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slack-gif-creator

by anthropics

AI Summary

A toolkit for creating animated GIFs optimized for Slack with specific dimension, FPS, and color constraints. Developers building Slack integrations or bots will find this useful for generating compliant emoji and message GIFs.

Install

Copy this and paste it into Claude Code, Cursor, or any AI assistant:

I want to install the "slack-gif-creator" skill in my project.

Please run this command in my terminal:
# Install skill into your project (7 files)
mkdir -p .claude/skills/slack-gif-creator && curl --retry 3 --retry-delay 2 --retry-all-errors -o .claude/skills/slack-gif-creator/SKILL.md "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anthropics/skills/main/skills/slack-gif-creator/SKILL.md" && curl --retry 3 --retry-delay 2 --retry-all-errors -o .claude/skills/slack-gif-creator/LICENSE.txt "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anthropics/skills/main/skills/slack-gif-creator/LICENSE.txt" && mkdir -p .claude/skills/slack-gif-creator/core && curl --retry 3 --retry-delay 2 --retry-all-errors -o .claude/skills/slack-gif-creator/core/easing.py "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anthropics/skills/main/skills/slack-gif-creator/core/easing.py" && mkdir -p .claude/skills/slack-gif-creator/core && curl --retry 3 --retry-delay 2 --retry-all-errors -o .claude/skills/slack-gif-creator/core/frame_composer.py "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anthropics/skills/main/skills/slack-gif-creator/core/frame_composer.py" && mkdir -p .claude/skills/slack-gif-creator/core && curl --retry 3 --retry-delay 2 --retry-all-errors -o .claude/skills/slack-gif-creator/core/gif_builder.py "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anthropics/skills/main/skills/slack-gif-creator/core/gif_builder.py" && mkdir -p .claude/skills/slack-gif-creator/core && curl --retry 3 --retry-delay 2 --retry-all-errors -o .claude/skills/slack-gif-creator/core/validators.py "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anthropics/skills/main/skills/slack-gif-creator/core/validators.py" && curl --retry 3 --retry-delay 2 --retry-all-errors -o .claude/skills/slack-gif-creator/requirements.txt "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anthropics/skills/main/skills/slack-gif-creator/requirements.txt"

Then restart Claude Code (or reload the window in Cursor) so the skill is picked up.

Description

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."

Slack Requirements

Dimensions: • Emoji GIFs: 128x128 (recommended) • Message GIFs: 480x480 Parameters: • FPS: 10-30 (lower is smaller file size) • Colors: 48-128 (fewer = smaller file size) • Duration: Keep under 3 seconds for emoji GIFs

Slack GIF Creator

A toolkit providing utilities and knowledge for creating animated GIFs optimized for Slack.

Core Workflow

`python from core.gif_builder import GIFBuilder from PIL import Image, ImageDraw

1. Create builder

builder = GIFBuilder(width=128, height=128, fps=10)

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