gsap-router
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Router for GSAP animation domain. Use when implementing animations with GreenSock Animation Platform including tweens, timelines, scroll-based animations, or React integration. Routes to 4 specialized skills for fundamentals, sequencing, ScrollTrigger, and React patterns.
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Routes to 4 specialized skills based on animation requirements.
Routing Protocol
- Classify — Identify animation type from user request
- Match — Apply signal matching rules below
- Combine — Production animations often need 2-3 skills together
- Load — Read matched SKILL.md files before implementation
Quick Route
Tier 1: Core (Start Here)
| Need | Skill | Signals |
|---|---|---|
| Basic animations, easing | | tween, animate, ease, from, to, duration, delay |
| Complex sequences | | timeline, sequence, orchestrate, labels, callbacks |
| Scroll animations | | scroll, pin, scrub, parallax, reveal, sticky |
| React integration | | React, useGSAP, ref, hook, cleanup, context |
Signal Matching
Primary Signals
gsap-fundamentals:
- "animate", "tween", "transition"
- "ease", "easing", "timing"
- "from", "to", "fromTo"
- "duration", "delay", "repeat"
- "stagger", "properties"
gsap-sequencing:
- "timeline", "sequence", "orchestrate"
- "labels", "callbacks", "nested"
- "position parameter", "overlap"
- "complex animation", "choreography"
- "play", "pause", "reverse", "seek"
gsap-scrolltrigger:
- "scroll", "ScrollTrigger"
- "pin", "sticky", "fixed"
- "scrub", "parallax"
- "reveal on scroll", "snap"
- "progress indicator"
gsap-react:
- "React", "component"
- "useGSAP", "useRef", "hook"
- "cleanup", "context"
- "event handler", "state"
Confidence Scoring
- High (3+ signals) — Route directly to matched skill
- Medium (1-2 signals) — Route with fundamentals as foundation
- Low (0 signals) — Start with
gsap-fundamentals
Common Combinations
Basic Animation (1 skill)
gsap-fundamentals → Tweens, easing, basic propertiesReact Component Animation (2 skills)
gsap-fundamentals → Animation principles, easing
gsap-react → Hook patterns, cleanup, refsScroll-Based Experience (3 skills)
gsap-scrolltrigger → Scroll triggers, pinning
gsap-sequencing → Timeline for pinned sections
gsap-fundamentals → Individual animationsFull Production (3-4 skills)
gsap-fundamentals → Core animations
gsap-sequencing → Complex orchestration
gsap-react → Framework integration
gsap-scrolltrigger → Scroll interactions (if needed)Decision Table
| Framework | Animation Type | Complexity | Route To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vanilla JS | Simple | Low | fundamentals |
| Vanilla JS | Sequenced | Medium | fundamentals + sequencing |
| Vanilla JS | Scroll-based | Medium | fundamentals + scrolltrigger |
| React | Simple | Low | fundamentals + react |
| React | Complex | High | All four skills |
| React | Scroll | Medium | react + scrolltrigger |
Animation Categories
Motion Type → Skill Mapping
| Animation Type | Primary Skill | Supporting Skill |
|---|---|---|
| Fade in/out | | - |
| Slide/move | | - |
| Scale/rotate | | - |
| Stagger | | - |
| Page transitions | | fundamentals |
| Orchestrated reveals | | fundamentals |
| Scroll reveals | | fundamentals |
| Parallax | | - |
| Pinned sections | | sequencing |
| React animations | | fundamentals |
| React + scroll | | scrolltrigger |
Integration with Other Domains
With R3F (r3f-*)
r3f-fundamentals → 3D scene setup
gsap-fundamentals → Object property animation
gsap-sequencing → Camera movements, scene transitionsGSAP animates Three.js object properties via .
onUpdateWith Post-Processing (postfx-*)
postfx-composer → Effect setup
gsap-fundamentals → Animate effect parameters
gsap-sequencing → Transition between effect statesGSAP drives effect intensity, colors, etc.
With Audio (audio-*)
audio-playback → Music timing
gsap-sequencing → Sync animations to audio cues
gsap-fundamentals → Audio-reactive property changesTimeline callbacks sync with audio events.
With Particles (particles-*)
particles-systems → Particle emitters
gsap-fundamentals → Animate emitter properties
gsap-sequencing → Particle burst sequencesWorkflow Patterns
Page Load Animation
1. gsap-fundamentals → Understand tweens, easing
2. gsap-sequencing → Build entrance timeline
3. gsap-react → Integrate with React (if applicable)Scroll Experience
1. gsap-scrolltrigger → Set up triggers, pins
2. gsap-sequencing → Build scrubbed timelines
3. gsap-fundamentals → Individual animation propertiesInteractive UI
1. gsap-fundamentals → Hover, click animations
2. gsap-react → Event handlers, cleanup
3. gsap-sequencing → Complex interaction sequencesTemporal Collapse Stack
For the New Year countdown project:
gsap-fundamentals → Digit animations, pulse effects, easing
gsap-sequencing → Countdown sequence, final moment orchestration
gsap-react → Component integration, cleanupKey animations:
- Digit flip on time change
- Pulse/glow intensity over time
- Final countdown dramatic sequence
- Celebration reveal at zero
Quick Reference
Task → Skills
| Task | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| "Animate this element" | fundamentals | - |
| "Create entrance animation" | fundamentals | react |
| "Build page transition" | sequencing | fundamentals |
| "Animate on scroll" | scrolltrigger | fundamentals |
| "React component animation" | react | fundamentals |
| "Pinned scroll section" | scrolltrigger | sequencing |
| "Complex animation sequence" | sequencing | fundamentals |
| "Staggered list animation" | fundamentals | react |
Easing Quick Reference
| Feel | Ease |
|---|---|
| Snappy UI | |
| Smooth entrance | |
| Playful bounce | |
| Springy | |
| Ball drop | |
| Linear/mechanical | |
Fallback Behavior
- No framework stated → Assume vanilla JS, start with
gsap-fundamentals - React mentioned → Add to combination
gsap-react - Scroll mentioned → Add
gsap-scrolltrigger - "Complex" or "sequence" → Add
gsap-sequencing - Unclear requirements → Start with
gsap-fundamentals
Performance Priority
When performance is critical:
- — Use transforms, avoid layout properties
gsap-fundamentals - — Proper cleanup prevents memory leaks
gsap-react - — Use
gsap-scrolltriggerwisely, batch updatesscrub - — Reuse timelines, don't recreate
gsap-sequencing