Anymotion

AI motion graphics agent and studio, in your terminal.

Built by Ali Usman — AI product builder and product manager.

Describe an animation in plain language. Anymotion plans it, writes the HTML/CSS/JS, looks at what it built with a headless browser, fixes what is wrong, and renders a 1080p MP4.

anymotion
› Build a 20-second SaaS analytics explainer, dark glass UI, teal accent

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Why it is not just a code agent

A general coding agent writing an animation is working blind. The HTML parses, the CSS is valid, and the result is still a card sitting on top of a headline at 3.2 seconds. Nothing in the source says so.

Anymotion gives the model eyes:

Tool	What it does
preview_frames	Seeks to N timestamps, screenshots, hands the images back to the model
check_composition	Headless audit — console errors, element overlap, off-canvas elements, determinism

Both drive the same Puppeteer + window.seek(t) contract the renderer uses, so anything that passes the audit also renders correctly.

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Install

Requirements: Node.js 18+ (and FFmpeg for MP4 video export).

Quick Install (Recommended)

# Install globally from NPM
npm install -g @anymotion-agent/anymotion

# Or initialize directly via npx
npx @anymotion-agent/anymotion@latest init

# Run setup wizard (configures provider, API key & model)
anymotion setup

Install from Source

git clone https://github.com/anymotion-agent/anymotion.git
cd anymotion
npm install
npm link          # makes `anymotion` available globally

anymotion install # initializes ~/.anymotion configuration & skills
anymotion setup   # configures provider, API key and model
anymotion doctor  # verifies environment & dependencies

FFmpeg

Platform	Command
Windows	winget install Gyan.FFmpeg
macOS	brew install ffmpeg
Linux	sudo apt install ffmpeg

Only anymotion render needs it. Everything else works without it.

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Bring your own API key

Anymotion ships with no credentials. anymotion setup reads your key without echoing it and stores it in ~/.anymotion/motion.config.json, which is outside the repo and gitignored anyway. anymotion config masks it on the way back out, so pasting your terminal into a bug report is safe.

Supported providers: Anthropic, OpenRouter, AgentRouter, OpenCode Zen, Groq, DeepSeek, Together, OpenAI, TokenRouter.

You can skip the config file entirely and use the environment instead:

export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=sk-...
anymotion

An environment key fills in for a placeholder but never overwrites a real saved one — see .env.example for every variable.

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Commands

Command	What it does
anymotion	Conversational agent REPL — the main way to use it
anymotion generate "<prompt>"	One-shot generation into a new project folder
anymotion render	Export to MP4 (-r 720p|1080p|1440p|4k, -f <fps>)
anymotion serve	Web Studio Editor (Coming Soon 🚀)
anymotion render	Export to MP4 (-r 720p|1080p|1440p|4k, -f <fps>)
anymotion projects	List every generated project, marking the active one
anymotion config [key] [value]	View or change settings (secrets shown masked)
anymotion install	First-run setup
anymotion setup	Provider / key / model wizard
anymotion doctor	Health check — Node, key, skills, FFmpeg, Puppeteer
anymotion --version	Print the installed version

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How a project is laid out

Every generation gets its own folder, so a second request never overwrites the first:

~/anymotion-projects/
  saas-analytics-explainer/
    index.html        the composition
    style.css
    script.js
    project.json      prompt, plan, model, timestamps
    exports/          rendered MP4s for this project only

The newest project becomes the active one — serve and render follow it automatically.

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The animation contract

Anymotion renders deterministically. It does not screen-record; it seeks. Every composition must expose two globals:

window.DURATION = 20;        // seconds

window.seek = function (t) { // t in seconds — must be pure
  // position everything for exactly time t
};

Calling seek(5) must produce an identical frame every time, whether it is called first or last. That is what makes a 60fps export possible without dropped frames, and it is what check_composition verifies.

The stage is 1920×1080, #stage.

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Web Studio Editor (Coming Soon 🚀)

The interactive Web Studio editor is currently being upgraded and will be released in an upcoming update. Currently, Anymotion outputs clean HTML5 compositions, beat-sheets, and 1080p 60fps MP4 renders directly into your project directory.

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Configuration

Resolution order for the config file:

1. ANYMOTION_CONFIG — explicit override, for CI and tests
2. ./motion.config.json — a per-project config in the current folder
3. ~/.anymotion/motion.config.json — the installed default

See motion.config.example.json for every key.

Key	Default	Notes
model	claude-opus-5
provider	anthropic	Picks the endpoint when apiEndpoint is empty
thinking	high	off, low, medium, high, xhigh, max
defaultResolution	1080p	720p, 1080p, 1440p, 4k, or WIDTHxHEIGHT
fps	60
port	3000	Live editor
fileApprovalMode	manual	manual, auto, always

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Safety

The agent writes real files and can run shell commands, so both go through src/agent/sandbox.js:

• Every path is resolved against the project root and refused if it escapes — absolute paths are rejected outright rather than silently re-rooted.
• project.json is managed by Anymotion and cannot be written by the model.
• Destructive shell commands are blocked before the approval prompt, so a mis-keyed y cannot authorise them: recursive deletes (POSIX and PowerShell), disk formats, raw device writes, pipe-to-shell installs, git push, npm publish, fork bombs.
• File writes default to manual approval.

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Troubleshooting

Symptom	Fix
No API key	anymotion setup, or export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY
Render fails immediately	FFmpeg is not on PATH — see the install table above
does not define window.seek(t)	The composition is not seekable; ask the agent to fix it
Editor will not start	It is off by default — anymotion config editorEnabled true. If enabled, the port is in use: anymotion serve --port 3100
Anything else	anymotion doctor

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Contributing

Anymotion is an open-source project and we welcome contributions of all kinds — from adding new motion skills and expanding LLM provider support to fixing bugs and refining the CLI UI studio.

Quick Developer Setup

git clone https://github.com/anymotion-agent/anymotion.git
cd anymotion
npm install
npm link          # links your local development build to your global PATH

anymotion doctor  # verifies local dev setup

Check out our complete CONTRIBUTING.md for codebase architecture maps, skill matrix authoring guides, and pull request guidelines.

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Author

Ali Usman — AI product builder and product manager. aliusman.site

Anymotion started from a product question rather than a coding one: why does an agent that writes an animation never look at the animation? The rest follows from answering it — the plan-first loop, the two visual audit tools, and the deterministic seek(t) contract that makes reviewing a single frame possible at all.

License and name

The code is MIT — see LICENSE. Fork it, change it, ship it commercially, no permission needed. Two things sit outside that grant:

• Attribution. MIT asks that the copyright notice travel with any copy or substantial portion of the code. Keep LICENSE in your fork and you have satisfied it.
• The name. Anymotion is the project's name, not part of the licence — copyright and trademark are separate things. Please ship a fork under your own name rather than as Anymotion, so users can tell the two apart.

MIT © 2026 Ali Usman