# web3d-integration-patterns

This skill helps plan 3D web experiences that combine Three.js, React Three Fiber, and animation libraries. Use it for scroll-driven scenes and physics-based interactions.

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- Author: freshtechbro
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- Source: https://github.com/freshtechbro/claudedesignskills/tree/HEAD/plugins/bundles/meta-skills/skills/web3d-integration-patterns/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2025-11-20
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## What it does

web3d-integration-patterns collects architecture patterns for combining Three.js, GSAP ScrollTrigger, React Three Fiber, Motion, and React Spring. It compares a layered setup with separate 3D, animation, and UI layers to a unified React component tree with declarative 3D.

The material covers state shared between rendering and UI animation, scroll-controlled camera and object changes, physics-based interactions, and reusable component structure. Its examples include scene setup, cameras, `OrbitControls`, a render loop, `ScrollTrigger`, and React components.

The layered option brings more boilerplate and manual coordination between layers. That is a reason to decide early where state lives and which library owns each animation.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add freshtechbro/claudedesignskills --skill web3d-integration-patterns -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/web3d-integration-patterns/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/web3d-integration-patterns/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add freshtechbro/claudedesignskills --skill web3d-integration-patterns -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/web3d-integration-patterns/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add freshtechbro/claudedesignskills --skill web3d-integration-patterns -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/web3d-integration-patterns/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install freshtechbro/claudedesignskills web3d-integration-patterns
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/web3d-integration-patterns/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add freshtechbro/claudedesignskills --skill web3d-integration-patterns -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/freshtechbro/claudedesignskills --path plugins/bundles/meta-skills/skills/web3d-integration-patterns
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/web3d-integration-patterns/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add freshtechbro/claudedesignskills --skill web3d-integration-patterns -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/meta-skills/skills/web3d-integration-patterns/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- connect Three.js to GSAP ScrollTrigger
- build a 3D scene with React Three Fiber
- animate a camera and objects on scroll
- add physics-based interaction with React Spring
- separate 3D rendering from UI animation

## Example prompts
- Use this skill to design a Three.js scene driven by GSAP ScrollTrigger, with a separate React UI layer.
- Build a React app with React Three Fiber and Motion. Define the component tree, scene state, and UI animations.
- Compare React Three Fiber + React Spring with Three.js + GSAP for this project and point out where manual synchronization is needed.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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name: web3d-integration-patterns
description: Meta-skill for combining Three.js, GSAP ScrollTrigger, React Three Fiber, Motion, and React Spring for complex 3D web experiences. Use when building applications that integrate multiple 3D and animation libraries, requiring architecture patterns, state management, and performance optimization across the stack. Triggers on tasks involving library integration, multi-library architectures, scroll-driven 3D experiences, physics-based 3D animations, or complex interactive 3D applications.
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# Web 3D Integration Patterns

## Overview

This meta-skill provides architectural patterns, best practices, and integration strategies for combining multiple 3D and animation libraries in web applications. It synthesizes knowledge from the threejs-webgl, gsap-scrolltrigger, react-three-fiber, motion-framer, and react-spring-physics skills into cohesive patterns for building complex, performant 3D web experiences.

**When to use this skill:**
- Building complex 3D applications that combine multiple libraries
- Creating scroll-driven 3D experiences with animation orchestration
- Implementing physics-based interactions with 3D scenes
- Managing state across 3D rendering and UI animations
- Optimizing performance in multi-library architectures
- Designing reusable component architectures for 3D applications
- Migrating between or combining animation approaches

**Core Integration Combinations:**
1. **Three.js + GSAP** - Scroll-driven 3D animations, timeline orchestration
2. **React Three Fiber + Motion** - State-based 3D with declarative animations
3. **React Three Fiber + GSAP** - Complex 3D sequences in React
4. **React Three Fiber + React Spring** - Physics-based 3D interactions
5. **Three.js + GSAP + React** - Hybrid imperative/declarative 3D

## Architecture Patterns

### Pattern 1: Layered Separation (Three.js + GSAP + React UI)

**Use case:** 3D scene with overlaid UI, scroll-driven animations

**Architecture:**
```
├── 3D Layer (Three.js)
│   ├── Scene management
│   ├── Camera controls
│   └── Render loop
├── Animation Layer (GSAP)
│   ├── ScrollTrigger for 3D properties
│   ├── Timelines for sequences
│   └── UI transitions
└── UI Layer (React + Motion)
    ├── HTML overlays
    ├── State management
    └── User interactions
```

**Implementation:**

```javascript
// App.jsx - React root
import { useEffect, useRef } from 'react'
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