I Let AI Write My Video Using Remotion and Claude — Here’s What I Learned

By Ivana Tilca · January 27, 2026 · 5 min read

What this experiment made clear to me is that AI video generation isn’t about replacing creators — it’s about changing how we create. We’re still early. The tools will improve. The agents will get smarter. But the direction is clear: video is becoming software. And that’s a shift worth paying attention to.

What amazes me the most about AI is AI video generation, unfortunately I am not having the best experience with it... but that changed at least a little bit with Remotion. Not just because they offer a free option but also because you can have control over a lot of animations in it.

What is Remotion?

Remotion is an open-source library for creating videos using code, and AI Agents like Claude or Codex can be used together with Remotion to create videos.

It is perfect for shorts, reels, ads, etc and, you use loops, conditions, APIs and JSON to create them.

Why is Remotion important now?

Remotion was first launched in 2021, the goal was to create videos programmatically, instead of a traditional video editor.

This month, Remotion published guidelines and best practices for AI Agents (SKILLS). Even though video generation was already possible using Agents, now they can automate the full cycle without manual steps!

Free License

Unlimited videos

Commercial use allowed

Self-hosted cloud rendering allowed

What are SKILLS?

In case you didn't know, skills are an open format used to give agents new capabilities and expertise. Skills help an agent use existing tools correctly by providing procedural knowledge and constraints.

Remotion maintains a list of skills that define best practices for working in a Remotion project, they are basically giving agents rules and best practices they should follow when using the library.

Conclusion

What this experiment made clear to me is that AI video generation isn’t about replacing creators — it’s about changing how we create.

We’re still early. The tools will improve. The agents will get smarter. But the direction is clear: video is becoming software.

And that’s a shift worth paying attention to.