
Framer Motion
- 1.4k installs
- 68 repo stars
- Updated December 30, 2025
- dylantarre/animation-principles
framer-motion is a Claude Code skill that generates production-ready Framer Motion animation code from natural language prompts for developers implementing Disney's 12 animation principles in React applications.
About
framer-motion is an animation-principles skill that maps all 12 Disney animation principles—squash and stretch, anticipation, staging, and others—to Framer Motion's declarative React API with ready-to-paste JSX examples. It activates when implementing motion.div variants, transition timing, and choreographed sequences in Cursor or Claude. Developers reach for framer-motion when they want principled UI motion instead of arbitrary CSS keyframes or one-off tween snippets. The skill bridges animation theory and Framer Motion props like animate, variants, initial, and transition times arrays.
- Translates plain-English motion descriptions into correct Framer Motion variants and transitions
- Applies core animation principles (timing, easing, stagger, physics) automatically
- Produces reusable, accessible, and performant React component code
- Works with both CSS and JavaScript-driven animations in Framer Motion 11+
- Reduces animation implementation time from minutes to seconds
Framer Motion by the numbers
- 1,405 all-time installs (skills.sh)
- +47 installs in the week ending Aug 5, 2026 (Skillselion tracking)
- Ranked #287 of 1,880 Design & UI/UX skills by installs in the Skillselion catalog
- Data as of Aug 5, 2026 (Skillselion catalog sync)
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| Installs | 1.4k |
|---|---|
| repo stars | ★ 68 |
| Last updated | December 30, 2025 |
| Repository | dylantarre/animation-principles ↗ |
How do you implement Disney principles in Framer Motion?
Generate production-ready Framer Motion animation code and principles directly from natural language prompts inside Cursor or Claude.
Who is it for?
React frontend developers adding polished UI motion with Framer Motion who want principle-driven animation code instead of trial-and-error tweens.
Skip if: Teams building non-React frontends, CSS-only animations, or native mobile motion without Framer Motion.
When should I use this skill?
The developer asks for Framer Motion animations, Disney animation principles, motion.div variants, or React UI micro-interactions.
What you get
Framer Motion JSX snippets, variant definitions, transition configs, and motion component implementations.
- Framer Motion JSX components
- Animation variant definitions
- Transition configuration snippets
By the numbers
- Implements all 12 Disney animation principles with Framer Motion
Files
Framer Motion Animation Principles
Implement all 12 Disney animation principles using Framer Motion's declarative React API.
1. Squash and Stretch
<motion.div
animate={{ scaleX: [1, 1.2, 1], scaleY: [1, 0.8, 1] }}
transition={{ duration: 0.3, times: [0, 0.5, 1] }}
/>2. Anticipation
<motion.div
variants={{
idle: { y: 0, scaleY: 1 },
anticipate: { y: 10, scaleY: 0.9 },
jump: { y: -200 }
}}
initial="idle"
animate={["anticipate", "jump"]}
transition={{ duration: 0.5, times: [0, 0.2, 1] }}
/>3. Staging
<motion.div animate={{ filter: "blur(3px)", opacity: 0.6 }} /> {/* bg */}
<motion.div animate={{ scale: 1.1, zIndex: 10 }} /> {/* hero */}4. Straight Ahead / Pose to Pose
<motion.div
animate={{
x: [0, 100, 200, 300],
y: [0, -50, 0, -30]
}}
transition={{ duration: 1, ease: "easeInOut" }}
/>5. Follow Through and Overlapping Action
<motion.div animate={{ x: 200 }} transition={{ duration: 0.5 }}>
<motion.span
animate={{ x: 200 }}
transition={{ duration: 0.5, delay: 0.05 }} // hair
/>
<motion.span
animate={{ x: 200 }}
transition={{ duration: 0.6, delay: 0.1 }} // cape
/>
</motion.div>6. Slow In and Slow Out
<motion.div
animate={{ x: 300 }}
transition={{
duration: 0.6,
ease: [0.42, 0, 0.58, 1] // easeInOut cubic-bezier
}}
/>
// Or use: "easeIn", "easeOut", "easeInOut"7. Arc
<motion.div
animate={{
x: [0, 100, 200],
y: [0, -100, 0]
}}
transition={{ duration: 1, ease: "easeInOut" }}
/>8. Secondary Action
<motion.button
whileHover={{ scale: 1.05 }}
whileTap={{ scale: 0.95 }}
>
<motion.span
animate={{ rotate: [0, 10, -10, 0] }}
transition={{ duration: 0.3 }}
>
Icon
</motion.span>
</motion.button>9. Timing
const timings = {
fast: { duration: 0.15 },
normal: { duration: 0.3 },
slow: { duration: 0.6 },
spring: { type: "spring", stiffness: 300, damping: 20 }
};10. Exaggeration
<motion.div
animate={{ scale: 1.5, rotate: 720 }}
transition={{
type: "spring",
stiffness: 200,
damping: 10 // low damping = overshoot
}}
/>11. Solid Drawing
<motion.div
style={{ perspective: 1000 }}
animate={{ rotateX: 45, rotateY: 30 }}
transition={{ duration: 0.5 }}
/>12. Appeal
<motion.div
whileHover={{
scale: 1.02,
boxShadow: "0 20px 40px rgba(0,0,0,0.2)"
}}
transition={{ duration: 0.3 }}
/>Stagger Children
const container = {
hidden: { opacity: 0 },
show: {
opacity: 1,
transition: { staggerChildren: 0.1 }
}
};
<motion.ul variants={container} initial="hidden" animate="show">
{items.map(item => <motion.li variants={itemVariant} />)}
</motion.ul>Key Framer Motion Features
animate- Target statevariants- Named animation stateswhileHover/whileTap- Gesture animationstransition- Timing and easingAnimatePresence- Exit animationsuseAnimation- Programmatic controllayout- Auto-animate layout changes
Related skills
Forks & variants (1)
Framer Motion has 1 known copy in the catalog totaling 363 installs. They canonicalize to this original listing.
- calesthio - 363 installs
How it compares
Pick framer-motion over generic CSS animation skills when the stack is React plus Framer Motion and you want principled motion variants.
FAQ
How many animation principles does framer-motion cover?
framer-motion implements all 12 Disney animation principles using Framer Motion's declarative React API. Each principle includes JSX examples with motion components, variants, and transition timing.
When should I use the framer-motion skill?
Use framer-motion when implementing UI animations in React with Framer Motion and you want principle-driven motion code. The skill generates production-ready JSX from natural language prompts in Cursor or Claude.