Installation
Copy the prompt below and send it to your AI assistant (e.g. Claude Code) — it will follow the instructions and install automatically.
Install the "manimgl-best-practices" skill by following the instructions at https://skill123.me/install/calesthio-manimgl-best-practices.
Run in your terminal — downloads and installs to ~/.claude/skills/.
curl -fsSL https://skill123.me/install/calesthio-manimgl-best-practices.sh | bash
Download the zip and extract it into your skills directory (e.g. ~/.claude/skills/), then restart your session.
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Overview
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).
Source
- Repo: https://github.com/calesthio/OpenMontage
- Path: .claude/skills/manimgl-best-practices