manim_skill

An Agent skill for creating 3Blue1Brown-style animations with Manim.

Agent SkillDesignOpen source

Type: Agent Skill
Open source: Yes
GitHub Stars: ★ 1.0k
Source: skill-github
Repository: github.com/adithya-s-k/manim_skill

Overview

Manim Skill is a collection of best practices, patterns, and examples tailored for Manim Community Edition and ManimGL. With these skills, AI can automatically access proven techniques, working code examples, and common patterns for mathematical animation creation. Ideal for scenarios requiring educational videos or visual explanations. After installation, AI assistants (such as Claude, GitHub Copilot, or Cursor) gain access to these capabilities. Suitable for developers and educators aiming to produce high-quality mathematical animations.

Capabilities

▪Provides Manim best practices
▪Includes working code examples
▪Demonstrates common patterns and anti-patterns
▪Supports framework-specific knowledge

Use cases

Creating educational videosGenerating mathematical animationsProducing visual explanationsRapid prototyping

Setup

Requires: Python 3.7+FFmpegLaTeX

Install using npx: `npx skills add adithya-s-k/manim_skill/skills/manimce-best-practices adithya-s-k/manim_skill/skills/manimgl-best-practices`

This information was compiled by AI from public sources and may contain inaccuracies — please refer to the source.

FAQ

How do I install Manim Community Edition?

Use pip: `pip install manim`

What is the difference between ManimCE and ManimGL?

ManimCE is the community-maintained version, stable and well-documented; ManimGL is the original version used by 3Blue1Brown, supporting OpenGL rendering.