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animate

Adds purposeful animations and micro-interactions to frontend features using CSS and JavaScript.

Updated Dec 18, 2025
Search Tags:#accessibility#frontend#animation#micro-interactions#easing#css transitions#ui motion
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npx skills add https://github.com/l0lxl0lw/dotfiles --skill animate-l0lxl0lw
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Skill: animate
Source: https://github.com/l0lxl0lw/dotfiles/tree/main/ai/shared/skills/impeccable/animate
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/l0lxl0lw/dotfiles --skill animate-l0lxl0lw

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

What problem does it solve? Static interfaces often lack feedback, feel jarring during state changes, and miss opportunities to guide users. This Skill reviews a feature and systematically adds entrance animations, micro-interactions, and transitions that improve usability without hurting performance or accessibility. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Animation Audit: Identifies missing feedback, abrupt transitions, and unclear spatial relationships in an existing feature. - Layered Implementation: Adds entrance choreography, button and form micro-interactions, state transitions, and navigation effects using GPU-accelerated CSS and JavaScript techniques. - Accessibility & Performance Guardrails: Enforces prefers-reduced-motion support, transform/opacity-only animation, and timing/easing standards. - Use Case: After building a settings page, run this Skill to add staggered content reveals, toggle switch transitions, form validation feedback, and a smooth modal entry. ## Quick Start Ask the AI to review the checkout form and add purposeful animations and micro-interactions that respect reduced-motion preferences.

Frequently Asked Questions about animate

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

FAQPage Schema
How do I add animations to a web UI feature?▼

Start by auditing the feature for missing feedback, abrupt state changes, and unclear relationships. Then add entrance animations, micro-interactions on buttons and forms, and smooth transitions using CSS transitions, keyframes, or JavaScript animation libraries.

What CSS properties should I animate for good performance?▼

Animate only transform and opacity, which are GPU-accelerated and avoid layout recalculation. Never animate width, height, top, or left, as these trigger expensive layout and paint operations that cause jank.

How do I support prefers-reduced-motion in animations?▼

Wrap animations in a media query that sets animation-duration and transition-duration to near-zero when prefers-reduced-motion is reduce. This is an accessibility requirement, and every animation should have a non-animated alternative.

What animation duration and easing should I use?▼

Use 100-150ms for instant feedback, 200-300ms for state changes, and 300-500ms for layout changes. Prefer ease-out curves like cubic-bezier(0.25, 1, 0.5, 1) and avoid bounce or elastic easings, which feel dated.

When should I use JavaScript instead of CSS for animations?▼

Use CSS transitions and keyframes for simple declarative animations. Switch to the Web Animations API, Framer Motion, or GSAP when you need programmatic control, complex sequenced timelines, or interactive gesture-driven motion.

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