# rive-interactive

A skill for Rive: state machines, input handling and data binding in React. Useful when an animation has to react to UI state.

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- Author: freshtechbro
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/freshtechbro/claudedesignskills/tree/HEAD/plugins/bundles/authoring-motion/skills/rive-interactive/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2025-11-20
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/rive-interactive

## What it does

The skill covers embedding Rive animations on the web and in React. It walks through the core pieces: state machines, three input types (boolean, number, trigger), ViewModel for two-way data binding, and custom events sent from the animation back to code. Ready-made patterns come with `rive-react` examples.

Pattern one is a plain animation via the `Rive` component with `src`, `artboard`, `animations` and `layout`. Pattern two drives a state machine through `useRive` and `useStateMachineInput`: a mouse hover flips a boolean input, a click fires a trigger. Pattern three binds data — `useViewModel`, `useViewModelInstance` and hooks like `useViewModelInstanceString` or `useViewModelInstanceNumber` push text, numbers and colors into the animation. Pattern four handles events emitted by the animation.

You need the `rive-react` package, and the `.riv` file comes from the Rive editor. If the animation is timeline-only, with no state machine and no inputs, the skill adds nothing over Lottie — worth checking the file before you install anything.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add freshtechbro/claudedesignskills --skill rive-interactive -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add freshtechbro/claudedesignskills --skill rive-interactive -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add freshtechbro/claudedesignskills --skill rive-interactive -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install freshtechbro/claudedesignskills rive-interactive
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add freshtechbro/claudedesignskills --skill rive-interactive -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/freshtechbro/claudedesignskills --path plugins/bundles/authoring-motion/skills/rive-interactive
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add freshtechbro/claudedesignskills --skill rive-interactive -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/freshtechbro/claudedesignskills/tree/HEAD/plugins/bundles/authoring-motion/skills/rive-interactive/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- build a button that changes state on hover and click
- bind live data to an animation through ViewModel
- catch an event emitted by a Rive animation in React
- wire up an interactive loader or toggle
- work with boolean, number and trigger inputs

## Example prompts
- Build an interactive Rive button: hover sets isHovered, click fires the trigger
- Bind the stockPrice number to my Rive dashboard through ViewModel
- Show me how to catch a custom event from a Rive animation in React

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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name: rive-interactive
description: State machine-based vector animation with runtime interactivity and web integration. Use this skill when creating interactive animations, state-driven UI, animated components with logic, or designer-created animations with runtime control. Triggers on tasks involving Rive, state machines, interactive vector animations, animation with input handling, ViewModel data binding, or React Rive integration. Alternative to Lottie for animations requiring state machines and two-way interactivity.
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# Rive Interactive - State Machine-Based Vector Animation

## Overview

Rive is a state machine-based animation platform that enables designers to create interactive vector animations with complex logic and runtime interactivity. Unlike timeline-only animation tools (like Lottie), Rive supports state machines, input handling, and two-way data binding between application code and animations.

**Key Features**:
- State machine system for complex interactive logic
- ViewModel API for two-way data binding
- Input handling (boolean, number, trigger inputs)
- Custom events for animation-to-code communication
- Runtime property control (colors, strings, numbers, enums)
- Cross-platform support (Web, React, React Native, iOS, Android, Flutter)
- Small file sizes with vector graphics

**When to Use This Skill**:
- Creating UI animations with complex state transitions
- Building interactive animated components (buttons, toggles, loaders)
- Implementing game-like UI with state-driven animations
- Binding real-time data to animated visualizations
- Creating animations that respond to user input
- Working with designer-created animations requiring runtime control

**Alternatives**:
- **Lottie** (lottie-animations): For simpler timeline-based animations without state machines
- **Framer Motion** (motion-framer): For code-first React animations with spring physics
- **GSAP** (gsap-scrolltrigger): For timeline-based web animations with precise control

## Core Concepts

### 1. State Machines

State machines define animation behavior with states and transitions:
- **States**: Different animation states (e.g., idle, hover, pressed)
- **Inputs**: Variables that control transitions (boolean, number, trigger)
- **Transitions**: Rules for moving between states
- **Listeners**: React hooks to respond to state changes

### 2. Inputs

Three input types control state machine behavior:
- **Boolean**: On/off states (e.g., isHovered, isActive)
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