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Author and run VibeFrame YAML pipelines with vibe run, checkpoints, and budget controls.

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How to use this skill

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  1. Open your project in Codex.
  2. Copy the prompt below and paste it into your agent.
  3. Review the proposed files and risks before you approve installation.
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Source SKILL.md: https://github.com/vericontext/vibeframe/blob/HEAD/.agents/skills/vibe-pipeline/SKILL.md

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Vibe Pipeline

A VibeFrame pipeline is a YAML manifest executed by vibe run. Steps can reference earlier outputs with

lt;step-id>.output, and the executor writes a checkpoint under the output directory so failed runs can resume.

Use this skill when the user wants a reproducible multi-step media workflow, checkpointed execution, or budget-limited provider calls.

Minimal Skeleton

name: promo-video
budget:
  costUsd: 8
  maxToolErrors: 1
steps:
  - id: image
    action: generate-image
    provider: openai
    model: "2"
    size: 1536x1024
    quality: hd
    prompt: "sleek product shot on a quiet studio background"
    output: hero.png

  - id: video
    action: generate-video
    provider: seedance
    image: $image.output
    prompt: "slow cinematic camera push, polished product demo motion"
    duration: 5
    ratio: "16:9"
    output: hero.mp4

  - id: titled
    action: edit-motion-overlay
    input: $video.output
    description: "minimal lower-third title, clean sans-serif, subtle grain"
    model: gemini
    understand: auto
    output: titled.mp4

Scene Project Skeleton

Use scene-build and scene-render when a storyboard project already exists:

name: storyboard-render
budget:
  costUsd: 2
  maxToolErrors: 1
steps:
  - id: build
    action: scene-build
    project: my-video
    mode: batch
    composer: openai
    tts: kokoro
    skipBackdrop: true
    skipRender: true

  - id: render
    action: scene-render
    project: my-video
    output: renders/final.mp4
    quality: standard
    fps: 30
    format: mp4

Supported Actions

Keep this in sync with packages/cli/src/pipeline/types.ts and packages/cli/src/pipeline/executor.ts.

  • Generate: generate-image, generate-video, generate-tts, generate-sfx, generate-music, generate-storyboard, generate-motion
  • Edit: edit-silence-cut, edit-jump-cut, edit-caption, edit-noise-reduce, edit-fade, edit-translate-srt, edit-text-overlay, edit-motion-overlay, edit-grade, edit-speed-ramp, edit-reframe, edit-interpolate, edit-upscale, edit-image
  • Audio: audio-transcribe, audio-isolate, audio-dub, audio-duck
  • Detect: detect-scenes, detect-silence, detect-beats
  • Analyze/review: analyze-video, analyze-media, review-video
  • Scene: compose-scenes-with-skills, scene-build, scene-render
  • Legacy/meta: export

If unsure, read the executor source. There is no public vibe run --list-actions command.

Running

vibe run pipeline.yaml --dry-run
vibe run pipeline.yaml -o pipeline-output
vibe run pipeline.yaml -o pipeline-output --resume
vibe run pipeline.yaml -o pipeline-output --budget-usd 5
vibe run pipeline.yaml -o pipeline-output --json

Useful flags:

  • --dry-run validates the graph and shows upper-bound cost estimates.
  • --resume skips completed checkpointed steps.
  • --budget-usd, --budget-tokens, --max-errors override or extend the manifest budget.
  • --effort low|medium|high|xhigh forwards an LLM effort hint where supported.
  • --json returns structured output for agents.

Checkpoint file: <output-dir>/.pipeline-state.yaml.

Authoring Rules

  1. Dry-run before executing paid provider steps.
  2. Keep step ids short and stable (image, motion, title, render).
  3. Name outputs with the real extension (.png, .mp4, .mp3, .json).
  4. Use
    lt;step-id>.output     rather than repeating file paths.
  5. Add a budget: block for any pipeline that can call image/video providers.
  6. Use scene-build for storyboard projects and generate-* / edit-* for standalone media chains.

When converting a shell sequence, map each vibe ... command to one action and turn downstream input paths into step references.