# Animate Expo (agent skill)

> Animate Expo is an agent skill (a SKILL.md file) from emilkowalski/skills. Build animations in React Native and Expo, making the decisions in the order that determines whether they feel right — should it animate, which thread it runs on, which properties… It works with Claude Code and has 43,964 GitHub stars across a repository of 13 listed skills.

Build animations in React Native and Expo, making the decisions in the order that determines whether they feel right — should it animate, which thread it runs on, which properties, spring or timing, how the gesture hands off, how it degrades. Writes the implementation with Reanimated, Gesture Handler, Expo Router and expo-haptics. Use when animating anything in an Expo app, adding gestures, sheets, screen transitions, press feedback or haptics, or fixing motion that stutters on device.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/emilkowalski/skills |
| Skill path | skills/animate-expo/SKILL.md |
| Skill name | animate-expo |
| GitHub stars | 43,964 |
| Installs on skills.sh | 86,361 |
| License | MIT |
| Skills in repo | 13 |
| Plugin marketplace | no |
| Official | no |
| Works with | Claude Code |
| Category | Design & frontend |
| Last commit | Oct 2, 2026 |

## When it triggers

- Use when animating anything in an Expo app, adding gestures, sheets, screen transitions, press feedback or haptics, or fixing motion that stutters on device.

## Add this skill

### Claude Code

```sh
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/emilkowalski/skills.git
cp -r skills/skills/animate-expo ~/.claude/skills/animate-expo   # personal, or .claude/skills in a project
```

In the Claude apps, zip the skill folder and upload it under Customize > Skills > + > Upload a skill (code execution must be on).

### ChatGPT / Codex

```sh
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/emilkowalski/skills.git
cp -r skills/skills/animate-expo .agents/skills/animate-expo   # repo; ~/.agents/skills for all projects
```

### Cursor

```sh
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/emilkowalski/skills.git
cp -r skills/skills/animate-expo .cursor/skills/animate-expo   # project; ~/.cursor/skills for all projects
```

Sources (checked 2026-10-07): https://code.claude.com/docs/en/skills, https://support.claude.com/en/articles/12512180-using-skills-in-claude, https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/build-skills, https://cursor.com/docs/context/skills

skills.sh listing: https://www.skills.sh/emilkowalski/skills/animate-expo

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