. A chat thread stays the thread of the film: the old back-and-forth first, then a before and after, then the same question answered in one go. The recipe sets the scene order, pacing, look and sizes; the person's words, screenshots and logo fill it. Renders locally with Chrome and ffmpeg: no video model, no key and no cost. Use when someone wants AI assistants, support tools, booking or any product that shortens a conversation.

By RecaplyUpdated 11 Nov

Install Chat Before and After

After the download, ask your agent to add it, or run the line yourself.

Read https://recaply.co/skills/chat-before-after-film/install.md and follow it to install the chat-before-after-film skill from chat-before-after-film.zip.

Paste it into your agent. It reads our install steps, finds the ZIP you downloaded and adds the skill for you.

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Who Chat Before and After is for

What you get

  • An MP4 at 16:9, 9:16
  • 15 to 21 s, in 4 planned scenes
  • A still of every scene, checked before it renders

Good fit

  • When AI assistants, support tools, booking or any product that shortens a conversation

Not for

  • Filmed footage or people on camera
  • Long explainer videos

About this skill

You say

Before-and-after chat film for our travel assistant: a slow chat about a cheaper Friday flight, then the same ask answered at once.

It said back

I made the film in two sizes. Each is 19.7 s long with no sound.

  • launch-film/travel-chat-16x9.mp4: 1920×1080, for YouTube, websites, X and LinkedIn
  • launch-film/travel-chat-9x16.mp4: 1080×1920, for Reels, TikTok, Shorts and Stories
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What it did in run 1

  1. chat-before-after-film
  2. S=.claude/skills/chat-before-after-film; node $S/scripts/check.mjs; node $S/scripts/film.mjs --scenes | head -80; ls -a
  3. node .claude/skills/chat-before-after-film/scripts/check.mjs; node .claude/skills/chat-before-after-film/scripts/film.mjs --scenes | head -80; ls -a
  4. cat logo.svg
  5. mkdir -p launch-film && cp logo.svg launch-film/ && cat > launch-film/film.json <<'EOF' { "look": "swiss", "size": "16:9", "accent": "#2E8B57", "name": "Travel assistant", "logo": "logo.svg", "transition": "slide", "out": "travel-chat-16x9.mp4", "scenes": [ { "scene": "chat-thread", "name": "Travel agent", "messages": [ { "from": "you", "text": "Is there a cheaper flight on Friday?" }, { "from": "them", "text": "Which airport and what time of day?" }, { "from": "you", "text": "Any time, any nearby airport." }, { "from": "them", "text": "Let me check fares and get back to you." }, { "from": "you", "text": "Still there? Prices keep going up." } ] }, { "scene": "compare", "before": { "title": "Before", "points": ["Back-and-forth questions", "Waiting on fare checks"] }, "after": { "title": "With the assistant", "points": ["Ask once", "Cheaper Friday options at once"] } }, { "scene": "prompt", "label": "Ask the assistant", "ask": "Is there a cheaper flight on Friday?", "answerTitle": "Cheaper on Friday", "answer": ["Early morning, direct", "Midday, one stop", "From the nearby airport"] }, { "scene": "end", "title": "Ask once. Fly cheaper.", "button": "Try the assistant" } ] } EOF cd launch-film && node ../.claude/skills/chat-before-after-film/scripts/film.mjs film.json --check
  6. ./launch-film/film.json
  7. cd launch-film && node ../.claude/skills/chat-before-after-film/scripts/film.mjs film.json --check
  8. ./launch-film/film-check.png
  9. node ../.claude/skills/chat-before-after-film/scripts/film.mjs film.json && sed -e 's/"16:9"/"9:16"/' -e 's/travel-chat-16x9/travel-chat-9x16/' film.json > film-9x16.json && node ../.claude/skills/chat-before-after-film/scripts/film.mjs film-9x16.json --check && for f in *.mp4; do ffprobe -v error -show_entries format=duration:stream=width,height -of csv=p=0 "$f"; done
  10. node ../.claude/skills/chat-before-after-film/scripts/film.mjs film.json && sed -e 's/"16:9"/"9:16"/' -e 's/travel-chat-16x9/travel-chat-9x16/' film.json > film-9x16.json && node ../.claude/skills/chat-before-after-film/scripts/film.mjs film-9x16.json --check
  11. node ../.claude/skills/chat-before-after-film/scripts/film.mjs film.json
  12. ./launch-film/film-9x16.json
  13. node ../.claude/skills/chat-before-after-film/scripts/film.mjs film-9x16.json --check
  14. ./launch-film/film-check.png
  15. node ../.claude/skills/chat-before-after-film/scripts/film.mjs film-9x16.json
  16. Done

9 Nov 2026 · Claude Code 2.1.322 with Claude Opus 5.5 · 2 min 16 s · $0.35 of API use

Questions

Is Chat Before and After free?

No. Chat Before and After costs $9.99 once and stays in your Recaply account, or it comes with the Recaply plan ($19.99 a month), which opens every premium skill and prompt.

Which agents can use Chat Before and After?

Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode.

What do I get when I buy Chat Before and After?

A ZIP of the whole skill folder (70 KB): the SKILL.md your agent follows and its 11 other files, the references, templates and scripts it uses. You download it from this page whenever you need it, and install it in Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode. The Recaply plan opens it too, with every other premium skill and prompt.

How do I install Chat Before and After?

Buy it, then download the ZIP from this page. For Claude Code, unzip it into .claude/skills/ in your project. For Codex, Cursor and Gemini CLI, unzip it and run npx skills add ./chat-before-after-film with your agent's flag.

What do I get from Chat Before and After?

An MP4 at 16:9, 9:16. 15 to 21 s, in 4 planned scenes. A still of every scene, checked before it renders.

What does Chat Before and After need?

Node 22+, Chrome and ffmpeg, and no API key. Each use costs nothing beyond your agent.

How big is Chat Before and After?

12 files, about 50,151 tokens in all. The SKILL.md is about 2,043 tokens, and your agent reads it only when the job fits.

What does a run cost?

Our 1 runs took 2 min 16 s to 2 min 16 s and $0.35 to $0.35 of API use each, in Claude Code with claude-opus-5-5. On a Claude plan, a run counts toward your usage instead.

Do I have to name Chat Before and After to use it?

Type /chat-before-after-film first to make sure it loads. Without it, Claude Code may judge a small job simple enough to do without the skill.