Setup Parallax

setup-parallax

Scaffold the complete CSS 3D perspective parallax hero for a MkDocs Material site.

1. Purpose

Wire up layered AVIF images into a working parallax hero using the exact CSS 3D perspective approach from squidfunk/mkdocs-material (MIT). No JS required beyond what the Material theme already ships.

2. Instructions

1. Detect layer files — if layer_files was not provided, list docs/assets/hero/*.avif. Report what was found and ask the user to confirm before proceeding.

2. Assign depths — use the following defaults based on filename sort order (lowest number = furthest back):

   Position	Depth	--md-image-position
   First (far bg)	8	70%
   Second	5	25%
   Third	2	40%
   Fourth (fg)	1	50%

   If there are fewer or more than 4 layers, adjust the depth spread evenly.

3. Write docs/overrides/home.html — use the template:

   {% extends "base.html" %}
   {% block tabs %}
     {{ super() }}
     <style>
       .md-header{position:initial}
       .md-main__inner{margin:0}
       .md-content{display:none}
       @media screen and (min-width:60em){.md-sidebar--secondary{display:none}}
       @media screen and (min-width:76.25em){.md-sidebar--primary{display:none}}
     </style>
     <div class="mdx-parallax" data-mdx-component="parallax">
       <section class="mdx-parallax__group" data-md-color-scheme="slate">
         <!-- one <picture> per layer, see home.html in this repo -->
         <div class="mdx-parallax__layer mdx-parallax__blend"></div>
         <div class="mdx-hero" data-mdx-component="hero">
           <div class="mdx-hero__scrollwrap md-grid">
             <div class="mdx-hero__inner">
               <div class="mdx-hero__teaser md-typeset">
                 <h1>{{ hero_headline }}</h1>
                 <p>{{ hero_subtext }}</p>
                 <a href="..." class="md-button md-button--primary">{{ primary_button_label }}</a>
                 <a href="..." class="md-button">Learn more</a>
               </div>
               <div class="mdx-hero__more">
                 <svg ...></svg>
               </div>
             </div>
           </div>
         </div>
       </section>
       <section class="mdx-parallax__group" data-md-color-scheme="slate">
         <div class="md-content md-grid" data-md-component="content">
           <div class="md-content__inner md-typeset">{{ page.content }}</div>
         </div>
       </section>
     </div>
   {% endblock %}
   {% block content %}{% endblock %}
   {% block footer %}{% endblock %}
   

4. Copy docs/assets/stylesheets/home.css from this repo verbatim — do not modify the parallax CSS without the user's request.

5. Update mkdocs.yml — ensure these keys are present:

   theme:
     custom_dir: docs/overrides
   extra_css:
     - assets/stylesheets/home.css
   

6. Run mkdocs build — report the last 5 lines of output. If errors, fix and re-run before reporting success.

3. Guardrails

• Do not use animation-timeline: scroll() — this repo uses the CSS perspective + translateZ approach.
• The .mdx-parallax__blend div must be the last layer before .mdx-hero.
• Do not remove contain: strict from the first group — it is needed for correct clipping.
• Do not add will-change: transform to layers — already implied.

4. Example session

User:  I have 4 AVIF files in docs/assets/hero/ and want to add the parallax.
Agent: Found: 1-landscape@4x.avif, 2-plateau@4x.avif, 5-plants-1@4x.avif,
       6-plants-2@4x.avif. Assigning depths 8, 5, 2, 1. What's your hero headline?
User:  "Ship faster. Think clearer."
Agent: Wrote home.html, home.css, updated mkdocs.yml. mkdocs build: success.

5. Changelog

• 0.1.0 — Initial skill.