# Menu Board Reel

> Menu Board Reel turns a cafe, restaurant or bar menu into a short film of a physical menu board drawn entirely in code. Choose a felt letterboard with moulded plastic letters or a painted chalkboard with yesterday's menu half erased. A camera reads the board up close while it is set on the beat: letters press into the grooves, prices flip like a split-flap or get chalked in, and the daily special is hand-lettered on the music's drop. The film whips back to the venue's name to set the opening hours and address. It ships in 9:16 and 16:9 with an original beat-synced soundtrack and sound effects, a layout gate for safe areas and text size, and two invented example venues.

- Output: Video, MP4 · 19 to 21 s · 1080×1920 or 1920×1080
- Price: $4.99 one-time, or included in Pro
- Page: https://lookbk.dev/skills/menu-board-reel

## What you need

- Node.js 22 or newer, and FFmpeg (with `ffprobe`) on the PATH. FFmpeg also checks and muxes the music.
- Google Chrome (or Chromium). The layout gate opens the project in it. Set `CHROME_PATH` if it is not in the usual place.
- HyperFrames runs through `npx`, pinned to the version this template was tested with: `npx --yes hyperframes@0.8.192`. The first render downloads a headless Chrome. If `render` says Chrome is missing, run `npx --yes hyperframes@0.8.192 browser ensure` once.
- Network access to `fonts.googleapis.com` (Saira Condensed, Caveat, Yellowtail) and `cdn.jsdelivr.net` (GSAP).

## Install

```bash
curl -fsSL https://lookbk.dev/cli.js | node - add menu-board-reel
```

The first run prints a sign-in link; open it, approve, and run the command again. Pro skills install for accounts that bought them or have Pro.

Where it installs:

- Run by Claude Code: `~/.claude/skills/menu-board-reel` only, the one folder Claude Code reads.
- From your own terminal: `~/.agents/skills/menu-board-reel`, which Codex, Gemini CLI, Copilot CLI, Cursor and OpenCode read, and also `~/.claude/skills/menu-board-reel` when `~/.claude` exists.

Add `--claude` or `--shared` to write only one of those folders, or `--project` to install into the current folder instead. Start a new agent session afterwards so it picks up the skill.

Credits and licenses: NOTICE.md plus any LICENSE files inside the ZIP.

## Example request

> Use the Menu Board Reel skill to make a 9:16 film of our cafe menu on a felt letterboard: our name, two sections with prices, today's special, our opening hours and our address.