animate

name	animate
description	Gateway router for web animation work. Picks between /scroll-animation, /motion-design, or /ai-animation via one AskUserQuestion call, then hands off. Does NOT implement animation — the downstream skills remain the source of truth for their respective domains.
argument-hint	<optional one-line description of the animation, e.g. "hero pins and scrubs">

/animate — Animation Router (gateway)

You are routing an animation request to the correct specialist skill. This skill is a 1-click dispatcher; it never edits files itself. The four downstream skills have disjoint decision matrices over different library ecosystems (GSAP / Motion / WebGL / video-gen), so consolidation is rejected per docs/CONVERGENCE-PLAN.md.

When to use

Triggers: /animate, "add animation", "animate this", "web animation", "motion", user unsure which animation skill applies.

Phase 1 — Route (one AskUserQuestion call)

Ask one question with four options:

• Scroll-driven (pin, scrub, reveal-on-scroll) → route to /scroll-animation (GSAP ScrollTrigger / scroll-timeline).
• Page or element transitions (enter, exit, layout-shift) → route to /motion-design (Motion / Framer Motion library).
• AI-generated video or animation clip → route to /ai-animation (Runway / Kling / Pika / Sora via fal.ai etc.).

Per _blocks/rule-pure-click-contract.md — the intake line is optional free-text; the four options are all AskUserQuestion.

Phase 2 — Hand off

Emit a single line telling the user which skill to invoke next, preserving the intake argument if one was provided:

=== /ANIMATE ROUTE ===
Intake:   <optional one-liner or "(none)">
Picked:   <Scroll-driven | Transitions | WebGL/effects | AI video>
Next:     /<picked-skill> <intake-or-blank>

Example:

=== /ANIMATE ROUTE ===
Intake:   hero pins while user scrolls through 3 feature cards
Picked:   Scroll-driven
Next:     /scroll-animation hero pins while user scrolls through 3 feature cards

Rules

• Surgical scope — never write, edit, or delete any file. Output is one chat message with the routing report.
• RULE 0.4 NO HALLUCINATION — if the user picks AI-video and skills/ai-animation/ does not exist on disk, report that fact and suggest /motion-design as a constructive alternative (RULE -1 NO DOWNGRADE).
• No auto-invocation — print the handoff line; let the user invoke the chosen skill so they keep control of the switch.

References

• skills/scroll-animation/SKILL.md
• skills/motion-design/SKILL.md
• skills/ai-animation/SKILL.md (if present)
• _blocks/rule-pure-click-contract.md
• docs/CONVERGENCE-PLAN.md §Pre-unlock quick wins