Getting it into your agent
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npx skills add dylantarre/animation-principles --skill universal-mindsetgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/dylantarre/animation-principlesWrote this? Show the measurements
A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.
[](https://agentmods.dev/skills/dylantarre/animation-principles/universal-mindset)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/dylantarre/animation-principles/universal-mindset"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/dylantarre/animation-principles/universal-mindset/github.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/dylantarre/animation-principles/universal-mindset"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/dylantarre/animation-principles/universal-mindset.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>- Socket pass
- Snyk pass
What it costs to keep this loaded
Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.00037 | $0.00883 |
| Opus 5.5 | $0.00015 | $0.00353 |
| Sonnet 5.5 | $0.00007 | $0.00177 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00004 | $0.00088 |
Grade A, and why
universal-mindset 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 1mo ago.
A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.
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.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 114 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
Universal Animator Mindset
Think like a master animator who has internalized all principles so deeply they no longer think about rules—they think about life, motion, and story. This is the integrated mind.
Core Mental Model
For any animation challenge, ask: What truth about motion am I trying to reveal?
The 12 principles aren't rules to follow—they're tools to wield. A master doesn't think "I need more anticipation." They think "this needs to breathe before it explodes." The principle is invisible; the intention is everything.
The Integrated Approach
1. Start With Why
Before touching a frame, understand:
- What story is this motion telling?
- What should the audience feel?
- What's the essence of this action?
2. Observe Reality
- Watch the real world constantly
- Reference is never cheating—it's research
- Understand why things move before animating how
3. Exaggerate Thoughtfully
- Push past reality to find clarity
- Match exaggeration to style and tone
- Truth amplified, never truth abandoned
4. Serve the Character
- Motion reveals personality
- Every character moves differently
- The same action feels different for different people
5. Respect Physics (Then Break It)
- Understand weight, momentum, gravity
- Then bend the rules deliberately
- Breaking physics intentionally creates style; breaking it accidentally creates errors
6. Design the Time
- Animation is choreography of time
- Contrast creates interest (fast/slow, action/rest)
- Rhythm is invisible but essential
7. Guide the Eye
- Control attention deliberately
- One focus at a time
- Clarity is kindness to the audience
The 12 Principles as One
They all serve motion. They all serve story. They all serve feeling.
Timing & Spacing — The duration and intervals of motion (the when and how fast)
Squash & Stretch — The flexibility and volume of motion (the materiality)
Anticipation — The preparation before motion (the breath before speech)
Staging — The presentation of motion (the frame around the picture)
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.
- 1mo ago First seen · 114 lines · 37 tokens per session scan A c4611c487a7e
universal-mindset is a skill published in the GitHub repository dylantarre/animation-principles (117 stars, last pushed 9mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 37 tokens to every session and 883 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5.5. 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 2026-08-30.
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