Editor Types the Code — effect skill for code & terminal

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Syntax-highlighted code types into an editor window with a caret riding the frontier.

What it does

Built on Code Typing by HeyGen (HyperFrames), Apache-2.0. The write-up and recipes below are varg's.

A real editor theme (VS Code dark), line numbers, the caret moving with human chunks rather than one char per frame.

When: Show how little code it takes: SDK usage, API calls, config.

Watch out: Do not type more than ~8–12 lines on screen; paste the boilerplate and type only the lines that matter.

Timing: 30–60 ms per char in bursts of 3–8 chars with 80–200 ms pauses; hold 1.5 s after the last line.

Also called: code typing, typed snippet, IDE typing

In HyperFrames

npx hyperframes add code-typing

Token-streamed: the visible frontier is derived from time, so scrubbing is exact.

In Remotion

// npm create video@latest -- --code-hike  (Code Hike template)
const n = Math.floor(interpolate(frame,[0,90],[0,code.length],{extrapolateRight:'clamp'}));
<Pre code={highlighted} visibleChars={n}/>

In CapCut

Record the editor typing for real (or with a typing tool), speed up 2×, and zoom 150% on the active lines.

Ready-made components

Where this comes from

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Install

Example output

https://static.heygen.ai/hyperframes-oss/docs/images/catalog/blocks/code-typing.mp4 — Preview of the Code Typing component that builds this take (credit: Code Typing · hyperframes, https://hyperframes.heygen.com/catalog/blocks/code-typing)

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