# Decode-In Tech Title — effect skill for headlines & callouts

> **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.

Random glyphs churn and lock into the real word from left to right.

- **Type:** [Effect](https://varg.ai/how-to/effects.md) · [Headlines & callouts](https://varg.ai/how-to/browse/skills/titles.md)
- **Slug:** `decode-in-tech-title`
- **Status:** live
- **Publisher:** HeyGen (community)
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Source:** https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/tree/main/registry/components/matrix-decode
- **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 [Matrix Decode](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/tree/main/registry/components/matrix-decode) by HeyGen (HyperFrames), Apache-2.0. The write-up and recipes below are varg's.

Monospace characters flicker through symbols and settle one by one into the product or feature name.

**When:** Developer tools, security, AI or infra products; feature names that are code-like.

**Watch out:** Do not scramble long sentences; keep it to 1–3 words or it becomes unreadable noise.

**Timing:** 0.6–1.0 s total, each glyph locks 30–50 ms after the previous one. Use a fixed seed so renders match.

**Also called:** scramble text, matrix decode, hacker reveal

### In HyperFrames

```bash
npx hyperframes add matrix-decode
```
The block is seek-safe: the glyph at any frame is derived from time + seed, so preview and render match.

### In Remotion

```tsx
const locked = Math.floor(interpolate(frame,[0,24],[0,text.length],{extrapolateRight:'clamp'}));
const out = text.split('').map((c,i)=> i<locked? c : GLYPHS[(i*7+frame*13)%GLYPHS.length]).join('');
```

### In CapCut

Text → Animation In: "Typewriter" or "Glitch" 0.6 s on a monospace font.

### Ready-made components

- [Matrix Decode](https://skills.varg.ai/component/hf.matrix-decode/) (hyperframes): npx hyperframes add matrix-decode
- [Hyper Text](https://skills.varg.ai/component/magicui.hyper-text/) (magic-ui): npx shadcn@latest add @magicui/hyper-text
- [Scramble Reveal](https://skills.varg.ai/component/hf.scramble-reveal/) (hyperframes): npx hyperframes add scramble-reveal
- [Text Scramble](https://skills.varg.ai/component/motionprimitives.text-scramble/) (motion-primitives): npx motion-primitives@latest add text-scramble

### Where this comes from

- [SVGator: kinetic typography, a guide to text in motion](https://www.svgator.com/blog/kinetic-typography-a-guide-to-text-in-motion/)

## Use when

- Developer tools, security, AI or infra products; feature names that are code-like.

## Not for

- Do not scramble long sentences; keep it to 1–3 words or it becomes unreadable noise.

## 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/732c8464e959/lib-magic-ui-hyper-text.mp4 — Preview of the Hyper Text component that builds this take (credit: Captured from the library’s own demo page (Magic UI), https://magicui.design/docs/components/hyper-text)

## More headlines & callouts skills

- [Kicker Over Rising Headline](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/kicker-headline-rise.md): A small mono kicker fades in, then the headline rises word by word from a soft blur.
- [Rotating Benefit Word](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/rotating-benefit-word.md): A fixed phrase holds while one word in it cycles through benefits, uses or audiences.
- [Masked Line Reveal](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/masked-line-reveal.md): Each line slides up out of an invisible slot, so the type looks cut from the frame.
- [Marker on the Key Phrase](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/marker-highlight-phrase.md): A marker band draws behind the one phrase that matters while the rest of the line stays calm.
- [Strike Old, Write New](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/strike-and-replace.md): A line strikes through the old way, then the new word takes its place.
- [Clean Lower Third](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/clean-lower-third.md): Name and role slide in at the lower left on a quiet bar, hold 3–5 s, then wipe out.

## 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