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How to make a slowed mechanism to teach how it works with Machine Skill

Build a mechanism such as a Swiss lever escapement and slow it down to show each impulse.

  • Content
  • Beginner
  • 15 minutes
  • From the README
  • Claude Code
  • Codex
  • Cursor

Who it is forA physics or engineering teacher preparing a lesson on how a mechanism moves and what forces it sees.

The problemA real mechanism runs too fast to follow in a classroom, and textbook drawings do not show motion.

The outcomeA single HTML file of the mechanism at a slowed speed with live labels, pause and the equations shown under How it is computed.

What you need first

  • Claude Code, or another Agent Skills host such as Codex or Cursor, to build machines
  • A browser with WebGL 2 to run the generated pages
  • Node 18+, Playwright and ffmpeg, only if you want to record films or stills

Steps

  1. Run npx skills add AirsupHQ/machine-skill -g -a claude-code in a terminal.
  2. In Claude Code, run /machine a Swiss lever escapement, slowed down so I can see the impulse.
  3. Open the generated HTML file and use slow motion, live labels and pause.
  4. Open the How it is computed panel to show the equations to students.
  5. Share the file through your course page or a projector laptop.

Prompt for your agent

Using the repo AirsupHQ/machine-skill, build a Swiss lever escapement page slowed down for a classroom as one HTML file. The expected output is a single .html file with slow motion, live labels and a computed equations panel. Verify that the page opens in a WebGL 2 browser and that pausing stops the motion.

Caveat. The page is a small model that says what it computes and what it simplifies, so students should not treat its numbers as certified values.

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