Agent skill

Motion Design

by planetabhi in planetabhi/riseofmachine

Load this skill when adding or reviewing web UI motion such as animations, transitions, entrances and exits, hovers, modals, dropdowns, toasts, page transitions, and micro-interactions.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedFrontend & Design

Install Motion Design

skills CLI
$ npx skills add planetabhi/riseofmachine --skill motion-design -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install planetabhi/riseofmachine motion-design --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/planetabhi/riseofmachine.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/motion-design .claude/skills/motion-design && 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/

Facts

Skill name
motion-design
GitHub stars
111
Token cost
~1.6k tokens
SKILL.md length
687 words
Files
11
Skills in repo
6
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Load this skill when adding or reviewing web UI motion such as animations, transitions, entrances and exits, hovers, modals, dropdowns, toasts, page transitions, and micro-interactions.

  • Works in 7 steps: Decide whether to animate. Apply the… → Choose what moves. Animate transform and… → Choose the technique. Use a CSS… → …
  • Add a transition
  • SKILL.md covers Core mandate, Confirmation, Decision sequence and Decision gate, plus 3 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Motion Design is an agent skill from planetabhi/riseofmachine. Load this skill when adding or reviewing web UI motion such as animations, transitions, entrances and exits, hovers, modals, dropdowns, toasts, page transitions, and micro-interactions. Triggers on "animate", "add a transition", "make it move", "motion", "fade", "slide", "stagger", "open and close". Builds dependency-free, Baseline-first, framework-agnostic CSS, with the Web Animations API and View Transitions API where they help.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.6k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 11 other files (for example `reference/accessibility.md`, `reference/checklist.md` and `reference/credits.md`).

It sits in Frontend & Design, covering Web animation and motion, Motion graphics and Frontend development. The repository describes itself as: AI tools curated by autonomous agents for makers and SMBs.

When your agent uses it

  • Add a transition
  • Tasks that involve Web animation and motion
  • Tasks that involve Motion graphics

Example prompts

  • “animate”
  • “add a transition”
  • “make it move”
  • “/motion-design”

Workflow steps

7 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Decide whether to animate. Apply the frequency and purpose gate in the next section, and be willing to ship no animation. Refer to…
  2. Choose what moves. Animate transform and opacity only, and keep off layout properties. Refer to reference/performance.md.
  3. Choose the technique. Use a CSS transition for a state change, a CSS animation for a loop, the Web Animations API for scripted or…
  4. Shape the entrance and exit. Decelerate in, make the exit faster, set transform-origin at the trigger for popovers, and stagger short…
  5. Define the reduced-motion alternative. Provide a real substitute such as a cross-fade, not just an off switch. Refer to…
  6. Make it interruptible. Let the user reverse or redirect the motion mid-flight where that is expected. Refer to reference/interactivity.md.
  7. Verify performance and quality. Hold 60fps on a mid-range device, then run the checklist. Code inspection cannot confirm frame rate or…

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 7546814. 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.

    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

Motion Design loads about 1.6k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 112 tokens; SKILL.md has 687 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~112
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.6k

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

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 687 words (~1,615 tokens).

“Apply these rules to every animation and transition. Examples are dependency-free CSS, plus the Web Animations API and the View Transitions API. They translate directly to any framework or utility system. The detailed rules and patterns are bundled under ./reference/…”

— opening of SKILL.md by planetabhi, Custom licence
name
motion-design

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 10 other files in .agents/skills/motion-design of planetabhi/riseofmachine.

  • SKILL.md
  • reference/accessibility.md
  • reference/checklist.md
  • reference/credits.md
  • reference/entrances-and-exits.md
  • reference/interactivity.md
  • reference/motion-tokens.md
  • reference/patterns.md
  • reference/performance.md
  • reference/principles.md
  • reference/techniques.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 7546814

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Questions about Motion Design

What does Motion Design do?

Load this skill when adding or reviewing web UI motion such as animations, transitions, entrances and exits, hovers, modals, dropdowns, toasts, page transitions, and micro-interactions. Motion Design is an agent skill from planetabhi/riseofmachine. Load this skill when adding or reviewing web UI motion such as animations, transitions, entrances and exits, hovers, modals, dropdowns, toasts, page transitions, and micro-interactions.

When should I use Motion Design?

Motion Design fits situations like: add a transition; tasks that involve Web animation and motion; tasks that involve Motion graphics.

How do I install Motion Design in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Motion Design in Codex?

Run `npx skills add planetabhi/riseofmachine --skill motion-design -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/motion-design in planetabhi/riseofmachine) into .agents/skills/motion-design in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Motion Design 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 planetabhi/riseofmachine --skill motion-design -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/motion-design, .gemini/skills/motion-design, .github/skills/motion-design and .opencode/skills/motion-design in your project.

What does Motion Design need to run?

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

Does Motion Design 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 Motion Design 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 Motion Design use?

Motion Design has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Motion Design use?

About 1.6k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 6.5k 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 Motion Design?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Motion Design: Frontend UI Animator (julianromli/opencode-template, 144 stars), Yuv Pilot (hoodini/ai-agents-skills, 282 stars), Motion Design (LottieFiles/motion-design-skill, 2k stars) and Gsap (boraoztunc/skills, 397 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Motion Design?

planetabhi (a GitHub user) maintains it in planetabhi/riseofmachine, which has 111 GitHub stars. The repository holds 6 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

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