Manim

What it does

When your agent uses it

• Tasks that involve Educational content

Example prompts

• “/manim”

Requirements

• Python 3

Workflow steps

8 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

1. 1Inherit from Scene - All animations should be in a class inheriting from Scene
2. 2Use construct() method - Place all animation code inside the construct() method
3. 3Think in layers - Add mobjects to the scene before animating them
4. 4Use self.play() - Animate mobjects using self.play(Animation(...))
5. 5Test with low quality - Use -ql flag for faster preview renders
6. 6Leverage LaTeX - Use Tex() and MathTex() for mathematical notation
7. 7Group related objects - Use VGroup to manage multiple mobjects together
8. 8Preview frequently - Use -p flag to automatically open rendered videos

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 14680ec. 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

  No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are python and bash).

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

• Network

  Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

  • docs.manim.community
  • github.com
  • manim.community
  • youtube.com

  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 loads about 1.2k tokens when it runs, and up to ~5.3k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 38 tokens; SKILL.md has 378 words of instructions outside code blocks.

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

~38

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

~1.2k

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

~5.3k

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); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from davila7/claude-code-templates at commit 14680ec, republished under its MIT licence (© davila7). 378 words, ~1,184 tokens.

name

manim

description

Comprehensive guide for Manim Community - Python framework for creating mathematical animations and educational videos with programmatic control

version

1.0.0

author

manim-community

repo

https://github.com/ManimCommunity/manim

license

MIT

tags

Video, Python, Animation, Manim, Mathematical, Educational, Visualization, LaTeX, 3Blue1Brown

dependencies

manim>=0.19.0, python>=3.8

from manim import *

class SquareToCircle(Scene):
    def construct(self):
        # Create a square
        square = Square()
        square.set_fill(BLUE, opacity=0.5)

        # Create a circle
        circle = Circle()
        circle.set_fill(RED, opacity=0.5)

        # Animate square creation
        self.play(Create(square))
        self.wait(1)

        # Transform square into circle
        self.play(Transform(square, circle))
        self.wait(1)

        # Fade out
        self.play(FadeOut(square))

# Preview at low quality (fast)
manim -pql script.py SceneName

# Render at high quality
manim -pqh script.py SceneName

# Save last frame as image
manim -s script.py SceneName

# Render multiple scenes
manim script.py Scene1 Scene2

© davila7, 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 4 other files (references) in cli-tool/components/skills/video/manim of davila7/claude-code-templates.

• SKILL.md
• references/animations.md
• references/latex.md
• references/mobjects.md
• references/scenes.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 14680ec

Used in 1 other repository

We found 1 copy of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in davila7/claude-code-templates, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

• InternScience/DrClawdrclaw/local_skill_hub/report/manim