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slack-gif-creator

Create animated GIFs optimized for Slack with validators for size constraints and composable animation primitives.

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About slack-gif-creator

slack-gif-creator is a catalogue entry in the Open Design collection, curated from Anthropic's official skills repository. It advertises a skill that creates animated GIFs optimized for Slack, including validators for Slack's size constraints and composable animation primitives. The card exists so a planning agent can discover the capability, not to ship the implementation itself.

As a discovery pointer, the entry is minimal. It provides trigger phrases ("slack gif", "animated gif", "reaction gif", "tiny gif") and explains that to run the full upstream workflow with its original assets, scripts, and references, you install the upstream bundle into your active agent's skills directory. The documented usage is to inspect the upstream README for exact paths, then invoke the skill by name or via one of the trigger phrases. The actual GIF-generation logic, size validators, and animation primitives live upstream at the Anthropic skills repository rather than in this card.

It is aimed at developers and Slack users who want to produce small, reaction-style animated GIFs that meet Slack's upload and display constraints. Because this is a thin catalogue listing rather than a full skill, users should consult the upstream source (github.com/anthropics/skills) for the real assets and capabilities.

FAQ

Is this the full GIF-creation tool?

No. It is a catalogue entry pointing to Anthropic's official skills repository; the actual implementation is installed from upstream.

What does the underlying skill do?

It creates animated GIFs optimized for Slack, with validators for size constraints and composable animation primitives.

How do I run it?

Install the upstream bundle into your agent's skills directory (check the upstream README for paths), then invoke slack-gif-creator by name or via a trigger like "reaction gif" or "tiny gif".

Why does it validate size?

GIFs for Slack must fit Slack's size constraints, so the upstream skill includes validators for those limits.

Where is the upstream source?

https://github.com/anthropics/skills/tree/main/skills/slack-gif-creator, under the image-generation category.

Install slack-gif-creator

Download and extract the skill files to your .claude/skills/ directory.

Quick Setup:

  1. Copy the skill folder to .claude/skills/
  2. Claude will automatically detect and use the skill