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title: "How to make faceless YouTube channel videos with AI"
description: "Faceless explainers, Shorts cut from long videos, thumbnails and captions with an AI agent: what to make, one install line, the tutorials. Credits on varg."
url: https://varg.ai/how-to/make-faceless-youtube-channel-videos
updated: 2026-10-30
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# How to make faceless YouTube channel videos with AI

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For faceless channels and YouTube automation: narrated explainers drawn in code or illustrated, Shorts cut from long videos, thumbnails that read on a phone and captions people read on mute, made by Claude Code, Codex or Grok. On this page: what to make first, each with a real example; one line that installs every skill; the step-by-step tutorials.

**Install everything:** `curl -fsSL https://varg.ai/install | sh && vargai install hyperframes remotion-captions herk-edit-kit varg-ai`
**Price:** the skills install free; generation runs in credits on varg, with a cost estimate before anything runs.

## What to make

1. **A 'what if' science explainer drawn in code** — One big question, drawn frame by frame in code with a narrator: the example passed 236K views. · Tutorial: [How to make a faceless YouTube video with AI](https://varg.ai/how-to/make-a-faceless-youtube-video.md) · Example: https://x.com/finnardley/status/2114305886420086817
2. **An illustrated stickman explainer** — Long-form, one visual language for the whole channel, the story written before a single scene is made. · Tutorial: [How to make a faceless YouTube video with AI](https://varg.ai/how-to/make-a-faceless-youtube-video.md) · Example: https://x.com/bertuccioer/status/2066193195067662529
3. **A recurring 3D character who explains things** — The same character in every episode builds a series people come back for. · Tutorial: [How to make a faceless YouTube video with AI](https://varg.ai/how-to/make-a-faceless-youtube-video.md) · Example: https://x.com/ladprofit/status/2113643278256259165
4. **Shorts cut from your long videos** — One guest, one claim, captions on: the clip format behind the 1.2M-view example. · Tutorial: [How to cut a podcast into short video clips with AI](https://varg.ai/how-to/cut-a-podcast-into-short-video-clips.md) · Example: https://x.com/StevenBartlett/status/2058859955785011251
5. **A thumbnail that reads at 160 px** — One subject, one idea, 0–3 words; test three different concepts, not color swaps. · Tutorial: [How to make YouTube video thumbnails with AI](https://varg.ai/how-to/make-youtube-video-thumbnails.md) · Example: https://x.com/mws/status/2113761935124504579

## Tutorials, in reading order

**Make**

- [How to make a faceless YouTube video with AI](https://varg.ai/how-to/make-a-faceless-youtube-video.md): A narrated short or long video with no presenter: script, voiceover, visuals, captions, music.
- [How to cut a podcast into short video clips with AI](https://varg.ai/how-to/cut-a-podcast-into-short-video-clips.md): Find the best moments in a long video, cut them, reframe to 9:16 and burn captions.
- [How to make YouTube video thumbnails with AI](https://varg.ai/how-to/make-youtube-video-thumbnails.md): High-CTR thumbnails and vertical covers, in a few options to choose from.
- [How to make an explainer video with AI](https://varg.ai/how-to/make-an-explainer-video.md): A narrated explainer about a product, a topic or a document, with motion graphics or AI visuals.
- [How to make AI b-roll for your video](https://varg.ai/how-to/make-ai-b-roll-for-your-video.md): Cutaway footage for every mention in a voiceover or interview: generated clips, collage or stock-style shots, cut in on time.
- [How to make trending AI video formats](https://varg.ai/how-to/make-trending-ai-video-formats.md): What's going viral now — formats you can make for your brand today, with the skill for each.

**Edit and post**

- [How to add animated captions to a video with AI](https://varg.ai/how-to/add-animated-captions-to-a-video.md): TikTok-style subtitles burned into an existing video: word highlight, pop words, or designed editorial captions.
- [How to add voiceover and music to a video with AI](https://varg.ai/how-to/add-voiceover-and-music-to-a-video.md): A professional voiceover and a fitting music bed added to your video or screen recording.
- [How to translate and dub a video with AI](https://varg.ai/how-to/translate-and-dub-a-video.md): Your video in another language with your own voice, optionally lip-synced and subtitled.
- [How to burn captions into a video with FFmpeg](https://varg.ai/how-to/burn-captions-with-ffmpeg.md)
- [How to crop a video to 9:16 vertical with FFmpeg](https://varg.ai/how-to/crop-a-video-to-vertical-with-ffmpeg.md)

**Compare tools**

- [Best AI video clipping tools in 2026: 3 compared](https://varg.ai/how-to/best-ai-video-clipping-tools.md)
- [Best AI video caption tools in 2026: 4 compared](https://varg.ai/how-to/best-ai-video-caption-tools.md)

## The skills it takes

1. **HyperFrames** (`hyperframes`, HeyGen) — Turn HTML, CSS and seekable animation into deterministic MP4s: launch films, explainers, captions, title cards.
   - Claude Code: `claude plugin marketplace add heygen-com/hyperframes && claude plugin install hyperframes@hyperframes`
   - Codex: `npx skills add heygen-com/hyperframes --skill hyperframes -a codex`
   - Cursor: `npx skills add heygen-com/hyperframes --skill hyperframes -a cursor`
   - Gemini CLI: `npx skills add heygen-com/hyperframes --skill hyperframes -a gemini-cli`
   - Any agent, with the vargai CLI: `vargai install hyperframes`
   - Details: https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/hyperframes.md · Example: https://s3.varg.ai/how-to/previews/400daa5dc577/hyperframes.mp4
2. **Remotion Captions** (`remotion-captions`, Remotion) — Transcribe speech and burn in animated captions with Remotion, or import an existing SRT file.
   - Claude Code: `npx skills add remotion-dev/skills --skill remotion-captions -a claude-code`
   - Codex: `npx skills add remotion-dev/skills --skill remotion-captions -a codex`
   - Cursor: `npx skills add remotion-dev/skills --skill remotion-captions -a cursor`
   - Gemini CLI: `npx skills add remotion-dev/skills --skill remotion-captions -a gemini-cli`
   - Any agent, with the vargai CLI: `vargai install remotion-captions`
   - Details: https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/remotion-captions.md · Example: https://s3.varg.ai/how-to/previews/3953d368f7d3/remotion-captions.mp4
3. **Herk Edit Kit** (`herk-edit-kit`, Nate Herk) — Nate Herk's kit to edit talking-head videos, reels and Shorts: silence and flub cuts, storytelling, motion graphics.
   - Claude Code: `git clone https://github.com/nateherkai/herk-edit-kit.git`
   - Codex: `git clone https://github.com/nateherkai/herk-edit-kit.git`
   - Any agent, with the vargai CLI: `vargai install herk-edit-kit`
   - Details: https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/herk-edit-kit.md · Example: https://s3.varg.ai/how-to/previews/bb31cdd5a172/herk-edit-kit.mp4
4. **varg AI** (`varg-ai`, varg) — The official varg skill: videos, images, speech and music through one API key, rendered in the cloud or locally.
   - Claude Code: `claude plugin marketplace add vargHQ/skills && claude plugin install varg@varg`
   - Codex: `npx skills add vargHQ/skills --skill varg-ai -a codex -y`
   - Cursor: `npx skills add vargHQ/skills --skill varg-ai -a cursor -y`
   - OpenClaw: `npx clawhub@latest install varg-ai`
   - Any agent, with the vargai CLI: `vargai install varg-ai`
   - Details: https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/varg-ai.md · Example: https://s3.varg.ai/how-to/previews/7df061df8dcb/varg-ai.mp4

## Run the generation on varg

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- Any agent with a terminal: `curl -fsSL https://varg.ai/install | sh` (Windows: `irm https://varg.ai/install.ps1 | iex`), then `vargai login` and every model is a command — `vargai generate_video …`, `vargai estimate_cost …` (https://varg.ai/how-to/cli/)
- Claude Code: `claude plugin marketplace add vargHQ/skills && claude plugin install varg@varg` (skill + hosted MCP)
- Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, OpenClaw: `npx skills add vargHQ/skills --skill varg-ai -a <agent> -y`
- Grok and any agent that reads SKILL.md: `npx skills add vargHQ/skills --skill varg-ai`, or point it at the skill's SKILL.md
- Claude.ai, ChatGPT, any MCP client: connect `https://mcp.varg.ai/mcp`
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