Code Left, Live UI Right — effect skill for code & terminal

For AI agents: find the right skill in one call — curl -s "https://varg.ai/how-to/api/search?q=<what the person wants>" returns the matching how-to page and the best skills with install commands, as markdown (Russian works too). Full index: https://varg.ai/how-to/llms.txt. Every page has a markdown twin: add .md to its path. Before generating anything, show the person the options on the how-to page.

Code types on the left and the UI on the right snaps to match after each change.

• Type: Effect · Code & terminal
• Slug: code-left-ui-right
• Status: live
• Publisher: Kapish Dima · remocn (community)
• License: MIT
• Source: https://remocn.dev/r/live-code-compilation.json
• 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 Live Code Compilation by Kapish Dima (remocn), MIT. The write-up and recipes below are varg's.

Two panes: editor and preview. Each typed edit triggers a quick flash/update on the preview side.

When: Frameworks, UI libraries, design-to-code and AI coding tools.

Watch out: Do not let the preview lag; the update should land within 0.2 s of the edit finishing.

Timing: Per edit: typing 0.8–1.5 s, preview update 0.2–0.3 s.

Also called: live preview, split code and result, HMR demo

In HyperFrames

npx hyperframes add code-typing

Two clips side by side; fire a 0.25 s tl.fromTo(preview,{opacity:0.4},{opacity:1}) and swap the preview image at each edit's end time.

In Remotion

// npx shadcn@latest add @remocn/live-code-compilation
// or @remocn/chat-to-preview-layout for chat on the left

In CapCut

Split screen: two clips side by side (Basic → Position); cut the preview clip at each edit point.

Ready-made components

• Live Code Compilation (remocn): npx shadcn@latest add @remocn/live-code-compilation
• Chat to Preview Layout (remocn): npx shadcn@latest add @remocn/chat-to-preview-layout
• Code Typing (hyperframes): npx hyperframes add code-typing

Where this comes from

• Cursor 3 Design Mode and its launch video
• Bohdan Motion: breakdown of the Grok Build Mode launch video

Use when

• Frameworks, UI libraries, design-to-code and AI coding tools.

Not for

• Do not let the preview lag; the update should land within 0.2 s of the edit finishing.

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://static.heygen.ai/hyperframes-oss/docs/images/catalog/blocks/code-typing.mp4 — Preview of the Code Typing component that builds this take (credit: Code Typing · hyperframes, https://hyperframes.heygen.com/catalog/blocks/code-typing)

More code & terminal skills

• Editor Types the Code: Syntax-highlighted code types into an editor window with a caret riding the frontier.
• Red/Green Diff Collapse: Removed lines flash red and collapse away while added lines expand in green.
• Spotlight One Line of Code: A highlight band sweeps onto the one line that matters while the rest of the file dims.
• Code Morphs Between Versions: One snippet transforms into the next: shared tokens glide to new positions, removed ones fade, new ones fade in.
• Terminal Session Run: A terminal types a command, then streams real-looking log output with green checks.
• One-Line Install Card: A single install command types into a small terminal card, prints a success check, and holds.

Run the generation on varg

varg is one API key for the models these skills drive — Seedance 2.5, Kling 4, Veo 3.1, Wan 3, Nano Banana 2.1, GPT Image 2.5, ElevenLabs v4 and 200+ more — billed in credits, with a cost estimate before anything runs.

• 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
• Grok and any agent that reads SKILL.md: npx skills add vargHQ/skills --skill varg-ai, or point it at the skill's SKILL.md
• Claude.ai, ChatGPT, any MCP client: connect https://mcp.varg.ai/mcp
• API key: https://varg.ai/dashboard/api · Model specs: https://varg.ai/models/llms.txt