hermes-agent/skills/creative/manim-video
SHL0MS 941608cdde feat(skills): add creative divergence strategies for experimental output
Adds opt-in creative thinking frameworks to ascii-video, p5js, and
manim-video skills, based on Lluminate (joelsimon.net/lluminate).

Only engaged when the user explicitly asks for creative, experimental,
or unconventional output. Straightforward requests are unaffected.

Each skill gets 2-3 strategies matched to its domain:
- ascii-video: Forced Connections, Conceptual Blending, Oblique Strategies
- p5js: Conceptual Blending, SCAMPER, Distance Association
- manim-video: SCAMPER, Assumption Reversal

Strategies sourced from creativity research (Boden, Eno, de Bono,
Koestler, Fauconnier & Turner, Osborn), formalized for LLM prompting
by Lluminate.
2026-04-09 21:40:16 -04:00
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references docs: expand Manim CE reference docs with additional API coverage 2026-04-07 11:36:13 +02:00
scripts feat(skills): add manim-video skill for mathematical and technical animations 2026-04-05 19:09:37 -04:00
README.md feat(skills): add manim-video skill for mathematical and technical animations 2026-04-05 19:09:37 -04:00
SKILL.md feat(skills): add creative divergence strategies for experimental output 2026-04-09 21:40:16 -04:00

Manim Video Skill

Production pipeline for mathematical and technical animations using Manim Community Edition.

What it does

Creates 3Blue1Brown-style animated videos from text prompts. The agent handles the full pipeline: creative planning, Python code generation, rendering, scene stitching, and iterative refinement.

Use cases

  • Concept explainers — "Explain how neural networks learn"
  • Equation derivations — "Animate the proof of the Pythagorean theorem"
  • Algorithm visualizations — "Show how quicksort works step by step"
  • Data stories — "Animate our before/after performance metrics"
  • Architecture diagrams — "Show our microservice architecture building up"

Prerequisites

Python 3.10+, Manim CE (pip install manim), LaTeX, ffmpeg.

bash skills/creative/manim-video/scripts/setup.sh