Peekaboo · Launch Video Breakdown: Hook, Pacing & Motion Design
A tiny, opensource, native task list that lives in your Mac's screen corner
Scene-by-scene timeline & spoken transcript
The Hook
Task Creation and Status Reordering
“(No spoken dialogue — ambient instrumental background track with keyboard typing sound effects)”
- On screen
- Peekaboo 8 Active Tasks Tasks Backlog In Progress 3 To do 3 Done 1 say hi to peekaboo!
- Camera
- Smooth zoom in on the Peekaboo floating widget, slight pan as cursor navigates items.
- Motion
- Cursor tracking, popover expansion, drag-and-drop animation with priority tag changes.
Feature Teaser
Backlog Creation and Stage Moving
“(No spoken dialogue — rhythmic ambient electronic music)”
- On screen
- Peekaboo 3 Items Backlog create something new Plan next month's roadmap Priority Move to Done
- Camera
- Focused crop on the task list panel, then pull out to full screen view.
- Motion
- Context menu flyout, dropdown selection, list item state transitions.
Product Reveal
Querying Peekaboo via MCP
“(No spoken dialogue — ambient electronic background music)”
- On screen
- can you read whats in my peekaboo list via mcp? Working for 12s Yes-read directly via Peekaboo MCP. You have 11 tasks: Task Status Priority
- Camera
- Fast push-in to the LLM chat input, followed by auto-scroll revealing structured response table.
- Motion
- Simulated keyboard typing, loading spinner animation, tabular markdown rendering.
Call to Action
Cross-App Task Interaction
“(No spoken dialogue — subtle electronic synth fade-out)”
- On screen
- Polish the onboarding experience, from peekaboo Do you want me to: Update 'Polish the onboarding experience' in Peekaboo, or work on the onboarding text?
- Camera
- Split view framing the AI prompt bar and macOS native notification toast.
- Motion
- Dynamic system notification pop, prompt auto-fill, and tool confirmation prompt.
Motion design primitives
Synthesizable in Remotion · key components of the desktop-mcp-agent-walkthrough template.
FloatingWidgetOverlay
Modal task window slides in from the top right with rounded corners, drop shadows, and responsive list items.
+ Code construction recipe
Use spring-driven transform translateY and opacity inside Remotion, calculating positions based on current frame.
SmoothCursorTracker
Vector cursor follows bezier paths between UI buttons, scaling down slightly on click events.
+ Code construction recipe
Interpolate X and Y coordinates with easeInOutCubic and apply scale transform trigger on click keyframes.
TerminalTableStream
Markdown table lines fade in sequentially mimicking an LLM tool completion response.
+ Code construction recipe
Map over row data applying staggered opacity and translateY using Remotion interpolate with clamped ranges.
Style DNA & aesthetic system
Visual aesthetic
Typography
Motion
Special effects
Pacing & rhythm
Conceptual story rhythm
- 1
Task Setup
Purpose. Demonstrate the standalone task management app functionality.
Execution. User creates tasks, sets priority badges, and reorders statuses.
- 2
AI Connection
Purpose. Bridge the task UI to an AI assistant using MCP.
Execution. User submits an MCP query into an AI workspace prompt interface.
- 3
Unified Action
Purpose. Show two-way communication and contextual action execution.
Execution. AI retrieves the task data and offers contextual actions via system alerts.
Remix in Animatiq Studio
Master remix prompt · agent-ready
Sample remix
Objective
Linear MCP integration demo in Cursor IDE.How the recipe adapts
Replace Peekaboo with a Linear issue tracker panel, then demonstrate Cursor issuing an MCP request to inspect active sprint tickets and suggest git branch names.Remix blueprint · desktop-mcp-agent-walkthrough
Scene durations (4 scenes, 55s)
Key Remotion components
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