Agent skill

Lottie Bodymovin

A skill your agent uses when implementing Disney's 12 animation principles with Lottie animations exported from After Effects

AGPL-3.0Auto-check passedMedia & Creative

Install Lottie Bodymovin

skills CLI

$ npx skills add calesthio/OpenMontage --skill lottie-bodymovin -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install calesthio/OpenMontage lottie-bodymovin --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/calesthio/OpenMontage.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/lottie-bodymovin .claude/skills/lottie-bodymovin && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Paste into Claude Code

Install the "lottie-bodymovin" agent skill from https://github.com/calesthio/OpenMontage/tree/main/.agents/skills/lottie-bodymovin into .claude/skills/lottie-bodymovin/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "lottie-bodymovin", then confirm the skill loads.

Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

$skill-installer

$skill-installer install https://github.com/calesthio/OpenMontage/tree/main/.agents/skills/lottie-bodymovin

Type this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add calesthio/OpenMontage --skill lottie-bodymovin -a codex

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install calesthio/OpenMontage lottie-bodymovin --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/calesthio/OpenMontage.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/lottie-bodymovin .agents/skills/lottie-bodymovin && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.

Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/

Paste into Codex

Install the "lottie-bodymovin" agent skill from https://github.com/calesthio/OpenMontage/tree/main/.agents/skills/lottie-bodymovin into .agents/skills/lottie-bodymovin/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "lottie-bodymovin", then confirm the skill loads.

Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add calesthio/OpenMontage --skill lottie-bodymovin -a cursor

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install calesthio/OpenMontage lottie-bodymovin --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/calesthio/OpenMontage.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/lottie-bodymovin .cursor/skills/lottie-bodymovin && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.

Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/

Paste into Cursor

Install the "lottie-bodymovin" agent skill from https://github.com/calesthio/OpenMontage/tree/main/.agents/skills/lottie-bodymovin into .cursor/skills/lottie-bodymovin/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "lottie-bodymovin", then confirm the skill loads.

Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

gemini skills install

$ gemini skills install https://github.com/calesthio/OpenMontage.git --path .agents/skills/lottie-bodymovin

--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add calesthio/OpenMontage --skill lottie-bodymovin -a gemini-cli

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install calesthio/OpenMontage lottie-bodymovin --agent gemini-cli

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/calesthio/OpenMontage.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/lottie-bodymovin .gemini/skills/lottie-bodymovin && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.

Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into Gemini CLI

Install the "lottie-bodymovin" agent skill from https://github.com/calesthio/OpenMontage/tree/main/.agents/skills/lottie-bodymovin into .gemini/skills/lottie-bodymovin/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "lottie-bodymovin", then confirm the skill loads.

Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install calesthio/OpenMontage lottie-bodymovin

Installs for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

skills CLI

$ npx skills add calesthio/OpenMontage --skill lottie-bodymovin -a github-copilot

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/calesthio/OpenMontage.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/lottie-bodymovin .github/skills/lottie-bodymovin && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.

GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into GitHub Copilot

Install the "lottie-bodymovin" agent skill from https://github.com/calesthio/OpenMontage/tree/main/.agents/skills/lottie-bodymovin into .github/skills/lottie-bodymovin/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "lottie-bodymovin", then confirm the skill loads.

GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add calesthio/OpenMontage --skill lottie-bodymovin -a opencode

OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install calesthio/OpenMontage lottie-bodymovin --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/calesthio/OpenMontage.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/lottie-bodymovin .opencode/skills/lottie-bodymovin && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.

OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into OpenCode

Install the "lottie-bodymovin" agent skill from https://github.com/calesthio/OpenMontage/tree/main/.agents/skills/lottie-bodymovin into .opencode/skills/lottie-bodymovin/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "lottie-bodymovin", then confirm the skill loads.

OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

Facts

Skill name: lottie-bodymovin
GitHub stars: 66k
Token cost: ~930 tokens
SKILL.md length: 262 words
Files: 1
Skills in repo: 41
Repo updated: Oct 3, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: AGPL-3.0

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when implementing Disney's 12 animation principles with Lottie animations exported from After Effects

Works in 12 steps: Squash and Stretch → Anticipation → Staging → …
Implementing Disneys 12 animation principles with Lottie animations exported from After Effects
SKILL.md covers 1. Squash and Stretch, 2. Anticipation, 3. Staging and 4. Straight Ahead / Pose to Pose, plus 10 more sections
Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Lottie Bodymovin is an agent skill from calesthio/OpenMontage. Use when implementing Disney's 12 animation principles with Lottie animations exported from After Effects

Its SKILL.md is about 930 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Media & Creative, covering Motion graphics. It works with Lottie. The repository describes itself as: World's first open-source, agentic video production system. 12 production pipelines, 100+ tools, 700+ agent skill and production-knowledge files. Turn your AI coding assistant… The licence is AGPL-3.0.

When your agent uses it

Implementing Disneys 12 animation principles with Lottie animations exported from After Effects
Tasks that involve Motion graphics

Example prompts

“/lottie-bodymovin”

Workflow steps

12 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

Squash and Stretch
Anticipation
Staging
Straight Ahead / Pose to Pose
Follow Through and Overlapping Action
Slow In and Slow Out
Arc
Secondary Action
Timing
Exaggeration
Solid Drawing
Appeal

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 9327439. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are javascript).
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Lottie Bodymovin loads about 930 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 31 tokens; SKILL.md has 262 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~31
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~930

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from calesthio/OpenMontage at commit 9327439, republished under its AGPL-3.0 licence (© calesthio). 262 words, ~930 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/lottie-bodymovin/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).

name: lottie-bodymovin
description: Use when implementing Disney's 12 animation principles with Lottie animations exported from After Effects

Lottie Animation Principles

Implement all 12 Disney animation principles using Lottie (Bodymovin) for vector animations.

1. Squash and Stretch

In After Effects before export:

Animate Scale X and Y inversely
Use expression: s = transform.scale[1]; [100 + (100-s), s]

javascript

// Control at runtime
lottie.setSpeed(1.5); // affect squash timing

2. Anticipation

Structure your AE composition:

Frames 0-10: Wind-up pose
Frames 10-40: Main action
Frames 40-50: Settle

javascript

// Play anticipation segment
anim.playSegments([0, 10], true);
setTimeout(() => anim.playSegments([10, 50], true), 200);

3. Staging

javascript

// Layer multiple Lotties
<div className="scene">
  <Lottie animationData={background} style={{ opacity: 0.6 }} />
  <Lottie animationData={hero} style={{ zIndex: 10 }} />
</div>

4. Straight Ahead / Pose to Pose

Pose to pose in AE:

Set keyframes at key poses
Let AE interpolate between
Use Easy Ease for smoothing

javascript

// Jump to specific poses
anim.goToAndStop(25, true); // frame 25

5. Follow Through and Overlapping Action

In After Effects:

Offset child layer keyframes by 2-4 frames
Use parenting with delayed expressions
thisComp.layer("Parent").transform.position.valueAtTime(time - 0.05)

6. Slow In and Slow Out

AE Keyframe settings:

Select keyframes > Easy Ease (F9)
Use Graph Editor to adjust curves
Bezier handles control acceleration

javascript

// Adjust playback speed dynamically
anim.setSpeed(0.5); // slower
anim.setSpeed(2); // faster

7. Arc

In After Effects:

Use motion paths (position property)
Convert keyframes to Bezier
Pull handles to create arcs
Or use "Auto-Orient to Path"

8. Secondary Action

javascript

// Trigger secondary animation
mainAnim.addEventListener('complete', () => {
  secondaryAnim.play();
});

// Or sync with frame
mainAnim.addEventListener('enterFrame', (e) => {
  if (e.currentTime > 15) particleAnim.play();
});

9. Timing

javascript

anim.setSpeed(0.5);  // half speed - dramatic
anim.setSpeed(1);    // normal
anim.setSpeed(2);    // double speed - snappy

// Or control frame rate in AE export
// 24fps = cinematic, 30fps = smooth, 60fps = fluid

10. Exaggeration

In After Effects:

Push scale beyond 100% (120-150%)
Overshoot rotation
Use Overshoot expression
amp = 15; freq = 3; decay = 5; n = 0; time_start = key(1).time; if (time > time_start) { n = (time - time_start) / thisComp.frameDuration; amp * Math.sin(freq*n) / Math.exp(decay*n/100); } else { 0; }

11. Solid Drawing

In After Effects:

Use 3D layers
Apply perspective camera
Animate Z position and rotation
Use depth of field

12. Appeal

Design principles in AE:

Smooth curves over sharp angles
Consistent timing patterns
Pleasing color palette
Clean vector shapes

javascript

// React Lottie with hover
<Lottie
  animationData={data}
  onMouseEnter={() => anim.setDirection(1)}
  onMouseLeave={() => anim.setDirection(-1)}
/>

Lottie Implementation

javascript

import Lottie from 'lottie-react';
import animationData from './animation.json';

<Lottie
  animationData={animationData}
  loop={true}
  autoplay={true}
  style={{ width: 200, height: 200 }}
/>

Key Lottie Features

playSegments([start, end]) - Play frame range
setSpeed(n) - Control timing
setDirection(1/-1) - Forward/reverse
goToAndStop(frame) - Pose control
addEventListener - Frame events
Interactivity via lottie-interactivity

Files

Just SKILL.md in .agents/skills/lottie-bodymovin of calesthio/OpenMontage.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9327439

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Questions about Lottie Bodymovin

What does Lottie Bodymovin do?

A skill your agent uses when implementing Disney's 12 animation principles with Lottie animations exported from After Effects. Lottie Bodymovin is an agent skill from calesthio/OpenMontage.

When should I use Lottie Bodymovin?

Lottie Bodymovin fits situations like: implementing Disneys 12 animation principles with Lottie animations exported from After Effects; tasks that involve Motion graphics.

How do I install Lottie Bodymovin in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add calesthio/OpenMontage --skill lottie-bodymovin -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/lottie-bodymovin in calesthio/OpenMontage) into .claude/skills/lottie-bodymovin in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Lottie Bodymovin in Codex?

Run `npx skills add calesthio/OpenMontage --skill lottie-bodymovin -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/lottie-bodymovin in calesthio/OpenMontage) into .agents/skills/lottie-bodymovin in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Lottie Bodymovin in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add calesthio/OpenMontage --skill lottie-bodymovin -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/lottie-bodymovin, .gemini/skills/lottie-bodymovin, .github/skills/lottie-bodymovin and .opencode/skills/lottie-bodymovin in your project.

What does Lottie Bodymovin need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Lottie Bodymovin is instructions for the agent only.

Does Lottie Bodymovin access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Lottie Bodymovin safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Lottie Bodymovin use?

Lottie Bodymovin is published under the AGPL-3.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Lottie Bodymovin use?

About 930 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.7k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Lottie Bodymovin?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Lottie Bodymovin: HyperFrames Animation (heygen-com/hyperframes, 60k stars), Oil Motion (oil-oil/oil-motion, 2.6k stars), Hyperframes Animation (chmonitor/chmonitor, 301 stars) and Celebration Scene Ideas (epam/ai-dial-chat, 504 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Lottie Bodymovin?

calesthio (a GitHub user) maintains it in calesthio/OpenMontage, which has 65,930 GitHub stars. The repository holds 41 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 3, 2026.

Source: calesthio/OpenMontage on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.

Install Lottie Bodymovin

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Lottie Animation Principles

1. Squash and Stretch

2. Anticipation

3. Staging

4. Straight Ahead / Pose to Pose

5. Follow Through and Overlapping Action

6. Slow In and Slow Out

7. Arc

8. Secondary Action

9. Timing

10. Exaggeration

11. Solid Drawing

12. Appeal

Lottie Implementation

Key Lottie Features

Files

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