# Hand-Drawn Callout Arrow — effect skill for headlines & callouts

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A wobbly arrow draws itself from a short label to the exact button or number on screen.

- **Type:** [Effect](https://varg.ai/how-to/effects.md) · [Headlines & callouts](https://varg.ai/how-to/browse/skills/titles.md)
- **Slug:** `hand-drawn-callout-arrow`
- **Status:** live
- **Publisher:** HeyGen (community)
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Source:** https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/tree/main/registry/components/hw-arrow
- **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 [Hand-Drawn Arrow](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/tree/main/registry/components/hw-arrow) by HeyGen (HyperFrames), Apache-2.0. The write-up and recipes below are varg's.

A marker-style stroke with a slight boil travels from a two-word note in the margin to the UI target; the head lands last.

**When:** Point at a small detail in a UI shot that the viewer would otherwise miss.

**Watch out:** Do not let the arrow cross the product UI it points at; route it around and land on the edge of the target.

**Timing:** Label 0.3 s, stroke draw 0.5–0.7 s power2.out, hold ≥ 1.5 s.

**Also called:** annotation arrow, doodle callout, ink arrow

### In HyperFrames

```bash
npx hyperframes add hw-arrow
```
```js
tl.fromTo("#arrow path",{strokeDashoffset:len},{strokeDashoffset:0,duration:0.6,ease:"power2.out"},2.1);
```

### In Remotion

```tsx
// npx shadcn@latest add @remocn/ink-arrow
const draw = interpolate(frame,[0,18],[len,0],{extrapolateRight:'clamp'});
<path strokeDasharray={len} strokeDashoffset={draw}/>
```

### In CapCut

Stickers → search "arrow" (hand-drawn), place it, Animation In "Wipe" or keyframe Scale from the tail corner; add a Text label beside it.

### Ready-made components

- [Hand-Drawn Arrow](https://skills.varg.ai/component/hf.hw-arrow/) (hyperframes): npx hyperframes add hw-arrow
- [Scribble Callout Circle](https://skills.varg.ai/component/hf.hw-callout-circle/) (hyperframes): npx hyperframes add hw-callout-circle
- [Ink Arrow](https://skills.varg.ai/component/remocn.ink-arrow/) (remocn): npx shadcn@latest add @remocn/ink-arrow
- [Arc Motion Path](https://skills.varg.ai/component/hf.arc-motion-path/) (hyperframes): npx hyperframes add arc-motion-path

### Where this comes from

- [Text animation for readability: kinetic type without overcomplication](https://cursa.app/en/page/text-animation-for-readability-kinetic-type-without-overcomplication)
- [Bohdan Motion: breakdown of the Claude Design launch video](https://x.com/bohdanmotion/status/2080610655237751033)

## Use when

- Point at a small detail in a UI shot that the viewer would otherwise miss.

## Not for

- Do not let the arrow cross the product UI it points at; route it around and land on the edge of the target.

## 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/b7b197845a90/take-hand-drawn-callout-arrow.mp4 — The Hand-Drawn Arrow component rendered as installed (npx hyperframes add hw-arrow), defaults only (credit: Rendered by varg · HyperFrames Hand-Drawn Arrow, https://hyperframes.heygen.com/catalog/components/hw-arrow)

## 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.

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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`
- 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