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Manimate — AI skill for Claude Code

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Generate diagram/animation videos from natural language using Manim.

How to install Manimate

This entry records only its repository, not the path inside it, so there is no exact command to give. Open bassimeledath/manimate and copy the folder into ~/.claude/skills/, or the file into ~/.claude/agents/.

What Manimate does

Generate diagram/animation videos from natural language using Manim. Agent skill for Claude Code, Codex, and other AI coding agents.

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README

/manimate

A coding-agent skill that turns natural language prompts into animated videos using Manim.

![How manimate works](public/manimate-intro.gif)

Install

npx skills add bassimeledath/manimate

Other install methods

# npm
npx @bassimeledath/manimate

# Manual (Claude Code)
git clone https://github.com/bassimeledath/manimate ~/.claude/skills/manimate

# Manual (Codex)
git clone https://github.com/bassimeledath/manimate ~/.codex/skills/manimate

Usage

/manimate "show the Pythagorean theorem"
/manimate "explain how binary search works"
/manimate "visualize bubble sort step by step"

Outputs to `.manimate/output/animation.mp4` (GIF available on request).

Dependencies

Python 3.8+ and ManimCE (pip install manim)
ffmpeg — video stitching
LaTeX (optional) — for math expressions. Falls back to Text() if unavailable
A supported agent CLI (claude, codex, or set MANIMATE_AGENT_CLI)

How It Works

Prompt → Story → Code → Render → Video.

The agent decomposes your prompt into scenes, writes Manim Python code for each, renders via Cairo, and stitches the results with ffmpeg. Failed renders auto-recover (max 3 retries). An optional visual validation step checks layout and readability.