Manim Video Production

What it does

When your agent uses it

• Explaining a math or algorithm concept with an animation
• Animating an equation derivation step by step
• Turning metrics into a short animated data story

Example prompts

• “Make a short animation that shows why the Pythagorean theorem works.”
• “Visualize how quicksort partitions an array, step by step.”
• “Animate the derivation of the quadratic formula for my students.”

Requirements

• Python 3.10 or later
• Manim Community Edition v0.20 or later
• LaTeX
• ffmpeg

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

1. 1Plan (plan.md)
2. 2Code (script.py)
3. 3Render
4. 4Stitch
5. 5Review

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 43cfc56. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

• Tool permissions

  Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

  From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

• Runs code

  Ships 1 file in scripts/ (Shell), which the agent can run.

  Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

  • ffmpeg
  • pip

  From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

• Network

  No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use pip, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

  From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

• Credentials

  Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

  From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Manim Video Production loads about 3k tokens when it runs, and up to ~25k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 116 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,042 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~116

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~3k

With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them

~25k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from browser-use/video-use at commit 43cfc56, republished under its MIT licence (© browser-use). 1,042 words, ~2,987 tokens.

name

manim-video

description

Production pipeline for mathematical and technical animations using Manim Community Edition. Creates 3Blue1Brown-style explainer videos, algorithm visualizations, equation derivations, architecture diagrams, and data stories. Use when users request: animated explanations, math animations, concept visualizations, algorithm walkthroughs, technical explainers, 3Blue1Brown style videos, or any programmatic animation with geometric/mathematical content.

version

1.0.0

PLAN --> CODE --> RENDER --> STITCH --> AUDIO (optional) --> REVIEW

project-name/
  plan.md                # Narrative arc, scene breakdown
  script.py              # All scenes in one file
  concat.txt             # ffmpeg scene list
  final.mp4              # Stitched output
  media/                 # Auto-generated by Manim
    videos/script/480p15/

MONO = "Menlo"  # define once at top of file

Text("Fourier Series", font_size=48, font=MONO, weight=BOLD)  # titles
Text("n=1: sin(x)", font_size=20, font=MONO)                  # labels
MathTex(r"\nabla L")                                            # math (uses LaTeX)

from manim import *

BG = "#1C1C1C"
PRIMARY = "#58C4DD"
SECONDARY = "#83C167"
ACCENT = "#FFFF00"
MONO = "Menlo"

class Scene1_Introduction(Scene):
    def construct(self):
        self.camera.background_color = BG
        title = Text("Why Does This Work?", font_size=48, color=PRIMARY, weight=BOLD, font=MONO)
        self.add_subcaption("Why does this work?", duration=2)
        self.play(Write(title), run_time=1.5)
        self.wait(1.0)
        self.play(FadeOut(title), run_time=0.5)

manim -ql script.py Scene1_Introduction Scene2_CoreConcept  # draft
manim -qh script.py Scene1_Introduction Scene2_CoreConcept  # production

cat > concat.txt << 'EOF'
file 'media/videos/script/480p15/Scene1_Introduction.mp4'
file 'media/videos/script/480p15/Scene2_CoreConcept.mp4'
EOF
ffmpeg -y -f concat -safe 0 -i concat.txt -c copy final.mp4

manim -ql --format=png -s script.py Scene2_CoreConcept  # preview still

# WRONG: MathTex("\frac{1}{2}")
# RIGHT:
MathTex(r"\frac{1}{2}")

label.to_edge(DOWN, buff=0.5)  # never < 0.5

self.play(ReplacementTransform(note1, note2))  # not Write(note2) on top

self.play(Create(circle))  # must add first
self.play(circle.animate.set_color(RED))  # then animate

© browser-use, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 16 other files (scripts, references) in skills/manim-video of browser-use/video-use.

• SKILL.md
• README.md
• references/animation-design-thinking.md
• references/animations.md
• references/camera-and-3d.md
• references/decorations.md
• references/equations.md
• references/graphs-and-data.md
• references/mobjects.md
• references/paper-explainer.md
• references/production-quality.md
• references/rendering.md
• references/scene-planning.md
• references/troubleshooting.md
• references/updaters-and-trackers.md
• references/visual-design.md
• scripts/setup.sh

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 43cfc56

Used in 6 other repositories

We found 8 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 6 other GitHub owners. This page covers the copy in browser-use/video-use, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

• Tommy-yw/RunbookHermesskills/creative/manim-video
• pifferologo/ai-agent-video-editorskills/manim-video
• Moh4696/freecutskills/manim-video
• Pluviobyte/rnskillskills/video-use/skills/manim-video
• ArgentAIOS/argentos-coreskills/hermes/creative/manim-videoskills/community/creative/manim-video
• dracohu2025-cloud/draco-skills-collectionmanim-videoArk Agent Plan Version/manim-video