manimgl-best-practices

SKILL.md

ManimGL best practices and patterns for 3Blue1Brown's OpenGL-based animation engine.

Covers InteractiveScene, Tex with LaTeX rendering, camera frame control, and 3D scene setup with lighting and surfaces

Interactive development workflow with -se flag for checkpoint-based iteration and self.embed() for debugging

Comprehensive rule files for animations, mobjects, text styling, colors, 3D rendering, and CLI configuration

Includes working examples and scene templates for basic 2D, mathematical visualizations, 3D scenes, and graph plotting

Key differences from Manim Community Edition: uses manimgl CLI, ShowCreation instead of Create, self.frame for camera control

How to use

Read individual rule files for detailed explanations and code examples:

Core Concepts

rules/scenes.md - InteractiveScene, Scene types, and construct method

rules/mobjects.md - Mobject types, VMobject, Groups, and positioning

rules/animations.md - Animation classes, playing animations, and timing

Creation & Transformation

rules/creation-animations.md - ShowCreation, Write, FadeIn, DrawBorderThenFill

rules/transform-animations.md - Transform, ReplacementTransform, TransformMatchingTex

rules/animation-groups.md - LaggedStart, Succession, AnimationGroup

Text & Math

rules/tex.md - Tex class, raw strings R"...", and LaTeX rendering

rules/text.md - Text mobjects, fonts, and styling

rules/t2c.md - tex_to_color_map (t2c) for coloring math expressions