Generate 3Blue1Brown-style explainer videos

LLMs write Manim code to produce math explainer animations on demand.

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zan2434 on Hacker News · 2025-01-03 · Project link

Written in our own words. Credit to the original author. Link checked 2026-10-14.

What they did

LLMs write Manim code to produce math explainer animations on demand.

Result (as claimed)

Launched as tma.live.

Tools they used

Gemini Manim OpenAI TTS

Cost: Pricing depends on the tools you pick; check each official pricing page.

Set it up

Gather your sources
Collect the papers, notes, links or files you want to work from in one place.
Load them into the tool
Open Gemini, Manim, OpenAI TTS and add your sources. Keep the original files so you can check claims later.
Ask focused questions
Ask for summaries, comparisons or connections with citations to the source passages.
Verify and save
Spot check claims against the sources, then save the output as notes you can reuse.

Copy the full setup prompt

Paste into your agent and it will walk you through the setup, asking before anything that sends, posts or spends.

You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Claude Code.

Goal: Generate 3Blue1Brown-style explainer videos
What the original author did: LLMs write Manim code to produce math explainer animations on demand.
Reported result (as claimed by the author): Launched as tma.live.
Source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42590290
Tools they used: Gemini, Manim, OpenAI TTS
Category: Research & learning

Please:
1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like).
2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure.
3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data.
4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.

You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Codex.

Goal: Generate 3Blue1Brown-style explainer videos
What the original author did: LLMs write Manim code to produce math explainer animations on demand.
Reported result (as claimed by the author): Launched as tma.live.
Source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42590290
Tools they used: Gemini, Manim, OpenAI TTS
Category: Research & learning

Please:
1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like).
2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure.
3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data.
4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.

You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Grok Bot.

Goal: Generate 3Blue1Brown-style explainer videos
What the original author did: LLMs write Manim code to produce math explainer animations on demand.
Reported result (as claimed by the author): Launched as tma.live.
Source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42590290
Tools they used: Gemini, Manim, OpenAI TTS
Category: Research & learning

Please:
1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like).
2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure.
3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data.
4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.