# News explainer — 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="` 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. A story in 60 seconds: the headline, the context on a map, the numbers, what it means. **Output:** 9:16 or 16:9 · 30–90 s · **Input:** An article ## Recipe, beat by beat Each beat lists components that build it; install any with its command, then fill its slots. **Headline** (Headlines & quotes, Tickers & HUD) - [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` - [Camcorder HUD](https://skills.varg.ai/component/hf.camcorder-hud.md) — Responsive REC, battery, editable date placeholder, and timeline-driven counter overlay for creator-camera and camcorder treatments · `npx hyperframes add camcorder-hud` - [Lower Third — BILD Style](https://skills.varg.ai/component/hf.lower-third-bild.md) — News-style lower third with tight-fit text boxes: white headline bar with red drop-shadow, red sub-line with white drop-shadow. · `npx hyperframes add lower-third-bild` - [News Ticker](https://skills.varg.ai/component/hf.news-ticker.md) — Premium broadcast-style lower-third ticker with live label, headline ribbon, and scrolling news crawl. · `npx hyperframes add news-ticker` **Context** (Galleries & carousels, Maps & globes, Callouts & annotations) - [Card Catalog Explainer](https://skills.varg.ai/component/varg.card-catalog-explainer.md) — A 56 s explainer: a wall of code-made videos, then one request travels through a card catalog to the finished MP4. Point config.json at any · `git clone https://github.com/vargHQ/code2video-templates && cd code2video-templates/card-catalog-explainer && bash make.command` - [Stamp Carousel](https://skills.varg.ai/component/varg.stamp-carousel.md) — An iPhone swiping through your pictures as perforated postage stamps, the screen colour following each stamp. MP4 on a background or with al · `git clone https://github.com/vargHQ/code2video-templates && cd code2video-templates/stamp-carousel && bash make.command` - [Camera Shake](https://skills.varg.ai/component/hf.camera-shake.md) — Procedural handheld, telephoto and rig camera shake for any wrapper: nine measured profiles with per-lens projection, closed-form and seek-s · `npx hyperframes add camera-shake` - [North Korea Locked Down](https://skills.varg.ai/component/hf.north-korea-locked-down.md) — Realistic map zoom into North Korea with a red scribble circle, locked-down pop-up label, and reddish editorial wash. · `npx hyperframes add north-korea-locked-down` - [NYC Paris Flight](https://skills.varg.ai/component/hf.nyc-paris-flight.md) — Apple-style realistic map animation with a plane flying from New York to Paris, marker circle, landing pop, and sound effects. · `npx hyperframes add nyc-paris-flight` - [Spain Map](https://skills.varg.ai/component/hf.spain-map.md) — Animated Spain choropleth by autonomous community with staggered reveals and gradient legend — D3 conic conformal projection · `npx hyperframes add spain-map` - [AI Answer Rank](https://skills.varg.ai/component/hf.ai-answer-rank.md) — Is your brand in the AI answer? A question types into a chat card, the assistant answers with a ranked list of three picks, then re-ranks: t · `npx hyperframes add ai-answer-rank` - [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` - [Arc Motion Path](https://skills.varg.ai/component/hf.arc-motion-path.md) — A GSAP MotionPath primitive that flies a callout along a curved arc with autorotation. · `npx hyperframes add arc-motion-path` **Numbers** (Stats & KPIs, Charts & data viz) - [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` - [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` - [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` - [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` **Takeaway** (Lists & rankings) - [AI Answer Rank](https://skills.varg.ai/component/hf.ai-answer-rank.md) — Is your brand in the AI answer? A question types into a chat card, the assistant answers with a ranked list of three picks, then re-ranks: t · `npx hyperframes add ai-answer-rank` - [AI Chat Reveal](https://skills.varg.ai/component/hf.ai-chat-reveal.md) — A question is typed on a rising keyboard, sent, and answered by an AI that streams its reply word by word on a measured token rhythm - think · `npx hyperframes add ai-chat-reveal` - [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` **Across the whole video:** Captions & subtitles, Lower thirds ## 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`.