Codex Astra Making a Demo Video with HyperFrames

Melvin Vivas · X post · 2026-09-10 · Open on X

Topics: AI Dev Tools & Productivity, AI Agents, Tool Use & MCP · Level: intermediate

Summary

Melvin Vivas reports that Codex running Astra at xhigh reasoning made a demo video for him on its own. It launched HyperFrames, added assets and edited the video. It is a quick example of a coding agent using a video tool beyond writing code.

Key points

• Codex with Astra at xhigh reasoning effort can handle multi-step creative tasks.
• The agent launched HyperFrames by itself, added assets and edited a demo video.
• Coding agents can make product demo videos, not just code.

Resources mentioned

• HyperFrames · tool · github.com · free
  HeyGen's open-source framework built for agents that renders HTML/CSS/JS compositions to MP4 video frame by frame.
  Also in: Hermes Agent + HyperFrames: Turning a Web Page into a Video (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Codex + Hyperframes: AI-Made Explainer Videos (Example: Personal AI) (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Agent-Made Video in 10 Minutes: Hermes Agent + Grok 4.5 + Hyperframes (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Personal Assistant Agent on Hermes: Morning Briefings and Inbox Triage (Melvin Vivas on X · notes) and 1 more
• OpenAI Codex · tool · openai.com · paid
  OpenAI's coding agent. In the diagram it writes code, fixes review findings and drives the build loop. The creator also used it to make this video.
  Also in: An agent bot that installs and drives Codex on its own (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Asking a Coder bot to install Codex (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Sign in with ChatGPT: Setting Usage Limits for Each App (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Codex Cloud Environments Must Be Saved & Published Before Use (Melvin Vivas on X · notes) and 240 more

Try this

• Have a coding agent make a demo video of your project with HyperFrames.