manim-video
Build reusable Manim explainers for technical concepts, graphs, system diagrams, and product walkthroughs, then hand off to the wider ecc video stack if needed. Use when the user wants a clean animated explainer rather than a generic talking-head script.
npx skills add mturac/everything-openai-codex --skill manim-video --agent codex
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for claude-code, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Manim Video Use Manim for technical explainers where motion, structure, and clarity matter more than photorealism. ## When to Activate - the user wants a technical explainer animation - the concept is a graph, workflow, architecture, metric progression, or system diagram - the user wants a short product or launch explainer for X or a landing page - the visual should feel precise instead of generically cinematic ## Tool Requirements - `manim` CLI for scene rendering - `ffmpeg` for post-processing if needed - `video-editing` for final assembly or polish - `remotion-video-creation` when the final package needs composited UI, captions, or additional motion layers ## Default Output - short 16:9 MP4 - one thumbnail or poster frame - storyboard plus scene plan ## Workflow 1. Define the core visual thesis in one sentence. 2. Break the concept into 3 to 6 scenes. 3. Decide what each scene proves. 4. Write the scene outline before writing Manim code. 5. Render the smallest working version first. 6. Tighten typography, spacing, color, and pacing after the render works. 7. Hand off to the wider video stack only if it adds value. ## Scene Planning Rules - each scene should prove one thing - a
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manim -ql assets/network_graph_scene.py NetworkGraphExplainer
What does the manim-video skill do?
Build reusable Manim explainers for technical concepts, graphs, system diagrams, and product walkthroughs, then hand off to the wider ecc video stack if needed. Use when the user wants a clean animated explainer rather than a generic talking-head script.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add mturac/everything-openai-codex --skill manim-video --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From mturac/everything-openai-codex, a repository with 84 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.