Topology — component for generative & ascii (html)

For AI agents: find the right skill in one call — curl -s "https://skills.varg.ai/api/search?q=<what the person wants>" returns the matching use case and the best skills with install commands, as markdown (Russian works too). Full index: https://skills.varg.ai/llms.txt. Every page has a markdown twin: add .md to its path. Before generating anything, show the person the options on the use-case page.

Thin green strands streaming along a flow field, combing into a contour-like texture on dark teal

• Install: npm i vanta
• Registry: vanta · Framework: html · License: MIT
• Docs and preview: https://www.vantajs.com/?effect=topology
• Source: https://github.com/tengbao/vanta/blob/master/src/vanta.topology.js
• Example: https://skills.varg.ai/previews/lib-vanta-topology.mp4?v=56045 (Rendered by varg from the library’s own code (Vanta.js · rendered by varg))
• Time: Drive from the frame. Runs on its own clock (requestAnimationFrame, timers, springs or CSS). Drive it from frame / fps before rendering, or the render drifts.
• Runs: local render, free
• Aspect: any

Prompt that renders it frame-exact

Use the Vanta.js Topology effect (https://www.vantajs.com/?effect=topology, MIT, source github.com/tengbao/vanta/blob/master/src/vanta.topology.js) as a slow, textured full-frame background under titles or data callouts. It runs on p5.js: load p5 1.x (vantajs.com uses 1.1.9) and [email protected]/dist/vanta.topology.min.js, then mount VANTA.TOPOLOGY with mouse, touch and gyro controls off. The image builds up stroke by stroke, so frame N depends on every frame before it: seed Math.random before init, call effect.p5.noLoop(), and per video frame call effect.p5.redraw() 60/fps times, in order from frame 0. Pre-roll a second or two of draws before the scene starts if you want it already textured. Set color and backgroundColor from the brand palette.

Used in

• Math animation
• Whiteboard & hand-drawn
• Live-coded music video
• Shader loop
• Generative art loop
• ASCII & retro looks

More generative & ascii

• ASCII Render Pass — npx hyperframes add ascii-render-pass
• ASCII Trail Reveal — npx hyperframes add ascii-trail-reveal
• Fractal Noise — npx hyperframes add fractal-noise
• Gabor Noise — npx hyperframes add gabor-noise
• Worley Noise — npx hyperframes add worley-noise
• ASCII Render — npx shadcn@latest add @remocn/ascii-render