design-motion-principles
Motion and interaction design expert with two modes: build interactive components with purposeful motion, or audit existing animations for AI-slop patterns. Audit emits a branded HTML report with looping CSS demos per finding. Based on Emil Kowalski (restraint), Jakub Krehel (production polish), and Jhey Tompkins (creative experimentation), with lenses weighted to project context. Works with React, Framer Motion, CSS, and HTML.
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- 175
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Install
Works with every agent the skills CLI supports.
npx skills add https://github.com/podo/design-agent-skills --skill design-motion-principles- 01
Install
Run the command in your project. The CLI asks which agents to install for.
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Describe the task
Ask your agent for something this skill covers. It loads design-motion-principles automatically when relevant.
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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.
design-motion-principles
<!-- das:install:start — generated from stub.yaml by `npm run generate`; edit stub.yaml, not this block -->Catalogue stub — full skill: kylezantos/design-motion-principles
Decision tree
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Is the full skill already installed?
- Global:
f=~/.agents/skills/design-motion-principles/SKILL.md; [ -f "$f" ] && ! grep -q "^das:" "$f" && echo "installed" || echo "pointer" - Project:
f=.agents/skills/design-motion-principles/SKILL.md; [ -f "$f" ] && ! grep -q "^das:" "$f" && echo "installed" || echo "pointer" installed→ the skill is installed asdesign-motion-principles, invoke it and proceedpointer→ go to step 2
- Global:
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Detect scope, then install:
[ -e ~/.agents/skills/design-motion-principles ] && echo "global" || echo "project"Global:
npx skills add kylezantos/design-motion-principles --skill design-motion-principles -g -yProject:
npx skills add kylezantos/design-motion-principles --skill design-motion-principles -yClaude Code: send a command as a chat message starting with
!to run it without leaving the conversation.
Heads-up
- License: MIT
Invoke after install
- Skill name:
design-motion-principles - Trigger phrases: "add animation", "audit animation", "hover state", "enter exit animation", "motion review", "AI slop motion"
The skill detects its mode from your request:
| You say | Mode |
|---|---|
| "animate this", "add motion", "make it feel alive" | Create |
| "audit my animations", "review motion", "check for AI slop" | Audit |
| Ambiguous | Skill asks which mode |
What it does
Two modes, three lenses weighted to project context:
| Mode | Output |
|---|---|
| Create | Context discovery, lens weighting, then a component with motion baked in (React / Framer Motion / CSS / HTML) |
| Audit | Motion-gap analysis plus an anti-AI-slop checklist, delivered as a branded HTML report with auto-looping CSS demos, or --terminal for inline markdown |
Three lenses:
- Emil Kowalski — Restraint and speed. "Should this animate at all?"
- Jakub Krehel — Production polish. "Is this subtle enough?"
- Jhey Tompkins — Creative experimentation. "What could this become?"
The productive tension between these three lenses, not one applied universally, is the point. The skill reads its own workflows/ and references/ folders, so it must be installed through the skills CLI rather than by copying SKILL.md alone.
When NOT to use
- Static layout, color or typography work (use a design-systems skill such as
ui-ux-pro-max) - Only Emil Kowalski's single-lens guidance (use
emilkowalski-skill) - Interactive gesture-driven animation requiring JavaScript state (use
framer-motion-skills)
FAQ
What does the design-motion-principles skill do?
Motion and interaction design expert with two modes: build interactive components with purposeful motion, or audit existing animations for AI-slop patterns. Audit emits a branded HTML report with looping CSS demos per finding. Based on Emil Kowalski (restraint), Jakub Krehel (production polish), and Jhey Tompkins (creative experimentation), with lenses weighted to project context. Works with React, Framer Motion, CSS, and HTML.
How do I install design-motion-principles?
Run npx skills add https://github.com/podo/design-agent-skills --skill design-motion-principles 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/design-motion-principles/ (personal) or .claude/skills/design-motion-principles/ (project).
Which AI agents can use design-motion-principles?
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 design-motion-principles 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 design-motion-principles?
It is published by podo in podo/design-agent-skills. It has 175 recorded installs.
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