What it does
Stickman Video Director is a "Skill", a set of instructions you add to an AI assistant so it knows how to do a specific job. Here, the job is making short or long stickman cartoon videos for YouTube channels where the creator never appears on screen.
It offers two ways to work. In Director Mode, the AI plans the story, storyboards and scene-by-scene prompts. You then make the clips in a video generator such as Google Flow and edit them yourself in an editor like CapCut. In Autopilot Mode, an AI coding agent such as Codex or Claude Code makes the pictures, voiceover, captions, sound effects and gentle camera movement, then puts together a finished video file. You approve the script and a short preview along the way.
The project includes several drawing styles, such as classic black and white, a modern pop character, a prehistoric cave look, cozy everyday scenes, historical cartoons and a minimal hand-drawn style. Its makers say new styles are added over time.
Who it's for
People who want to run a faceless YouTube channel or make explainer and story videos with simple stickman animation. It suits creators who already use AI assistants.
Can I use it without coding?
With some setup. You install it by pasting a message into an AI assistant, but Autopilot Mode also needs image, voice and video-rendering tools set up. New to this? Start here.
Can I run it?
- Cost
- Free, but needs an AI accountThe software is free, but it uses an online AI service (like OpenAI or Anthropic), which usually charges for use.
- Privacy
- Sends what you give it to an online service
Try it
- Ask an AI assistant that supports Skills to install this project using the message given in the README.
- Choose Director Mode for scene-by-scene prompts or Autopilot Mode for a finished video.
- Give it your topic, article or script, plus the style and length you want, and approve the script it suggests.
Using Claude Code, Cursor or another AI coding assistant? Paste the prompt and it will walk you through the setup.New to this?
Before you install
- Only download from the official GitHub page. Copies with similar names exist for many popular projects.
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- License (MIT): Very permissive: free to use, change and share, including for business.
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