Changelog to Video

Overview

Turn a changelog into a feature-showcase video where every feature gets a real mock-up — a screenshot, recording, or faithful UI illustration — not a generic text card. The default failure mode of these systems is that every scene degrades to the same card; the fix is an explicit asset waterfall that exhausts real-mockup options before ever falling back, plus deduping overlapping entries.

Engine-dependent: this pairs with an HTML-to-video engine (HyperFrames or Remotion). For the motion layer, use the cinematic-hyperframes skill.

When to use

• A weekly/periodic changelog or "what's new" video.
• A release recap or feature-launch reel from release notes / shipped PRs.
• Symptom: your generated videos all look like the same neon card with a title and no real UI.

Not for: a single talking-head recut, or a one-feature launch film (use a product-launch flow).

The asset waterfall (the core)

For each feature, walk these rungs in order — first hit wins — and only fall back when truly stuck: