Agent skill

Manim Animation Maker

by mingchen666 in mingchen666/Reviva

Create educational explainer videos with a Manim plus FFmpeg workflow.

No licenceAuto-check passedMedia & Creative

Install Manim Animation Maker

skills CLI
$ npx skills add mingchen666/Reviva --skill manim-animation-maker -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install mingchen666/Reviva manim-animation-maker --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mingchen666/Reviva.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/electron/builtin-assets/skills/manim-animation-maker .claude/skills/manim-animation-maker && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
manim-animation-maker
GitHub stars
241
Token cost
~3.2k tokens
SKILL.md length
1,375 words
Files
2
Skills in repo
54
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Create educational explainer videos with a Manim plus FFmpeg workflow.

  • Works in 6 steps: Define The Teaching Target → Plan The Video → Write Manim Code → …
  • The user asks for Manim animation
  • SKILL.md covers Core Principle, When To Use, Tool Roles and Dependencies, plus 6 more sections
  • Calls python

What it does

Manim Animation Maker is an agent skill from mingchen666/Reviva. Create educational explainer videos with a Manim plus FFmpeg workflow. Use when the user asks for Manim animation, math/physics/geometry/algorithm visualization, formula derivation, concept explainer video, scene planning, MP4 rendering, preview frames, or video quality checks.

Its SKILL.md is about 3.2k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 1 other file (for example `config.json`).

It sits in Media & Creative, covering Video production and Tutoring and explanations. It works with Manim and FFmpeg. The repository describes itself as: Local-first AI learning workspace — ask, note, review and create around your own materials. Wiki KB, Agents, Skills, creation tools.Private NotebookLM Alternative.AI….

When your agent uses it

  • The user asks for Manim animation
  • Math/physics/geometry/algorithm visualization
  • Formula derivation
  • Concept explainer video

Example prompts

  • “/manim-animation-maker”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

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

  1. Define The Teaching Target
  2. Plan The Video
  3. Write Manim Code
  4. Check The Environment
  5. Render With Manim
  6. Validate Or Post-Process With FFmpeg

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 24bde40. 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

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • python

    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):

    • miktex.org

    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 Animation Maker loads about 3.2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 75 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,375 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~75
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~3.2k

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

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

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

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 1,375 words (~3,194 tokens).

“Create short teaching videos with Manim Community Edition and FFmpeg.”

— opening of SKILL.md by mingchen666
name
manim-animation-maker

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file in electron/builtin-assets/skills/manim-animation-maker of mingchen666/Reviva.

  • SKILL.md
  • config.json

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 24bde40

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Works with

Questions about Manim Animation Maker

What does Manim Animation Maker do?

Create educational explainer videos with a Manim plus FFmpeg workflow. Manim Animation Maker is an agent skill from mingchen666/Reviva. Create educational explainer videos with a Manim plus FFmpeg workflow.

When should I use Manim Animation Maker?

Manim Animation Maker fits situations like: the user asks for Manim animation; math/physics/geometry/algorithm visualization; formula derivation; concept explainer video.

How do I install Manim Animation Maker in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add mingchen666/Reviva --skill manim-animation-maker -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (electron/builtin-assets/skills/manim-animation-maker in mingchen666/Reviva) into .claude/skills/manim-animation-maker in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Manim Animation Maker in Codex?

Run `npx skills add mingchen666/Reviva --skill manim-animation-maker -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (electron/builtin-assets/skills/manim-animation-maker in mingchen666/Reviva) into .agents/skills/manim-animation-maker in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Manim Animation Maker in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add mingchen666/Reviva --skill manim-animation-maker -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/manim-animation-maker, .gemini/skills/manim-animation-maker, .github/skills/manim-animation-maker and .opencode/skills/manim-animation-maker in your project.

What does Manim Animation Maker need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Manim Animation Maker needs the command-line tools its instructions call (python). Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Manim Animation Maker access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: miktex.org. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Manim Animation Maker safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Manim Animation Maker use?

No licence was found for Manim Animation Maker or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Manim Animation Maker use?

About 3.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 13k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Manim Animation Maker?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Manim Animation Maker: Qiaomu Cut (joeseesun/qiaomu-cut-skill, 372 stars), Showtime (FavioVazquez/showtime, 206 stars), Manim Video Production (browser-use/video-use, 28k stars) and Manim Explainer Videos (Prismer-AI/PrismerCloud, 1.6k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Manim Animation Maker?

mingchen666 (a GitHub user) maintains it in mingchen666/Reviva, which has 241 GitHub stars. The repository holds 54 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 21, 2026.

Source: mingchen666/Reviva on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.