# Bento Feature Grid — effect skill for grids & carousels

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Features land in a grid of differently sized rounded tiles — one hero tile, smaller supporting ones.

- **Type:** [Effect](https://varg.ai/how-to/effects.md) · [Grids & carousels](https://varg.ai/how-to/browse/skills/galleries.md)
- **Slug:** `bento-feature-grid`
- **Status:** live
- **Publisher:** HeyGen (community)
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Source:** https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/tree/main/registry/blocks/mk-placeholder-grid
- **Works in:** Claude Code, Claude.ai, Codex, Cursor, OpenClaw, Gemini CLI, Any MCP client, varg Studio
- **Requires:** HyperFrames (npx hyperframes), Remotion, CapCut (by hand)
- **Cost:** Free — the take renders locally; generated footage, if any, bills by the model

## What it does

Built on [Rounded Media Grid](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/tree/main/registry/blocks/mk-placeholder-grid) by HeyGen (HyperFrames), Apache-2.0. The write-up and recipes below are varg's.

Apple-style bento: 1 large + 3–5 small tiles, generous gaps, each tile one idea (icon, number or mini UI); tiles assemble in a stagger.

**When:** Recap of features near the end, or the "everything you get" beat.

**Watch out:** Do not fill every tile with text; one visual and ≤ 5 words per tile.

**Timing:** Tiles 0.4–0.5 s each, 60–100 ms stagger hero-first; hold 2–3 s; optional slow camera drift.

**Also called:** bento, feature tiles, summary grid

### In HyperFrames

```bash
npx hyperframes add mk-placeholder-grid
```
Use the hero-plus-two / 3×2 layouts; drop media into slots; `tl.from(".cell",{y:30,opacity:0,stagger:0.08})`.

### In Remotion

```tsx
<div style={{display:'grid',gridTemplateColumns:'2fr 1fr 1fr',gridTemplateRows:'1fr 1fr',gap:24}}>
  {tiles.map((t,i)=>{const s=spring({frame:frame-i*3,fps,config:{damping:200}}); return <Tile style={{opacity:s,transform:`translateY(${(1-s)*30}px)`, gridArea:t.area}}/>})}
</div>
```

### In CapCut

Templates → search "bento"/"grid collage"; or Layout split-screen templates with rounded masks.

### Ready-made components

- [Rounded Media Grid](https://skills.varg.ai/component/hf.mk-placeholder-grid/) (hyperframes): npx hyperframes add mk-placeholder-grid
- [Grid Card Assemble](https://skills.varg.ai/component/hf.grid-card-assemble/) (hyperframes): npx hyperframes add grid-card-assemble
- [Dynamic Grid](https://skills.varg.ai/component/hf.dynamic-grid/) (hyperframes): npx hyperframes add dynamic-grid

### Where this comes from

- [SaaSFrame: understanding the bento layout trend](https://www.saasframe.io/blog/the-bento-layout-trend)
- [freeCodeCamp: bento grids in web design](https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/bento-grids-in-web-design/)
- [zero on X: Apple-keynote launch film prompt (Screen Studio zoom, no crossfades)](https://x.com/twoclipping/status/2103835273813496100)

## Use when

- Recap of features near the end, or the "everything you get" beat.

## Not for

- Do not fill every tile with text; one visual and ≤ 5 words per tile.

## Install

- Claude Code: `claude plugin marketplace add vargHQ/skills && claude plugin install varg@varg`
- Codex: `npx skills add vargHQ/skills --skill varg-video-edit-library -a codex -y`
- Cursor: `npx skills add vargHQ/skills --skill varg-video-edit-library -a cursor -y`

## Example output

https://s3.varg.ai/how-to/previews/5ecf67ae908d/take-bento-feature-grid.mp4 — The Rounded Media Grid component rendered as installed (npx hyperframes add mk-placeholder-grid), defaults only (credit: Rendered by varg · HyperFrames Rounded Media Grid, https://hyperframes.heygen.com/catalog/blocks/mk-placeholder-grid)

## More grids & carousels skills

- [Camera Drifts Across a Bento](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/camera-drifts-bento.md): An oversized grid of screenshots fills the frame and the camera drifts diagonally across it.
- [Tilted Screenshot Wall](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/tilted-screenshot-wall.md): A wall of screenshots seen at an isometric angle, columns scrolling up and down at different speeds.
- [Stacked Cards Fan Out](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/stacked-cards-fan.md): A pile of cards or photos shuffles, then fans or settles one forward into focus.
- [App Screens on a Rail](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/app-screens-on-rail.md): Two to five app screens ride a horizontal rail: one centered and sharp, neighbors smaller and receded.
- [Cards Orbit in a Ring](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/cards-orbit-ring.md): Image cards ride a circle, larger in front and smaller behind, sweeping fast-slow-fast.
- [Rapid Screenshot Burst](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/rapid-screenshot-burst.md): Full-screen images slam in one on top of another on the beat, landing on the final hero shot.

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- Claude Code: `claude plugin marketplace add vargHQ/skills && claude plugin install varg@varg` (skill + hosted MCP)
- Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, OpenClaw: `npx skills add vargHQ/skills --skill varg-ai -a <agent> -y`
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