# Vertical Chat Exchange — effect skill for AI agent flows

> **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.

A portrait chat plays out: the prompt types and sends, the answer streams and assembles a card or image.

- **Type:** [Effect](https://varg.ai/how-to/effects.md) · [AI agent flows](https://varg.ai/how-to/browse/skills/agent-flows.md)
- **Slug:** `vertical-chat-exchange`
- **Status:** live
- **Publisher:** Jake Moran · HeyGen (community)
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Source:** https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/tree/main/registry/blocks/chatgpt-exchange
- **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 [ChatGPT Exchange](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/tree/main/registry/blocks/chatgpt-exchange) by Jake Moran (hyperframes), Apache-2.0. The write-up and recipes below are varg's.

Phone-sized chat UI, bubbles pop with a tiny scale from the sender's corner, typing dots before replies.

**When:** Vertical cuts for TikTok, Reels and Shorts about AI features.

**Watch out:** Do not make bubbles readable only at full screen; use 1.5× normal type size for phones.

**Timing:** Bubble pop 0.12–0.2 s (scale 0.75→1), typing dots 0.6–1 s, gap 0.3 s between messages.

**Also called:** chat story, ChatGPT exchange, phone chat

### In HyperFrames

```bash
npx hyperframes add chatgpt-exchange
```
Or `message-thread-reveal` / `chat-thread` for human conversations.

### In Remotion

```tsx
// npx shadcn@latest add @remocn/imessage-chat-flow
// or @remocn/chat-flow / @remocn/telegram-chat-flow
```

### In CapCut

Text → Text templates → "chat"/"message"; one bubble per layer, Animation In "Pop up" 0.15 s.

### Ready-made components

- [ChatGPT Exchange](https://skills.varg.ai/component/hf.chatgpt-exchange/) (hyperframes): npx hyperframes add chatgpt-exchange
- [Message Thread Reveal](https://skills.varg.ai/component/hf.message-thread-reveal/) (hyperframes): npx hyperframes add message-thread-reveal
- [UI iMessage Chat Flow](https://skills.varg.ai/component/remocn.imessage-chat-flow/) (remocn): npx shadcn@latest add @remocn/imessage-chat-flow

### Where this comes from

- [CapCut: turn testimonials into quote graphics for short-form](https://www.capcut.com/create/testimonial-quote-graphics-short-form-content)

## Use when

- Vertical cuts for TikTok, Reels and Shorts about AI features.

## Not for

- Do not make bubbles readable only at full screen; use 1.5× normal type size for phones.

## 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/templates/promoted/254fe4bd8a3f00c1e70ac5e38a1bce25060f7590/chatgpt-exchange/preview.mp4 — Preview of the ChatGPT Exchange component that builds this take (credit: ChatGPT Exchange · hyperframes, https://hyperframes.heygen.com/catalog/blocks/chatgpt-exchange)

## More AI agent flows skills

- [Prompt Typed, Then Generate](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/prompt-typed-then-generate.md): A real task types into the prompt box, the Generate button is pressed, and the result starts to build.
- [Answer Streams In](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/answer-streams-in.md): The assistant's reply arrives in uneven token bursts, the way a real model streams.
- [Tool Calls as Status Rows](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/tool-calls-status-rows.md): Each tool call appears as a row with an icon and label that goes spinner → check, building a visible plan.
- [Nodes Wire Up on a Canvas](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/nodes-wire-up-canvas.md): Nodes pop onto a canvas and connectors draw between them as the camera pulls back to show the whole pipeline.
- [Beams Into the Agent Hub](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/beams-into-agent-hub.md): Light pulses run along curved lines from tool icons into a central agent and back out to a result.
- [Thinking… Shimmer Label](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/thinking-shimmer-label.md): A muted "Thinking…" label with a moving shine shows the model working between prompt and answer.

## 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