Is the Video Upscaler skill free?

Yes. The skill itself is free from wells1137/media-skills. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.

How do I install Video Upscaler?

Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.

Can I use Video Upscaler with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?

The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.

Video Upscaler

Curl recipe for a video-upscaling backend the repo never ships

by wells1137 · wells1137/media-skills

Tested · Didn't pass

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Test report

Verdict: Tested · Didn't pass
Tested: Jul 17, 2026
Environment: Claude Code 2.x (agent harness)
Upstream re-checked: Aug 10, 2026 · 94e29d0

The skill is a curl recipe for a backend that does not exist: the skill folder ships only SKILL.md, the repo contains no /upscale service and no way to deploy one, the repo README does not even list this skill, and the example curl is malformed JSON (missing its opening brace). There is no real value to substitute for <your_backend_url>, so following the skill produces nothing. The no-skill baseline meanwhile upscaled a test clip 2x with local ffmpeg in about a second (verified 320x240 to 640x480).

Scored on four weighted criteria — install, triggering, output vs. baseline, docs. How scoring works

Installs cleanly 4/5
Triggers reliably 4/5
Output vs. baseline 2/10
Docs & honesty 1/5

What Video Upscaler does

Claims to upscale videos to 4K/60fps cinematic quality by POSTing a video URL to a multi-model backend (Topaz, SeedVR2) with profile presets. In reality the skill folder contains only SKILL.md: the /upscale service it curls does not exist in the repo, so there is nothing to install, deploy, or run. Triggers on requests to upscale or enhance video quality.

How to install Video Upscaler

git clone https://github.com/wells1137/media-skills
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -r media-skills/skills/video-upscaler ~/.claude/skills/video-upscaler

Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ (per-project). Restart Claude Code after installing.

Commands — how to trigger Video Upscaler

/video-upscaler Curl recipe for a video-upscaling backend the repo never ships

It also activates on plain-language prompts like these:

Upscale this clip to 4K60 with cinematic quality enhancement
Can you enhance this video's resolution using the Topaz pipeline?
Turn this old 480p video into a crisp 4K version for me

Frequently asked questions

Is the Video Upscaler skill free?: Yes. The skill itself is free from wells1137/media-skills. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.
Does Video Upscaler work with Claude Code?: We tested it with Claude Code 2.x (agent harness) on Jul 17, 2026. Verdict: Tested · Didn't pass. The skill is a curl recipe for a backend that does not exist: the skill folder ships only SKILL.md, the repo contains no /upscale service and no way to deploy one, the repo README does not even list this skill, and the example curl is malformed JSON (missing its opening brace). There is no real value to substitute for <your_backend_url>, so following the skill produces nothing. The no-skill baseline meanwhile upscaled a test clip 2x with local ffmpeg in about a second (verified 320x240 to 640x480).
How do I install Video Upscaler?: Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.
Can I use Video Upscaler with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?: The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.