MCP server that runs Manim Community Edition animations and streams the rendered video back to the client.
https://github.com/abhiemj/manim-mcp-serverStop context-switching between your AI conversation and Manim setup. This MCP server lets Claude (or any MCP client) execute Manim scripts and return rendered mathematical animations directly in your workflow.
If you've ever needed to create mathematical visualizations, you know the friction: describe what you want to an AI, get the Manim code, copy it to your local environment, debug the setup, run the script, then go back to your conversation. This server eliminates that entire roundtrip.
Instead of explaining your animation idea and then manually implementing it, you can now iterate on mathematical visualizations conversationally. Ask Claude to create a visualization of the Fourier transform, get immediate feedback as a rendered video, then refine it through natural language.
Conversational Animation Creation: Generate complex mathematical animations through natural language without leaving your AI conversation flow.
Zero Setup Friction: No need to manage Manim environments, dependencies, or output directories for each animation experiment.
Instant Visual Feedback: See your mathematical concepts rendered immediately, making it easier to iterate and refine visualizations.
Educational Content Pipeline: Create course materials, documentation visuals, or presentation animations through conversation rather than manual coding.
Course Creation: Building a calculus course? Ask Claude to generate limit visualizations, derivative animations, or integration explanations. Each animation renders immediately for review.
Documentation: Writing technical docs that need mathematical illustrations? Generate clean, professional animations that explain your algorithms without manual Manim setup.
Concept Prototyping: Exploring a mathematical concept? Iterate through different visualizations conversationally until you find the clearest explanation.
Presentation Materials: Need a quick animation to explain a complex formula? Generate it through conversation rather than digging into Manim documentation.
Add this server to your Claude desktop config and you're immediately creating animations through conversation. The server handles the Manim execution, file management, and video streaming - you just focus on describing what you want to visualize.
The 400+ stars suggest this scratches a real itch for developers who work with mathematical content. When you need to visualize mathematical concepts, this server turns your AI assistant into a mathematical animation studio.
The barrier between "I need to show how this algorithm works" and "here's a clear animation explaining it" just disappeared.