Manimgl Best Practices
Trigger when: (1) User mentions "manimgl" or "ManimGL" or "3b1b manim", (2) Code...
Install
npx skills add adithya-s-k/manim_skill --skill manimgl-best-practices -g -a claude-code -y- Repository
- adithya-s-k/manim_skill1.2k
- Category
- Design
- Updated
- 10mo ago
- License
- MIT
- Context cost
- Mediumabout 1,693 tokens
- Runs scripts
- Yes, review before use
What it does
Trigger when: (1) User mentions "manimgl" or "ManimGL" or "3b1b manim", (2) Code contains `from manimlib import *`, (3) User runs `manimgl` CLI commands, (4) Working with InteractiveScene, self.frame, self.embed(), ShowCreation(), or ManimGL-specific patterns. Best practices for ManimGL (Grant Sanderson's 3Blue1Brown version) - OpenGL-based animation engine with interactive development. Covers InteractiveScene, Tex with t2c, camera frame control, interactive mode (-se flag), 3D rendering, and checkpoint_paste() workflow. NOT for Manim Community Edition (which uses `manim` imports and `manim` CLI).
How to use
Read individual rule files for detailed explanations and code examples:
Core Concepts
- rules/scenes.md - InteractiveScene, Scene types, and construct method
- rules/mobjects.md - Mobject types, VMobject, Groups, and positioning
- rules/animations.md - Animation classes, playing animations, and timing
Creation & Transformation
- rules/creation-animations.md - ShowCreation, Write, FadeIn, DrawBorderThenFill
- rules/transform-animations.md - Transform, ReplacementTransform, TransformMatchingTex
- rules/animation-groups.md - LaggedStart, Succession, AnimationGroup
Text & Math
- rules/tex.md - Tex class, raw strings R"...", and LaTeX rendering
- rules/text.md - Text mobjects, fonts, and styling
- rules/t2c.md - tex_to_color_map (t2c) for coloring math expressions
Styling & Appearance
- rules/colors.md - Color constants, gradients, RGB, hex, GLSL coloring
- rules/styling.md - Fill, stroke, opacity, backstroke, gloss, shadow
3D & Camera
- rules/3d.md - 3D objects, surfaces, Sphere, Torus, parametric surfaces, lighting
- rules/camera.md - frame.reorient(), Euler angles, fix_in_frame(), camera animations
Interactive Development
- rules/interactive.md - Interactive mode with
-seflag, checkpoint_paste() - rules/frame.md - self.frame, camera control, reorient, and zooming
- rules/embedding.md - self.embed() for IPython debugging, touch() mode
Configuration & CLI
- rules/cli.md - manimgl command, flags (-w, -o, -se, -l, -h), rendering options
- rules/config.md - custom_config.yml, directories, camera settings, quality presets
