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Ask Claude to Write CSS Keyframe Animations

recombobulate @recombobulate · Mar 26, 2026 · Workflows
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CSS keyframe animations are powerful but always involve looking up cubic-bezier() values and second-guessing transform-origin. Just describe the motion and let Claude write it.

Write a CSS keyframe animation called fadeSlideIn that fades an element 
in from opacity 0 while sliding it up 16px. Duration 300ms, ease-out timing.
Also add a prefers-reduced-motion media query that disables the slide but keeps the fade.

Claude knows to add will-change: transform, opacity for GPU acceleration, respects prefers-reduced-motion for accessibility, and uses forwards fill mode so the animation state persists.

For loading skeletons and shimmer effects:

Write a CSS shimmer animation for a skeleton loading screen.
The element is a grey rounded rectangle. Animate a highlight moving 
left to right repeatedly. Use a linear gradient approach.

If you're working in React with Tailwind, Claude can convert animations to Framer Motion variants:

Convert this CSS keyframe animation to a Framer Motion variants object.
Add an exit variant that reverses the entrance animation.
[paste your CSS]

For Vue projects it can generate the equivalent using <Transition> component hooks and CSS classes.

Describe the motion, skip the keyframe math — Claude has the timing functions memorised.

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