Neomatter · B2B · Oct 2026
Real-time steering of AI agents | Stacktrace.AI
Stacktrace · Nov 2026 · 2:36 · AI-annotated
A live-action launch film that alternates talking heads in a neutral studio with 3D-tilted terminal and UI mockups, using the same prompt twice to show the breach without the product and the block with it. The structure moves from a concrete sales-demo scenario to founder credibility, then to a rapid run of policy-block demos, closing on a three-founder call to action. Its signature moves are the 3D camera push on dark terminals, the red strikethrough plus BLOCKED BY POLICY badge, and floating 2
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Real-time steering of AI agents | Stacktrace.AI, scene by scene
· 46 scenes as text
01 · Hook · 0:00–0:04
A man in a striped sweater sits in an orange chair against a concrete wall, talking to camera. A white rounded card fades in at his right and builds a profile: a person icon, the title, a subhead, then app tags and green status pills.
On-screen text: “AN EMPLOYEE”, “JUNIOR SALES”, “Salesforce”, “GitHub”, “AWS”, “Google Drive”, “Access approved”, “Judgement”
Camera: Static
02 · Problem · 0:04–0:06
A man in a striped sweater sits then stands on an orange chair in a concrete studio, gesturing, as four white AI app icons pop in on the left and a black softbox hangs at right.
Camera: Pull out
03 · Problem · 0:06–0:07
A presenter in a tan sweater stands in a concrete-walled room, gesturing toward four white app icon tiles on the left. The tiles whip-blur as white pill labels for Salesforce, GitHub and AWS, plus a barcode, pop in on the right.
On-screen text: “Salesforce”, “GitHub”, “AWS”
Camera: Push in
04 · Problem · 0:07–0:09
A man in a tan striped sweater stands in a concrete room, partly hidden by a blurred tripod in the foreground. On the right, four white app icons and pill labels fade and scale in, capped by a green Access approved badge.
On-screen text: “Salesforce”, “GitHub”, “AWS”, “Google Drive”, “Access approved”
Camera: Static
05 · Problem · 0:09–0:13
A man in a tan striped sweater walks in from the left on a white studio set and sits facing camera. At the right, app icons and name chips fade out, then a green Access approved pill and a red Judgement pill slide in and fade.
On-screen text: “Salesforce”, “GitHub”, “AWS”, “Google Drive”, “Access approved”, “Access approved”, “Judgement”
Camera: Static
06 · Problem · 0:13–0:14
A man in a tan striped sweater smiles at the camera against a plain gray backdrop. A dark rounded prompt panel slides down from the top, pushing him to the bottom edge, while a request types out character by character in its input field.
Camera: Pan
07 · Problem · 0:14–0:17
A dark input field tilted in 3D perspective fills the frame as the camera pushes in on the prompt line. Light gray monospace text types out “build a realistic demo for my client” with a cursor, and a faint “? for shortcuts” hint slides out below.
Techniques: 3D mockup, UI zoom, Kinetic type
Camera: Pan
08 · Problem · 0:17–0:22
A dark terminal mockup in 3D perspective rotates flat toward the camera while CLI lines stream in: a Salesforce query, two file writes, a deploy command, and an orange live URL. A white cursor arrow hovers over the link.
Techniques: 3D mockup, Cursor demo
Camera: Pull out
09 · Problem · 0:22–0:23
A dark terminal window types out a build sequence with green bullet points, then the view pulls back to reveal a small browser card on the right showing the deployed customer-health page, while a cursor hovers over the live URL.
Techniques: UI zoom, Cursor demo
Camera: Pull out
10 · Problem · 0:23–0:24
A tilted browser window titled Customer health · renewal demo floats in sharp focus over a blurred Claude Code terminal, its table of masked emails and ARR values readable. The card eases right, revealing more of the dark terminal behind, the two layers drifting at different speeds.
Techniques: 3D mockup, Parallax
Camera: Pan
11 · Problem · 0:24–0:25
A man in a tan sweater with gray and white stripes sits centered against a plain light gray backdrop, speaking to camera. He is revealed quickly from below as a dark bar slides off the top of frame, his face soft with motion blur.
Camera: Pan
12 · Problem · 0:25–0:28
A man in a tan and gray striped sweater sits centered on a plain light gray backdrop, facing the camera and speaking with small hand gestures, a lavalier mic clipped to his collar.
Camera: Static
13 · Problem · 0:28–0:29
A man in a striped sweater sits against a plain white wall, then a fast whip pan right blurs the frame and lands on a second man in a gray shirt seated beside him.
Camera: Push in
14 · Problem · 0:29–0:38
Two men in button-up shirts with lapel mics sit against a plain white backdrop, facing forward before turning to talk. The man on the right turns to the other, gestures with an open hand, then points off frame as the shot tightens on him.
Camera: Push in
15 · Problem · 0:38–0:43
A man in a gray shirt sits centered in a chair, speaking directly to camera. He lifts one hand to gesture, then raises both palms as he talks. A potted plant and wall shelves stay soft behind him.
Camera: Static
16 · Problem · 0:43–0:43
Three laptops sit in a row in 3D perspective, two dark with green terminal code on their screens and one white. They scale into view against a plain white background.
Techniques: 3D mockup
Camera: Static
17 · Problem · 0:43–0:45
Three dark tablets rest on a white surface, screens glowing with green terminal code. The right tablet's progress bar fills to 79 percent while MATCH FOUND flashes across the left tablet's center panel.
Techniques: 3D mockup
Camera: Static
18 · Problem · 0:45–0:46
Three laptops displaying dark code screens with green text sit in a row on a white background. The two outer laptops blur and slide out of frame to the left and right, leaving the center laptop alone and sharp.
Techniques: 3D mockup
Camera: Static
19 · Problem · 0:46–0:56
A flat laptop with green code sits on a pink gradient as four coral pill labels blur in around it, each followed by a crossed-out eye icon. The shot cuts to three laptops in a row, each tagged with a pill: Read-only, Agents disabled, Partial access.
On-screen text: “PULLING CUSTOMER RECORDS”, “BUILDING PROTOTYPES”, “ACCESSING MCP SERVERS”, “PUBLISHING SITES ONLINE”, “Read-only”, “Agents disabled”, “Partial access”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Pull out
20 · Problem · 0:56–0:59
A man in a teal patterned shirt sits in a bright room with a plant and wall shelves, speaking to the camera. Three short labels, Read-only, Agents disabled, and Partial access, scale and slide in over the shot as he talks.
On-screen text: “Read-only”, “Agents disabled”, “Partial access”
Camera: Static
21 · Problem · 0:59–1:03
A man in a blue shirt speaks and gestures in front of a leafy plant. Two toggle switches labeled Autonomy and Control appear on the left, flipping between on and off as he talks.
On-screen text: “Autonomy”, “Control”
Camera: Static
22 · Product intro · 1:03–1:04
A man in a blue shirt speaks and gestures on the right of a locked-off frame, green plants blurred behind him. On the left, two toggle switches sit in white speech bubbles labeled Autonomy, off and light, and Control, on and dark.
On-screen text: “Autonomy”, “Control”
Camera: Static
23 · Product intro · 1:04–1:07
A man in a beige and gray striped sweater talks to camera in front of a leafy plant. On the left, the white S mark with red dots slides in, then the lowercase wordmark types out letter by letter behind a red square block.
On-screen text: “stacktrace”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
24 · Social proof · 1:07–1:10
Three men sit on chairs against a plain light backdrop, facing the camera and speaking. The man on the right lifts his hand in a small gesture. The shot is a static, evenly lit medium frame.
Camera: Static
25 · Social proof · 1:10–1:18
A man in a beige sweater speaks to camera against a light gray wall. The Apache Mesos logo and tagline fade in to his right, then the wordmark gives way to a grid of company logos popping in around the hexagon icon. A dark lower-third card reads Vinod Kone, Co-Founder.
On-screen text: “Vinod Kone”, “Co-Founder”, “Apache MESOS”, “Used by hundreds of companies at scale.”
Camera: Static
26 · Social proof · 1:18–1:24
A curly-haired man in a light blue shirt speaks to camera against a plain gray backdrop. A dark lower-third card fades in at lower left, then four app icons, including Pinterest and Twitter, drop in and float on the right.
On-screen text: “Vinod Kone”, “Co-Founder”, “Micheal Benedict”, “Co-Founder”
Camera: Static
27 · Social proof · 1:24–1:29
A man in a blue patterned shirt speaks to camera against a plain white backdrop. A dark rounded lower third with his name and title slides in from the left, then three rounded logo tiles for AWS, Amazon and Alexa fade in and drift on the right.
On-screen text: “Micheal Benedict”, “Co-Founder”, “Prasanth Ganta”, “Co-Founder”
Camera: Static
28 · Feature reveal · 1:29–1:36
A man in a gray shirt sits at a desk with a dark laptop, speaking to camera against a wood-paneled wall. He gestures with his hands and points directly at the viewer mid-scene while a lavalier mic is clipped to his collar.
Camera: Static
29 · Feature reveal · 1:36–1:37
A man in a gray shirt speaks to camera against a wood-paneled wall, then the frame crossfades into a 3D terminal window floating in a dark gradient space, showing a build command and a status line.
Techniques: 3D mockup
Camera: Static
30 · Feature reveal · 1:37–1:49
A dark terminal window floats tilted in 3D on white. Log lines appear one by one, the camera pushes in, the deploy line gets a red strikethrough, and a red 'BLOCKED BY POLICY' badge pops in on the right, followed by an orange block note and a corrected deploy line.
On-screen text: “BLOCKED BY POLICY”, “Personal data sent to an outside service”
Techniques: 3D mockup, UI zoom
Camera: Push in
31 · Feature reveal · 1:49–1:50
A dark terminal window, angled in 3D perspective, lists prototype build steps with green status dots and orange warnings. A white browser card slides in from the right showing a sign-in form for the demo site.
Techniques: 3D mockup
Camera: Pull out
32 · Feature reveal · 1:50–1:50
A dark terminal and a browser sign-in card float in 3D perspective on a light gray field. The terminal lists build steps, one crossed out in red, ending on a live login badge; the card shows a sign-in form. The two panels hold nearly still.
Techniques: 3D mockup
Camera: Static
33 · Feature reveal · 1:50–1:51
A man in a gray shirt sits at a laptop before a wood-paneled wall, gesturing with both hands as he speaks. A browser login card on the right fades out in the first half-second.
Camera: Static
34 · Feature reveal · 1:51–1:54
A man in a gray shirt sits before a wood-paneled wall, gesturing with his hand as he speaks to camera. A white Slack-style alert card floats at the upper right, listing a blocked deployment action. A laptop sits at the lower right edge.
Camera: Static
35 · Feature reveal · 1:54–1:57
A man in a teal shirt sits before a wood-paneled wall, speaking and gesturing. To his right, a glowing laptop and cloud icon pop in, then four dark app badges labeled Devin, Claude Code, Codex and Cursor slide in from the right.
On-screen text: “Devin”, “Claude Code”, “Codex”, “Cursor”
Camera: Static
36 · Feature reveal · 1:57–1:58
A man in a teal shirt talks before a wood wall as dark tiles labeled Devin, Claude Code, Codex, Cursor float at right beside glowing laptop and cloud icons. The tiles slide out and a dark terminal window scales in at center with a command line.
On-screen text: “Devin”, “Claude Code”, “Codex”, “Cursor”
Camera: Static
37 · Feature reveal · 1:58–2:02
A dark terminal card floats in 3D perspective on a white field. A kubectl delete command types out, then a red strikethrough crosses it and a red BLOCKED BY POLICY badge scales in over a small caption. The card rotates flat to face the viewer, then tilts back into perspective.
Techniques: 3D mockup, Kinetic type
Camera: Static
38 · Feature reveal · 2:02–2:03
A 3D-tilted settings panel of a stacktrace policy page rotates gently in perspective on a soft white background, two glowing green rounded panels drifting to its right.
Techniques: 3D mockup
Camera: Static
39 · Feature reveal · 2:03–2:06
A tilted 3D mockup of the stacktrace Policy page anchors the left, beside a 2x4 grid of agent cards. The green cards snap to dark tiles with red borders and a blocked tag as the orange headline BLOCKED ON EVERY AGENT fades in on top.
On-screen text: “BLOCKED ON EVERY AGENT”
Techniques: 3D mockup
Camera: Static
40 · Feature reveal · 2:06–2:11
A dark terminal card logs repeating retry lines with error 502 while an orange token counter ticks up. The camera zooms in as a green Steer input line appears, then a white 1.2M tokens saved pill slides in with a teal glow, and the card dissolves into a talking head.
On-screen text: “1.2M tokens saved”
Techniques: UI zoom
Camera: Push in
41 · Other · 2:11–2:12
A man in a tan sweater talks on the left against a plain gray wall. On the right, the small label CODING AGENTS sits above four white pill badges with logos for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and Devin, the last two sliding in.
On-screen text: “CODING AGENTS”, “Claude Code”, “Codex”, “Cursor”, “Devin”
Camera: Static
42 · Other · 2:12–2:21
A man in a tan sweater speaks at left on a gray backdrop. At right, chips under CODING AGENTS and PERSONAL AGENTS drop dotted lines into a bar reading YOUR SYSTEMS • DATA • BUSINESS, then a dark stacktrace bar and a glowing cyan pill reading Real work, safely slide in.
On-screen text: “CODING AGENTS”, “Claude Code”, “Codex”, “Cursor”, “Devin”, “PERSONAL AGENTS”, “Muse”, “Instinct”, “Gork Bot”, “YOUR SYSTEMS • DATA • BUSINESS', 'stacktrace', 'sees every action • blocks what it shouldn't do', 'Real work, safely”
Camera: Static
43 · CTA · 2:21–2:27
Three men sit on stools against a white backdrop, the center one speaking and gesturing with his hands. A gradient pill banner fades in at the top carrying the call to action.
On-screen text: “Book a demo • stacktrace.ai”
Camera: Pull out
44 · CTA · 2:27–2:28
Three men in casual shirts sit on stools against a plain light gray backdrop, facing the camera. A gradient pill banner reading “Book a demo • stacktrace.ai” is locked at the top of the frame. The shot is static.
On-screen text: “Book a demo • stacktrace.ai”
Camera: Static
45 · Outro · 2:28–2:34
A dim shot of three seated men fades to a dark grid as the stacktrace logo and wordmark type in behind an orange block. The tagline and the demo URL settle below, then the whole frame fades to black.
On-screen text: “Book a demo • stacktrace.ai”, “Give agents autonomy without losing control.”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
46 · Outro · 2:34–2:36
The frame holds as a solid black screen for the full two seconds. No text, logo, interface or motion appears; the scene stays a blank dark hold with no visible elements.
Camera: Static







