| name | animejs-reviewer |
| description | Review existing Anime.js code for API correctness, sequencing quality, React lifecycle safety, cleanup, performance, and motion purpose. |
Use this skill when code already exists and needs critique or refactoring guidance.
Review checklist
Audit for:
- correct v4 APIs and imports
- target selection strategy
- timeline structure (
add vs sync)
- scroll model correctness (
onScroll thresholds/sync)
- text split lifecycle (
refresh / revert)
- SVG primitive choice (
morphTo, createDrawable, createMotionPath)
- React/component safety (
createScope, cleanup, methods)
- performance and a11y
- motion purpose vs noise
Output format
- What is solid
- What is risky
- What is incorrect
- Refactor priorities
- Proposed replacement structure
- If useful: corrected code
Refactor priorities
- wrong API / wrong lifecycle
- cleanup leaks
- motion that hurts UX
- performance hotspots
- readability / maintainability
Hard-call issues to flag
- old Anime.js patterns presented as current v4 usage
- global selectors in component code without scoping
- no
revert() on teardown
- random/function-based values without
refresh() story
- giant unlabeled timelines
- scroll sync used where simple threshold triggers would be clearer
- char-splitting that damages readability
- path morphing used without a meaningful shape relationship
Reference official notes in ../animejs-core-api/references/official-docs-map.md.
