# Motion Framer

Modern animation library for React and JavaScript.

- Repository: https://github.com/freshtechbro/claudedesignskills (1210 stars)
- Category: Design
- License: MIT
- Last updated: 2025-11-20
- Runs scripts: yes, review before use

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add freshtechbro/claudedesignskills --skill motion-framer -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add freshtechbro/claudedesignskills --skill motion-framer -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add freshtechbro/claudedesignskills --skill motion-framer -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add freshtechbro/claudedesignskills --skill motion-framer -g -a gemini-cli -y`
Claude Code plugin marketplace: `/plugin marketplace add freshtechbro/claudedesignskills`

## Description

Modern animation library for React and JavaScript. Create smooth, production-ready animations with motion components, variants, gestures (hover/tap/drag), layout animations, AnimatePresence exit animations, spring physics, and scroll-based effects. Use when building interactive UI components, micro-interactions, page transitions, or complex animation sequences.

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# Motion & Framer Motion

## Overview

Motion (formerly Framer Motion) is a production-ready animation library for React and JavaScript that enables declarative, performant animations with minimal code. It provides `motion` components that wrap HTML elements with animation superpowers, supports gesture recognition (hover, tap, drag, focus), and includes advanced features like layout animations, exit animations, and spring physics.

**When to use this skill:**
- Building interactive UI components (buttons, cards, menus)
- Creating micro-interactions and hover effects
- Implementing page transitions and route animations
- Adding scroll-based animations and parallax effects
- Animating layout changes (resizing, reordering, shared element transitions)
- Drag-and-drop interfaces
- Complex animation sequences and state-based animations
- Replacing CSS transitions with more powerful, controllable animations

**Technology:**
- **Motion** (v11+) - The modern, smaller library from Framer Motion creators
- **Framer Motion** - The full-featured predecessor (still widely used)
- React 18+ compatible, also supports Vue
- Supports TypeScript
- Works with Next.js, Vite, Remix, and all modern React frameworks

## Core Concepts

### 1. Motion Components

Convert any HTML/SVG element into an animatable component by prefixing with `motion.`:

```jsx
import { motion } from "framer-motion"

// Regular HTML becomes motion component
<motion.div />
<motion.button />
<motion.svg />
<motion.path />
```

Every motion component accepts animation props like `animate`, `initial`, `transition`, and gesture props like `whileHover`, `whileTap`, etc.

### 2. Animate Prop

The `animate` prop defines the target animation state. When values change, Motion automatically animates to them:

```jsx
// Simple animation - x position changes
<motion.div animate={{ x: 100 }} />

// Multiple properties
<motion.div animate={{ x: 100, opacity: 1, scale: 1.2 }} />

The rest: https://github.com/freshtechbro/claudedesignskills/blob/HEAD/.claude/skills/motion-framer/SKILL.md