# Cut on Action — effect skill for cuts & pacing > **For AI agents:** find the right skill in one call — `curl -s "https://varg.ai/how-to/api/search?q="` 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. Change angle while the subject moves. The movement hides the cut and keeps continuity. - **Type:** [Effect](https://varg.ai/how-to/effects.md) · [Cuts & pacing](https://varg.ai/how-to/browse/skills/cuts.md) - **Slug:** `cut-on-action` - **Status:** live - **Publisher:** HeyGen (community) - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source:** https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/tree/main/registry/components/cut-the-curve - **Works in:** Claude Code, Claude.ai, Codex, Cursor, OpenClaw, Gemini CLI, Any MCP client, varg Studio - **Requires:** ffmpeg, 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 [Cut the Curve](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/tree/main/registry/components/cut-the-curve) by HeyGen (HyperFrames), Apache-2.0. The write-up and recipes below are varg's. Wide to close-up as a hand reaches, a person sits or a head turns; viewers watch the motion, not the edit. **When:** Any coverage of the same action from two angles: interviews, cooking, product handling, sport. **Watch out:** Cutting before the movement starts or after it ends loses the cover; cut in the first third of the motion. **Timing:** Cut 2–4 frames after movement begins; overlap a frame or two of action **Also called:** cutting on action, continuity cut, movement cut ### In FFmpeg Same as a hard cut: pick the out-frame on A and in-frame on B inside the motion (`trim=end_frame=` / `trim=start_frame=`). ### In HyperFrames Two `