Animate

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

These results were generated by SkillArena using this skill. They do not represent official output from the skill’s author.

Author
emilkowalski
Repository
github.com/emilkowalski/skills
Tested source
skills/animate · SKILL.md
Commit
c8a7962
License
MIT
Referenced files inlined
✓
Model
claude-opus-5-5
Generated
2026-11-07

Install

skills.sh CLI

npx skills add emilkowalski/skills --skill animate

Exact tested version (manual)

tmp=$(mktemp -d)
git clone --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/emilkowalski/skills "$tmp"
git -C "$tmp" checkout c8a79627b59d72d764d6ab6f2c87c09a48169833 -- skills/animate
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -R "$tmp/skills/animate" ~/.claude/skills/animate
rm -rf "$tmp"

Copies the skill folder at commit c8a7962 — the exact files used for the results on this page — into ~/.claude/skills/animate. For a single project, use .claude/skills/ inside it instead.

The methods from the author install the latest version, which may differ from the commit tested here. Skills run with your coding agent’s permissions; review a skill before installing it.

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Animate — SaaS landing page, run 1, desktop
Animate — SaaS landing page, run 1, mobile
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Animate — SaaS landing page, run 2, desktop
Animate — SaaS landing page, run 2, mobile
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Animate — SaaS landing page, run 3, desktop
Animate — SaaS landing page, run 3, mobile
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Analytics dashboard

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Animate — Analytics dashboard, run 1, desktop
Animate — Analytics dashboard, run 1, mobile
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Animate — Analytics dashboard, run 2, desktop
Animate — Analytics dashboard, run 2, mobile
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Animate — Analytics dashboard, run 3, desktop
Animate — Analytics dashboard, run 3, mobile
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Mobile app screen

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Animate — Mobile app screen, run 1, desktop
Animate — Mobile app screen, run 1, mobile
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Animate — Mobile app screen, run 2, desktop
Animate — Mobile app screen, run 2, mobile
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Animate — Mobile app screen, run 3, desktop
Animate — Mobile app screen, run 3, mobile
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Sign-up form

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Animate — Sign-up form, run 1, desktop
Animate — Sign-up form, run 1, mobile
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Animate — Sign-up form, run 2, desktop
Animate — Sign-up form, run 2, mobile
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Animate — Sign-up form, run 3, desktop
Animate — Sign-up form, run 3, mobile
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Animate — SkillArena itself, run 1, desktop
Animate — SkillArena itself, run 1, mobile
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Animate — SkillArena itself, run 2, desktop
Animate — SkillArena itself, run 2, mobile
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Animate — SkillArena itself, run 3, desktop
Animate — SkillArena itself, run 3, mobile
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