# Jimeng Dream Actor via dLazy — model skill for talking heads & avatars

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Animate a still character image into an action video with Jimeng Dream Actor, through the dLazy CLI.

- **Type:** [Model](https://varg.ai/how-to/models.md) · [Talking heads & avatars](https://varg.ai/how-to/browse/skills/talking-head.md)
- **Slug:** `dlazy-jimeng-dream-actor`
- **Status:** beta
- **Publisher:** dlazyai (community)
- **License:** unknown
- **Source:** https://clawhub.ai/dlazyai/skills/dlazy-jimeng-dream-actor
- **Works in:** OpenClaw
- **Requires:** dLazy account and API key, Node.js with npm/npx (@dlazy/cli)
- **Cost:** Billed in dLazy credits
- **Adoption:** 62 installs (ClawHub, 2026-10-27)

## What it does

Wraps Jimeng's Dream Actor model behind the dLazy hosted service and its `dlazy jimeng-dream-actor` CLI command. It takes a prompt, one character image and optionally one driving video, and returns an action video of that character. The SKILL.md only documents CLI flags (prompt, images, videos, save path, dry-run cost estimate); it does not describe limits, durations or what the driving video controls.

## Use when

- You want a static character or person image turned into a moving action video
- You want to make an image move using Jimeng Dream Actor
- You have a reference motion video to drive a character photo

## Install

- OpenClaw: `npx clawhub@latest install dlazy-jimeng-dream-actor`

**Models it drives:** dreamactor

## More talking heads & avatars skills

- [Character Keynote](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/varg-character-keynote.md): One render call: a Soul character delivers a keynote-style ad line on a generated stage, voiced by Seedance 2.5.
- [Turn a script into a two-person podcast video](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/varg-podcast-video.md): Two-character podcast or debate clips: one studio set, locked camera angles, MiniMax H3 Max with native audio.
- [Talking Head Production](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/inference-sh-talking-head-production.md): Produce talking-head videos with AI avatars, lip-sync and voiceover, from portrait specs to final cut.
- [AI Avatar Video](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/inference-sh-ai-avatar-video.md): Create talking-head avatar videos from a portrait and a script, with a lip-synced voice.
- [P-Video Avatar](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/inference-sh-p-video-avatar.md): Turn one portrait into a speaking avatar video with Pruna P-Video-Avatar, its built-in TTS or your audio.
- [AI Podcast Video](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/inference-sh-ai-podcast.md): Generate a multi-person talking-head podcast video from scratch: characters, voices, avatars, stitching.

## Run the generation on varg

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- 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`
- API key: https://varg.ai/dashboard/api · Model specs: https://varg.ai/models/llms.txt