A Varshith guide

/brag LAUNCHyour project as a video

You built it. Now show it. /brag reads your project’s code and cuts a 15 to 25 second launch video from it, with music, motion, a poster frame and a caption you can post as it is. One command, inside the coding agent you already use.

/brag in four lines

1A skill, not an appIt runs inside your coding agent (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, opencode and more) and works from your code. No live URL or screenshots needed.
2One commandType let's /brag in any project. Flags or plain words steer the tone, format and length.
3Ready to postA video, its poster frame, the plan behind it and share copy, all in one folder.
4Free and openMIT licensed. You need Node.js 22+ and FFmpeg; the full version also uses the Hyperframes CLI.

/brag is an open-source skill by Shunit Haviv Hakimi (latent-spaces on GitHub). This guide covers version 0.4.0.

01 What you get

Run /brag in a project folder and it writes everything into a new brag-output/ folder. If one is already there, it makes a timestamped one instead, so earlier runs are never overwritten.

Showcase

/brag, bragging about itself

Made by running /brag on its own repo: 22 seconds, vertical, with music and sound effects. It’s the video on the /brag launch page. Press play, and turn your sound on.

brag.mp4

The video

15 to 25 seconds, 1920×1080 by default, with music and sound effects mixed in.

brag.jpg

The poster

The strongest settled frame, also baked in as the video’s first frame, so every platform’s thumbnail shows it.

share-copy.txt

The caption

One to three sentences you can post as they are. No “excited to share”.

brag-plan.md

The plan

The angle, the hook and a scene-by-scene storyboard, so you can see why the video looks the way it does.

The shape of every brag

  1. 2 to 3 s

    Hook

    The first 2 seconds decide whether anyone keeps watching, so this is planned first.

  2. 2 to 4 s

    Reveal

    What it is, shown rather than described.

  3. 5 to 12 s

    Highlights

    Two or three sharp moments of the real product in use.

  4. 2 to 4 s

    Punchline

    The outro that earns the share.

A starting shape, not a template. /brag changes the number of highlights to suit the project.

02 Install it

Pick the one that matches your agent. In Claude Code, the plugin is the easiest route, and it includes both /brag and /brag-slim.

Claude Code

claude-codeInstall the plugin
/plugin marketplace add latent-spaces/brag
/plugin install brag@brag

Type these into Claude Code, one after the other. Already have it? claude plugin update brag gets you the latest version.

Any other agent

terminalInstall with the skills CLI
npx skills add https://github.com/latent-spaces/brag --skill brag

Works with Cursor, Codex, Copilot, Gemini CLI, opencode and more. Add -g to install it for every project, or leave it off to install it for the current one only.

Just /brag-slim

terminalInstall only the lean version
npx skills add https://github.com/latent-spaces/brag --skill brag-slim

The lean version, built for Claude Opus 5.5: no Hyperframes and no bundled assets.

What your machine needs

ToolWhyCheck it with
Node.js 22+Runs the toolingnode -v
FFmpegRenders and finishes the video. It must be on your PATHffmpeg -version
Hyperframes CLIBuilds and renders the full /brag. Not needed for /brag-slimnpx hyperframes doctor

On Windows, if you clone the repo. It uses symlinks so each agent finds the skill in its usual folder. Turn symlinks on first (git clone -c core.symlinks=true, with Developer Mode on or an admin shell), or copy skills/brag/ into your agent’s skills folder by hand.

03 Run it

Open your agent in the project you want to show off, and ask for it in plain words. That is the whole command.

agentMake the video
let's /brag

Options

FlagWhat it doesDefault
--toneA preset from part 04, or your own direction in quotespicked for your project
--formatlandscape, vertical or squarelandscape
--durationLength in secondsauto, 15 to 25 s
--titleThe name shown on screentaken from the project
--no-musicLeave the music outmusic on
--no-sfxLeave the sound effects outeffects on
--voiceAdd a voiceover (Kokoro, through Hyperframes)off
agentSteer it
/brag --tone "fake Series A launch from 2016"
/brag --tone polished --format vertical
/brag this. Make it feel like a ridiculous startup launch.

Flags and plain language both work. Voiceover is opt-in and only in the full /brag; /brag-slim doesn’t do voice.

Brag about a website, too. /brag-slim also takes a URL (“brag about example.com”). It loads the live site in a headless browser, takes its copy, colours, fonts and images, and builds the video from those.

04 Pick a tone

Seven presets ship with /brag. Each one changes the script’s energy, the pacing, the type and the transitions. Or skip them and describe the feel you want.

ToneFeelPacing
defaultPunchy, playful, clean4 to 5 scenes, soft transitions
polishedSerious, elegant, restrained3 to 4 scenes, long holds, soft fades
yc-parodyA deadpan startup launch, played straight4 to 5 scenes, one claim each, hard cuts
chaoticFast, loud, all caps6 to 8 scenes, some under 2 s, flash and zoom cuts
deadpanCalm and dry, nothing is a joke3 to 4 scenes, big empty space, slow fades
cinematicTrailer-scale, epic claims4 to 5 scenes, big type, dramatic wipes
app-storeClean feature cards4 to 6 scenes, smooth slides

Your own direction works too: “museum exhibit” or “overproduced mobile game ad”. /brag borrows the pacing of the nearest preset and keeps your words in the plan.

05 What happens inside

/brag doesn’t screen-record your page. It works like a small video team, and each step has to pass a check before the next one starts.

  1. Step 1

    Inspect

    Reads your pages, styles, README and routes, then answers a 9-question brief: what it is, the best claim, the visual hook, the real UI to show.

  2. Step 2

    Plan

    Writes brag-plan.md: one angle, the hook, 2 or 3 highlights, the punchline, and a storyboard that adds up to 15 to 25 s.

  3. Step 3

    Compose

    Hands a focused brief to Hyperframes, which builds and times the video. npx hyperframes check must pass with zero errors, contrast included.

  4. Step 4

    Deliver

    Renders the video, picks the poster frame, bakes it in as frame 0 and writes the share copy.

On Opus 5.5, it goes slim. Run /brag on Claude Opus 5.5 and it switches to /brag-slim and tells you in one line. The model then builds the whole video itself with the tools already on your machine: no Hyperframes, no bundled music, same creative rules. Say “use the full brag” or add --full to keep the classic workflow. --voice always uses the full one.

The music and sound effects bundled with the full skill are from ende.app (“Happy Beats / Business Moves”) and Kenney.

06 Get a better brag

The rules /brag follows are also the best guide to helping it.

Its rules, in 6 lines

  • Short: 15 to 25 seconds, and 18 to 22 is the sweet spot.
  • Readable: every line stays on screen long enough to read, about 0.3 s per word.
  • Show the thing: at least one scene shows your real UI, copy or visuals. No abstract filler.
  • Specific: your own copy and claims. “Streamline your workflow” is banned.
  • Hook first: the first 2 seconds are planned before anything else.
  • Funny earns its place: the humour comes from the project, not from trying.

Your part

  1. Run it where the product lives. The best material is the product in use: entry, key action, result. Make sure those screens exist in your code, not only a landing page describing them.
  2. Give it one focus. Shipped a new feature or a new version? Say so when you run it, and the video centres on that.
  3. Look before it renders. The full /brag opens a preview (npx hyperframes preview) and waits for your go-ahead before the final render.
  4. Re-roll what’s off. Not quite right? Ask it to redo one scene or try another tone, instead of starting over.

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