SRT whiteboard animation guide

Chapter 1 · Install first, stop at the strategy gate

Hard rule: this tutorial is not the Skill package. Buy and download “SRT whiteboard animation,” unzip into skills (SKILL.md + scripts/). Without the package, chapter commands won’t run.

Half the Skill is scripts; half is gates—like a cafeteria line: call the dish, look at the plate, nod, then continue. Don’t silently serve the whole table.

Goal: env ready → short SRT → assistant outputs strategy only and stops.

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Where people get stuck

1. Bought the tutorial but not the package;
2. Assistant jumps to line art / video;
3. Silence treated as consent.

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1. Package present

• srt-whiteboard-animation/SKILL.md
• scripts/prepare_env.py, parse_srt.py

2. Env

python scripts/prepare_env.py

(Use your installed skill path.)

3. Minimal SRT + strategy gate

Prepare ≤2 scenes, ~25–35s narrative each. Tell the assistant:

Load srt-whiteboard-animation. Parse my SRT with parse_srt.py. Propose storyboard/illustration strategy per 25–35s scene (ids, core message, subject, subtitle span, sceneDurationMs). Stop after strategy and wait for my explicit confirm. No images, annotations, or video.

4. Checklist

• Package purchased & installed
• Strategy table received; assistant stopped at the gate
• One core idea per scene
• Silence ≠ confirm

Scroll down for seven gates, visual checklist, annotation timing debug.