Hyperframes

Write HTML. Render video. Built for agents.

Hyperframes is an open-source video rendering framework that lets you create, preview, and render HTML-based video compositions — with first-class support for AI agents via MCP.

Why Hyperframes?

• HTML-native — AI agents already speak HTML. No React required.
• Frame Adapter pattern — bring your own animation runtime (GSAP, Lottie, CSS, Three.js).
• Deterministic rendering — same input = identical output. Built for automated pipelines.
• AI-first design — not a bolted-on afterthought.

Quick Start

npx hyperframes init my-video
cd my-video

Then open the project with your AI coding agent (Claude Code, Cursor, etc.) — it has HyperFrames skills installed and knows how to create and edit compositions.

npx hyperframes preview      # preview in browser (live reload)
npx hyperframes render   # render to MP4

Requirements: Node.js >= 22, FFmpeg

Documentation

Full documentation at hyperframes.heygen.com — start with the Quickstart, then explore guides, concepts, API reference, and package docs.

How It Works

Define your video as HTML with data attributes:

<div id="stage" data-composition-id="my-video" data-start="0" data-width="1920" data-height="1080">
  <video
    id="clip-1"
    data-start="0"
    data-duration="5"
    data-track="0"
    src="intro.mp4"
    muted
    playsinline
  ></video>
  <img id="overlay" data-start="2" data-duration="3" data-track="1" src="logo.png" />
  <audio
    id="bg-music"
    data-start="0"
    data-duration="9"
    data-track="2"
    data-volume="0.5"
    src="music.wav"
  ></audio>
</div>

Preview instantly in the browser. Render to MP4 locally. Let AI agents compose videos using tools they already understand.

Packages

Package	Description
hyperframes	CLI — create, preview, lint, and render compositions
@hyperframes/core	Types, parsers, generators, linter, runtime, frame adapters
@hyperframes/engine	Seekable page-to-video capture engine (Puppeteer + FFmpeg)
@hyperframes/producer	Full rendering pipeline (capture + encode + audio mix)
@hyperframes/studio	Browser-based composition editor UI

AI Agent Skills

HyperFrames ships skills that teach AI coding agents (Claude Code, Gemini CLI, Codex, Cursor) how to write correct compositions and GSAP animations. Use these instead of writing from scratch — they encode framework-specific patterns that generic docs don't cover.

Install via CLI (recommended)

# Install all skills (HyperFrames + GSAP) — runs automatically during `hyperframes init`
npx hyperframes skills

# Or install to a specific agent
npx hyperframes skills --claude
npx hyperframes skills --cursor

Or via npx skills add

# HyperFrames skills (hyperframes-compose, hyperframes-captions)
npx skills add heygen-com/hyperframes

# GSAP skills (gsap-core, gsap-timeline, gsap-scrolltrigger, gsap-plugins, gsap-performance, gsap-utils, gsap-react, gsap-frameworks)
npx skills add greensock/gsap-skills

Installed Skills

Source	Skills	What they teach
HyperFrames	hyperframes-compose, hyperframes-captions, hyperframes-registry	HTML composition structure, class="clip" rules, data-* attributes, timeline registration, rendering constraints, registry block/component install and wiring
GSAP	gsap-core, gsap-timeline, gsap-performance, gsap-plugins, gsap-scrolltrigger, gsap-utils, gsap-react, gsap-frameworks	Core API, timeline sequencing, ScrollTrigger, plugin usage, performance best practices

In Claude Code, invoke with /hyperframes-compose, /hyperframes-captions, /gsap-core, etc.

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines on how to contribute.

License

See LICENSE for details.