# Command Palette Pop — effect skill for UI walkthroughs

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⌘K opens a palette, a few letters filter the list, the highlight moves and Enter fires the action.

- **Type:** [Effect](https://varg.ai/how-to/effects.md) · [UI walkthroughs](https://varg.ai/how-to/browse/skills/ui.md)
- **Slug:** `command-palette-pop`
- **Status:** live
- **Publisher:** Kapish Dima · remocn (community)
- **License:** MIT
- **Source:** https://remocn.dev/r/command-menu.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 [UI Command Menu](https://remocn.dev/r/command-menu.json) by Kapish Dima (remocn), MIT. The write-up and recipes below are varg's.

Backdrop dims, a centered palette scales from 96%, results filter as letters type, a highlight bar slides to the pick.

**When:** Keyboard-first tools (Raycast, Linear-style apps), power-user features.

**Watch out:** Do not leave the palette tiny in frame; zoom to ~60% of frame width so results are readable.

**Timing:** Open 0.2 s (scale 0.96→1), typing 60–80 ms/char, highlight slide 0.15 s, close 0.15 s.

**Also called:** cmd+k, command menu, spotlight search

### In HyperFrames

```bash
npx hyperframes add menu-morph
```
Build the list in HTML; tween the highlight `y` between rows with `power2.out`, 0.15 s.

### In Remotion

```tsx
// npx shadcn@latest add @remocn/command-menu
// npx shadcn@latest add @remocn/command-menu-item
```

### In CapCut

Record the real palette; add a keystroke overlay text "⌘ K" for 0.8 s when it opens.

### Ready-made components

- [UI Command Menu](https://skills.varg.ai/component/remocn.command-menu/) (remocn): npx shadcn@latest add @remocn/command-menu
- [UI Command Menu Item](https://skills.varg.ai/component/remocn.command-menu-item/) (remocn): npx shadcn@latest add @remocn/command-menu-item
- [Menu Morph](https://skills.varg.ai/component/hf.menu-morph/) (hyperframes): npx hyperframes add menu-morph
- [Keystroke](https://skills.varg.ai/component/remocn.keystroke/) (remocn): npx shadcn@latest add @remocn/keystroke

### Where this comes from

- [Steve Lemuel: Raycast kinetic product motion (Figma + Jitter)](https://contra.com/p/llNMeeMX-raycast-kinetic-product-motion)
- [KeyCastr: open-source keystroke visualizer](https://github.com/keycastr/keycastr)

## Use when

- Keyboard-first tools (Raycast, Linear-style apps), power-user features.

## Not for

- Do not leave the palette tiny in frame; zoom to ~60% of frame width so results are readable.

## 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/e5dc81a9ee9b/take-command-palette-pop.mp4 — The Menu Morph component used as its header comment describes, with demo copy (credit: Rendered by varg · HyperFrames Menu Morph, https://hyperframes.heygen.com/catalog/components/menu-morph)

## More UI walkthroughs skills

- [Zoom to the Action](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/zoom-to-the-action.md): The full app establishes, then the camera pushes 1.5–2× into the part being used and eases back out.
- [3D Tilted Dashboard Reveal](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/tilted-dashboard-reveal.md): The dashboard rises from a steep 3D tilt to flat, like a screen lifting toward the viewer.
- [Floating UI Panels in Depth](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/floating-ui-panels.md): The interface splits into its panels, which float apart in depth with parallax, then snap back.
- [UI Builds Itself Piece by Piece](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/ui-builds-itself.md): Grey skeleton blocks pulse once, then real cards, charts and text fill in with a stagger.
- [Before/After UI Wipe](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/before-after-ui-wipe.md): A divider sweeps across one screen, turning the old version into the new one underneath.
- [Card Expands Into Detail](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/card-expands-to-detail.md): A small card grows into a full detail panel in one continuous shape change.

## 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