Runway API Skills
Video generation at scale. Generate videos, images, and audio with Runway's API — batch Ad campaigns, product videos, multishot stories, and creative iteration. Supports seedance2, gen4.5, veo3, Nano, Banana Pro, and more.
Works with Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and other compatible agents.
Two Ways to Use
1. Generate media at scale
Tell your agent what to create and it handles the rest — calls the API, polls for completion, downloads the result. Generate one asset or orchestrate hundreds.
Generate a 15-second product video from this image using seedance2
Generate a video for each of these 5 product photos, 9:16 ratio for Instagram Reels
Create a voiceover for this ad script, then generate a sound effect of applause
2. Integrate into your app
Guide your agent through adding Runway capabilities to a server-side project: verify compatibility, set up credentials, write framework-specific routes, and handle edge cases like file uploads and task polling.
Set up Runway video generation in my Next.js app
Installation
Claude Code (community marketplace)
claude plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
claude plugin install runway-api-skills@claude-community
You can also run /plugin in Claude Code, open Discover, search for runway-api-skills, and install from there. After installing or updating plugins, run /reload-plugins if skills do not appear immediately.
Other agents (npx skills)
npx skills add runwayml/skills
Select all the skills with your keyboard (Space to select, arrow keys to navigate), then press Enter to install.
Prerequisites
- A Runway developer account with prepaid credits ($10 minimum)
- For generation skills: uv (Python package runner) and
RUNWAYML_API_SECRET env var
- For integration skills: a server-side project — Node.js 18+ or Python 3.8+ with a backend framework
Available Skills
Generation (run directly)
Generate media assets directly — your agent runs the scripts, polls for completion, and saves the output.
| Skill | Description |
|---|
rw-generate-video | Generate videos: text-to-video, image-to-video, video-to-video |
rw-generate-image | Generate images: text-to-image with optional reference images |
rw-generate-audio | Generate audio: TTS, sound effects, voice isolation, dubbing, voice conversion |
Integration (add to your app)
Add Runway generation to your server-side project with framework-specific code.
| Skill | Description |
|---|
rw-integrate-video | Text-to-video, image-to-video, video-to-video, and character performance generation |
rw-integrate-image | Text-to-image generation with optional reference images via @Tag syntax |
rw-integrate-audio | Text-to-speech, sound effects, voice isolation, dubbing, and speech-to-speech |
Getting Started
| Skill | Description |
|---|
rw-recipe-full-setup | End-to-end setup: compatibility check → API key → SDK install → integration code → test |
rw-check-compatibility | Analyze your project to verify it can safely call the Runway API server-side |
rw-setup-api-key | Guide through account creation, SDK installation, and environment variable configuration |
rw-check-org-details | Query your organization's rate limits, credit balance, usage tier, and daily generation counts |
Characters (Real-Time Avatars)
| Skill | Description |
|---|
rw-integrate-characters | Create GWM-1 avatars and set up server-side session management for real-time conversations |
rw-integrate-character-embed | Embed avatar call UI in React apps using @runwayml/avatars-react |
rw-integrate-documents | Add knowledge base documents to avatars for domain-specific conversations |
Utilities
