---
title: Feedback Collection
description: "How HyperFrames collects feedback, what data is collected, and how to opt out."
---

HyperFrames occasionally asks how a render went or how a Studio session felt. This page explains why we do it, when prompts appear, what data is collected, and how to disable them.

## Why We Ask

We use anonymous satisfaction scores to understand whether the tool is actually working well — not just whether it runs without errors. A render that takes 10 minutes and produces a broken file counts as a success in logs but a failure in practice. The feedback prompt is the only signal we have for that gap.

No account, email, or identity is tied to responses. Each installation generates a random UUID at setup; that is the only identifier.

## How It Works

### CLI — post-render prompt

After a successful `hyperframes render`, a short prompt may appear:

```
  How was this render? [1=poor 5=great, enter to skip]
  Any details? (enter to skip)
```

**When it shows:**

- First ever successful render
- Then every 15 renders after that (16th, 31st, 46th...)
- At most once per process — re-renders in the same session don't trigger a second prompt
- Automatically suppressed in quiet mode (`--quiet`), non-TTY shells, and CI environments

The prompt has a **10-second auto-timeout** — if you don't respond, it silently disappears and the CLI continues normally.

The render interval is configurable:

```bash
# Show prompt every 5 renders instead of 15 (useful for testing)
HYPERFRAMES_FEEDBACK_INTERVAL=5 hyperframes render --output out.mp4
```

### Studio — session feedback bar

A thin 32px bar slides in at the bottom of the preview area periodically:

- Never on the first session — only starting from the 10th
- Then every 10 sessions (10th, 20th, 30th...)
- Slides in 3 seconds after page load to avoid flash
- Auto-dismisses after 20 seconds if ignored
- After any interaction (dismiss or submit), the session counter resets — next prompt after 10 more sessions

The session interval is configurable at build time:

```
VITE_HYPERFRAMES_FEEDBACK_INTERVAL=3
```

Invalid values (non-integer, zero, negative) fall back to the default.

**Note:** Disabling CLI telemetry (`hyperframes telemetry disable`) does not suppress the Studio bar — Studio feedback is gated separately. The submitted data is still sent through the same anonymous PostHog pipeline, so the same privacy guarantees apply.

### `hyperframes feedback` command

You can submit feedback manually at any time:

```bash
# Quick rating
hyperframes feedback --rating 5

# Rating with details
hyperframes feedback --rating 3 --comment "render succeeded but GSAP timeline didn't animate text overlay"
```

| Flag | Description |
|------|-------------|
| `--rating` | Satisfaction score, 1–5 (required) |
| `--comment` | Optional free-text details |

This command collects a doctor summary automatically, flushes telemetry, and exits. It appears under the **Settings** group in `hyperframes --help`.

## Agent Runtimes

When an AI agent is detected, HyperFrames **skips the interactive readline prompt** and prints a structured hint instead:

```
  [hyperframes] Agent feedback: hyperframes feedback --rating <1-5> --comment "..."
```

Agents can then submit feedback using the `hyperframes feedback` command above.

The same cadence gate applies: the hint only appears on the first render, then every 15th.

**Detected agents and their markers:**

| Agent | Environment markers |
|-------|---------------------|
| Claude Code | `CLAUDECODE` present, or `CLAUDE_CODE_ENTRYPOINT` present |
| Codex | `CODEX_THREAD_ID`, `CODEX_CI`, or `CODEX_SANDBOX_NETWORK_DISABLED` present |
| Cursor | `TERM_PROGRAM` equals `cursor` |
| GitHub Copilot Agent | `GITHUB_ACTIONS` equals `true` and (`COPILOT_AGENT_ID` present or `RUNNER_NAME` equals `Copilot`) |
| Replit | `REPL_ID` or `REPLIT_USER` present |
| Hermes | `HERMES_QUIET` present |
| openclaw | `OPENCLAW_STATE_DIR` or `OPENCLAW_CONFIG_PATH` present |
| Pi | `PI_CODING_AGENT` present |

Only the existence (or in some cases the value) of these variables is checked — API keys and secrets that happen to share a prefix are never read.

## What Is Collected

### CLI feedback

| Field | Value |
|-------|-------|
| `$survey_id` | `render_satisfaction` |
| `$survey_response` | Rating (1–5) |
| `$survey_response_2` | Free-text comment (only when provided) |
| `render_duration_ms` | Time the render took in milliseconds |
| `doctor_summary` | System context (see below) |

The `doctor_summary` is a compact string with environment context — included automatically so you don't need to run `hyperframes doctor` when reporting a problem:

```
os=darwin/arm64 node=v22.11.0 cpu=10cores mem=32GB ffmpeg=yes
```

It may also include `wsl` or sandbox runtime flags when those environments are detected.

### Studio feedback

| Field | Value |
|-------|-------|
| `$survey_id` | `studio_experience` |
| `$survey_response` | Rating (1–5) |
| `$survey_response_2` | Free-text comment (only when provided) |
| `source` | `studio` |
| `doctor_summary` | Browser context (platform, screen, CPU cores, device memory, network type) |

## What Is NOT Collected

- File paths or project names
- Composition content, HTML, or video files
- Environment variable values
- Personally identifiable information
- IP addresses or precise location

Feedback is anonymous. Each installation has a random UUID (`anonymousId`) — there is no account, login, or email association.

## Config File

The CLI persists feedback state in `~/.hyperframes/config.json`:

```json
{
  "telemetryEnabled": true,
  "anonymousId": "a1b2c3d4-...",
  "telemetryNoticeShown": true,
  "commandCount": 47,
  "renderSuccessCount": 14,
  "lastFeedbackPromptAt": 1
}
```

| Field | Description |
|-------|-------------|
| `renderSuccessCount` | Total successful renders across all sessions |
| `lastFeedbackPromptAt` | The `renderSuccessCount` value when the prompt last appeared — used to compute whether 15 renders have passed |

Studio stores the equivalent state in `localStorage` under the `hyperframes-studio:` prefix.

## Opting Out

### CLI — disable telemetry entirely

Disabling telemetry suppresses the CLI feedback prompt and all other CLI usage tracking:

```bash
# Via CLI command (persisted to ~/.hyperframes/config.json)
hyperframes telemetry disable

# Or via environment variable (per-session)
HYPERFRAMES_NO_TELEMETRY=1 hyperframes render --output out.mp4

# Or via DO_NOT_TRACK (respects the global standard)
DO_NOT_TRACK=1 hyperframes render --output out.mp4
```

Once disabled, the `hyperframes feedback` command will print `Telemetry is disabled. Feedback not sent.` and exit without sending anything.

### CLI — suppress output without disabling telemetry

```bash
# Quiet mode: renders without any post-render output (including the feedback prompt)
hyperframes render --quiet --output out.mp4
```

### CI environments

The CLI feedback prompt is automatically suppressed when the `CI` environment variable is set (GitHub Actions, CircleCI, etc. set this by default).

### Studio

The Studio feedback bar is not affected by the CLI telemetry setting. To disable it at build time, set:

```
VITE_HYPERFRAMES_NO_FEEDBACK=1
```

When set to `"1"`, the bar never shows — `shouldShowFeedback()` returns `false` unconditionally regardless of session count or `localStorage` state.

The session interval is still configurable independently:

```
VITE_HYPERFRAMES_FEEDBACK_INTERVAL=20
```

## Related

- [Telemetry](/packages/cli#telemetry) — full telemetry settings and what usage data is collected
- [`hyperframes feedback`](/packages/cli#feedback) — CLI command reference
- [Troubleshooting](/guides/troubleshooting) — if a prompt is blocking your pipeline unexpectedly
