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animate

Analyze UI features and create animation plans with accessibility and performance budgets.

1|Updated Mar 22, 2026
Search Tags:#ui#performance#accessibility#ux#micro-interactions#motion-design#animate
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/samcannas/samscode --skill animate-samcannas
Or copy as Structured Prompt for Agent▼
Please help me install this Agent Skill.
Skill: animate
Source: https://github.com/samcannas/samscode/tree/main/skills/catalog/animate
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/samcannas/samscode --skill animate-samcannas

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

What problem does it solve?

Analyze a feature and strategically add animations and micro-interactions that enhance understanding, provide feedback, and create delight.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Identify opportunities for motion that improve feedback, transitions, guidance, and perception of relationships.
  • Plan a cohesive animation strategy centered on a hero moment, a feedback layer, transitions, and delight moments.
  • Implement entrance animations, micro-interactions, state transitions, navigation cues, and contextual delight while respecting accessibility.

Quick Start

Describe a feature and prompt me to apply the animation plan to enhance usability through motion.

Frequently Asked Questions about animate

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

FAQPage Schema
How do I design UI motion and micro-interactions that improve user experience?▼

Designing UI motion and micro-interactions requires analyzing a feature to strategically add animations that enhance understanding, provide feedback, and create delight across web and mobile interfaces.

What should be included in a cohesive animation strategy for a web or mobile interface?▼

A cohesive animation strategy should include a hero moment, feedback and transition layers, performance budgets, accessibility considerations, and implementation guidance for entrance animations and state transitions.

Can I use motion design to guide users and provide navigation cues without hurting accessibility?▼

Motion design can guide users and provide navigation cues while respecting accessibility by incorporating accessibility considerations into the animation plan, ensuring entrance animations and micro-interactions do not hinder usability.

When do I need to plan performance budgets for UI animations?▼

Performance budgets for UI animations are needed when planning a cohesive animation strategy that includes entrance animations, state transitions, and micro-interactions, ensuring motion improves clarity without degrading interface responsiveness.

What is the best way to identify opportunities for motion in an existing UI feature?▼

The best way to identify motion opportunities is to analyze the UI feature for chances to improve feedback, transitions, guidance, and perception of relationships, then plan contextual delight moments and a central hero animation.

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