heygen-best-practices
SkillMediaheygen claude skill is a skill that gives an AI agent guidance for creating AI avatar videos through the HeyGen API. It packages best practices so the agent can follow proven approaches when generating avatar videos instead of figuring out the API on its own.
Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.
No other account needed.
Have access to the HeyGen API, since the skill provides guidance for using it.
Then ask your AI: use the heygen-best-practices skill
What your AI can do with it
- Guides an agent through creating AI avatar videos with the HeyGen API
- Applies documented best practices for HeyGen video creation
- Provides reference guidance the agent consults while building avatar video workflows
Getting started
- Have access to the HeyGen API, since the skill provides guidance for using it.
- Add the heygen-best-practices skill to your agent so its guidance is available.
- Ask the agent to create an AI avatar video and it will apply the skill's best practices.
What this skill tells your AI
The instructions your AI receives, as published by davila7/claude-code-templates in cli-tool/components/skills/development/heygen-best-practices/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.
When to use
Use this skill whenever you are dealing with HeyGen API code to obtain domain-specific knowledge for creating AI avatar videos, managing avatars, handling video generation workflows, and integrating with HeyGen's services.
How to use
Read individual rule files for detailed explanations and code examples:
Foundation
- rules/authentication.md - API key setup, X-Api-Key header, and authentication patterns
- rules/quota.md - Credit system, usage limits, and checking remaining quota
- rules/video-status.md - Polling patterns, status types, and retrieving download URLs
- rules/assets.md - Uploading images, videos, and audio for use in video generation
Core Video Creation
- rules/avatars.md - Listing avatars, avatar styles, and avatar_id selection
- rules/voices.md - Listing voices, locales, speed/pitch configuration
- rules/scripts.md - Writing scripts, pauses/breaks, pacing, and structure templates
- rules/video-generation.md - POST /v2/video/generate workflow and multi-scene videos
- rules/video-agent.md - One-shot prompt video generation with Video Agent API
- rules/dimensions.md - Resolution options (720p/1080p) and aspect ratios
Video Customization
- rules/backgrounds.md - Solid colors, images, and video backgrounds
- rules/text-overlays.md - Adding text with fonts and positioning
- rules/captions.md - Auto-generated captions and subtitle options
Advanced Features
- rules/templates.md - Template listing and variable replacement
- rules/video-translation.md - Translating videos, quality/fast modes, and dubbing
- rules/streaming-avatars.md - Real-time interactive avatar sessions
- rules/photo-avatars.md - Creating avatars from photos (talking photos)
- rules/webhooks.md - Registering webhook endpoints and event types
Integration
- rules/remotion-integration.md - Using HeyGen avatar videos in Remotion compositions
Signals
- GitHub stars
- 32k
- Forks
- 4k
- Last commit
- Sep 2026
Questions
- What is this skill for?
- It gives an AI agent best-practice guidance for creating AI avatar videos using the HeyGen API.
- Does the skill create videos by itself?
- No. It provides guidance and best practices; the agent uses that guidance when working with the HeyGen API.
- Do I need a HeyGen account?
- The skill guides use of the HeyGen API, so access to that API is needed for the agent to create videos.
Advanced
- Item type
- skill
- Key
heygen-best-practices- Source
- github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates