Hey r/SaaS 👋
Needed a product video for my SaaS, but agency quotes were... let's say "not bootstrapped-founder-friendly." So I opened Claude Code, pulled in Remotion, and told myself (naïvely) it would take an afternoon.
Long story short, I've now packaged those five days of tweaking into a Claude skill so you don't have to repeat my journey:
What it does:
- Asks you upfront for the boring-but-essential stuff (logo, fonts, brand colors, soundtrack, copy) and 2-3 reference videos to understand the vibe you're aiming for
- Scaffolds a Remotion project tuned for SaaS product videos (hero, feature beats, CTA) and handles the rest: timing, transitions, text animations, pacing
- Ships schematic UI templates (LinkedIn-ish profile card, email composer, API panel) for products that don't have a real UI to film yet
- Analyzes your soundtrack with a Python script and syncs animations to the beats (I play drums - this was non-negotiable)
- Solves the "cursor missed the button" iteration churn with a click-positioning playbook
- Pre-render check that catches em-dashes, curly quotes, and other AI-tells before they ship on screen (extremely necessary if you're letting Claude write your copy)
What this doesn't do:
It's not going to beat a high-tier video agency. If you need something truly outstanding - hire the pros. I'd say it's on par with a mid-range Upwork/Fiverr freelancer, and if you're willing to sink a few more hours into tweaking, who knows, maybe better. But if you just need something decent enough for a Product Hunt launch or a landing page hero section - this might save you the five days (and millions of tokens) I just burned.
Prerequisites:
- Remotion
- Product screenshots/UI mockups (if you're pre-launch and don't have a product to screenshot yet: generate app mockups with Claude Design first)
- Superpowers plugin (optional but recommended - makes the workflow faster)
One intentional choice worth flagging: I went with schematic, simplified UX elements instead of pixel-perfect product screenshots. This is a marketing video - its job is to communicate the main idea of the app, not to be a UI showcase, so I believe abstracting the interface actually helps viewers grasp the value faster. If you want a "look how pretty our product is" video - I think it is still doable, but you will need to tweak the skill.