# gsap

A GSAP cheat sheet for your agent: tweens, timelines, easing, performance. Useful when writing animation inside HyperFrames compositions.

- skill · `type=skill` · Codex, ChatGPT · 3 installs · ★ 7596
- Author: HeyGen · official OpenAI repository
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/openai/plugins/tree/HEAD/plugins/hyperframes/skills/gsap/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-08
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/gsap

## What it does

The skill hands your agent a GSAP reference covering `gsap.to()`, `from()`, `fromTo()`, `set()`, plus easing, stagger, defaults and timelines. There is a performance section too: transforms, `will-change`, and `gsap.quickTo()` for frequent updates. A table maps GSAP properties to their CSS equivalents — `x`, `y`, `scale`, `rotation`, `transformOrigin` — and recommends `autoAlpha` over `opacity`.

Timelines get the most space. The position parameter (`"<"`, `"+=0.5"`, labels), nesting, and playback control via `play()`, `pause()`, `reverse()`, `progress()` are all documented. `gsap.matchMedia()` runs setup only while a media query matches and reverts when it stops, which is how you handle `prefers-reduced-motion`.

This is built for HyperFrames compositions, so a plain React project without them gets little out of it. Some material lives in `references/effects.md` and loads on demand — ready-made patterns such as typewriter text and an audio visualizer.

## Install

### Codex (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add openai/plugins --skill gsap -a codex
```

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

### Claude Code

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add openai/plugins --skill gsap -a claude-code
```

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

### Cursor

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install openai/plugins gsap
```

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

### Gemini CLI

**Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/openai/plugins --path plugins/hyperframes/skills/gsap
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### 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/openai/plugins/tree/HEAD/plugins/hyperframes/skills/gsap/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- write an entrance animation with `gsap.from()`
- sequence several tweens into one timeline
- set up stagger across a list of elements
- disable animation under `prefers-reduced-motion`
- stop jank on frequent position updates

## Example prompts
- add a card entrance animation with gsap.from and stagger
- build a HyperFrames scene timeline with intro and outro labels
- skip the animation when prefers-reduced-motion is set

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

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---
name: gsap
description: GSAP animation reference for HyperFrames. Covers gsap.to(), from(), fromTo(), easing, stagger, defaults, timelines (gsap.timeline(), position parameter, labels, nesting, playback), and performance (transforms, will-change, quickTo). Use when writing GSAP animations in HyperFrames compositions.
---

# GSAP

## Core Tween Methods

- **gsap.to(targets, vars)** — animate from current state to `vars`. Most common.
- **gsap.from(targets, vars)** — animate from `vars` to current state (entrances).
- **gsap.fromTo(targets, fromVars, toVars)** — explicit start and end.
- **gsap.set(targets, vars)** — apply immediately (duration 0).

Always use **camelCase** property names (e.g. `backgroundColor`, `rotationX`).

## Common vars

- **duration** — seconds (default 0.5).
- **delay** — seconds before start.
- **ease** — `"power1.out"` (default), `"power3.inOut"`, `"back.out(1.7)"`, `"elastic.out(1, 0.3)"`, `"none"`.
- **stagger** — number `0.1` or object: `{ amount: 0.3, from: "center" }`, `{ each: 0.1, from: "random" }`.
- **overwrite** — `false` (default), `true`, or `"auto"`.
- **repeat** — number or `-1` for infinite. **yoyo** — alternates direction with repeat.
- **onComplete**, **onStart**, **onUpdate** — callbacks.
- **immediateRender** — default `true` for from()/fromTo(). Set `false` on later tweens targeting the same property+element to avoid overwrite.

## Transforms and CSS

Prefer GSAP's **transform aliases** over raw `transform` string:

| GSAP property               | Equivalent          |
| --------------------------- | ------------------- |
| `x`, `y`, `z`               | translateX/Y/Z (px) |
| `xPercent`, `yPercent`      | translateX/Y in %   |
| `scale`, `scaleX`, `scaleY` | scale               |
| `rotation`                  | rotate (deg)        |
| `rotationX`, `rotationY`    | 3D rotate           |
| `skewX`, `skewY`            | skew                |
| `transformOrigin`           | transform-origin    |

- **autoAlpha** — prefer over `opacity`. At 0: also sets `visibility: hidden`.
- **CSS variables** — `"--hue": 180`.
- **svgOrigin** _(SVG only)_ — global SVG coordinate space origin. Don't combine with `transformOrigin`.
- **Directional rotation** — `"360_cw"`, `"-170_short"`, `"90_ccw"`.
- **clearProps** — `"all"` or comma-separated; removes inline styles on complete.
- **Relative values** — `"+=20"`, `"-=10"`, `"*=2"`.

## Function-Based Values

```javascript
gsap.to(".item", {
  x: (i, target, targets) => i * 50,
  stagger: 0.1,
});
```

## Easing

Built-in eases: `power1`–`power4`, `back`, `bounce`, `circ`, `elastic`, `expo`, `sine`. Each has `.in`, `.out`, `.inOut`.

## Defaults

```javascript
gsap.defaults({ duration: 0.6, ease: "power2.out" });
```

## Controlling Tweens

```javascript
const tween = gsap.to(".box", { x: 100 });
tween.pause();
tween.play();
tween.reverse();
tween.kill();
tween.progress(0.5);
tween.time(0.2);
```

## gsap.matchMedia() (Responsive + Accessibility)

Runs setup only when a media query matches; auto-reverts when it stops matching.

```javascript
let mm = gsap.matchMedia();
mm.add(
  {
    isDesktop: "(min-width: 800px)",
    reduceMotion: "(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)",
  },
  (context) => {
    const { isDesktop, reduceMotion } = context.conditions;
    gsap.to(".box", {
````
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