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How to use the Alipay Life video upload agent skill

Updated · written with AI from the project's own documentation and checked against our catalogue data

This guide explains what the alipay-upload agent skill does, how to install it for Claude, and how to ask your agent to publish a video to an Alipay Life (生活号) creator account. An agent skill is a folder of instructions, plus optional scripts, that an AI agent loads when a task matches its description. It is aimed at creators who already publish on Alipay Life and operators who manage several accounts. After reading, you will be able to install the skill, log in, run the pre-post checks and publish a video.

Alipay Life Account Video Uploaddreammis/social-auto-upload · MIT

Quick start

  1. 1Confirm prerequisites. Make sure the social-auto-upload project with the sau CLI is installed and that your Alipay Life account has live-stream content creation permission enabled.
  2. 2Install the skill. Download the ZIP from this page and unzip it into ~/.claude/skills/ or a project's .claude/skills/ folder, or upload it under Settings → Capabilities → Skills.
  3. 3Log in. Ask the agent to run sau alipay login with the account alias creator, then scan the QR code shown with your phone.
  4. 4Run a status check. Run sau alipay check for the same account alias to confirm the session works before uploading.
  5. 5Prepare the video. Confirm the file path, title, description and tags you want to use.
  6. 6Publish the video. Run sau alipay upload-video with --file, --title, --desc and --tags, adding --thumbnail or --collection if needed.
  7. 7Verify in the backend. Check the Alipay backend to confirm the post's status instead of assuming a submitted message means it is live.

What the alipay-upload skill makes the agent do

The skill teaches an AI agent to use the existing sau alipay command-line tool from the social-auto-upload project. It covers three jobs: logging into an Alipay Life creator account, checking the account's status, and publishing a video.

A publish can include an optional cover image, a title, a description, tags and an existing collection. Before posting, the agent is told to confirm the account, the file, the title and the tags. It is also told not to treat a 'submitted' message as approval or public visibility.

  • Supported: video posts to Alipay Life accounts
  • Not supported: image-text posts and scheduled publishing

Before you start: what you need

The skill calls an existing CLI, so you need the social-auto-upload project with the sau command installed. The Alipay Life account must already have content creation permission for live-stream content enabled. The skill cannot grant that permission.

You also need a phone to scan the QR login code shown during login, and PowerShell or another shell that can run the sau commands.

  • social-auto-upload project with the sau CLI installed
  • Alipay Life content creator account with live-stream content permission enabled
  • A phone to scan the login QR code
  • PowerShell or a shell able to run sau commands

Install the skill from the ZIP or the Claude apps

Download the ZIP for this skill from this page and unzip it. For a personal install, place the skill folder in ~/.claude/skills/. For a single project, place it in the project's .claude/skills/ folder.

If you use the Claude apps, you can instead upload the skill under Settings → Capabilities → Skills.

  • Personal: ~/.claude/skills/
  • Per project: .claude/skills/ inside the project folder
  • Claude apps: Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Log in and check the account

The first time you use the skill, log into the Alipay content creation backend and confirm the account has Alipay Life content creation permission. Then ask the agent to log in with the account alias creator. The account name is only a local session alias. If login needs a scan, the agent should show you the QR code image so you can scan it with your phone.

Run a status check before any upload.

sau alipay login --account creator sau alipay check --account creator

Publish a video with optional cover, collection and tags

Give the agent the video file, title, description and tags. The skill's example uses a relative path, videos/demo.mp4. You can also specify a cover with --thumbnail and an existing collection with --collection.

Before the command runs, the agent should check the account, file, title, description and tags. After it runs, read the result carefully. A 'submitted' message does not mean the video is approved or public.

  • --thumbnail: cover image
  • --collection: an existing collection
  • Video files only
sau alipay upload-video --account creator --file videos/demo.mp4 --title "标题" --desc "简介" --tags 生活号,测试

Trigger the skill with natural requests

You do not need to type commands. The skill is meant to load when you ask to publish a video to Alipay Life or to check creator account status. Name the account, the file and what you want, and let the agent handle the checks.

If the result is unclear, ask the agent to check the Alipay backend rather than retry blindly.

  • Publish videos/demo.mp4 to my Alipay Life account creator with the title and tags 生活号, 测试
  • Check whether my Alipay Life creator account is still logged in
  • Post this video to Alipay Life with the cover image and add it to my existing collection
  • Log in my second Alipay Life account and confirm its status before I upload anything

Safety notes: scripts and network access

This skill runs scripts and uses the network. It drives the sau CLI, which logs into your Alipay account and uploads files to it. Only install the skill and the social-auto-upload project from sources you trust, and review what the CLI does before you use it with a real account.

The skill itself warns against blind retries. When a result is uncertain, check the Alipay backend first. Avoid unattended bulk posting without review.

  • Runs scripts and uses the network
  • Login uses a QR code scanned by you on your phone
  • Check the Alipay backend when results are unclear
  • Keep a human review step for anything going public

What people use it for

  • Publishing a short promotional or tutorial video to one Alipay Life account
  • Checking whether a creator account's login session is still valid before a posting session
  • Posting the same video set to several accounts, one account at a time with review
  • Adding a new video to an existing Alipay Life collection with a custom cover image

Frequently asked questions

How do I install the alipay-upload agent skill?

Download the ZIP from this page and unzip it into ~/.claude/skills/ for personal use, or into a project's .claude/skills/ folder. In the Claude apps you can upload it under Settings → Capabilities → Skills.

What do I need to use the alipay-upload skill?

You need the social-auto-upload project with the sau CLI installed, an Alipay Life creator account with live-stream content permission enabled, a phone to scan the login QR code, and PowerShell or another shell that can run sau commands.

Is the alipay-upload skill free and what is its licence?

The skill is listed under the MIT licence in this directory. The SKILL.md file itself names MIT-0 as its licence, so check the licence file you download before reuse. The source does not state any price.

Can the skill post image-text content or schedule videos?

No. The source says the skill currently supports only video, and does not support image-text posts or scheduled publishing.

Why does my upload say submitted but the video is not visible?

A submitted message only means the request was sent. The skill says not to treat it as approval or public visibility, so check the Alipay backend for review status.

What is an alternative if this skill does not fit my workflow?

The source does not compare alternatives. If you need image-text posts or scheduled publishing, you will need a different method, because this skill does not support them.

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Our verdict

Choose this skill if you already publish videos on Alipay Life, have the social-auto-upload sau CLI set up, and want your agent to log in, check and post videos with clear pre-post checks. Pick something else if you need image-text posts, scheduled publishing, or unattended bulk posting without review, since the skill does not support the first two and warns against the last.

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