Inside any HyperFrames project the seam stamp's values win for seams and seam eases: where the repo-internal doctrine is installed, seam-stamp.mjs writes them and the seam gate verifies them; where it is not (the default after npx skills add), write them by hand from the values below. This graph owns what HyperFrames does not measure: the register, the film's structure and type cadence, and the sound and its sync. Where the two give different values, the table below names the one to use, so an agent never gets two answers.

Precedence

User prompt → .design / frame.md → HyperFrames' motion-doctrine (repo-internal) for seams → HyperFrames' distributed skills for build mechanics → this graph for register, structure, type cadence and sound → model defaults. Where HyperFrames' two layers disagree, the internal doctrine is the stricter one, and it declares that it supersedes upstream motion guidance. skill-router sends a film to HyperFrames' front door, and this node settles the numbers once you are there. Where a table row names a value, the row overrides this chain.

Where the doctrine lives

Internal. motion-doctrine, cut-the-curve, seam-craft, oversized-cursor, captions-overlay and changelog-video sit under .agents/skills/ in heygen-com/hyperframes with metadata.internal: true. npx skills add skips them, even with --all. Install them with INSTALL_INTERNAL_SKILLS=1 npx skills add heygen-com/hyperframes, or clone the repo and use its .agents/skills/ (mirrored in .claude/skills/).
Distributed. Installers get the core set, including hyperframes (the front door), hyperframes-core, hyperframes-animation, hyperframes-creative, hyperframes-audio and media-use; the front door installs product-launch-video (PLV), motion-graphics and general-video on first use. hyperframes-media no longer exists (media-use absorbed it), though changelog-video still cites its old path.
Missing. motion-doctrine's route map names two overlays, text-beat-economics and brand-faithful, that are not in the repo; launch-video-type covers the first. Check .agents/skills/ before citing any doctrine rule.

The table

The graph column is owned by launch-video-motion (eases, overshoot, idle motion, blur, exit ratios), launch-video-seams (zoom-through, ledger) and launch-video-cuts (the crossfade dip).

The stamp's values, for any row that names the stamp. Lateral: exit power3.in 0.34 s to 12 % and 0 opacity, entry power4.out 0.42 s from 10 % at 0.35 opacity. Z: exit power3.in 0.21 s to 1.18 (push) or 0.8 (pull) with a linear fade to 0 on its own tween, entry expo.out 0.5 s from 0.78 or 1.25 at 0.15 opacity, 18 px blur on both sides, or 10 px when the subject is text (seam-stamp.mjs).

Topic	This graph	HyperFrames distributed	HyperFrames doctrine	Use inside a project
Arrival and seam eases	exponential settle, tau sized to each move	`power3.out` house default	seams `power4.in` / `power4.out`, Z seams `power3.in` / `expo.out`; `seam-stamp.mjs` writes `power3.in` on lateral exits, though the SKILL text says `power4.in`	the stamp's eases for seams; the graph's settle only for hand-authored moves inside a shot
Zoom-through	out 1 → 1.2, in 0.75 → 1 (2.4.0's 1.18 / 0.92 is retired: that entry could not match the exit's speed)	PLV registry: out to 2.5, in from 0.5, 0.4 s	cut-the-curve 1.2 / 0.75; the stamp 1.18 / 0.78	the stamp; registry values only as a PLV `transition_in`
Overshoot	a register; zeta 1/3 only for the bouncy sting	`springEase` damping 1.0 by default, 0.80-0.85 for an iOS feel, 0.60-0.70 only when playful; motion-graphics' vocabulary still lists `bounce_in` and `back.out(2.2)`	bounce and elastic forbidden; `back.out(1.4-1.7)` allowed on an entry	critically damped by default; zeta 1/3 only when the brief names the sting; never on a camera
Crossfade	two opaque scenes crossfaded show whatever lies beneath at the midpoint (the dip law); seamless only over an opaque ground both scenes share (launch-video-cuts)	`transition_in` defaults to `crossfade`, `blur-crossfade` when backgrounds clash	never: a crossfade has no carrier	doctrine project: never; a build on the installed workflows alone (product-launch-video, general-video, motion-graphics): `crossfade` only when both frames share one ground and `#root` is that colour; across different grounds, `cut` on the palette change, not `blur-crossfade`
Idle motion	nothing decorative on a UI object; camera creep that continues the entry is fine	jitter allowed (scale 0.008-0.015, y 2-3 px, period 1.5-3 s); no pan or push in a scene's back half	idle sine loops banned; fill the time with story	no jitter on UI objects; creep only as the entry's continuation
Blur	derived; peaks of 10 px on text, 18-20 px on surfaces	`techniques.md` and `beat-direction.md` use 30 px with a 1.0 s `power2.out` entry	matched fixed peaks (10 / 18-20 px) on the motion's own eases, opacity on its own linear tween	cut-the-curve's values; set `blur: 10` on a text-scale Z row in `ledger.json`, since the stamp defaults to 18
Cursor size	7cqw, per launch-video-ui-demo	`physics-press-reaction`: 48-96 px at 1080p	`oversized-cursor`: 7cqw (~134 px at 1920) full-frame	7cqw
Captions	routed, not owned	frame-worker core keeps content out of the bottom ~17 %	`captions-overlay`: an overlay, composition centred on the true centre, caption line in the bottom ~5-8 %	doctrine project: the overlay; a build on the installed workflows alone: the frame-worker band in product-launch-video and general-video, which their workers check; motion-graphics reserves no band
Ledger	typed rows; a morph names its carrier	none	`ledger.json` rows typed cut, match-cut or morph; `seam-gate.mjs verify` must exit 0	the same schema; run the gate when it is installed
Exit vs entry	36-82 % of the entry, by seam type	entry ~0.4 s, exit ~0.25 s (hyperframes-creative)	exit ~75 % of the entry; the stamp 0.34 / 0.42 s lateral, 0.21 / 0.5 s on Z	the stamp
Hidden initial state	2.4.0's CSS-hidden start, and its reason, retired	entrances are `fromTo` with explicit from-states, never a CSS-hidden start	a stamped zero-duration `tl.set` renders at build, so a later entry without `immediateRender: false` tweens 0 → 0 (changelog build-spec)	`fromTo` with explicit from-states; `immediateRender: false` on any entry after a stamped set; a CSS base only on a wrapper
Clip boundaries and length	2.4.0: boundaries just below the frame time (1.166, 01-ui-sting's README) and a pad on every short sub-composition timeline (hyperframes-launch HANDOFF)	hyperframes-core: the host clip's `data-duration` is the visible window; a shorter timeline holds its last frame	`data-start` = the cut time, never earlier, with the stamped `tl.set` there	one cut value for the ledger, `data-start` and the `tl.set`; write a repeating 30 fps frame time rounded down (1.166, not 1.1667); no pad on the current runtime, but keep a template's pads when it pins an older CLI
Sound	a derived stem; its structure placed on the picture	PLV retrieves a stock bed by mood at volume 0.12 under a voice (0.9 without) and fetches named SFX per beat	the voice-over's real word timings set scene times	the VO's word timings set scene times first (doctrine); then lock picture, and the graph owns the rest: place a retrieved bed's drop and gaps (launch-video-music); measure and trim every SFX onset (sound-motion-sync)
Audio lead	audio never leads the picture (sound-motion-sync)	motion-graphics' director anticipates beats by ~0.1 s	none	read it as the picture leading the beat; audio never leads

When to apply

Any HyperFrames project, and any time a HyperFrames skill and this graph give different numbers for the same move.

Gotcha

HyperFrames' two layers also disagree with each other: crossfade by default against never, jitter against no idle motion, a caption keep-out band against an overlay. Check which layer is installed before quoting either, and never average them; a zoom entry halfway between 0.5 and 0.75 is nobody's value. The doctrine was read at HEAD on 2026-09-28 and is internal, so it changes without a release; re-read the named file before relying on a row.

Sources

heygen-com/hyperframes (HEAD 2026-09-28, Apache-2.0), internal: .agents/skills/README.md; motion-doctrine/SKILL.md, references/seam-gate.md, scripts/seam-stamp.mjs, scripts/seam-gate.mjs; cut-the-curve/SKILL.md; seam-craft, oversized-cursor, captions-overlay; changelog-video/references/build-spec.md.
heygen-com/hyperframes, distributed: skills/product-launch-video/references/motion-language.md, story-design.md, cut-catalog.md, scripts/lib/transitions.json, scripts/lib/bgm-volume.mjs; skills/hyperframes-animation/adapters/gsap-easing-and-stagger.md, rules/spring-pop-entrance.md, rules/sine-wave-loop.md, rules/physics-press-reaction.md, rules/3d-camera-flight.md and rules/multi-phase-camera.md (no spring on a camera), techniques.md, transitions/TRANSITION-REGISTRY.md; skills/hyperframes-creative/references/motion-principles.md, beat-direction.md; skills/hyperframes-core/references/sub-compositions.md; skills/hyperframes/references/frame-worker-core.md, skill-lifecycle.md (core set eager, workflows on first use); skills/motion-graphics/references/motion-vocabulary.md, agents/director.md.
HeyGen, hyperframes-launches (Apache-2.0): heygen-apple-motion/01-ui-sting/README.md (the 1.166 boundary rule), hyperframes-launch/HANDOFF.md (runtime once stripped sub-composition data-duration), figma-launch/HANDOFF.md (a fromTo applies its from-state at build unless immediateRender: false), and */package.json (CLI pins 0.6.75 to 0.8.26).
The full digest and conflict list: docs/research/launch-films/digests/hyperframes-doctrine.json.