# Us vs them & before / after — how to make it with code and an AI agent

> **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.

Your product next to the usual way: a split frame, the numbers that differ, the switch.

**Output:** 9:16 · 1:1 · 10–30 s · **Input:** Two options and the claims that separate them

## Skills that make it end to end

- [Us vs Them Ad](https://skills.varg.ai/skills/varg-studio-us-vs-them.md)
- [Before & After Ad](https://skills.varg.ai/skills/varg-studio-before-after.md)

## Recipe, beat by beat

Each beat lists components that build it; install any with its command, then fill its slots.

**Setup** (Headlines & quotes)

- [Canopy Part Title](https://skills.varg.ai/component/hf.canopy-part-title.md) — Leaves sweep through the frame and part to reveal the headline. · `npx hyperframes add canopy-part-title`
- [Char Slam Explode](https://skills.varg.ai/component/hf.char-slam-explode.md) — Headline glyphs hold in a deterministic scatter, then reassemble with an overshooting slam and a three-frame landing shake. · `npx hyperframes add char-slam-explode`
- [Code Slice Hero](https://skills.varg.ai/component/hf.code-slice-hero.md) — A tiled headline surface flips cell by cell under a sweeping depth field to reveal the rear headline. · `npx hyperframes add code-slice-hero`

**Split** (Comparisons, Layouts & grids)

- [Before After Wipe](https://skills.varg.ai/component/hf.before-after-wipe.md) — Two full-bleed content slots compare before and after states as a persistent divider wipes the after layer over the before layer and rests a · `npx hyperframes add before-after-wipe`
- [ChatGPT Exchange](https://skills.varg.ai/component/hf.chatgpt-exchange.md) — A portrait ChatGPT-style exchange types and sends a prompt, streams an answer, assembles a comparison table, and scrolls back through the re · `npx hyperframes add chatgpt-exchange`
- [Code Snippet - Dark 2026](https://skills.varg.ai/component/hf.code-snippet-dark-2026.md) — VS Code workbench with per-character typing animation in the Dark 2026 theme. Full editor chrome with activity bar, sidebar, tabs, terminal, · `npx hyperframes add code-snippet-dark-2026`
- [Anime Triple Split](https://skills.varg.ai/component/varg.anime-triple-split.md) — Three live video panels slam onto screentone paper one per beat — ink borders, slanted gutters, an impact flash and a katakana SFX stamp — t · `git clone https://github.com/vargHQ/code2video-templates && cd code2video-templates/anime-triple-split && bash make.command`
- [Browser Device Stage](https://skills.varg.ai/component/hf.browser-device-stage.md) — A generic app surface in token-native device chrome (browser, window, or phone). The screen is a slot for caller img/video/HTML with a token · `npx hyperframes add browser-device-stage`
- [Card Resize](https://skills.varg.ai/component/hf.card-resize.md) — A transitions.dev-inspired card resize primitive that expands a compact card into a detail panel · `npx hyperframes add card-resize`

**Numbers** (Charts & data viz, Stats & KPIs)

- [Animated Bar Chart](https://skills.varg.ai/component/hf.animated-bar-chart.md) — A compact data card with deterministic bar growth and value callouts. · `npx hyperframes add animated-bar-chart`
- [Bar Chart Race](https://skills.varg.ai/component/hf.bar-chart-race.md) — Ranked bars grow and overtake each other as a time series advances, with the axis rescaling as values climb and the accent handing over to w · `npx hyperframes add bar-chart-race`
- [Chart Story](https://skills.varg.ai/component/hf.chart-story.md) — One chart builds from data in reading order and lands the exact supplied values: staggered bars, a left-to-right line with area fill, a swee · `npx hyperframes add chart-story`
- [Apple Money Count](https://skills.varg.ai/component/hf.apple-money-count.md) — Apple-style finance counter that counts from $0 to $10,000, flashes green, and bursts money icons with sound. · `npx hyperframes add apple-money-count`
- [Badge Pop](https://skills.varg.ai/component/hf.badge-pop.md) — A transitions.dev-inspired notification badge pop with elastic scale and count reveal · `npx hyperframes add badge-pop`

**Call to action** (CTAs & end cards)

- [CTA Close](https://skills.varg.ai/component/hf.cta-close.md) — A display-scale action line lands per word and fills the frame with air, one generous CTA capsule pops beneath it with a single overshoot, a · `npx hyperframes add cta-close`
- [CTA Lockup](https://skills.varg.ai/component/hf.cta-lockup.md) — A canonical closing lockup that reveals an action line, pops in an accent CTA capsule, settles supporting microcopy, and holds with confiden · `npx hyperframes add cta-lockup`
- [Logo Brand Close](https://skills.varg.ai/component/hf.logo-brand-close.md) — A display-scale wordmark cascades letter by letter into a centered lockup, the accent brand period lands last, an optional tagline and wide- · `npx hyperframes add logo-brand-close`

**Across the whole video:** Transitions

## Generated footage, voice and music

Code renders the layout for free. Anything generated — AI shots, voiceover, music, lip-sync — runs on varg with one key: `npx skills add vargHQ/skills --skill varg-ai`, the Claude Code plugin `claude plugin marketplace add vargHQ/skills && claude plugin install varg@varg`, or the MCP `https://mcp.varg.ai/mcp`.