# animated-readme-logo

A skill that builds, reworks and audits README logos, from a validated SVG master to static PNG and animated GIF.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 2700 installs · ★ 8
- Author: stark-ai-de
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/stark-ai-de/agent-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/engineering-workflows/animated-readme-logo/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-22
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/animated-readme-logo

## What it does

This skill treats a repository logo as a pipeline, not a single image. It exposes four workflows: audit what already exists, design a new mark, faithfully rebuild an old one, or animate an SVG you already have. The audit route writes nothing. It reads README markup and root-bounded local asset references, runs whatever read-only validation is available, and hands back a remediation report.

Mutating routes preserve your originals and reserve deterministic filenames under the asset folder, or `docs/assets/` when none exists: `<slug>-logo.svg`, `<slug>-logo-motion.md`, `<slug>-logo-animation.mjs`, `<slug>-logo-static.png`, `<slug>-logo-animated.gif`. Motion is described twice. A human-readable spec covers layers, keyframes, easing, duration, loop point, transparency and the reduced-motion state. A repository-owned `.mjs` recipe turns the SVG and that contract into frames. Before any PNG or GIF is produced, the skill runs the bundled strict validator and the recipe with `--check`.

Missing exporter or inspector commands trigger a minimal installation preflight, and the skill stops until you approve it. Decline and you keep every verified intermediate file, but no placeholder PNG or GIF. Provider generation sits inside the create route only, and no credit-consuming call happens without explicit approval of that exact batch.

## Requirements
- Works with: GitHub

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add stark-ai-de/agent-skills --skill animated-readme-logo -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add stark-ai-de/agent-skills --skill animated-readme-logo -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add stark-ai-de/agent-skills --skill animated-readme-logo -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install stark-ai-de/agent-skills animated-readme-logo
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/animated-readme-logo/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add stark-ai-de/agent-skills --skill animated-readme-logo -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/stark-ai-de/agent-skills --path skills/engineering-workflows/animated-readme-logo
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add stark-ai-de/agent-skills --skill animated-readme-logo -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/stark-ai-de/agent-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/engineering-workflows/animated-readme-logo/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- check whether a logo survives dark mode and reduced motion
- turn a raster mark into a clean SVG
- export a static PNG and an animated GIF from one SVG
- write a motion spec that reproduces the same animation later
- catch broken local image references in a README

## Example prompts
- audit the README logo and tell me what breaks on GitHub
- animate my `logo.svg` and export a GIF with transparency
- rebuild this PNG logo as a clean SVG

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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```text
---
name: animated-readme-logo
description: Create, transform, animate, or audit GitHub README logos and their verified SVG/PNG/GIF delivery. Use when a repository needs branding assets, not ordinary README prose or app/site motion.
license: Apache-2.0
metadata:
  author: stark-ai-de
  category: engineering-workflows
  version: "0.5.4"
---

# Animated README Logo

## Goal

Audit an existing README logo pipeline or deliver a portable, verified animation from a validated SVG master, deterministic motion specification, and executable repository recipe.

## When to use

- Create, redesign, transform, animate, export, or review a repository or profile-README logo.
- Audit GitHub README logo compatibility, transparency, reduced motion, or local asset references.
- Turn an existing SVG or raster mark into a validated README asset pipeline.

## When not to use

- Ordinary README prose editing with no logo or image concern.
- App/site motion unrelated to repository branding delivery.
- Generic image generation with no README or repository-logo target.

## Workflow selection

Always expose exactly these public workflows:

- `audit`: read-only assessment of existing README logo sources, animation assets, delivery markup, and validation evidence.
- `create`: design a new mark or intentional redesign and deliver the complete verified animation stack.
- `transform`: faithfully recreate or clean up an existing mark and deliver the complete verified animation stack.
- `animate`: use an acceptable existing SVG source and deliver the complete verified animation stack.

There is no `auto` workflow and no public export workflow. Export is an internal rendering stage of every mutating route.

Route from task intent:

- review, compatibility, or quality assessment selects `audit`;
- a new mark or intentional redesign selects `create`;
- faithful work from a raster, screenshot, poster, or unsuitable SVG selects `transform`;
- an acceptable existing SVG that needs motion or raster delivery selects `animate`.
```
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