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Run 1Question bubble pause“In talk.mp4, show a thought bubble that asks why we still met every Monday.”
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

Question Bubble Pause

A speech or thought bubble with their question appears beside their head and the video dims.

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Adds a speech or thought bubble beside a speaker's head with the question they ask, and dims the video a little behind it, so the question hangs for a beat. 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 asks the viewer a question, or says what they were thinking, and wants it to hang on screen for a moment.

By RecaplyUpdated 11 Nov

Install Question Bubble Pause

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

Read https://recaply.co/skills/question-bubble-overlay/install.md and follow it to install the question-bubble-overlay skill from question-bubble-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 Question Bubble Pause is for

What you get

  • Your video with the overlay timed to the words, sound kept
  • As they ask the question, a bubble with their words appears beside their head and the picture darkens a touch around it
  • 16:9, 9:16, 1:1 or 4:5

Good fit

  • When someone asks the viewer a question, or says what they were thinking, and wants it to hang on screen for a moment

Not for

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

About this skill

You say

In talk.mp4, show a thought bubble that asks why we still met every Monday.

It said back

The new video is talk-graphics.mp4. It's 1920×1080 (16:9), 24.3 seconds long, 30 fps, and the sound is the original audio, unchanged.

  • What it shows: a thought bubble reading "Why do we still meet every Monday?" with the video dimmed a little behind it. It sits to the right of her head and doesn't cover her face. The panels use the warm off-white paper style.
  • Timing: it appears at 7.7 s, as she says "that's 600 hours a year," and stays until 13.0 s, which is partway through "Written updates on Friday…"
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What it did in run 1

  1. question-bubble-overlay
  2. S=.claude/skills/question-bubble-overlay; ls -la; node $S/scripts/check.mjs
  3. ls -la; node .claude/skills/question-bubble-overlay/scripts/check.mjs
  4. ./overlay.json
  5. node .claude/skills/question-bubble-overlay/scripts/overlay.mjs overlay.json --words
  6. node .claude/skills/question-bubble-overlay/scripts/overlay.mjs overlay.json --face 8
  7. ./face-check.png
  8. ./overlay.json
  9. node .claude/skills/question-bubble-overlay/scripts/overlay.mjs overlay.json --check
  10. ./overlay-check.png
  11. node .claude/skills/question-bubble-overlay/scripts/overlay.mjs overlay.json 2>&1 | tail -5; ls -la talk-graphics.mp4
  12. Done

9 Nov 2026 · Claude Code 2.1.322 with Claude Opus 5.5 · 1 min 45 s · $0.25 of API use

Questions

Is Question Bubble Pause free?

No. Question Bubble Pause 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 Question Bubble Pause?

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

What do I get when I buy Question Bubble Pause?

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 Question Bubble Pause?

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 ./question-bubble-overlay with your agent's flag.

What do I get from Question Bubble Pause?

Your video with the overlay timed to the words, sound kept. As they ask the question, a bubble with their words appears beside their head and the picture darkens a touch around it. 16:9, 9:16, 1:1 or 4:5.

What does Question Bubble Pause need?

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

How big is Question Bubble Pause?

13 files, about 79,883 tokens in all. The SKILL.md is about 2,221 tokens, and your agent reads it only when the job fits.

What does a run cost?

Our 1 runs took 1 min 45 s to 1 min 45 s and $0.25 to $0.25 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 Question Bubble Pause to use it?

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