Animation Motion Design

What it does

When your agent uses it

• Implementing component animations
• Page transitions
• Micro-interactions
• Gesture-driven UIs

Example prompts

• “/animation-motion-design”

Requirements

• Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Claude Code 2.1.277+.
• Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Read, Glob, Grep, WebFetch, WebSearch

Workflow steps

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

1. 160fps or nothing — Only animate transform and opacity (composite properties). Never animate width, height, top, or left.
2. 2Centralized presets — Define animation variants in a shared file, not inline on every component.
3. 3AnimatePresence for exits — React unmounts instantly; wrap with AnimatePresence to animate out.
4. 4Spring over duration — Springs feel natural and are interruptible. Use stiffness/damping, not duration.
5. 5Respect user preferences — Always check prefers-reduced-motion and provide instant alternatives.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit e4ff8d9. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

• Tool permissions

  Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:

  • Read
  • Glob
  • Grep
  • WebFetch
  • WebSearch

  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 typescript).

  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.

• Compatibility

  Claude Code 2.1.277+.

  From compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

Context cost

Animation Motion Design loads about 2k tokens when it runs, and up to ~5.1k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 74 tokens; SKILL.md has 540 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~74

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~2k

With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them

~5.1k

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

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 yonatangross/orchestkit at commit e4ff8d9, republished under its MIT licence (© yonatangross). 540 words, ~1,958 tokens.

name

animation-motion-design

description

Animation and motion design patterns using Motion library (formerly Framer Motion) and View Transitions API. Use when implementing component animations, page transitions, micro-interactions, gesture-driven UIs, or ensuring motion accessibility with prefers-reduced-motion.

allowed-tools

Read, Glob, Grep, WebFetch, WebSearch

compatibility

Claude Code 2.1.277+.

license

MIT

user-invocable

false

disable-model-invocation

true

metadata.owner-agent

frontend-ui-developer

metadata.category

document-asset-creation

metadata.version

1.0.0

metadata.author

OrchestKit

metadata.complexity

medium

metadata.tags

animation, motion, framer-motion, view-transitions, micro-interactions, gestures, layout-animation, AnimatePresence, prefers-reduced-motion, spring-physics

path_patterns

**/animation/**, **/motion/**, *.motion.*, *.framer.*

import { motion, AnimatePresence } from "motion/react"

const fadeInUp = {
  initial: { opacity: 0, y: 20 },
  animate: { opacity: 1, y: 0 },
  exit: { opacity: 0, y: -10 },
  transition: { type: "spring", stiffness: 300, damping: 24 },
}

function Card({ item }: { item: Item }) {
  return (
    <motion.div {...fadeInUp} layout layoutId={item.id}>
      {item.content}
    </motion.div>
  )
}

function CardList({ items }: { items: Item[] }) {
  return (
    <AnimatePresence mode="wait">
      {items.map((item) => (
        <Card key={item.id} item={item} />
      ))}
    </AnimatePresence>
  )
}

// React Router v7+ with View Transitions
import { Link, useNavigate } from "react-router"

function NavLink({ to, children }: { to: string; children: React.ReactNode }) {
  return <Link to={to} viewTransition>{children}</Link>
}

// CSS for the transition
// ::view-transition-old(root) { animation: fade-out 200ms ease; }
// ::view-transition-new(root) { animation: fade-in 200ms ease; }

import { useReducedMotion } from "motion/react"

function AnimatedComponent() {
  const shouldReduceMotion = useReducedMotion()

  return (
    <motion.div
      animate={{ x: 100 }}
      transition={shouldReduceMotion
        ? { duration: 0 }
        : { type: "spring", stiffness: 300, damping: 24 }
      }
    />
  )
}

© yonatangross, 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 12 other files (references) in src/skills/animation-motion-design of yonatangross/orchestkit.

• SKILL.md
• references/animation-presets-library.md
• references/micro-interactions-catalog.md
• references/motion-vs-view-transitions.md
• rules/_sections.md
• rules/_template.md
• rules/motion-accessibility.md
• rules/motion-exit.md
• rules/motion-gestures.md
• rules/motion-layout.md
• rules/motion-performance.md
• rules/view-transitions-api.md
• test-cases.json

Open the folder on GitHubat commit e4ff8d9