Seedance Forge

A portable Agent Skill packaging 2,366 real-world Seedance 2.0 video-generation prompts.
Structural patterns. Authored exemplars. Source attribution. Zero dependencies.

Install · Invoke · Search · Examples · Structure · Registries

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What It Does

When you're drafting a Seedance 2.0 video prompt, this skill:

1. Surfaces the canonical skeleton — the 5–7 sections real community prompts share
2. Searches 2,366 authored prompts by keyword, author, or length to find structural scaffolds
3. Cites every source — every matched prompt comes with its sourceLink back to the original author

It is a reference library, not a generator. It teaches structure, not words.

Works in Claude Code and Codex CLI from the same install.

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Install

Prerequisite: Python 3.9+ · No pip install required — stdlib only.

Option A — Claude Code (copy)

$dest = "$env:USERPROFILE\.claude\skills"
New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path $dest | Out-Null
Copy-Item -Recurse -Force .\seedance-forge $dest

Option B — Codex CLI (copy)

$dest = "$env:USERPROFILE\.codex\skills"
New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path $dest | Out-Null
Copy-Item -Recurse -Force .\seedance-forge $dest

Option C — Both, one canonical copy (recommended)

# 1. Place canonical copy
$canonical = "C:\skills\seedance-forge"
Copy-Item -Recurse -Force .\seedance-forge C:\skills\

# 2. Symlink into both CLIs
New-Item -ItemType SymbolicLink `
  -Path "$env:USERPROFILE\.claude\skills\seedance-forge" `
  -Target $canonical

New-Item -ItemType SymbolicLink `
  -Path "$env:USERPROFILE\.codex\skills\seedance-forge" `
  -Target $canonical

Windows symlink note: Requires elevated PowerShell or Developer Mode on
Settings → Privacy & security → For developers → Developer Mode = On

Option D — npm / npx (no git clone required)

Requires Node.js 14+. Works on Windows, macOS, Linux.

npx seedance-forge

Installs into ~/.claude/skills/seedance-forge and ~/.codex/skills/seedance-forge automatically.
Re-run anytime to update to the latest version.

Or install globally so it's always on $PATH:

npm install -g seedance-forge
seedance-forge   # run installer

Verify

Get-ChildItem "$env:USERPROFILE\.claude\skills\seedance-forge"

Expected output:

Mode    Name
----    ----
d----   references
d----   scripts
-a---   README.md
-a---   SKILL.md

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Invoke the Skill

Claude Code

The skill auto-triggers whenever you mention Seedance, i2v/t2v prompts, or video briefs.
You can also invoke explicitly:

/seedance-forge

Or just talk naturally — the skill description catches all these:

You say	Skill activates
"draft a Seedance prompt for a chef scene"	✅
"help me write an image-to-video prompt"	✅
"I need a multi-shot video brief"	✅
"Seedance 2.0 prompt for a transformation"	✅
"write me a Midjourney prompt"	❌ (different skill)
"Runway prompt for rain"	❌ (different platform)

Codex CLI

codex "draft a seedance 2.0 video prompt for a blacksmith forging a sword"
# Skill loads automatically from ~/.codex/skills/seedance-forge/SKILL.md

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Search the Corpus

Run from inside the skill folder (cd seedance-forge):

# Keyword search — top 5 by weighted score (title×3, desc×2, content×1)
python scripts/search.py "stealth heist cave"

# Top N results
python scripts/search.py "ramen noodles" --top 10

# Filter by author
python scripts/search.py --author "KANA"

# Length filters
python scripts/search.py --min-length 1000          # long prompts only
python scripts/search.py "anime" --max-length 200   # short anime prompts

# Random samples (great for inspiration)
python scripts/search.py --random 5

# JSON output — pipe into jq, save to file, feed to another agent
python scripts/search.py "physics liquid" --json | jq '.[0].content_preview'

Example Output

[1] id=3747 | len=1527 | "Stealth mini-game heist video prompt"
    by KANA — https://x.com/KanaWorks_AI/status/2048407984456519965
    A mini-game style stealth theft scene, with exaggerated, humorous actions and
    expressions. No subtitles. High definition, 30fps. A massive tengu-like yokai...
    [truncated at 300 chars]

[2] id=3619 | len=1336 | "Samurai vs Fire Yokai Storyboard"
    by Pierrick Chevallier | IA — https://x.com/CharaspowerAI/status/...
    An ultra charismatic samurai standing in a burning village, facing a massive
    fire yokai made of flames and smoke. A fire yokai attacks and destroys...

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Skill Workflow (what happens when it activates)

1. Read  references/structure-guide.md   ← canonical skeleton + 3 archetypes
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2. Run   python scripts/search.py "<your concept>"   ← 3–5 real scaffolds
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3. Extract structural pattern (not literal phrasing) from top matches
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4. Draft prompt using skeleton + camera language conventions
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5. Cite  sourceLink of any prompt whose structure was echoed

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Structural Archetypes

The skill provides three proven archetypes from the corpus:

Archetype	Best for	Key marker
Prose Narrative	Single-scene, character-driven, atmospheric	Flowing sentences, no headers
Timestamped Sequence	Multi-beat action, precise timing	0:00–0:05: segments
Bold-Header Structured	Complex multi-element scenes, collaboration	**Action:**, **Camera:**

Full templates with fill-in-the-blanks examples → references/structure-guide.md

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Corpus Stats

Metric	Value
Total prompts	2,366
Unique authors	797
Median prompt length	432 chars
Longest prompt	7,929 chars
Shortest prompt	20 chars
Use 15s duration	~416 prompts
Use 24fps	48 prompts
Style: cinematic	~32% of corpus

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Folder Structure

seedance-forge/
├── SKILL.md                    ← Skill definition (auto-loaded by Claude Code / Codex)
├── README.md                   ← This file
├── references/
│   ├── seedance-prompts.csv    ← Full 2,366-row corpus (~4 MB)
│   ├── structure-guide.md      ← Canonical skeleton + 3 archetypes + camera glossary
│   └── curated-examples.md     ← 13 hand-picked exemplars across all styles
└── scripts/
    ├── search.py               ← Stdlib CLI search tool (Python 3.9+, no deps)
    └── README.md               ← Install instructions

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Trigger Keywords

The skill auto-activates in Claude Code on any of:

Seedance · seedance 2.0 · image-to-video · i2v · text-to-video · t2v · video prompt · video brief · multi-shot · AI video

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What This Skill Does NOT Do

• ❌ Generate prompts on its own — it surfaces structure, you write
• ❌ Access the internet or refresh the corpus
• ❌ Work for Sora / Runway / Veo / Kling (different platform conventions)
• ❌ Work for image generation (Midjourney, DALL-E, Flux)
• ❌ Require any pip install

Attribution

All prompts in references/seedance-prompts.csv are authored by the Seedance community.
Every search result surfaces the original author name and sourceLink.
Use prompts as structural scaffolds only — do not copy verbatim without crediting the source.

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Built with the oh-my-claudecode team skill · Python stdlib · No dependencies