What you can do with Anima

3 use cases

• Make a sourced, interactive biology figure from one prompt

  Turn a biology mechanism into a cited, toggleable standalone HTML figure in Claude Code.

  • Anima
  • Claude Code
  • Research
  • Intermediate
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  In the Garinmckayl/anima repo, use the /anima Claude Code skill to build a standalone HTML figure of <biology subject and mechanism>, with a toggle that changes the mechanism and a sources block. Expected output: one standalone HTML page in dark and light themes. Verify that every displayed number has a cited source with species, conditions and units, and that the page carries the educational-not-medical-advice note.

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• Adapt a bundled example into your own biology figure

  Copy the closest example folder, change its biology and rebuild standalone pages.

  • Anima
  • Research
  • Advanced
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  In the Garinmckayl/anima repo, copy examples/<closest-example> to examples/<new-subject> and change its build.mjs to draw <new biology subject>, importing only from kit/. Run node on the new build.mjs in dark and light mode. Expected output: two standalone HTML pages. Verify that the new page includes a sources block with a link for each number and an educational-not-medical-advice note.

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• Check a figure zoomed in, in both themes and at phone width

  Run the repo's capture and audit scripts on a finished figure before publishing it.

  • Anima
  • Research
  • Intermediate
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  In the Garinmckayl/anima repo, run the capture script and the bio-audit on the built figure in <figure-folder>, then report each audit issue with its location. Expected output: captured screenshots in dark and light themes plus a list of audit findings. Verify that the audit reports no unresolved membrane intersections, label-target problems or undeclared scale.

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How to use Anima

1. Check you have what it needs: Claude Code installed; Node.js 20.10 or later; Chrome or Chromium for the capture and verification scripts.
2. Open Garinmckayl/anima on GitHub and read the README and license.
3. Run npx skills add Garinmckayl/anima -g -a claude-code to install the skill.
4. In Claude Code, name the biological subject, the mechanism to explain, the audience and the output format.
5. Send a request such as /anima show how cocaine and amphetamine act differently at the dopamine transporter, with a drug selector and sourced mechanisms; standalone HTML.
6. Read the sources block and the simplifications list, and confirm the educational-use note is present.

These steps come from our top use case, Make a sourced, interactive biology figure from one prompt, which also has a copy-paste agent prompt.

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About this repo

• Who it is forWritten for students, teachers and science communicators who need a cited, interactive biology figure, and for developers who want to adapt the figure kit.
• Why it is hot
• LanguageJavaScript
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Requirements

• Claude Code installed
• Node.js 20.10 or later
• Chrome or Chromium for the capture and verification scripts
• ffmpeg only if you use scripts/make-demo.mjs

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