stickman-video-director
Turn any script into viral, multi-style animated stickman videos for Faceless YouTube Channels. Automate visuals, voiceover, captions & SFX. 100% Free & Open-Source.
Runs with mockssource: GitHubJavaScriptMITcommit 8ced4737b8d2
JavaScript, MIT licensed. The project labels itself: agent skills manager, ai animation generator, ai video production, automated video, codex skills, content creation, creator tools and faceless youtube.
stickman-video-director runs, with stand-ins for the services it depends on. An Argusic agent installed it in 2 minutes and hit 3 errors and fixed every one without help on a clean machine with no GPU, and the whole session was recorded.
The runtime project installs, builds, and all 32 automated tests pass on Node 18. The full autopilot workflow (init, validate, preview, approve, render) produces a valid captioned MP4 video with narration, captions, and sound effects.
What the agent ended up with on a clean machine, in its own words. How this is measured
Measured by Argusic on a fresh machine every time. Every number links to its evidence. Argusic Score 92 of 100 (the mean of this project's run scores).
At a glance
Subject data from GitHub, linked at the top of this page, refreshed . Test data by Argusic (CC BY 4.0); every number links to a run page with the full log, the recording, and their sha256 hashes.
What was measured
From the run that decided this verdict. Every line is a recorded value, not an estimate.
What went wrong, in the agent's own words
The agent's own words, worst first, never rewritten into advice.
- Pillow missing and macOS hardcoded font paths in a6_finish.py5 minutes
- verify-voice-continuity.py git show origin/main failed (shallow clone)3 minutes
- Doctor check required node >=20, got 18.19.12 minutes
- Install time
- 2 minutes
- Cold machine to finish
- 6 minutes
- Errors hit and fixed
- 3 hit, 3 fixed with no human help
- How the result was proved
- npm test exited 0, 32/32 passed; end-to-end pipeline init/validate/preview/approve/render produced valid 2-second 24-frame MP4 verified via ffmpeg decode pass and SRT content check
- Model tokens used
- 91,854
- Exact commit tested
- 8ced4737b8d2
- Container image
- sha256:cdd920bce783
What was not measured
The other half, so you can see exactly how far this evidence goes. A gap is printed as a gap and never filled in.
- Peak GPU memory
- this ran on a CPU machine, so there was no GPU to sample
- Behaviour over a long run
- each attempt uses the smallest documented settings and a fixed time budget, so this measures whether it runs, not how it holds up under load
- Behaviour against real services
- this run was verified against stand-in services only
The end of the recording
The last lines of the terminal session that decided this verdict, exactly as they were recorded.
2. **Pillow missing & macOS hardcoded fonts** — A6 finishing script needed PIL, and defaulted to ma… 3. **Shallow clone missing `origin/main`** — `tests/verify-voice-continuity.py` failed on `git show… **Verification**: All 32 npm tests pass. All 14 Python verification scripts pass. Full end-to-end p… tokens used 91,854 All verification is complete. Here's the final report: **Install**: `npm install` completed with 3 packages, 0 vulnerabilities (node engine warning only -… **Fixes applied** (3 errors): 1. **Node >=20 check too strict** — doctor required Node 20 but 18.19.1 is available and functional… 2. **Pillow missing & macOS hardcoded fonts** — A6 finishing script needed PIL, and defaulted to ma… 3. **Shallow clone missing `origin/main`** — `tests/verify-voice-continuity.py` failed on `git show… **Verification**: All 32 npm tests pass. All 14 Python verification scripts pass. Full end-to-end p…
Replay the whole session, every command from a clean machine to this point.
How it was tested
One agent, one container, no human help. It installs the project the way its own documentation says to, runs it, and fixes what breaks. Everything below is recorded as it happened: the terminal session, the log and the exact commit. The full method.
Strengths and limits
Measured facts, not opinions. How this is written.
What went well
- Installed in 2 minutes.
- Recovered from all 3 errors without a human stepping in, which says the failures are documented well enough to solve.
- Licensed MIT, as reported by its host.
What did not, or is not known
- Only reached a running state against stand-in services, so nothing here proves it works against the real ones.
- Measured once so far. A single attempt shows it can run, not that it runs reliably.
Also tested, in the same area
Every one of these was installed and run by Argusic on a clean machine. Nothing appears here that was not tested.
Run history
| tested by | attempt | outcome | score | cost USD | when |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argusic Runner | 1/3 | Runs with mocks | 92.00 | 0.13 |
Topics (from GitHub)
agent-skills-managerai-animation-generatorai-video-productionautomated-videocodex-skillscontent-creationcreator-toolsfaceless-youtubegeminigenerative-aillmopen-sourcestickmanstickman-charactersstoryboardingstorytellingtext-to-videovideo-generationyoutube-automation
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[](https://argusic.com/subject/stickman-video-director)Questions
- Does stickman-video-director run?
- stickman-video-director runs, with mocks standing in for external services. Argusic installed and launched it on a clean machine in 2 minutes, hitting 3 errors on the way, and recorded the session.
- How did Argusic test stickman-video-director?
- On a fresh, disposable machine, with every command recorded and the repository pinned at commit 8ced4737b8d2. One attempt is recorded, and the full method is on the methodology page.
- What did it cost to test stickman-video-director?
- The run that produced this verdict cost $0.13: real compute and model cost, not a list price per million tokens. It is recorded on that run's page.
- How long does stickman-video-director take to install?
- 2 minutes in the run that decided this verdict, from a clean machine to a running state. That is one measured attempt, not an average.
- Does stickman-video-director need a GPU?
- Not to start. Argusic reached a running state on a machine with no GPU.
- What goes wrong when installing stickman-video-director?
- 3 things broke in the recorded run, and 3 were fixed without human help. Each one, and the time it cost, is listed on this page.
- Where is the evidence for stickman-video-director?
- The recorded run is on this page, each linking to its full log and terminal recording, stored with a sha256 fingerprint so it cannot be quietly altered.