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Run 1Cycle build and close“In talk.mp4 show the week as a loop: write, read, fix, call only if stuck.”
Runs in
  • Claude Code
  • Codex
  • Cursor
  • Gemini CLI
  • GitHub Copilot
  • OpenCode
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Your agent's model
Tested with
Claude Code 2.1.322Claude Sonnet 5.51 real run, 9 Nov
Needs
Node 22+Chromeffmpeg
Licence
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Cycle Build and Close

Steps land around a loop one by one and the loop closes back to the start.

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Adds a cycle diagram to a talking-head video: steps land around a loop as they are said, and the loop draws itself closed after the last one. Timed to the words they say, on their own footage, with their sound kept; 16:9, 9:16, 1:1 or 4:5. Renders locally with Chrome and ffmpeg: no video model, no key and no cost. Use when someone explains a process that repeats (a release cycle, a training week, a feedback loop).

By RecaplyUpdated 11 Nov

Install Cycle Build and Close

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

Read https://recaply.co/skills/cycle-build-overlay/install.md and follow it to install the cycle-build-overlay skill from cycle-build-overlay.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 Cycle Build and Close is for

What you get

  • Your video with the overlay timed to the words, sound kept
  • Each step appears on the circle in turn; when the last one lands, the loop closes, showing the process starts again
  • 16:9, 9:16, 1:1 or 4:5

Good fit

  • When someone explains a process that repeats (a release cycle, a training week, a feedback loop)

Not for

  • Footage with nobody speaking
  • Cutting or re-editing the video itself

About this skill

You say

In talk.mp4 show the week as a loop: write, read, fix, call only if stuck.

It said back

I added the loop to talk.mp4 and saved it as talk-graphics.mp4. It is 1920x1080, 24.3 s, 30 fps, with the speaker's sound unchanged. The check found no layout problems, and I looked at the settled frame: four labelled steps sit on a red loop under the title "The week". I did not watch the rendered video itself.

The loop is on screen from 11.2 s to 17.6 s, full frame, in the paper look. Each step lands as its words are said, and the loop closes after the last one:

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What it did in run 1

  1. cycle-build-overlay
  2. ls -la && node .claude/skills/cycle-build-overlay/scripts/check.mjs
  3. echo '{"video":"talk.mp4","transcript":"talk.json","beats":[]}' > overlay.json && node .claude/skills/cycle-build-overlay/scripts/overlay.mjs overlay.json --words
  4. python3 -c " import json;d=json.load(open('talk.json')) ws=d.get('words') or [w for s in d['segments'] for w in s.get('words',[])] print([(w.get('word') or w.get('text'),round(w['start'],2)) for w in ws if 10<w['start']<19])"
  5. cat > overlay.json <<'E' {"video":"talk.mp4","transcript":"talk.json","look":"paper", "beats":[{"beat":"flow","layout":"cycle","title":"The week","items":["Write","Read","Fix","Call"],"cues":["Written updates","one shared board","15-minute call","only when something is stuck"],"until":"stuck"}]} E node .claude/skills/cycle-build-overlay/scripts/overlay.mjs overlay.json --face >/dev/null; node .claude/skills/cycle-build-overlay/scripts/overlay.mjs overlay.json --check
  6. ./overlay.json
  7. node .claude/skills/cycle-build-overlay/scripts/overlay.mjs overlay.json --face && node .claude/skills/cycle-build-overlay/scripts/overlay.mjs overlay.json --check
  8. ./overlay.json
  9. ./face-check.png
  10. ./overlay.json
  11. node .claude/skills/cycle-build-overlay/scripts/overlay.mjs overlay.json --check
  12. ./overlay-check.png
  13. node .claude/skills/cycle-build-overlay/scripts/overlay.mjs overlay.json
  14. Done

9 Nov 2026 · Claude Code 2.1.322 with Claude Sonnet 5.5 · 1 min 39 s · $0.14 of API use

Questions

Is Cycle Build and Close free?

No. Cycle Build and Close 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 Cycle Build and Close?

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

What do I get when I buy Cycle Build and Close?

A ZIP of the whole skill folder (105 KB): the SKILL.md your agent follows and its 12 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 Cycle Build and Close?

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 ./cycle-build-overlay with your agent's flag.

What do I get from Cycle Build and Close?

Your video with the overlay timed to the words, sound kept. Each step appears on the circle in turn; when the last one lands, the loop closes, showing the process starts again. 16:9, 9:16, 1:1 or 4:5.

What does Cycle Build and Close need?

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

How big is Cycle Build and Close?

13 files, about 79,911 tokens in all. The SKILL.md is about 2,248 tokens, and your agent reads it only when the job fits.

What does a run cost?

Our 1 runs took 1 min 39 s to 1 min 39 s and $0.14 to $0.14 of API use each, in Claude Code with claude-sonnet-5-5. On a Claude plan, a run counts toward your usage instead.

Do I have to name Cycle Build and Close to use it?

Type /cycle-build-overlay first to make sure it loads. Without it, Claude Code may judge a small job simple enough to do without the skill.