How to install HyperFrames in Claude Code

What it does

HyperFrames lets an AI assistant make videos the way it makes web pages. The assistant writes a page with text, images and animation, and HyperFrames records it frame by frame into an MP4 file.

For a designer this means short promos, animated titles and social clips without opening a video editor. You describe the result in plain words and review the preview.

Example prompts

"Using /hyperframes, make a 10-second product intro with a fade-in title"
"Turn this slide into a 15-second vertical video for Instagram"
"Add an animated chart showing these three numbers"

How to install

$ claude plugin marketplace add heygen-com/hyperframes

$ claude plugin install hyperframes@hyperframes

$ npx skills add heygen-com/hyperframes

How to use it

Type /hyperframes:hyperframes and describe the video you want, e.g. a 10-second product intro with a title and music.

Check it works

Run npx hyperframes preview inside a project to open a live preview in your browser (command from the README).

Common problems

The plugin commands do not appear — the plugin loads when Claude Code starts — run /plugin to check it is installed and enabled, then restart Claude Code.
"command not found: ffmpeg" (or Playwright cannot start a browser) — the video tools are missing on your computer — install ffmpeg (on a Mac: brew install ffmpeg) and run npx playwright install chromium, then try again.

What to watch out for

Runs npx and shell commands to preview and render video
Downloads packages from npm

Licence and author

Licence: Apache-2.0
Author: heygen-com
Source code: github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes

How we tested it

We installed it on an empty test computer on 13 Oct 2026. Installed and started in a clean test system. Not yet used in a real AI session.

Test level

Not yet used on real work.

Technical details of the test

Date: 13 Oct 2026
Method: Intake sandbox run on 2026-10-13 in a clean container with no account: cloned the repository and checked its skill, agent and plugin files, ran "npx -y skills --help"; installed hyperframes@hyperframes with the Claude Code command line.

Checked again on 12 Oct 2026

Alternatives

Remotion — older React video framework; its licence is not a standard open-source licence, so it is not listed
Motion Graphics Skill Pack — community workflows for launch videos

FAQ

Q: Is it free? A: The repo is open source (Apache-2.0); any API keys or services it uses may cost money.
Q: Do I need to code? A: No, you describe what you want in plain words; the assistant does the rest.

Sources

github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes