# guide-swiftui-animations

A guide skill for SwiftUI motion: implicit and explicit animations, transitions, phase and keyframe animations, the Animatable protocol.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 347 installs · ★ 349
- Author: Prisma-Labs-Dev
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/Prisma-Labs-Dev/apple-skills/tree/HEAD/disabled-skills/guide-swiftui-animations/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-09-26
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/guide-swiftui-animations

## What it does

This is a workflow guide, not API reference. The agent pulls it in when you ask for motion in a view: insertion and removal, state changes with animation, timing curves. Three reference files sit inside: `references/animation-basics.md` covers core concepts and performance, `references/animation-transitions.md` covers transitions and the Animatable protocol, `references/animation-advanced.md` covers transactions, phase and keyframe animations, and the `@Animatable` macro.

One command installs it through `npx skills add`, and the skill lands at `~/.claude/skills/guide-swiftui-animations/SKILL.md`. The same skill also installs into Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI and OpenCode — only the `-a` flag changes.

The guide leans on current SwiftUI APIs, `@Animatable` among them, so some examples won't compile on older Xcode versions. Worth checking your target version before letting the agent touch a view.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Prisma-Labs-Dev/apple-skills --skill guide-swiftui-animations -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Prisma-Labs-Dev/apple-skills --skill guide-swiftui-animations -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Prisma-Labs-Dev/apple-skills --skill guide-swiftui-animations -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install Prisma-Labs-Dev/apple-skills guide-swiftui-animations
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Prisma-Labs-Dev/apple-skills --skill guide-swiftui-animations -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/Prisma-Labs-Dev/apple-skills --path disabled-skills/guide-swiftui-animations
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Prisma-Labs-Dev/apple-skills --skill guide-swiftui-animations -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/Prisma-Labs-Dev/apple-skills/tree/HEAD/disabled-skills/guide-swiftui-animations/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- animate a view appearing and disappearing
- set timing and curves for a state change
- build a phase animation step by step
- conform a custom type to Animatable
- work through transactions and keyframe animations

## Example prompts
- Add a transition animation for the card when it appears in the list
- Build a phase animation for the loading progress
- Set up @Animatable for my type with a custom interpolator

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: guide-swiftui-animations
description: SwiftUI animation patterns — implicit/explicit animations, transitions, phase/keyframe animations, the Animatable protocol, and the @Animatable macro. Use when implementing animations, transitions, or motion in SwiftUI views.
type: guide
origin: https://github.com/AvdLee/SwiftUI-Agent-Skill
license: MIT
---

> **Guide Skill** — This is an expert workflow/pattern guide, not API reference documentation.
> Originally from [AvdLee/SwiftUI-Agent-Skill](https://github.com/AvdLee/SwiftUI-Agent-Skill) by Antoine van der Lee and Omar Elsayed. MIT License.

# SwiftUI Animations

## References

| Topic | Reference |
|-------|-----------|
| Core concepts, implicit/explicit, timing, performance | `references/animation-basics.md` |
| Transitions for view insertion/removal, Animatable protocol | `references/animation-transitions.md` |
| Transactions, phase/keyframe animations, `@Animatable` macro | `references/animation-advanced.md` |
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