MiniMax H3 skills (official): prompt writing and 7 formats — prompt skill for prompts by model
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MiniMax's own skill for writing H3 video prompts across T2VA, I2VA, FL2VA, L2VA and full-reference Ref2VA, with exact field order for picture, soundscape and mu
- Type: Prompt · Prompts by model
- Slug:
minimax-h3-official-skills - Status: live
- Publisher: MiniMax (vendor)
- License: unknown
- Source: https://github.com/MiniMax-AI/MiniMax-H3/tree/main/skills/h3-prompt-writing
- Works in: Claude Code, Codex
- Adoption: 11,219 GitHub stars (GitHub, 2026-11-02)
What it does
Official prompt structures: integrated_multimodal_description, overall_soundscape and non_diegetic_music for base modes; subject_definitions, summary, retention_analysis, detailed_description for Ref2VA, with consistent reference labels and timing notation. Portable, no API calls. The same skills folder ships eight format skills (papercraft stop-motion explainer, paper-collage explainer, hand-drawn live video, 3D animation short, minimalist product ad, brand promo, co-op game intro, music-video subtitles).
Use when
- writing prompts for MiniMax H3 with sound, dialogue and music in one pass
- converting a storyboard or reference set into H3 Ref2VA format
- first/last-frame H3 shots
Not for
- Seedance or Kling prompt formats
Install
- Claude Code:
npx skills add MiniMax-AI/MiniMax-H3 - Codex:
npx skills add MiniMax-AI/MiniMax-H3 - Any agent, with the vargai CLI:
vargai install minimax-h3-official-skills
Models it drives: minimax_h3_max
Example output
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MiniMax-AI/MiniMax-H3/HEAD/assets/papercraft-stop-motion-explainer.gif — MiniMax's papercraft stop-motion explainer skill, sample output (credit: MiniMax (README), https://github.com/MiniMax-AI/MiniMax-H3/tree/main/skills/h3-prompt-writing)
More prompts by model skills
- How to prompt Kling 4 for cinematic AI video: Kling 4 without the AI-slop look: key frames from GPT Image 2.5, a short director's prompt, multi-shot with seconds, "no slow motion", and the fixes.
- fal Prompting: Prompt specific model families well: Kling, GPT Image 2 and Happy Horse guides, loaded only when needed.
- Replicate Prompt Images: Write better image prompts and edits: photographic language, lighting, text rendering, consistent characters.
- Replicate Prompt Videos: Prompt video models like a director: shots, camera motion, four audio layers, dialogue, time-coded beats.
- Video Prompting Guide: Write prompts that video models follow: shot types, camera moves and per-model tips from Veo to Sora.
- FLUX 3 Prompt Doctor: Diagnose a FLUX 3 video brief before spending: resolve missing, conflicting or schema-changing asks.
Run the generation on varg
varg is one API key for the models these skills drive — Seedance 2.5, Kling 4, Veo 3.1, Wan 3, Nano Banana 2.1, GPT Image 2.5, ElevenLabs v4 and 200+ more — billed in credits, with a cost estimate before anything runs.
- Any agent with a terminal:
curl -fsSL https://varg.ai/install | sh(Windows:irm https://varg.ai/install.ps1 | iex), thenvargai loginand 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 - API key: https://varg.ai/dashboard/api · Model specs: https://varg.ai/models/llms.txt