# Animate (agent skill)

> Animate is an agent skill (a SKILL.md file) from emilkowalski/skills. Build an animation from scratch, making the decisions in the order that determines whether it feels right — should it animate at all, what purpose, which tool, which properties, which curve… It works with Claude Code and has 43,964 GitHub stars across a repository of 13 listed skills.

Build an animation from scratch, making the decisions in the order that determines whether it feels right — should it animate at all, what purpose, which tool, which properties, which curve and duration, how it interrupts, how it exits. Writes the implementation. Use when asked to animate something, add motion, make a component feel alive, or build a transition. For critiquing existing motion use review-animations; for auditing a whole codebase use improve-animations.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/emilkowalski/skills |
| Skill path | skills/animate/SKILL.md |
| Skill name | animate |
| GitHub stars | 43,964 |
| Installs on skills.sh | 122,395 |
| 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 asked to animate something, add motion, make a component feel alive, or build a transition.
- use review-animations; for auditing a whole codebase use improve-animations.

## Add this skill

### Claude Code

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

### Cursor

```sh
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/emilkowalski/skills.git
cp -r skills/skills/animate .cursor/skills/animate   # 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

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