makepad-animation

CRITICAL: Use for Makepad animation system. Triggers on: makepad animation, makepad animator, makepad hover, makepad state, makepad transition, "from: { all: Forward", makepad pressed, makepad 动画, makepad 状态, makepad 过渡, makepad 悬停效果

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Content

63%Scale 1-5

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This is a solid animation reference skill with good concrete examples covering the main use cases (hover, pressed, focus, disabled states) and both DSL and Rust API patterns. Its main weaknesses are moderate verbosity from repetitive code patterns and an exhaustive easing list that could be in a reference file, plus unverifiable external file references. The actionability is strong with executable code examples.

Suggestions

Move the exhaustive easing functions list and animatable properties catalog to the referenced `animation-system.md` file, keeping only 2-3 common examples inline to improve conciseness.

Consolidate the four nearly-identical state animation examples (hover, pressed, focus, disabled) into one annotated example showing multiple states, with a brief note on how to adapt for different state types.

Provide the referenced bundle files (`./references/animation-system.md` and `_base/` patterns) or remove the references if they don't exist, to ensure progressive disclosure actually works.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	The skill is moderately efficient but includes some redundancy — the easing functions list is exhaustive when Claude likely knows standard easing names, and the animatable properties section states obvious things. The code examples are somewhat repetitive (hover, pressed, focus, disabled all follow the same pattern). The 'Documentation Completeness Check' section with Chinese text adds operational overhead.	3 / 5
Actionability	Provides concrete, executable code examples in both DSL and Rust API forms. The examples cover common animation states with copy-paste ready patterns. Minor gap: no complete working example showing a full widget with animation from scratch (imports, struct definition, etc.), and the Rust API example lacks context about where it lives in a full component.	4 / 5
Workflow Clarity	The 'When Writing Code' section provides clear guidelines for choosing animation types. The Rust API section shows a clear event-handling workflow. However, there's no explicit validation or debugging workflow — e.g., what happens when an animation doesn't work, how to verify animations are applied correctly, or common pitfalls. Since animations aren't destructive operations, the missing validation doesn't cap the score.	4 / 5
Progressive Disclosure	References to `./references/animation-system.md` and `_base/` directory patterns are mentioned but no bundle files are provided, making it impossible to verify these exist. The SKILL.md itself inlines a substantial amount of reference material (full easing enum list, all timeline types, animatable properties) that could be in a reference file, while the referenced files may duplicate this content.	3 / 5
	Total	14 / 20 Passed

Description

47%Scale 1-5

Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.

The description functions primarily as a trigger-term list rather than a proper skill description. While it excels at providing explicit trigger phrases (including multilingual ones), it completely fails to describe what the skill actually does—what concrete actions or outputs it provides. Adding a clear 'what' statement with specific capabilities would significantly improve it.

Suggestions

Add concrete capability descriptions such as 'Implements hover effects, pressed states, and animated transitions using Makepad's animator system. Configures state definitions, easing curves, and property animations.'

Restructure to lead with a 'what it does' statement before the trigger terms, e.g., 'Configures and implements animations in Makepad including state transitions, hover effects, and pressed states. Use when...'

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	The description names the domain (Makepad animation system) but provides no concrete actions. It doesn't describe what the skill actually does—no verbs like 'creates', 'configures', 'implements'. It only lists trigger terms without explaining capabilities.	2 / 5
Completeness	The 'when' is explicitly addressed with trigger terms, but the 'what' is almost entirely missing—there's no description of what the skill actually does beyond 'Makepad animation system'. It says 'Use for Makepad animation system' which is extremely vague on the capability side.	2 / 5
Trigger Term Quality	Good coverage of natural trigger terms including 'makepad animation', 'makepad animator', 'makepad hover', 'makepad state', 'makepad transition', 'makepad pressed', and even Chinese-language equivalents. However, it lacks some natural phrases like 'animate widget', 'fade in/out', or 'easing' that users might say.	4 / 5
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	The Makepad animation system is a fairly specific niche, and the trigger terms are distinctive enough to avoid conflicts with general animation or CSS transition skills. Minor overlap risk with other Makepad-related skills if they exist, but the animation focus narrows it well.	4 / 5
	Total	12 / 20 Passed

Validation

90%

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Validation — 10 / 11 Passed

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Criteria	Description	Result
frontmatter_unknown_keys	Unknown frontmatter key(s) found; consider removing or moving to metadata	Warning

	Total	10 / 11 Passed

Repository: administrakt0r/AI-Agents-Safe-Coding-Skills
Path: skills/makepad-animation/SKILL.md
Commit: 57c135b

Reviewed: 4 days ago

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