fal-recipes

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Use-case-driven multi-step pipelines on fal.ai. Trigger when the user asks for a specific kind of content production rather than a single endpoint call: "make a commercial", "ad creative", "product photography", "cinematic shot", "film look", "character design", "consistent character", "anchor system", "storyboard", "multi-shot", "narrative video", "talking head", "lip sync", "make this person talk", "virtual try-on", "garment transfer", "restore image", "deblur", "denoise", "fix face", "old photo restore", "add audio to video", "video sound effects", "product shot", "photoreal", "realistic photo", "candid photo", "editorial portrait", "documentary photo", "looks like a real photograph", "iPhone-style photo", "film photo", "archival photo". Each recipe describes inputs, the genmedia call sequence, and quality checks.

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Sourcefal-ai-community/skills

Added on2026-05-04

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npx skill4agent add fal-ai-community/skills fal-recipes

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fal.ai Recipes

Runtime: All endpoint calls run via the genmedia CLI. See the
genmedia
skill for command syntax; run
genmedia init
once if not yet installed.

A recipe is a use-case-driven pipeline. It tells you the inputs to collect, the genmedia calls to chain, and the quality bar to verify before returning.

Recipes use

genmedia

for execution and

fal-models-catalog

for endpoint defaults. They differ from

fal-workflow

:

fal-workflow = how to build a pipeline (JSON authoring or CLI orchestration patterns), generic
fal-recipes = how to produce a specific kind of content, opinionated by use case

Available recipes

Reference	Use for
cinematography.md	Cinematic stills and video, shot language, lighting, lens, color grade
character-design.md	Original characters with consistent identity across shots
commercial.md	Product photography, ads, e-commerce batches, hero shots
storytelling.md	Multi-shot narratives, short films, ads, brand films, social stories
character-lipsync.md	Talking head / lip-sync video (TTS → animated portrait)
image-restoration.md	Smart-dispatch restoration, deblur, denoise, dehaze, fix faces, document restore
virtual-tryon.md	Apply a garment onto a person photo (with optional cleanup chain)
video-with-audio.md	Add narration / SFX / music to a silent video
product-shot.md	Hero product photography from a packshot reference
realism.md	Photoreal stills (candid, editorial, documentary, archival, food, nature, architectural) with an anti-AI-look checklist

How to choose a recipe

Match the user's intent to a use case in the table above.
If multiple recipes apply (e.g., "commercial featuring a consistent character"), load both and run the dominant one, usually the more specific one (
```
character-design
```
first, then commercial framing).
If no recipe matches but the task is multi-step, fall back to
```
fal-workflow
```
Mode B (CLI orchestration) and design the pipeline from scratch.
If the task is a single endpoint call, skip recipes, go directly to the right
```
fal-models-catalog
```
reference.

Universal recipe structure

Every reference follows the same skeleton so the agent knows where to look:

Inputs to collect: only what changes the pipeline.
Genmedia workflow: endpoint discovery, schema inspection, upload, run, status, download.
Prompt build order: domain-specific structure (e.g., SCLCAM for cinema, anchor + variable for character).
Patterns / examples: concrete prompt templates and finished examples.
Quality bar: explicit checks before returning.

Cross-references

For endpoint defaults: fal-models-catalog
For prompt-craft per model family: fal-prompting
For pipeline patterns (fan-out, sequential, frame-bridging, etc.): fal-workflow Mode B
For utility endpoints (resize, composite, audio merge, subtitle, etc.): fal-workflow/references/utility-endpoints.md

Information lives in one place. If a recipe needs an endpoint listed in the catalog, it links to the catalog instead of duplicating the list.