---
id: "prereq-node-npm"
type: "prereq"
source_timestamps: ["00:01:46"]
tags: ["environment", "dependencies"]
related: ["concept-remotion"]
reason: "Required to install Remotion skills and run the local Remotion studio server."
sources: ["sabrina"]
sourceVaultSlug: "claude-code-remotion-video-automation-2026May14"
originDay: 3
---
# Node.js and npm Installed

## Prerequisite

**Node.js and npm installed locally.**

## Why

- [[concept-remotion|Remotion]] is a React-based framework — it runs on Node.
- [[concept-agent-skills|Agent Skills]] are distributed via npm (`npx skills add ...`).
- The Remotion Studio (local preview server) is a Node process.

Without Node + npm, the [[framework-automated-content-pipeline|pipeline]] cannot start at step 1.

## Related

- [[action-install-remotion-skill]]


## Related across days
- [[prereq-terminal-basics]]
- [[concept-remotion]]
- [[action-install-remotion-skill]]