$npx -y skills add calesthio/OpenMontage --skill hyperframes-coreThe HyperFrames composition contract — build one renderable project. Use for composition structure, the data-* timing attributes, class="clip", tracks, sub-compositions, variables, framework-owned media playback, deterministic-render rules, and validation. Read before writing
| 1 | # HyperFrames Core |
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| 3 | HyperFrames renders video from HTML. A composition is an HTML file whose DOM declares timing with `data-*` attributes, whose animation runtime is seekable, and whose media playback is owned by the framework. |
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| 5 | This skill is the **technical contract** — how to build one hyperframes project. The body below is the build guide; per-topic detail lives in `references/` (index next), read on demand. Other concerns live in the sibling domain skills — `hyperframes-animation`, `hyperframes-creative`, `hyperframes-media`, `hyperframes-cli`, `hyperframes-registry`. The capability map in `/hyperframes` says what each one covers. |
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| 7 | ## References |
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| 9 | | File | Read it to… | |
| 10 | | ------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |
| 11 | | `references/minimal-composition.md` | start from the smallest renderable composition skeleton | |
| 12 | | `references/composition-patterns.md` | choose monolithic vs modular; structure a modular `index.html`; pick a sub-comp archetype | |
| 13 | | `references/data-attributes.md` | look up any `data-*` (root / clip / sub-comp host / legacy aliases); use `class="clip"` | |
| 14 | | `references/tracks-and-clips.md` | pick `data-track-index`, handle same-track overlap / z-index, time a clip relative to another | |
| 15 | | `references/sub-compositions.md` | wire a sub-composition (host attrs, `<template>`, per-instance vars) and animate inside it | |
| 16 | | `references/variables-and-media.md` | declare variables; place `<video>`/`<audio>`, set volume, trim | |
| 17 | | `references/determinism-rules.md` | build a seekable timeline; determinism bans; the animatable-property allowlist; layout / text fit | |
| 18 | | `references/full-screen-motion.md` | author full-frame motion with shared backgrounds | |
| 19 | | `references/storyboard-format.md` | author a `STORYBOARD.md` plan (+ the parsed manifest) | |
| 20 | | `references/script-format.md` | author the optional `SCRIPT.md` locked narration | |
| 21 | | `references/subagent-dispatch.md` | map subagent dispatch verbs (parallel fan-out / background / wait) to your harness | |
| 22 | | `references/tailwind.md` | work in a Tailwind v4 project (`init --tailwind`; runtime contract differs from Studio's v3) | |
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| 24 | For animation runtime specifics (GSAP API, Lottie, Three.js, etc.) go to `hyperframes-animation` → `adapters/<runtime>.md`. |
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| 26 | ## Building a composition |
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| 28 | ### Two root forms (not interchangeable) |
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| 30 | - **Standalone** (top-level `index.html`) — root `<div data-composition-id="…">` sits directly in `<body>`, **no `<template>` wrapper** (wrapping it hides all content and breaks rendering). |
| 31 | - **Sub-composition** (loaded via `data-composition-src`) — root **must** be wrapped in `<template>`. |
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| 33 | > ⚠ Transport rule: the runtime **only clones `<template>` contents**; everything outside (incl. `<head>` styles/scripts) is discarded — put `<style>`/`<script>` **inside** the template. |
| 34 | > ⚠ Host-id rule: the host slot's `data-composition-id` must **exactly equal** the inner template's `data-composition-id` **and** the `window.__timelines["<id>"]` key — no `-mount`/`-slot`/`-host` suffix. |
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| 36 | File shape, host wiring, and the pre-render checklist → `references/sub-compositions.md`. |
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| 38 | ### Root must be sized (silent layout bug) |
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| 40 | The standalone root needs an explicit **sized box** (`width`/`height` in px), and every ancestor down to a `height:100%` element must have a resolved height — otherwise a flex/`100%` child collapses to ~0 and content piles into the top-left corner. `lint`/`validate`/`inspect` do **not** catch this. Skeleton → `references/minimal-composition.md`. |
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| 42 | ### One paused timeline |
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| 44 | Each composition registers **exactly one** `gsap.timeline({ paused: true })` at `window.__timelines["<id>"]` (key = root `data-composition-id`), built **synchronously** at page load. Render duration = root `data-duration`, not timeline length. Don't manually nest sub-timelines into the host. Full contract (incl. non-GSAP runtimes) → `references/determinism-rules.md` + `hyperframes-animation/adapters/`. |
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| 46 | ### Non-negotiable rules (silent bugs `lint`/`validate`/`inspect` won't catch) |
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| 48 | Surfaced here; full rationale in the linked reference. Do not violate: |
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| 50 | - No render-time clocks / unseeded `Math.random` / network / input-state; |