`hyperframes skills update` failed hard or looped forever once a skill was
retired/renamed upstream while still installed locally (hyperframes-media folded
into media-use; hyperframes-captions/compose/tts consolidated earlier). Two
paths dead-ended:
- Install: target selection could trust a stale local skills-manifest.json
(findRepoManifest) while `skills add` always installs from the canonical repo.
isCoreSkill matches the `hyperframes-` prefix, so a retired skill was forced
into the target set, `skills add` silently declined it (exit 0), and strict
verifyInstalled threw "Skill(s) still missing after install".
- Prune: upstream `skills remove` scans on-disk directories, so a lock entry
retired before it ever shipped a bundle has nothing to match — a silent
exit-0 no-op that never clears the lock, so detectRemoved re-flags it on
every run.
The stale-skills nudge compounded it: it fired even from `skills update` itself
(pointing users back at the failing command) and its count ignored the removed
bucket.
Resolve update targets against the canonical manifest (checkSkills({ canonical:
true })) so a retired skill is never targeted. Add pruneOrphanedLockEntries to
clear the orphaned lock entries the upstream remover can't (idempotent, so a
second run is a clean no-op). Exclude `skills` from the update-nudge gate and
thread the removed count through the nudge total.
hyperframes
CLI for creating, previewing, and rendering HTML video compositions.
Install
npm install -g hyperframes
Or use directly with npx:
npx hyperframes <command>
Requirements: Node.js >= 22, FFmpeg
Commands
init
Scaffold a new Hyperframes project from a template:
npx hyperframes init my-video
cd my-video
preview
Start the live preview studio in your browser:
npx hyperframes preview
# Studio running at http://localhost:3002
npx hyperframes preview --port 4567
render
Render a composition to MP4. Run from the project directory; the positional
argument is the project directory (not a file), so render the project's
index.html directly, or point at a specific composition file with -c:
npx hyperframes render -o output.mp4
npx hyperframes render -c ./my-composition.html -o output.mp4
lint
Validate your Hyperframes HTML:
npx hyperframes lint ./my-composition
npx hyperframes lint ./my-composition --json # JSON output for CI/tooling
npx hyperframes lint ./my-composition --verbose # Include info-level findings
By default only errors and warnings are shown. Use --verbose to also display informational findings (e.g., external script dependency notices). Use --json for machine-readable output with errorCount, warningCount, infoCount, and a findings array.
compositions
List compositions found in the current project:
npx hyperframes compositions
benchmark
Run rendering benchmarks:
npx hyperframes benchmark ./my-composition.html
doctor
Check your environment for required dependencies (Chrome, FFmpeg, Node.js):
npx hyperframes doctor
browser
Manage the bundled Chrome/Chromium installation:
npx hyperframes browser
info
Print version and environment info:
npx hyperframes info
docs
Open the documentation in your browser:
npx hyperframes docs
upgrade
Check for updates and show upgrade instructions:
npx hyperframes upgrade
npx hyperframes upgrade --check --json # machine-readable for agents
Documentation
Full documentation: hyperframes.heygen.com/packages/cli
Related packages
@hyperframes/core— types, parsers, frame adapters@hyperframes/engine— rendering engine@hyperframes/producer— render pipeline@hyperframes/studio— composition editor UI