# animate-text

A catalog of 24 text animation specs. Your agent picks an effect by name and rebuilds it in GSAP, Motion, CSS or WAAPI.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 2700 installs · ★ 151
- Author: pixel-point
- License: not stated · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/pixel-point/animate-text/tree/HEAD/skills/animate-text/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-04-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/animate-text

## What it does

The skill gives an agent a named library of effects for headings, labels, counters and text swaps. Every entry has two JSON files: a portable motion contract in `assets/specs/<id>.json` and an exact recipe in `assets/effects/<id>.json` with content, renderer algorithm, playback, runtime, host requirements and library adapters. The bundle holds 24 specs; the site shows 20 of them.

You can name an effect and skip the search. Say `soft-blur-in` or `typewriter` and the agent reads that JSON or runs `node scripts/get-spec.mjs <id>`. Otherwise it browses `references/catalog.md` or calls `node scripts/find-spec.mjs "<query>"` for ranked matches. Node.js 20+ is required for the scripts only; the Markdown notes and JSON files still work without it.

Treat the library you ask for as fixed. Request GSAP and you get GSAP, not a CSS lookalike. Do not port the demo site's fonts, colors or layout into your section, because `showcase.stage` covers container requirements alone. Layout-dependent effects such as `kinetic-center-build` need the exact recipe; a generic stagger will not reproduce them.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add pixel-point/animate-text --skill animate-text -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/animate-text/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/animate-text/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add pixel-point/animate-text --skill animate-text -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/animate-text/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add pixel-point/animate-text --skill animate-text -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/animate-text/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install pixel-point/animate-text animate-text
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/animate-text/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add pixel-point/animate-text --skill animate-text -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/pixel-point/animate-text --path skills/animate-text
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/animate-text/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add pixel-point/animate-text --skill animate-text -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/pixel-point/animate-text/tree/HEAD/skills/animate-text/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- pick a heading animation from a ready catalog
- port a site effect to GSAP without visual drift
- reproduce one id like `typewriter` in a different stack
- build a full enter-and-exit loop for changing text
- hand an agent real timings instead of guesses from a demo clip

## Example prompts
- Take `soft-blur-in` from `assets/specs/soft-blur-in.json` and rebuild it in Motion for my section heading.
- Find a counter animation in the catalog and tell me what it needs to run.
- Build a line reveal with GSAP from the exact recipe `assets/effects/line-reveal.json`, keep my own copy.

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