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How to use the Seedance Style Director agent skill
Updated · written with AI from the project's own documentation and checked against our catalogue data
The Seedance Style Director is an agent skill, a packaged set of instructions that an AI agent such as Claude loads when a task matches its description. This guide explains what the seedance-style skill makes the agent do, how to install it, how to phrase requests so it triggers, and what to check before relying on it. You will be able to describe a look in production terms and get a prompt-ready style description that avoids studio, franchise, artist, or living-creator names.
Seedance Style DirectorEmily2040/seedance-2.0 · MIT Download the skill Quick start
- 1Download the ZIP. Download the seedance-style skill ZIP from this page.
- 2Unzip the folder. Unzip the archive so the folder contains SKILL.md.
- 3Place the skill. Move the folder into ~/.claude/skills/ for personal use, or into a project's .claude/skills/ folder.
- 4Or upload it in the Claude apps. If available, go to Settings → Capabilities → Skills and upload the skill.
- 5Ask for a look. Describe the visual style you want in plain words, mentioning that it is for a video prompt.
- 6Review the descriptor. Check that the returned style uses production terms and no studio, franchise or artist names.
- 7Use it in your generator. Paste the integrated prompt sentence into your separate Seedance or video generation workflow.
What the seedance-style skill does
When you ask an agent for a particular look, such as a cozy hand-drawn fantasy or a gritty 1970s documentary, this skill tells the agent to describe that look in production terms: medium, surface texture, palette, lighting, lens or render behaviour, period cues, composition and motion rhythm. It does not use a named studio, franchise or artist as the style anchor. Instead it offers a descriptive alternative that keeps the feel you want.
The skill also includes lookups for realism styles such as phone footage, livestream, dashcam or vintage film, and asks the agent to keep style from changing a character's identity, wardrobe or product design.
- Medium: live action, stop-motion, 2D, 3D, miniature
- Surface: paper grain, clay, brushed metal, glass, fabric
- Palette: pastel, monochrome, sodium orange
- Camera or render: macro, shallow focus, orthographic, handheld
- Motion rhythm: gentle, staccato, elastic, realistic weight
Install the seedance-style skill
Download the ZIP for skills/seedance-style from this page and unzip it. The skill is a folder containing SKILL.md. For a personal install, place the folder in ~/.claude/skills/. For a single project, place it in the project's .claude/skills/ folder.
You can also upload the skill in the Claude apps under Settings → Capabilities → Skills, if your plan and app version offer that option.
- Personal: ~/.claude/skills/seedance-style/
- Project only: .claude/skills/seedance-style/ inside your project
- Claude apps: Settings → Capabilities → Skills, then upload
Trigger the skill with natural requests
The skill's description tells the agent to use it when you ask about visual style, art direction, render feel, period aesthetic, texture, animation style, realism level, or style-safe alternatives to studio or franchise references. You do not need a special command. Describe the look you want in ordinary words and mention that you are writing a prompt for a video generator.
If you name a franchise or artist, the skill steers the agent toward a descriptive alternative rather than copying the name. Say what you like about the work, such as its light or texture, and the agent will try to rebuild those qualities.
- Give me a style descriptor for a cozy hand-drawn fantasy scene for my video prompt.
- I want the render feel of a 1970s documentary, without naming any filmmaker.
- Rewrite this prompt so it does not name a studio, and keep the neon noir look.
Read the examples to see the output
The skill's built-in table maps common intents to production descriptors. For example, cozy hand-drawn fantasy becomes hand-painted 2D animation with soft watercolor backgrounds, rounded character silhouettes, a warm pastel palette and gentle parallax. Premium product realism becomes clean commercial realism with controlled reflections, shallow depth of field, a neutral background and polished material detail.
For realism, the skill locks the signature artifacts of the capture source. A phone-shot clip might include vertical handheld phone footage, slight grip sway, auto-exposure shifts and ambient room sound. The skill notes that faux-UGC that looks too clean reads as fake.
- Phone or UGC: vertical handheld phone footage, slight grip sway, auto-exposure shifts, ambient room sound
- Security or dashcam: locked high-angle camera, low-light noise, no camera response to events
- Vintage film: grainy film texture, gate weave, halation around highlights, era-correct contrast
Know what the skill needs and its safety notes
The skill lists no required tools. It does not run scripts and does not use the network. Its only file is SKILL.md. It is licensed under MIT.
The skill only shapes the descriptive text the agent writes. It does not generate video. It depends on the separate Seedance workflow it references, including a referenced Director's Read document and a 2D anime grammar reference that are linked from SKILL.md but not included in the file list on this page. Check that those linked files exist in your setup if you rely on them.
- Requires: nothing listed
- Runs scripts: no
- Uses network: no
- Not included in the listed files: the referenced Director's Read and 2D anime grammar documents
Tips for better style prompts
Describe the look in layers rather than with one broad label. Medium, surface, palette, camera and motion give a generator more to work with than a phrase like make it look like a famous film. For hybrids, assign each style to a layer, for example live-action product photography with illustrated UI overlays.
If you have a legitimately authorized workflow to match a named studio or artist, the skill is not a good fit, because it steers away from those names by default.
- Name the medium, surface, palette, camera and motion separately.
- Keep character, wardrobe and product design fixed in your request so style does not change them.
- Check the output for any remaining protected names before generating.
What people use it for
- Writing a consistent cozy hand-drawn fantasy look across a series of short video prompts.
- Describing a gritty 1970s documentary feel in concrete terms for a generator.
- Producing a phone-footage or livestream style that keeps its natural imperfections.
- Rewriting a prompt that names a franchise so it keeps the intended mood without the name.
- Giving an art team a reusable set of style layers for a project.
Frequently asked questions
Is the Seedance Style Director skill free?
The skill is licensed under MIT, as stated in its SKILL.md. The source does not list pricing, so check the repository and your own Claude plan for any costs.
What do I need to use the seedance-style skill?
The skill lists no required tools. It does not run scripts or use the network. You need an agent that supports skills and a separate video generator if you want to produce clips.
Where do I install the seedance-style skill?
Place the unzipped folder in ~/.claude/skills/ for personal use or in a project's .claude/skills/ folder. In the Claude apps you can also upload it under Settings → Capabilities → Skills.
Does the skill generate video?
No. It only shapes the descriptive text the agent writes. You still need a separate video generation workflow, such as the Seedance workflow it references.
Why does the skill avoid artist and studio names?
It is designed to honour the look you like by describing its medium, texture, palette, lighting and motion, rather than using living creators or studios as anchors. It is meant to avoid copying named work by default.
Who should not use this skill?
Projects with explicit licensed authorization to match a named studio or artist may not suit it, since it steers away from those names by default.
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Our verdict
This skill suits video creators and art directors who want a specific look described in reusable production terms, and teams that want a reminder to avoid living-artist or studio names in prompts. It is not suited to sanctioned projects that need to match a named studio or artist, or to anyone expecting it to generate video itself.
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