How to use the Seedance Lighting Designer agent skill

What is an agent skill and what does seedance-lighting do?

An agent skill is a folder containing a SKILL.md file. The file tells an AI agent that can read skill folders when to use the skill and what guidance to follow. The agent loads the skill only when a request matches its description.

The seedance-lighting skill applies when you ask for lighting design, atmosphere, time of day, colour temperature, shadows, reflections, weather light, practical lights or mood transitions in Seedance 2.0. Its main habit is turning mood words into physical sources. If you ask for a cozy scene, the agent answers with a lamp, a window or the sun that you could point to in the frame.

The skill produces prompt text and lighting notes. It does not render or edit video itself.

• Names the key source, its direction and colour temperature.
• Describes how shadows behave and what reflects the light.
• States whether the light changes during the clip, and how.
• Links to related reference files for colour grading and dramatic lighting.

Install the seedance-lighting skill

Download the ZIP for skills/seedance-lighting from the page where you found this guide, then unzip it. You can install it in one of two ways.

For Claude Code, unzip the folder into ~/.claude/skills/ to make it available across your projects, or into a project's .claude/skills/ folder to limit it to that project.

In the Claude apps, open Settings, go to Capabilities, then Skills, and upload the skill there.

• Check that SKILL.md sits inside the seedance-lighting folder after unzipping.
• Restart or reopen your agent session if the skill does not appear.

Trigger the skill with natural requests

You do not need a special command. Describe the lighting or mood you want in the same request where you ask for a Seedance 2.0 prompt. The skill is matched to requests about lighting, atmosphere, time of day, shadows, reflections, weather light, practical lights and mood transitions.

Mood words work well because the skill is built to translate them. Say what the feeling is and what the scene is, then let the agent choose the light.

• Write a Seedance 2.0 prompt for a lonely night scene in a kitchen, with the light changing as the character turns on a lamp.
• Give me lighting for a product shot of a brushed metal watch in a warm, luxurious mood.
• Make a storm atmosphere for a rooftop scene in Seedance 2.0 with lightning that sharpens the silhouette.

Read the output and use the prompt

The skill returns a compact lighting block, a transition note when one is needed, and one prompt-ready integrated sentence. Paste that sentence into your Seedance 2.0 prompt. Check that the source you named appears in the frame and that the light change, if any, matches the action you asked for.

The guidance is specific to Seedance 2.0's prompt format. If you use another video model, expect to adapt the wording.

• Lighting block: key source, direction, colour temperature, atmosphere, shadows, reflections and transition.
• Transition note: how the light moves or changes, only when the clip needs it.
• Prompt sentence: one line you can paste into Seedance 2.0.

Safety notes: scripts and network access

This skill runs no scripts and uses no network access, according to its listing. It consists of a single SKILL.md file. It is licensed MIT.

The output is creative guidance. It is not engineering advice, so do not rely on it for verified real-world lighting or for safety compliance.

Tips for better lighting prompts

Name only the colour temperature that matters to the shot. The skill recommends this so the prompt stays focused. If the output looks flat, ask for a motivated key source, rim separation and one material-specific highlight. If it looks over-processed, ask for softer contrast and fewer broad style claims. If flicker appears, ask for a stable light source with no competing transitions.

• Use practical lamps for interiors and visible motivation.
• Use window light for food and lifestyle scenes.
• Use rim light when the subject needs separation from the background.
• Use hard light for noir or harsh sun, and soft light for skin, product polish and family scenes.
• Ask for atmosphere such as mist or dust only when it should interact with the light and subject.