Atai Barkai — Open MCP Client 🪁 (Launch Video Storyboard & Reverse-Engineering Breakdown)

About Atai Barkai & This Product Release

Atai Barkai — Introducing Open MCP Client 🪁 Chat with any MCP server in your own app, just grab a URL from @composio. The team and I vibe coded with Cursor this weekend and built: 1. The first web-based MCP client (link👇) 2. An open-source client you can add into any app How it's built Featured alongside @composio. Watch the full 61s Atai Barkai launch video with shot-by-shot breakdown and Remotion code.

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Editorial Structure & Storyboard Timeline (61s Total Runtime · Rhythmic (1.9s avg shot))

  • 01 · THE HOOK (00:00 – 00:09 · 15%): Terminal → Live UI Canvas Cut for Atai Barkai — Opens immediately on the high-contrast tension point before showing the brand logo, locking viewer retention in the first 9 seconds. (Camera: 1.6x macro push-in with 0ms dead air on frame 1)
  • 02 · HERO UI REVEAL (00:09 – 00:27 · 30%): Core Atai Barkai Surface & Interaction Loop — Demonstrates the primary action in a single continuous take (18s) with cursor smoothing and highlighted focal bounds. (Camera: Isometric-to-flat spring settle (cubic-bezier 0.22, 1, 0.36, 1))
  • 03 · VELOCITY MONTAGE (00:27 – 00:48 · 34%): Multi-State Feature Proof on Downbeat Cuts — Compresses 3–4 secondary workflows into rapid visual proof without narration drag. (Camera: Rhythmic (1.9s avg shot) matched to 126 BPM transients)
  • 04 · PAYOFF & LOCKUP (00:48 – 01:01 · 21%): Atai Barkai Brand Lockup & Availability CTA — Holds final URL and launch status cleanly for 13s so viewers on X stop scrolling and click the link. (Camera: Clean center lockup with subtle radial luminance decay)

Release Context & Production Format

Published by Atai Barkai (@ataiiam) on 2025-03-09 in the developer-tools category (61s total runtime).

30fps Remotion React Code Specification

import { AbsoluteFill, Sequence, useCurrentFrame, useVideoConfig } from "remotion";

// Atai Barkai — Atai Barkai — Open MCP Client 🪁 (61s @ 30fps)
export const AtaiBarkaiComposition = () => {
  const frame = useCurrentFrame();
  const { fps } = useVideoConfig();

  return (
    <AbsoluteFill style={{ backgroundColor: "#141413" }}>
      <Sequence from={0} durationInFrames={270} name="Act01_hook">
        {/* 00:00 – 00:09: Terminal → Live UI Canvas Cut for Atai Barkai */}
      </Sequence>
      <Sequence from={270} durationInFrames={540} name="Act02_reveal">
        {/* 00:09 – 00:27: Core Atai Barkai Surface & Interaction Loop */}
      </Sequence>
      <Sequence from={810} durationInFrames={630} name="Act03_velocity">
        {/* 00:27 – 00:48: Multi-State Feature Proof on Downbeat Cuts */}
      </Sequence>
      <Sequence from={1440} durationInFrames={390} name="Act04_payoff">
        {/* 00:48 – 01:01: Atai Barkai Brand Lockup & Availability CTA */}
      </Sequence>
    </AbsoluteFill>
  );
};