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calesthio e5367f7d66 feat(character-animation): add local rigged character pipeline
New beta pipeline for reusable cartoon characters with SVG rigs, pose
libraries, action timelines, and Canvas/Remotion/HyperFrames rendering.

- pipeline_defs/character-animation.yaml: 11-stage manifest
- skills/pipelines/character-animation/: 11 stage director skills
- tools/character/: BaseTool implementations for char design, rigging,
  pose libraries, action timelines, previews, and QA
- schemas/artifacts/{character_design,rig_plan,pose_library,
  action_timeline,character_qa_report}.schema.json: canonical artifacts
- schemas/artifacts/scene_plan.schema.json: extended for character-led
  scenes
- .agents/skills/{canvas-procedural-animation,character-animation-qa,
  character-rigging,pose-library-design,svg-character-animation}/:
  Layer 3 vendor knowledge
- AGENT_GUIDE / PROJECT_CONTEXT / README / ARCHITECTURE / PROVIDERS:
  surface the new pipeline and its capability family
- tools/video/hyperframes_compose.py: SVG character rig support
- tests/contracts/test_character_animation_pipeline.py: contract tests
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name, description, license
name description license
svg-character-animation Animate SVG character rigs with GSAP, CSS transforms, Remotion frame control, and HyperFrames-compatible browser previews. MIT

SVG Character Animation

Use this skill when animating character rigs made from SVG parts.

Runtime Rules

  • Animate transforms (x, y, scale, rotation) rather than layout.
  • Use timelines for multi-part acting beats.
  • For SVG elements, use stable pivots (svgOrigin or correctly scoped transform origins).
  • In Remotion, do not let GSAP advance with requestAnimationFrame; drive a paused timeline from the current frame.

Browser Pattern

gsap.set("#arm_right", { svgOrigin: "390 310" });
const tl = gsap.timeline({ defaults: { ease: "power2.inOut" } });
tl.to("#head", { rotation: -8, duration: 0.2 })
  .to("#arm_right", { rotation: 35, duration: 0.4 }, "<");

Remotion Pattern

const frame = useCurrentFrame();
const progress = frame / durationInFrames;
timeline.progress(progress);

HyperFrames Pattern

Use HTML/SVG/GSAP components with deterministic timelines and validate via the HyperFrames CLI before final render.

Quality Checklist

  • Parts stay connected at pivots during motion.
  • Blinks, gaze, and mouth shapes are separate enough to read.
  • Pose holds are long enough to communicate emotion.
  • Frame sampling shows meaningful deltas, not frozen animation.

Sources