Emil Kowalski's animation best practices for web interfaces. Use when writing, reviewing, or implementing animations in React, CSS, or Framer Motion. Triggers on tasks involving transitions, easing, gestures, toasts, drawers, or motion.
Quickly install emilkowal-animations AI skill to your development environment via command line
Source: blockmatic/basilic.
Comprehensive animation guide for web interfaces based on Emil Kowalski's teachings, open-source libraries (Sonner, Vaul), and his animations.dev course. Contains 43 rules across 7 categories, prioritized by impact.
| 1 | Easing Selection | CRITICAL | ease- | | 2 | Timing & Duration | CRITICAL | timing- | | 3 | Property Selection | HIGH | props- | | 4 | Transform Techniques | HIGH | transform- | | 5 | Interaction Patterns | MEDIUM-HIGH | interact- | | 6 | Strategic Animation | MEDIUM | strategy- | | 7 | Accessibility & Polish | MEDIUM | polish- |
| cubic-bezier(0.32, 0.72, 0, 1) | iOS-style drawer/sheet animation | | scale(0.97) | Button press feedback | | scale(0.95) | Minimum enter scale (never scale(0)) | | 200ms ease-out | Standard UI transition | | 300ms | Maximum duration for UI animations | | 500ms | Drawer animation duration | | 0.11 px/ms | Velocity threshold for momentum dismiss |
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npx skills add https://github.com/blockmatic/basilic --skill emilkowal-animationsEmil Kowalski's animation best practices for web interfaces. Use when writing, reviewing, or implementing animations in React, CSS, or Framer Motion. Triggers on tasks involving transitions, easing, gestures, toasts, drawers, or motion. Source: blockmatic/basilic.
Open your terminal or command line tool (Terminal, iTerm, Windows Terminal, etc.) Copy and run this command: npx skills add https://github.com/blockmatic/basilic --skill emilkowal-animations Once installed, the skill will be automatically configured in your AI coding environment and ready to use in Claude Code, Cursor, or OpenClaw
https://github.com/blockmatic/basilic