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Run 1Video thumbnails“Make a thumbnail for my video about budgeting”
Runs in
  • Claude Code
  • Codex
  • Cursor
  • Gemini CLI
  • GitHub Copilot
  • OpenCode
Generates with
Your agent's modelFLUX.2 [dev]falFLUX.2 klein 9BCloudflare Workers AI
Tested with
Claude Code 2.1.322Claude Sonnet 5.51 real run, 10 Nov
Needs
Node 20+ChromeA fal or Cloudflare Workers AI key
Licence
Recaply licence

Video Thumbnails

Bold 1280x720 video thumbnails: a dramatic scene on the right, a huge title on the left in real type.

$9.99once, yours to keep

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Makes video thumbnails: a dramatic, high-contrast scene with vivid colour, the subject on the right and a dark left side for the title. The title and a small tag are set in huge type, spelled exactly; the file is 1280x720 (2560x1440 at 2x). Drawn by a picture model with any words set in real type afterwards, so spelling is exact. Needs a FAL_KEY or a Cloudflare Workers AI key; about $0.01 to $0.02 a picture. Use when someone wants a YouTube thumbnail, a video thumbnail, a cover for a video or webinar, or a click-worthy thumbnail.

By RecaplyUpdated 11 Nov

Install Video Thumbnails

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

Read https://recaply.co/skills/video-thumbnail/install.md and follow it to install the video-thumbnail skill from video-thumbnail.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 Video Thumbnails is for

What you get

  • 1 per video, or 2 to 3 to compare, drawn as one matching set
  • The title and a small tag are set in huge type, spelled exactly; the file is 1280x720 (2560x1440 at 2x)
  • Every word set in real type, so spelling is exact

Good fit

  • YouTube and course videos
  • Webinars
  • Podcast episodes on video

Not for

  • Pictures of real people, or photos of your real product
  • Copying a living artist's or a brand's style

About this skill

You say

Make a thumbnail for my video about budgeting

It said back

Your thumbnail is done: a cracked glass piggy bank spilling gold coins and cash, on the right, with the title on the dark left side.

  • Sheet: thumbnail/sheet.png (2560x1440, which is 1280x720 at 2x)
  • Picture alone: thumbnail/pictures/art.png
  • Words: the tag reads "BUDGETING 101" and the title reads "BUDGET THAT WORKS". Both are set in real type, so the spelling is exact.
  • Cost: about $0.012 for one picture, recorded in thumbnail/costs.json.
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What it did in run 1

  1. video-thumbnail
  2. node .claude/skills/video-thumbnail/scripts/check.mjs
  3. mkdir -p thumbnail && cat > thumbnail/plan.json <<'EOF' { "style": "video-thumbnail", "size": [1344, 752], "items": [ { "name": "art", "subject": "a glass piggy bank on the right side of the frame, cracked open with glowing gold coins and green banknotes spilling out, dramatic rim lighting, dark background on the left" } ], "sheet": { "layout": "cover", "band": "side", "kicker": "Budgeting 101", "title": "Budget that works" } } EOF node .claude/skills/video-thumbnail/scripts/picture.mjs thumbnail/plan.json
  4. ./thumbnail/plan.json
  5. node .claude/skills/video-thumbnail/scripts/picture.mjs thumbnail/plan.json
  6. ./thumbnail/pictures/art.png
  7. ./thumbnail/sheet.png
  8. Done

10 Nov 2026 · Claude Code 2.1.322 with Claude Sonnet 5.5 · 29 s · $0.09 of API use

Questions

Is Video Thumbnails free?

No. Video Thumbnails 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 Video Thumbnails?

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

What do I get when I buy Video Thumbnails?

A ZIP of the whole skill folder (20 KB): the SKILL.md your agent follows and its 4 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 Video Thumbnails?

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 ./video-thumbnail with your agent's flag.

What do I get from Video Thumbnails?

1 per video, or 2 to 3 to compare, drawn as one matching set. The title and a small tag are set in huge type, spelled exactly; the file is 1280x720 (2560x1440 at 2x). Every word set in real type, so spelling is exact.

What does Video Thumbnails need?

Node 20+, Chrome and a fal or Cloudflare Workers AI key (it reads FAL_KEY). Each use costs about $0.01 to $0.02 a picture.

How big is Video Thumbnails?

5 files, about 12,277 tokens in all. The SKILL.md is about 1,956 tokens, and your agent reads it only when the job fits.

What does a run cost?

Our 1 runs took 29 s to 29 s and $0.09 to $0.09 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 Video Thumbnails to use it?

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