How to make an entity play animation on right click? (Blockbench Modded Entity)

Hey! Sorry in advance for the poor wording, but I'm making a mod for a personal map I'm working on, and I have an animation that plays when an entity is right clicked. The two problems are that I'm using the Modded Entity Blockbench model, so things possible with GeckoLib aren't available due to no plugins for 2025.2, and I can interact with the entity more than once. Are there some sort of workarounds for these? Thanks!