Design Motion Principles skill
design-motion-principles
A skill about interface smoothness and animation: builds interactive components with meaningful motion and reviews existing ones
- 1,301 ★ on the repository
- Last commit
- MIT
Minimal access
Why this level
- The skill retells the techniques of well-known authors
- Check the animation result yourself
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- Works in
In your terminal, with SkillFoxx CLI
npx skillfoxx add skills/design-motion-principlesDetects the agents on your machine, shows the access level and pins the version.
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How we reviewMinimal accessThe tool runs nothing and makes no network calls.
- The skill retells the techniques of well-known authors
- Check the animation result yourself
This is third-party code. Review the repository files before installing.
What it does
Design Motion Principles works in two modes: it builds interactive components with meaningful animation and reviews existing ones. Per the README the set is assembled from the published work of Emil Kowalski, Jakub Krehel and Jhey Tompkins, with sources named and materials not copied. Installation: `npx skills add kylezantos/design-motion-principles`, or `git clone https://github.com/kylezantos/design-motion-principles.git`. Version 2.1.0 from 21.05.2026, MIT license.
Who it is for. For frontend developers and designers who want interface animations to be smooth and appropriate and not random.
Good fit when
- You need a smooth component animation with reasoned timing and curves
- You need a review of existing animations by motion principles
- You need a set of techniques from well-known authors in one skill
Not a fit when
- You need the authors' original materials: the skill retells techniques
- You need ready video clips: this is about interface animation
Example request
Review the dropdown menu animation by motion principles and suggest smoother timing and curveLimitations
The skill retells the techniques of well-known authors with links to sources and the rights to the original materials stay with them. It is text and suggests techniques while you check the animation result by eye and on weak devices. Access is minimal.
How to disable. Remove the skill from the agent's folder or the plugin through the plugin manager.
FAQ
What does the skill do?
It builds components with meaningful animation and reviews existing animations by motion principles.
Where do the principles come from?
From the published work of Emil Kowalski, Jakub Krehel and Jhey Tompkins with sources named.
How do I install it?
npx skills add kylezantos/design-motion-principles.
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| Entry | Official | Repository stars | Main difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Motion Principles (this entry) | no | 1,301 | |
| Motiscope | no | 122 | animation code from a screen recording, only your own samples |
| Motion.dev Animations Skill | no | 173 | Motion.dev web animation: springs and scroll |
README in short
The README describes a skill of interface animation principles with build and review modes, installation through npx skills. MIT license.