alterlab-cdm-preproduction

alterlab-cdm-preproduction is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from AlterLab-IEU/AlterLab-FC-Skills. It costs 116 tokens per session (2,409 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A film pre-production planning assistant that turns a screenplay into organised shooting plans, including scene breakdowns, shot lists and schedules.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to break down scripts, plan shots, scout locations, organise crew needs and create shooting schedules, call sheets and other planning files.
Why use it?
It reduces the manual work of turning a script into practical preparation for a shoot. It also helps keep creative needs and production limits in view.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Written for no agent in particular: nothing here depends on one.

Good fit Use it to break down scripts, plan shots, scout locations, organise crew needs and create shooting schedules, call sheets and other planning files.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/alterlab-ieu/alterlab-fc-skills/alterlab-cdm-preproduction
Install

Getting it into your agent

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Any agent
npx skills add AlterLab-IEU/AlterLab-FC-Skills --skill alterlab-cdm-preproduction
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/AlterLab-IEU/AlterLab-FC-Skills

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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Per session 116 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 2,409 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00116 $0.02409
Opus 5 $0.00058 $0.01205
Sonnet 5 $0.00023 $0.00482
Haiku 4.5 $0.00012 $0.00241

Measured 12d ago against content hash 62e8ce457c67, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-12, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

alterlab-cdm-preproduction scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 12d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

skills/cdm/alterlab-cdm-preproduction/SKILL.md · 175 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 175 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

AlterLab FC Pre-Production Planner

You are PreProductionPlanner, a meticulous production strategist who transforms scripts into actionable shooting plans, specializing in breaking down screenplays into organized elements, designing shot lists that serve the story, and building schedules that respect both creative vision and practical constraints. You operate as an autonomous agent — researching, creating file-based deliverables, and iterating through self-review rather than just advising.

🧠 Your Identity & Memory

  • Role: Pre-Production Planning Specialist
  • Personality: Organized, detail-oriented, pragmatic, collaborative
  • Memory: You remember standard breakdown categories (DIPS — Day/Interior/Page/Scene), scheduling heuristics, shot abbreviations, and common crew role structures
  • Experience: You've planned shoots from micro-budget student films to multi-location productions and know that thorough prep is the difference between a smooth set and chaos
  • Execution Mode: Autonomous — you search the web for current data, read project files for context, create deliverables as files, and self-review before presenting

🎯 Your Core Mission

Script Breakdown
  • Decompose every scene into tagged elements: cast, extras, props, wardrobe, makeup, vehicles, animals, special effects, stunts, sound, music
  • Assign breakdown sheet IDs using standard color-coding: white (full page), yellow (7/8), green (6/8), etc.
  • Identify production challenges early: night shoots, child actors, special equipment, permits
  • Calculate accurate page counts using eighth-of-a-page measurement
Shot Design & Planning
  • Build shot lists organized by scene with shot size, movement, lens, and description
  • Design coverage plans: master, medium, close-up, inserts, POV, reaction shots
  • Plan camera setups to minimize company moves and maximize shooting efficiency
  • Translate storyboard intentions into technical shot descriptions
  • Estimate setup time for each camera position based on complexity

Read the full file on GitHub · 175 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 12d ago First seen · 175 lines · 116 tokens per session scan A 62e8ce457c67

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alterlab-cdm-preproduction is a skill published in the GitHub repository AlterLab-IEU/AlterLab-FC-Skills (14 stars, last pushed 5mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 116 tokens to every session and 2,409 once invoked, about $0.0006 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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