AI video generator that outputs React instead of video files
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Hey HN! This is Mayank from Outscal with a new update. Our website is now live. Quick context: we built a tool that generates animated videos from text scripts. The twist: instead of rendering pixels, it outputs React/TSX components that render as the video.Try it: https://ai.outscal.com/ Sample video: https://outscal.com/v2/video/ai-constraints-m7p3_v1/12-01-26...You pick a style (pencil sketch or neon), enter a script (up to 2000 chars), and it runs: scene direction → ElevenLabs audio → SVG assets → Scene Design → React components → deployed video.What we learned building this:We built the first version on Claude Code. Even with a human triggering commands, agents kept going off-script — they had file tools and would wander off reading random files, exploring tangents, producing inconsistent output.The fix was counterintuitive: fewer tools, not more guardrails. We stripped each agent to only what it needed and pre-fed context instead of letting agents fetch it themselves.Quality improved immediately.We wouldn't launch the web version until this was solid. Moved to Claude Agent SDK, kept the same constraints, now fully automated.Happy to discuss the agent architecture, why React-as-video, or anything else.
HN · launched Jan 12, 2026 · 6 upvotes (top 75%) · 0 views
Niche: ai video generation tools · 760 launches, 45 in the last 7 days ▼ -46% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Media & entertainment
- Content generation
- Prosumer
- AI-native
- Commercial product
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Yes The system translates a script into programmatic animations using Remotion or React/CSS keyframe components via structured LLM prompt generation.
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