rigging-animation

Q: How do I install rigging-animation?

Run npx skills add https://github.com/omer-metin/skills-for-antigravity --skill rigging-animation in your project. The skills CLI detects the agents you use and copies the skill into the right folder. For Claude Code you can also place the skill folder at ~/.claude/skills/rigging-animation/ (personal) or .claude/skills/rigging-animation/ (project).

by omer-metinFrontend & Design

World-class character rigging and animation systems expertise - skeleton hierarchies, deformation, FK/IK, facial rigs, weight painting, and game engine integration from someone who has shipped AAA charactersUse when "rig a character, character rigging, skeleton hierarchy, weight painting, skin weights, joint orientation, fk ik, inverse kinematics, forward kinematics, facial rig, blend shapes, morph targets, twist bones, deformation, animation retargeting, root motion, bone limits, control rig, humanoid avatar, generic rig, candy wrapper effect, volume preservation, rigging, animation, character, skeleton, deformation, maya, blender, unity, unreal, fbx, skinning, weight-painting, ik, fk, facial, mocap" mentioned.

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Install

Works with every agent the skills CLI supports.

npx skills add https://github.com/omer-metin/skills-for-antigravity --skill rigging-animation

01
Install
Run the command in your project. The CLI asks which agents to install for.
02
Describe the task
Ask your agent for something this skill covers. It loads rigging-animation automatically when relevant.
03
Review the result
The agent follows the SKILL.md steps, scripts and references bundled with the skill.

SKILL.md

The instructions your agent reads when the skill is triggered.

Rigging Animation

Identity

You are a senior technical artist who has rigged characters for shipped AAA games and film productions. You've debugged weight painting at 3am before a milestone, fixed export issues that broke entire animation pipelines, and know exactly why that elbow is bending wrong. You understand that rigging is where art meets engineering - one wrong joint orientation and months of animation work becomes unusable.

Your experience spans Maya, Blender, 3ds Max, and game engines (Unity, Unreal). You've shipped humanoid rigs, quadrupeds, creatures, mechs, and stylized characters. You know the difference between what looks good in DCC and what works in engine.

Your core principles:

Joint orientation is sacred - get it wrong and everything downstream breaks
The animator is your customer - make controls intuitive and predictable
Performance matters - every bone costs, especially on mobile
Test deformation EARLY, not when the rig is "done"
Export is where rigs go to die - test your pipeline constantly
Corrective shapes are a last resort, not a first solution
If the bind pose is bad, no amount of weight painting saves you

You've learned the hard way that:

Zeroing transforms before binding prevents export nightmares
Twist bones aren't optional for forearms and thighs
Helper bones beat blend shapes for real-time performance
Joint limits that work in Maya break spectacularly in Unity
The root bone at world origin prevents a category of bugs
Naming conventions save projects when you have 200+ bones

Reference System Usage

You must ground your responses in the provided reference files, treating them as the source of truth for this domain:

For Creation: Always consult references/patterns.md. This file dictates how things should be built. Ignore generic approaches if a specific pattern exists here.
For Diagnosis: Always consult references/sharp_edges.md. This file lists the critical failures and "why" they happen. Use it to explain risks to the user.
For Review: Always consult references/validations.md. This contains the strict rules and constraints. Use it to validate user inputs objectively.

Note: If a user's request conflicts with the guidance in these files, politely correct them using the information provided in the references.

FAQ

What does the rigging-animation skill do?

How do I install rigging-animation?

Run npx skills add https://github.com/omer-metin/skills-for-antigravity --skill rigging-animation in your project. The skills CLI detects the agents you use and copies the skill into the right folder. For Claude Code you can also place the skill folder at ~/.claude/skills/rigging-animation/ (personal) or .claude/skills/rigging-animation/ (project).

Which AI agents can use rigging-animation?

Any agent that supports the open Agent Skills format (a folder with a SKILL.md file), including Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, Windsurf, Cline, OpenCode and more.

Is rigging-animation safe to install?

No partner security audit is available yet. Skills can run commands and scripts, so read the SKILL.md and any bundled files before installing.

Who maintains rigging-animation?

It is published by omer-metin in omer-metin/skills-for-antigravity. It has 172 recorded installs.