# Animation Vocabulary (agent skill)

> Animation Vocabulary is an agent skill (a SKILL.md file) from emilkowalski/skills. Reverse-lookup glossary that turns a vague description of a web animation or motion effect into its exact term ("the bouncy thing when a popover opens" → Pop in; "the iOS… It works with Claude Code and has 43,964 GitHub stars across a repository of 13 listed skills.

Reverse-lookup glossary that turns a vague description of a web animation or motion effect into its exact term ("the bouncy thing when a popover opens" → Pop in; "the iOS rubber-band scroll" → Rubber-banding). Use when the user asks "what's it called when…", or describes a motion effect without knowing its name and wants the right word to prompt an AI or designer with. For naming an effect, not designing or building one.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/emilkowalski/skills |
| Skill path | skills/animation-vocabulary/SKILL.md |
| Skill name | animation-vocabulary |
| GitHub stars | 43,964 |
| Installs on skills.sh | 191,509 |
| 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 the user asks "what's it called when…", or describes a motion effect without knowing its name and wants the right word to prompt an AI or designer with.
- "the bouncy thing when a popover opens"
- "the iOS rubber-band scroll"
- "what's it called when…"

## Add this skill

### Claude Code

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

### Cursor

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

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