Heygen Avatar

Q: What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Heygen Avatar skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Heygen Avatar is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Content category. Learn more at https://claudskills.com/learn/what-is-skill-md/.

Category: Content · Sub-category: audio-podcast · Last updated: 2026-06-28

Create a persistent HeyGen avatar — a reusable face + voice identity for the agent, the user, or any named character — powered by HeyGen Avatar V technology. Prompt-based creation by default (description → HeyGen builds it); photo upload is optional for real-person digital twins. Use when: (1) giving the agent a face + voice so it can present videos ("bring yourself to life", "create your avatar", "give yourself an avatar", "design a presenter", "set up an avatar", "let's make an avatar"), (2) the user wants to appear in videos as themselves ("create my avatar", "I want my face in a video", "digital twin of me", "build me an avatar"), (3) building a named character presenter ("create an avatar called Cleo", "design a character named X"), (4) establishing HeyGen identity before making videos — the correct FIRST step when no avatar exists yet. Chain signal: when the user says both an identity/avatar action AND a video action in the same request ("create an avatar AND make a video", "set up identity THEN create a video", "design a presenter AND immediately record"), run heygen-avatar first, then heygen-video. Returns avatar_id + voice_id — pass directly to heygen-video to create HeyGen videos. NOT for: generating videos (use heygen-video), translating videos, or TTS-only tasks.

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About this skill (catalog notes)

Heygen Avatar includes pricing or quota commentary; 6 code blocks for direct copy-paste. At roughly 4,082 words the SKILL.md is on the longer end of the catalog distribution.

Original author: openai
Indexed lastmod: 2026-06-28
Catalog position: Content · audio-podcast
Indexed related skills: 10

How Heygen Avatar fits the catalog

Heygen Avatar sits in the Content category under the audio-podcast sub-topic in the ClaudSkills catalog. There are 10 related skills indexed alongside it; comparing a few before installing usually reveals which fits your workflow best.

These notes are auto-generated from features detected in the SKILL.md file and from this catalog's structure — they aren't part of the source repository.

From the source SKILL.md

Create and manage HeyGen avatars for anyone: the agent, the user, or named characters. Handles identity extraction, avatar generation, voice selection, and saves everything to AVATAR-<NAME>.md for consistent reuse.

What this skill does

Heygen Avatar is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the audio-podcast sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/heygen-avatar/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when: (1) giving the agent a face + voice so it can present videos ("bring yourself to life", "create your avatar", "give yourself an avatar", "design a presenter", "set up an avatar", "let's make an avatar"), (2) the user wants to appear in videos as themselves ("create my avatar", "I want my face in a video", "digital twin of me", "build me an avatar"), (3) building a named character presenter ("create an avatar called Cleo", "design a character named X"), (4) establishing HeyGen identity before making videos — the correct FIRST step when no avatar exists yet. Chain signal: when the user says both an identity/avatar action AND a video action in the same request ("create an avatar AND make a video", "set up identity THEN create a video", "design a presenter AND immediately record"), run heygen-avatar first, then heygen-video.

Who uses this skill

The Heygen Avatar Claude Code skill is built for content creators, marketers, copywriters, SEO professionals, and editorial teams. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 146,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/heygen-avatar
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/heygen-avatar/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/heygen-avatar/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/heygen-avatar/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/heygen-avatar/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\heygen-avatar\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

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One-click install via the desktop app

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install the Heygen Avatar Claude Code skill?

Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/heygen-avatar/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at claudskills.com/install/.

What does the Heygen Avatar skill do?

Is this skill free to install?

Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.

When should I use the Heygen Avatar skill?

Use Heygen Avatar when your Claude Code task falls under the Content category — specifically in the audio podcast area. Claude Code auto-discovers installed skills and invokes the right one based on the task description, so you can also ask Claude directly (e.g. "use Heygen Avatar" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at /category/content/.

What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Heygen Avatar skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Heygen Avatar is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Content category. Learn more at /learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.

Attribution & license

Source: https://github.com/openai/plugins/blob/HEAD/plugins/heygen/skills/heygen-avatar/SKILL.md
Author: openai

Cite this skill

If you reference this skill in a blog post, paper, or documentation, you can cite it as:

APA

openai. (2026). Heygen Avatar [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/heygen-avatar/

BibTeX

@misc{heygen-avatar-2026,
  author    = {openai},
  title     = {Heygen Avatar [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/heygen-avatar/}
}

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Security scan

Grade B · scanned 2026-07-06 — free static scan against the OWASP Agentic Skills Top 10.

The scan flagged 1 of 10 categories (supply-chain), including a high-severity pattern. Patterns shown inside code fences are weighted as examples rather than instructions — read the grading methodology for what this does and does not guarantee.

✓ Prompt injection
✓ Data exfiltration
⚠ Supply chain
✓ Reverse shell
✓ Credentials
✓ Execution
✓ Filesystem
✓ Persistence
✓ Obfuscation
✓ Network

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