A "shopping advisor" for 15 mainstream AI video models (11 commercial + 4 open-source). Ask the user 3-4 key questions, then give a recommendation + reasons.
When not to use this skill
- The user has already decided to use a specific model → use the corresponding
<model>-prompterskill - The user asks "how do I write the prompt" → use
seedance-prompter/kling-prompter/happyhorse-prompter - The user's prompt isn't working → use
seedance-debugger
11-model capability quick-reference matrix
| Model | Chinese | Audio | Physics | Editing | Duration | Open-source | Available in China | Main battlefield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seedance 2.0 | ★★★ | — | ★★★ | — | 15s | — | ✓ | Cinematic narrative |
| HappyHorse 1.0 | ★★★ | ★★ | ★★ | — | 15s (default 5s) | — | ✓ | ASMR / short films |
| Kling 3.0 | ★★★★★ | ★★★★ | ★★★★ | ✓ | 2m | — | ✓ | Chinese drama / image-to-video |
| Sora 2 | ★★ | ★★★★ | ★★★★★ | — | 25s (Pro) | — | △ | Cinematic art films |
| Veo 3.1 | ★★ | ★★★★★ | ★★★ | — | 148s chained | — | △ | Multi-person dialogue |
| Gemini Omni ⭐NEW | ★★ | ★★★ | ★★★ | ★★★★★ | TBD | — | △ | Iterative editing / text rendering / cross-modal |
| Runway Gen-4 | ★★★ | — | ★★★ | ★★★★★ | 30s | — | ✓ | Video editing |
| Pika 2.5 | ★★ | ★ | ★★ | — | 25s | — | ✓ | Creative effects |
| Hailuo 02 | ★★★ | — | ★★★★★ | — | 10s | — | ✓ | Physical actions |
| Hunyuan 1.5 | ★★★★ | — | ★★★ | ✓ | 10s | ★★★★★ | ✓ | Open-source / LoRA |
| Wan 2.7 | ★★★ | ★★★★★ | ★★★ | ✓ | 15s | — | ✓ | Digital human lip-sync |
| Jimeng 3.0 | ★★★★★ | ★★ | ★★★ | — | 15s | — | ✓ | Chinese + CapCut integration |
Workflow
Step 1: Ask 3-4 key questions
Don't ask all of them; pick the 3-4 that most affect the outcome:
| Dimension | Question |
|---|---|
| Duration | "How long does it need to be? 5 seconds / 10 seconds / over 15 seconds?" |
| Audio | "Do you need native audio? Just ambient sound / dialogue / BGM / none" |
| Language | "Is it a Chinese-language scene or an English-language scene?" |
| Nature of editing | "Brand-new generation or editing an existing video?" |
| Platform restrictions | "Available in China / available internationally / local deployment?" |
| Use case | "Short-video hit / film-grade / commercial ad / personal creation?" |
Step 2: Recommend according to the decision tree
是编辑已有视频?
├── Yes → Runway Aleph(独家)
└── No → 继续
├── 要数字人/真人对口型?
│ └── Yes → Wan 2.7(业界最准)
├── 要多人对话+精确配乐?
│ └── Yes → Veo 3.1
├── 中文剧情/中式美学?
│ └── Yes → 即梦 3.0(创作者) / Kling 3.0(开发者 API)
├── 极致物理感(水/火/动作)?
│ └── Yes → Hailuo 02 > Sora 2
├── 创意爆款特效(变身/融化)?
│ └── Yes → Pika 2.5(Pikaffects)
├── 本地部署/开源/LoRA 训练?
│ └── Yes → Hunyuan 1.5
├── 极致电影质感/艺术片?
│ └── Yes → Sora 2 > Runway Gen-4
├── 5/10/15 秒紧凑短片 + 环境音?
│ └── Yes → HappyHorse 1.0
└── 复杂多镜头叙事?
└── Yes → Seedance 2.0 / Kling 智能分镜
Step 3: Output format
## 推荐模型
**最佳选择**:[模型名]
**理由**:[2-3 句话说明为什么]
**对应 skill**:[skills/xxx-prompter] (如果有)
**对应方法论**:[methodology/NN-xxx-公式.md]
**官方平台**:[链接]
**备选**:[模型名]
**为什么备选**:[一句话]
## 你的需求 → 我的判断
| 你的需求 | 对应能力 | 评级 |
|---|---|---|
| [需求 1] | [模型支持情况] | ★★★★★ |
| ... | ... | ... |
Practical examples
Example 1: The user asks "I want to make a Chinese short drama"
Clarifying questions:
- Short drama duration? A clip under 10 seconds or a complete 1-2 minute story?
- Do you need native audio (character dialogue)?
- Do you lean toward realistic / ancient-style / modern urban?
User's answer: A single 10-second clip, with dialogue, modern urban.
Output:
Best choice:Kling 3.0 Reason: Chinese comprehension is tied for first in the industry (with Jimeng), native audio supports character-directed speech, up to 15 seconds per single segment, and the 5-layer advanced formula is naturally suited to narrative.
Corresponding skill:skills/kling-prompter Corresponding methodology:methodology/09-kling-公式.md Official platform:klingai.com
Alternative:Wan 2.7(If there are many dialogue scenes and you need a strong digital human feel) / Jimeng 3.0(If doing post-production directly in CapCut)
Example 2: User asks "I have a video and want to change its style, like turn it into a watercolor animation"
Judgment: Editing an existing video → directly recommend Runway Aleph.
Output:
Best choice:Runway Aleph Reason: Editing existing videos is Aleph's exclusive capability (the other 10 models cannot do it).
re-styleThe verb is specifically used for style transfer, and can keep the original motion and temporal sequence unchanged.Example prompt:
Re-style this clip as a hand-painted watercolor animation. Soft brush textures, flowing edges, warm palette. Preserve all motion and timing exactly.Corresponding methodology:methodology/13-六大模型公式速查.md#1-runway-gen-4--aleph Official platform:Runway
Alternative: There is no real substitute. If absolutely necessary, Hunyuan Video can also make some changes (open source), but it is not a native editing capability.
Example 3: User asks "I want to build a local video generation setup myself, and my budget is limited"
Clarifying questions:
- What is the GPU configuration? (24GB / 12GB / 8GB)
- Main use? (Personal play / self-training LoRA / commercial)
User answer: RTX 4090 24GB, wants to self-train LoRA.
Output:
Best choice:Hunyuan Video 1.5(8.3B version) Reason: Strongest open source, can run on 24GB VRAM, natively supports LoRA training, active community (full ComfyUI workflow support).
Recommended parameters:
Q5_K_M GGUF + 30 steps + dpmpp_2m_sde + sgm_uniform + cfg 6.0Official resources:
- GitHub: Tencent-Hunyuan/HunyuanVideo-1.5
- HuggingFace: tencent/HunyuanVideo-1.5
- ComfyUI tutorial: docs.comfy.org
Alternative: CogVideoX (Zhipu open source) / LTX Video (Lightricks real-time) — these two are not included in this repository's main directory, but they belong to the same open-source camp.
Reference
- Detailed comparison table of 11 model capabilities:methodology/13-六大模型公式速查.md
- Comparison of five major model formulas:methodology/10-跨模型对比.md
- Official resource summary:RESOURCES.md