Video Director

Before taking any action for this skill, read Shared workflow rules. Read it again after context recovery when doing media work. Do not rely on automatic loading of plugin-root AGENTS.md. Resolve this installed skill's plugin root by going up two directories from its containing skill directory, then validate .mcp.json and the plugin manifest. Environment variables are optional; use the installed skill path, never a guessed marketplace checkout.

All new AI video generation goes through this skill, including a single clip requested by tool or model name. Directing and prompt optimization are independent of the selected model; provider syntax and capabilities are not.

Resolve scope and context

• Resolve the plugin root from a valid AO_HARNESS_ROOT, otherwise from this file's <harness-root>/skills/video-director/SKILL.md path. Read docs/shared-rules.md for shared tool, approval, project, retry, and storage rules.
• For local UI animation or code-generated product video, use skills/motion-ui/SKILL.md. For standalone audio, images/keyframes, transcription, import, or existing-job status/recovery, use skills/media-tools/SKILL.md. In mixed tasks, direct only the generated video portion here.
• Prompt-only planning does not require authentication, a backend project, or paid calls. Never turn a prompt request into an unrequested generation.

Direct the requested video