Agent skill

Animated Content

by thedaviddias in thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist

A skill your agent uses when auditing slow page loads, heavy assets, or rendering delays related to Convert animated GIFs to video.

MITAuto-check passedMedia & Creative

Install Animated Content

skills CLI
$ npx skills add thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist --skill animated-content -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist animated-content --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/thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/animated-content .claude/skills/animated-content && 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
animated-content
GitHub stars
74k
Token cost
~413 tokens
SKILL.md length
161 words
Files
2 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
390
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when auditing slow page loads, heavy assets, or rendering delays related to Convert animated GIFs to video.

  • Auditing slow page loads
  • SKILL.md covers Quick Reference, Check, Fix and Explain, plus 1 more section
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Rendering delays related to Convert animated GIFs to video

What it does

Animated Content is an agent skill from thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist. Use when auditing slow page loads, heavy assets, or rendering delays related to Convert animated GIFs to video. Verify the actual bottleneck in DevTools, Lighthouse, or field data before recommending changes.

Its SKILL.md is about 410 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files, including reference files (for example `references/rule.md`).

It sits in Media & Creative, covering Social media graphics and Web performance. The repository describes itself as: 🗂 The essential checklist for modern web development, for humans and AI agents. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Auditing slow page loads
  • Rendering delays related to Convert animated GIFs to video

Example prompts

  • “/animated-content”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit e8d14d0. 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

    Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

    • frontendchecklist.io

    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

Animated Content loads about 413 tokens when it runs, and up to ~1.3k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 56 tokens; SKILL.md has 161 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~56
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~413
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~1.3k

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 thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist at commit e8d14d0, republished under its MIT licence (© thedaviddias). 161 words, ~413 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/animated-content/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
animated-content
description
Use when auditing slow page loads, heavy assets, or rendering delays related to Convert animated GIFs to video. Verify the actual bottleneck in DevTools, Lighthouse, or field data before recommending changes.
metadata.category
performance
metadata.priority
medium
metadata.difficulty
intermediate
metadata.estimatedTime
10
metadata.source
frontendchecklist.io
metadata.url
https://frontendchecklist.io/rules/performance/animated-content

Convert animated GIFs to video

Large animated GIFs can significantly increase page weight and consume excessive CPU/memory, leading to slower page loads and poor scrolling performance.

Quick Reference

  • Use <video> instead of large GIFs for animations
  • GIFs are significantly larger than MP4/WebM
  • Videos allow for better control and performance

Check

Check for large animated GIFs that could be replaced with more efficient video formats like MP4 or WebM.

Fix

Convert animated GIFs to MP4 or WebM and use the <video> tag with autoplay, loop, muted, and playsinline attributes.

Explain

Explain why video formats are more efficient than GIFs for animated content and how they improve performance.

Code Review

Review the routes, assets, and loading behavior that affect Convert animated GIFs to video. Flag exact files, requests, or rendering steps that add unnecessary network, CPU, or layout cost, and describe the measurement method used to confirm the issue.


For full implementation details, code examples, and framework-specific guidance, see references/rule.md.

Rule page: https://frontendchecklist.io/rules/performance/animated-content

© thedaviddias, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file (references) in skills/animated-content of thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/rule.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit e8d14d0

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Typography Cover Designersugarforever/01coder-agent-skills137—~3.3kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Satoriusenotra/notra256—~3kAutomated safety check: PassAGPL-3.0
Canghe Cover Imagefreestylefly/canghe-skills4612 repos~2.3kAutomated safety check: PassNone

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Questions about Animated Content

What does Animated Content do?

A skill your agent uses when auditing slow page loads, heavy assets, or rendering delays related to Convert animated GIFs to video. Animated Content is an agent skill from thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist. Use when auditing slow page loads, heavy assets, or rendering delays related to Convert animated GIFs to video.

When should I use Animated Content?

Animated Content fits situations like: auditing slow page loads; rendering delays related to Convert animated GIFs to video.

How do I install Animated Content in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist --skill animated-content -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/animated-content in thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist) into .claude/skills/animated-content in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Animated Content in Codex?

Run `npx skills add thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist --skill animated-content -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/animated-content in thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist) into .agents/skills/animated-content in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Animated Content 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 thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist --skill animated-content -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/animated-content, .gemini/skills/animated-content, .github/skills/animated-content and .opencode/skills/animated-content in your project.

What does Animated Content need to run?

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

Does Animated Content access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: frontendchecklist.io. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Animated Content 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 Animated Content use?

Animated Content is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Animated Content use?

About 413 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.7k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 838 tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Animated Content?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Animated Content: Brand and Design Toolkit (nextlevelbuilder/ui-ux-pro-max-skill, 134k stars), Text to PNG Card Caster (lijigang/ljg-skills, 7.5k stars), Typography Cover Designer (sugarforever/01coder-agent-skills, 137 stars) and Satori (usenotra/notra, 256 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Animated Content?

thedaviddias (a GitHub user) maintains it in thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist, which has 74,421 GitHub stars. The repository holds 390 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 6, 2026.

Source: thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.