deliberate-1200-2000ms

deliberate-1200-2000ms is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from dylantarre/animation-principles. It costs 38 tokens per session (818 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A guide to deliberate animations lasting 1.2 to 2 seconds, such as app introductions, loading sequences, and storytelling moments.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to plan key poses, preparation, follow-through, easing, layered motion, and other animation principles for story-focused experiences.
Why use it?
It helps teams use slower motion intentionally, with timing and pauses that support a narrative or emotional response.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Written for no agent in particular: nothing here depends on one.

Good fit Use it to plan key poses, preparation, follow-through, easing, layered motion, and other animation principles for story-focused experiences.

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Any agent
npx skills add dylantarre/animation-principles --skill deliberate-1200-2000ms
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/dylantarre/animation-principles

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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Per session 38 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 818 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe. Third-party audits
  • Socket pass 18 Mar 2026
  • Snyk pass 15 Feb 2026
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Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

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ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00038 $0.00818
Opus 5 $0.00019 $0.00409
Sonnet 5 $0.00008 $0.00164
Haiku 4.5 $0.00004 $0.00082

Measured 9d ago against content hash 3d5144873bfa, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-12, from the pricing page.

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deliberate-1200-2000ms scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 9d ago.

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Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

skills/10-by-time-scale/deliberate-1200-2000ms/SKILL.md · 106 lines

How it starts

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Deliberate Animations (1200-2000ms)

At 1200-2000ms, you're creating experiences, not interfaces. This duration is for moments of genuine storytelling where animation itself is the content.

Disney Principles at Deliberate Speed

Full Narrative Expression

Squash & Stretch: Character-defining - 30-40% deformation creates personality. Objects become characters.

Anticipation: Full dramatic preparation - 300-400ms wind-up creates tension and expectation.

Staging: Scene direction - think cinematography. Establish shot, then detail. Clear narrative flow.

Straight Ahead/Pose to Pose: Pose to pose mandatory - 6-10 key poses define the narrative arc.

Follow Through: Extended settling - 300-500ms of secondary motion after primary completes.

Slow In/Slow Out: Narrative pacing - ease curves tell emotional stories. Sharp starts mean urgency, soft ends mean resolution.

Arcs: Orchestrated paths - motion paths are designed, not default. Each element's trajectory contributes to composition.

Secondary Action: Full ecosystem - primary, secondary, tertiary, ambient all working together.

Timing: 72-120 frames at 60fps. Animation-quality frame counts.

Exaggeration: Emotional amplification - push for feeling, not just movement.

Solid Drawing: Dimensional storytelling - parallax, depth, perspective shifts create space.

Appeal: Deep emotional engagement - users feel something during these animations.

Easing Recommendations

/* Narrative arc - beginning, middle, end */
animation-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.34, 0, 0.14, 1);

/* Graceful, considered motion */
transition: all 1500ms cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1);

/* Building momentum */
transition: all 1800ms cubic-bezier(0.65, 0, 0.35, 1);

/* Elastic storytelling */
transition: transform 1600ms cubic-bezier(0.68, -0.6, 0.32, 1.6);

Best Use Cases

  • App splash/launch sequences
  • Brand moments
  • Tutorial narratives
  • Achievement celebrations
  • Milestone animations
  • Emotional state changes (error to success)
  • Story-driven onboarding
  • Feature announcements

Read the full file on GitHub · 106 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 9d ago First seen · 106 lines · 38 tokens per session scan A 3d5144873bfa

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deliberate-1200-2000ms is a skill published in the GitHub repository dylantarre/animation-principles (81 stars, last pushed 8mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 38 tokens to every session and 818 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-09-03.

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