# Laser Etch

> A website hero where a laser engraver cuts the headline into a real plate and one low raking lamp shows how deep it goes. The tool works like real machines: a fast contour pass, then a gantry raster that scans every line at once or a galvo that hatches each glyph at 45 and 135 degrees. Maple chars dark with the grain showing through, glows along the front and smokes; black anodised aluminium ablates to frosted bright metal and throws sparks. Every letter is a height field with shadows cast inside the cut, and the pointer moves the lamp so the shadows swing. The loop opens on the finished plate, swaps in a blank one and cuts it again. Two layouts ship: a maple board on a bench with the copy on a clamp bar, and a full-bleed anodised plate.

- Output: Web, Headline cut by a laser engraver · page + embed · 1080p loop
- Price: Free
- Page: https://lookbk.dev/skills/laser-etch-hero

## What you need

- Node.js 18 or newer. Nothing to install.
- Chrome, Chromium or Edge, for the checks and the recording (set `CHROME_PATH` if it isn't found).
- ffmpeg, for the video (or set `FFMPEG_PATH`).
- Internet access when the page is opened, for the fonts (pinned with integrity hashes).

## Install

```bash
curl -fsSL https://lookbk.dev/cli.js | node - add laser-etch-hero
```

The first run prints a sign-in link; open it, approve, and run the command again.

Where it installs:

- Run by Claude Code: `~/.claude/skills/laser-etch-hero` only, the one folder Claude Code reads.
- From your own terminal: `~/.agents/skills/laser-etch-hero`, which Codex, Gemini CLI, Copilot CLI, Cursor and OpenCode read, and also `~/.claude/skills/laser-etch-hero` when `~/.claude` exists.

Add `--claude` or `--shared` to write only one of those folders, or `--project` to install into the current folder instead. Start a new agent session afterwards so it picks up the skill.

Credits and licenses: NOTICE.md plus any LICENSE files inside the ZIP.

## Example request

> Build a hero where a laser engraver cuts the headline into a maple board or an anodised plate, read by one low raking lamp the pointer moves.