Official agent skill

Principle Exhaust The Design Space

by cursor in cursor/plugins

Apply when facing a novel UI interaction or architectural decision with no precedent in the codebase.

OfficialNo licenceAuto-check passedLegal & Compliance

Install Principle Exhaust The Design Space

skills CLI
$ npx skills add cursor/plugins --skill principle-exhaust-the-design-space -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install cursor/plugins principle-exhaust-the-design-space --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/cursor/plugins.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/pstack/skills/principle-exhaust-the-design-space .claude/skills/principle-exhaust-the-design-space && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
principle-exhaust-the-design-space
GitHub stars
11k
Used in
8 other repos
Token cost
~288 tokens
SKILL.md length
129 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
99
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Apply when facing a novel UI interaction or architectural decision with no precedent in the codebase.

  • Tasks that involve Creative writing and fiction
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Tasks that involve Legal research

What it does

Principle Exhaust The Design Space is an agent skill from cursor/plugins, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Apply when facing a novel UI interaction or architectural decision with no precedent in the codebase. Build 2-3 competing prototypes and compare side by side before committing.

Its SKILL.md is about 290 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Legal & Compliance, covering Creative writing and fiction and Legal research. The repository describes itself as: Cursor plugin specification and official plugins.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Creative writing and fiction
  • Tasks that involve Legal research

Example prompts

  • “/principle-exhaust-the-design-space”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 9d76bca. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Principle Exhaust The Design Space loads about 288 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 53 tokens; SKILL.md has 129 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~53
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~288

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 129 words (~288 tokens).

“When a novel interaction or architectural decision has no established precedent, explore several concrete alternatives before implementation. Building the wrong thing costs more than exploring three options.”

— opening of SKILL.md by cursor
name
principle-exhaust-the-design-space
disable-model-invocation
true

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in pstack/skills/principle-exhaust-the-design-space of cursor/plugins.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9d76bca

Used in 8 other repositories

We found 8 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 8 other GitHub owners. This page covers the copy in cursor/plugins, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Billing And Litigation BudgetTHUYRan/Legal-Skills-Chinese874—~5kAutomated safety check: PassNone

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Questions about Principle Exhaust The Design Space

What does Principle Exhaust The Design Space do?

Apply when facing a novel UI interaction or architectural decision with no precedent in the codebase. Principle Exhaust The Design Space is an agent skill from cursor/plugins, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Apply when facing a novel UI interaction or architectural decision with no precedent in the codebase.

When should I use Principle Exhaust The Design Space?

Principle Exhaust The Design Space fits situations like: tasks that involve Creative writing and fiction; tasks that involve Legal research.

How do I install Principle Exhaust The Design Space in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add cursor/plugins --skill principle-exhaust-the-design-space -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (pstack/skills/principle-exhaust-the-design-space in cursor/plugins) into .claude/skills/principle-exhaust-the-design-space in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Principle Exhaust The Design Space in Codex?

Run `npx skills add cursor/plugins --skill principle-exhaust-the-design-space -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (pstack/skills/principle-exhaust-the-design-space in cursor/plugins) into .agents/skills/principle-exhaust-the-design-space in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Principle Exhaust The Design Space in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add cursor/plugins --skill principle-exhaust-the-design-space -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/principle-exhaust-the-design-space, .gemini/skills/principle-exhaust-the-design-space, .github/skills/principle-exhaust-the-design-space and .opencode/skills/principle-exhaust-the-design-space in your project.

What does Principle Exhaust The Design Space need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Principle Exhaust The Design Space is instructions for the agent only.

Does Principle Exhaust The Design Space access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Principle Exhaust The Design Space safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Principle Exhaust The Design Space use?

No licence was found for Principle Exhaust The Design Space or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Principle Exhaust The Design Space use?

About 288 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.2k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Principle Exhaust The Design Space?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Principle Exhaust The Design Space: Legal Terminology (THUYRan/Legal-Skills-Chinese, 874 stars), Tw Legal RAG (aa0101181514/tw-legal-rag, 328 stars), Design Award Search (SeanJ1ang/design-judge-skills, 712 stars) and China Lawyer Analyst (CSlawyer1985/china-lawyer-analyst, 196 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Principle Exhaust The Design Space?

cursor (a GitHub organization, an official publisher) maintains it in cursor/plugins, which has 10,793 GitHub stars. The repository holds 99 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 11, 2026.

Source: cursor/plugins on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.