GIF Maker
Small looping animated GIFs sized for chat apps.
What it does
Knowledge and utilities for creating animated GIFs optimized for Slack. Provides constraints, validation tools, and animation concepts. Use when users request animated GIFs for Slack like "make me a GIF of X doing Y for Slack.
Install in under a minute
Mac or Linux, after you download
unzip gif-maker.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/Windows PowerShell
Expand-Archive gif-maker.zip -DestinationPath $HOME\.claude\skills- Start a new Claude Code session so it sees the skill.
- Ask in plain words, for example: "Use GIF Maker on this project."
- Unzip the download, then zip just the gif-maker folder if your computer added an extra folder.
- In Claude.ai, open Settings, then Capabilities, and upload it under Skills.
- Turn the skill on and ask Claude to use it.
GIF Maker uses the open SKILL.md format, so it also works in agents like Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and Codex. Copy the gif-maker folder into that agent's skills folder, for example .cursor/skills/ or .github/skills/ in your project.
What's inside
The 8 main sections of the SKILL.md, in order.
- Slack Requirements
- Core Workflow
- Drawing Graphics
- Available Utilities
- Animation Concepts
- Optimization Strategies
- Philosophy
- Dependencies
In the download: core/easing.py, core/frame_composer.py, core/gif_builder.py, core/validators.py, LICENSE.txt, NOTICE.md, requirements.txt, SKILL.md
Credit and license
GIF Maker is a renamed, packaged copy of slack-gif-creator by Anthropic (github.com/anthropics/skills), used under the Apache-2.0 license. The license and a list of changes ship inside the download.
Questions
Does GIF Maker work in Claude.ai, not just Claude Code?
Yes. In Claude.ai, upload the gif-maker folder as a zip in Settings under Capabilities. It also works in other agents that support Agent Skills, like Cursor, Gemini CLI and GitHub Copilot.
What do I get?
A zip with the gif-maker folder: its SKILL.md (4,493 words) and its license files. One payment, instant download.
Who made GIF Maker?
It's a renamed, packaged copy of slack-gif-creator by Anthropic, used under the Apache-2.0 license. The license and a list of changes ship inside the download.