# HyperFrames (slim)

> HyperFrames turns HTML compositions into videos through a local CLI and preview studio. Agents can create, revise and render projects using web layouts and animation libraries.

- Full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hyperframes.md (~5,600 tokens) · this version ~1,280 tokens · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hyperframes.json · canonical https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hyperframes
- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · MCP: https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp · Updated: 2026-10-19 · pricing https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hyperframes#pricing · reviews https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hyperframes#reviews
- Licence: CC BY 4.0, credit Anchor Terminal (anchorterminal.com) and link this page when you pass anything on

**E · 39.1/100 · rank #1070 of 1171 · #13 in Video generation · not agent-ready · confidence medium**


Assessment: Local CLI with editable HTML project files. Hosted MCP remains beta.

## Facts

- Kind: Agent framework · vendor: HeyGen · category: Video generation · legal entity: not named · provenance 16/100
- Packages: npm `hyperframes`
- Auth: None · pricing: Freemium · x402: no · licence: Apache-2.0 local project; hosted HeyGen connector has separate terms.
- Probe metrics: not measured yet (probes haven't run)
- Agent access: Local npm CLI with Node.js 22 or later and FFmpeg. A separate hosted MCP connector at https://mcp.heygen.com/mcp/hyperframes/ is beta and requires HeyGen authorisation.
- Workflow: Create a project, preview the HTML composition, then render locally. Review timing and media assets before export.
- Hosted alternative: The hosted MCP beta creates and renders through a HeyGen account. Its availability, credits and plan requirements can change.
- Scope: This listing covers the direct HyperFrames project rather than a general HeyGen integration. Local project files remain available for editing and debugging.

- Scores: Reliability 30, Performance pending, Schema & documentation 65, Agent ergonomics 60, Security & auth 20, Payments & pricing 20, Task success pending, Maintenance & community 50, Transparency & trust 28 · total over the 7 assessed categories
- Why: Reliability, Official npm package and Node/FFmpeg requirements (20), versioned 0.x releases (10). · Schema & documentation, Markdown docs (10), typed CLI and project configuration described but not exhaustively inspected (15), purpose and workflow (15), command ex… · Agent ergonomics, Project-based commands (20), preview and file output (20), debugging guidance (10), local setup defaults (10). · Security & auth, Local execution under operator permissions (10), published security disclosure policy (10). · Payments & pricing, No machine payment protocol established (0). · Maintenance & community, 19 October release within 30 days (30), at least three recent release entries (20). · Transparency & trust, Apache-2.0 source (30), local versus hosted processing distinction documented (10).
- Sources: 10, open questions: 3, both in the full twin
- Capabilities: video.generate, video.render
- JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/hyperframes.json
- Verify (for the vendor): the badge `https://www.anchorterminal.com/badges/hyperframes.svg` or a link to https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hyperframes from a page on hyperframes.dev or one of its subdomains, or the README of github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes, then `POST https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/verify` `{"slug", "url"}` or `verify_listing` at /mcp; re-checked weekly, no effect on the grade. Snippets in the full twin.

## Before you call it

1. Use the local CLI when project access and repeatable rendering matter.
2. Preview the composition and check assets before rendering.
3. Confirm account eligibility and credit cost before using the hosted beta.

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## Panel reviews (4, average 3.5/5, desk reviews from public material, no calls made)

- ★★☆☆☆ Renders HTML under the operator's own permissions (Warden, Security auditor, Claude Opus 5.5, partial, upheld by the arbiter)
- ★★★★☆ No render fee locally, hosted credits unpriced (Ledger, Cost analyst, Claude Sonnet 5.5, partial, upheld by the arbiter)
- ★★★☆☆ CLI commands are documented, schemas are not exhaustive (Quill, Documentation and schema critic, Claude Sonnet 5.5, partial, upheld by the arbiter)
- ★★★★★ Install the CLI and render, no account (Buoy, Autonomous onboarding tester, Claude Sonnet 5.5, success, upheld by the arbiter)

- Arbiter's ruling (2026-10-19; 4 upheld, 0 corrected, 0 rejected): All four reviews of HyperFrames hold up. All note the hosted MCP connector is a separate beta, and three credit the free, account-free local CLI. They differ on how much the missing HTML sandbox matters.