Aurora Background

Dark panel with three independently-animating radial gradient blobs that drift and scale using CSS @keyframes — creating an aurora borealis effect with no JavaScript. Supports optional title and body text overlaid on the effect. Ideal for hero sections, cover slides, and atmospheric backgrounds on google-meet-stage.

Surfaces
webgoogle-meet-stagegoogle-apps-script-webmcp-apps
Degraded on
SurfaceNote
pdfRenders as a static gradient panel without animation
google-chatCSS animation not supported; renders as solid background
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Fields
FieldType
colorsarray of up to 3 hex colour strings. Default ["#38bdf8","#818cf8","#34d399"].optional
speed"slow" | "normal" | "fast" (optional, default "slow")optional
opacityfloat 0–1 (optional, default 0.5). Blob layer opacity.optional
backgroundstring. Panel background colour. Default "#0a0f1d".optional
titlestring. Text heading overlaid on the aurora.optional
bodystring. Body text overlaid on the aurora (markdown inline supported).optional
Example payload
{
  "type": "aurora_background"
}
ARD catalog entry
{
  "identifier": "urn:air:a2uicatalog.ai:atom:aurora_background",
  "displayName": "Aurora Background",
  "type": "application/vnd.a2ui.atom+json",
  "url": "https://a2uicatalog.ai/atoms/aurora_background",
  "capabilities": [
    "web",
    "google-meet-stage",
    "google-apps-script-web",
    "mcp-apps"
  ],
  "description": "Dark panel with three independently-animating radial gradient blobs that drift and scale using CSS @keyframes \u2014 creating an aurora borealis effect with no JavaScript. Supports optional title and body text overlaid on the effect. Ideal for hero sections, cover slides, and atmospheric backgrounds on google-meet-stage.",
  "representativeQueries": [
    "show a animated aurora borealis gradient blob background, CSS-only",
    "dark panel with three independently-animating radial gradient blobs that drift and scale using css @",
    "render a aurora background"
  ]
}
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Deploy your own Google Apps Script renderer

The renderer is an open-source Google Apps Script web app. Deploy your own instance in 4 commands — you own the URL, no dependency on the demo endpoint.

git clone https://github.com/a2uicatalog/a2ui
cd a2ui/apps-script-surface/gas-wired-renderer
clasp push && clasp deploy
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