pixel-gif-maker
Generate retro pixel-text animated GIFs for Slack, Teams, or a PR comment — scrolling marquees, heartbeat pulses, confetti parties, twinkling sparkles — from a bundled pure-stdlib Python script (no PIL, no dependencies, byte-exact deterministic). Use when someone wants a celebration GIF, a 'ship it' GIF, a custom Slack GIF, a launch-day animation, or to make a team win feel like one. Produces a ready-to-drag .gif file.
npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill pixel-gif-maker --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Pixel GIF Maker Skill The most-reacted message in any Slack channel is never the status update — it's the GIF. This skill makes custom ones in a retro pixel style: your words, four animations, eight colors, and a file small enough to drag anywhere. The whole encoder is a bundled pure-stdlib Python script — this library's calculators are dependency-free and deterministic, and so is its confetti. ## What This Skill Produces - A `.gif` file (GIF89a, looping) with the user's text in chunky 5×7 pixel type - One of four animations: **scroll** (marquee), **pulse** (heartbeat zoom), **party** (hue-cycling text + confetti), **sparkle** (twinkling stars) - Sized for chat: typically 10–60KB, well under any upload limit ## Required Inputs Ask for (if not already provided): - The text — **under 24 characters**; pixel fonts are for punchlines ("SHIP IT", "1000 STARS", "GG TEAM", "V63 IS LIVE"). Type `*` for a ♥. - The mood → mode: victory lap = `party` · announcement = `scroll` · emphasis = `pulse` · appreciation = `sparkle` - Optional: colors (`night, plum, teal, mint, gold, coral, white, ink, violet`) and `--scale 1-4` (default 3) ## Process 1. Run the bundled script — no installs, Python 3
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python3 scripts/pixel_gif.py --text "SHIP IT" --mode party --out shipit.gif python3 scripts/pixel_gif.py --text "GG TEAM *" --mode sparkle --fg gold --bg night --out gg.gif python3 scripts/pixel_gif.py --self-test # verify all four modes, print hashes
What does the pixel-gif-maker skill do?
Generate retro pixel-text animated GIFs for Slack, Teams, or a PR comment — scrolling marquees, heartbeat pulses, confetti parties, twinkling sparkles — from a bundled pure-stdlib Python script (no PIL, no dependencies, byte-exact deterministic). Use when someone wants a celebration GIF, a 'ship it' GIF, a custom Slack GIF, a launch-day animation, or to make a team win feel like one. Produces a ready-to-drag .gif file.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill pixel-gif-maker --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills, a repository with 1,255 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.