Frontend & UI
Animation Review
Find, improve and review motion against a senior craft bar.
What it is
Three of Emil Kowalski’s motion skills working as one loop: find places that should animate, improve existing motion, and review animation code against a high craft bar.
Bundles 3 commands: find-animation-opportunities / improve-animations / review-animations
Find, improve and review motion in a codebase against a senior craft bar.
Why it matters for design
- Surfaces UI that should move but doesn’t, and rejects motion that shouldn’t.
- Turns vague ‘make it feel nicer’ into a prioritised motion audit.
- Holds animation to a named craft bar, not personal taste.
What it covers
- Find animation opportunities
- Improve animations
- Review animations
- Craft bar
How to install
Animation Review
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Clone the repo.
git clone https://github.com/emilkowalski/skills -
Point Codex at the skill file.
skills/find-animation-opportunities/SKILL.md -
Then describe the UI you want. Codex follows the skill.
How to run it with Codex
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Run the find pass to locate motion opportunities in your UI.
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Apply the improve pass to rework existing animation code.
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Run the review pass before shipping to catch low-craft motion.
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