Make art with code
Makes generative art with p5.js, with sliders to tweak settings and random seeds to swap.
Good for: People who want to play with moving digital art
Makes small animated GIFs with the right size and file weight to use as chat emoji.
Good for: People who want a custom animated emoji for their group chat
Before you start: You'll need Python on your computer, with pillow, imageio and numpy installed.
Read this first: Built to Slack's emoji requirements; other chat apps may need different sizes.
Just say the “You say to AI” line, with your own details swapped in.
You say to AI
Make a 128x128 animated emoji of a cat nodding yes.
What AI does
What you get
A small 128x128 GIF you can upload as an emoji right away.
You say to AI
Turn this logo.png into a GIF where it bounces gently.
What AI does
What you get
An animated GIF made from your image.
Want the original instructions? SKILL.md on anthropics/skills
Which AI tool do you use?
1. Open the Terminal app on your computer, paste the line below and press Enter
npx skills add anthropics/ skills @slack-gif-creator -gWith no tool name, the command looks for the AI tools on your computer and asks where to install. If it says npx is missing or too old, install the latest Node.js (22 or newer) first.
Don't feel like opening a terminal?
Tools like Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and Trae can run commands themselves. Send them this:
npx skills add anthropics/ skills @slack-gif-creator -g2. Reopen your AI tool
New Skills only get picked up after a restart.
3. Just say what you want
Say it the way the examples do. To call it by name, say “Use slack-gif-creator to help me…”.
Makes generative art with p5.js, with sliders to tweak settings and random seeds to swap.
Good for: People who want to play with moving digital art
When you see a suspicious photo online, it checks the source first, then the details, before jumping to conclusions.
Good for: People who often come across images online that might or might not be real