Helios Skills

Helios Skills Collection

This repository contains agent skills for Helios, a browser-native video engine for programmatic animation and rendering.

Installation

This is a collection repository containing multiple skills. To use these skills, install individual skills by their path:

# Getting started
npx skills add BintzGavin/helios-skills/skills/getting-started

# Core skills
npx skills add BintzGavin/helios-skills/skills/core
npx skills add BintzGavin/helios-skills/skills/renderer
npx skills add BintzGavin/helios-skills/skills/player
npx skills add BintzGavin/helios-skills/skills/studio

# Workflows
npx skills add BintzGavin/helios-skills/skills/workflows/create-composition
npx skills add BintzGavin/helios-skills/skills/workflows/render-video
npx skills add BintzGavin/helios-skills/skills/workflows/visualize-data

# Design / motion
npx skills add BintzGavin/helios-skills/skills/design/animated-video-philosophy
npx skills add BintzGavin/helios-skills/skills/design/cinematic-product-promo-plan

# Guided video creation
npx skills add BintzGavin/helios-skills/skills/guided/motion-design-rules
npx skills add BintzGavin/helios-skills/skills/guided/promo-video
npx skills add BintzGavin/helios-skills/skills/guided/explainer-video
npx skills add BintzGavin/helios-skills/skills/guided/product-demo
npx skills add BintzGavin/helios-skills/skills/guided/testimonial-video
npx skills add BintzGavin/helios-skills/skills/guided/launch-announcement
npx skills add BintzGavin/helios-skills/skills/guided/social-clip

# Framework examples
npx skills add BintzGavin/helios-skills/skills/examples/react
npx skills add BintzGavin/helios-skills/skills/examples/vue
npx skills add BintzGavin/helios-skills/skills/examples/svelte

# Animation libraries
npx skills add BintzGavin/helios-skills/skills/examples/gsap
npx skills add BintzGavin/helios-skills/skills/examples/framer-motion
npx skills add BintzGavin/helios-skills/skills/examples/threejs

Available Skills

Getting Started

• skills/getting-started - Installation and quick start guide. Covers package installation, requirements (Node.js, FFmpeg), basic setup, and initial composition structure. Use when setting up a new Helios project.

Core Package Skills

• skills/core - Core API for Helios video engine. Covers Helios class instantiation, signals, animation helpers, and DOM synchronization.
• skills/renderer - Server-side rendering of Helios compositions to video files.
• skills/player - Embeddable video player with composition playback and controls.
• skills/studio - Visual editor for Helios compositions.

Workflow Skills

• skills/workflows/create-composition - Workflow for creating a new Helios composition.
• skills/workflows/render-video - Workflow for rendering compositions to video.
• skills/workflows/visualize-data - Workflow for data visualization animations.

Design Skills

• skills/design/animated-video-philosophy - Working philosophy for animated video: story-first motion, pacing, shots, timing, composition, medium-specific grammar, technical commitments, and anti-patterns. Use when directing or critiquing motion and programmatic video.
• skills/design/cinematic-product-promo-plan - Template plan for a ~45s feeling-first cinematic product promo: brief through ship, hero-element journey, look/motion/audio, deliverables matrix, accessibility. Adapt to any product category.

Guided Video Creation Skills

• skills/guided/motion-design-rules - Motion design framework: anti-slideshow architecture, visual layering, physics-based easing, choreography, and quality validation. Referenced by all guided video skills.
• skills/guided/promo-video - End-to-end promotional / hype video. High energy, beat-synced, CTA-driven.
• skills/guided/explainer-video - Explainer / walkthrough video. Narrative arc, section headers, measured pacing.
• skills/guided/product-demo - Product demo / showcase. Feature callouts, UI zoom-ins, progressive reveals.
• skills/guided/testimonial-video - Social proof / testimonial video. Quote typography, customer branding, trust signals.
• skills/guided/launch-announcement - Product launch / release announcement. Countdown motifs, dramatic reveal.
• skills/guided/social-clip - Short-form social clip (Reels/TikTok/Shorts). Vertical 9:16, punchy, loop-friendly.

Framework Integration Skills

• skills/examples/react - React integration patterns
• skills/examples/vue - Vue integration patterns
• skills/examples/svelte - Svelte integration patterns
• skills/examples/solid - Solid.js integration patterns
• skills/examples/vanilla - Vanilla JavaScript patterns

Animation Library Skills

• skills/examples/gsap - GSAP animation integration
• skills/examples/framer-motion - Framer Motion integration
• skills/examples/lottie - Lottie animation playback
• skills/examples/threejs - Three.js 3D scenes
• skills/examples/pixi - PixiJS 2D graphics
• skills/examples/p5 - p5.js creative coding

Data Visualization Skills

• skills/examples/d3 - D3.js visualizations
• skills/examples/chartjs - Chart.js animated charts

Rendering Technique Skills

• skills/examples/canvas - Canvas 2D rendering
• skills/examples/signals - Reactive signals patterns
• skills/examples/tailwind - Tailwind CSS styling
• skills/examples/podcast-visualizer - Audio visualization

When to Use

Use these skills when:

• Creating programmatic video compositions
• Working with browser-native animations (CSS, WAAPI)
• Building video rendering pipelines
• Integrating Helios with React, Vue, Svelte, or other frameworks
• Using animation libraries like GSAP, Framer Motion, or Three.js
• Creating data visualizations as video
• Setting up Helios development workflows
• Applying a consistent philosophy to motion, pacing, and visual storytelling in video
• Planning or producing feeling-first cinematic product promos (see design/cinematic-product-promo-plan)

Repository

View all skills and source code at: https://github.com/BintzGavin/helios-skills