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Complete production-ready guide for Motion Canvas with ESM/CommonJS workarounds, full setup templates, and troubleshooting for programmatic video creation using TypeScript

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# Motion Canvas - Production-Ready Video Creation with TypeScript

Complete production-ready skill for creating programmatic videos using Motion Canvas, including critical ESM/CommonJS workarounds, full configuration templates, and comprehensive troubleshooting.

## ⚠<U+FE0F> CRITICAL: ESM/CommonJS Interoperability Issue

**IMPORTANT**: The `@motion-canvas/vite-plugin` package is distributed as CommonJS, which causes import errors in modern ESM projects. The standard `import motionCanvas from '@motion-canvas/vite-plugin'` **WILL NOT WORK**.

You MUST use the `createRequire` workaround documented in the Setup section below.

## When to use

Use this skill whenever you are dealing with Motion Canvas code to obtain domain-specific knowledge about: