Agent skill

Aesthetic Dreaming

by glittercowboy in glittercowboy/plugin-freedom-system

Create aesthetic templates without first creating a plugin - capture visual design concepts through adaptive questioning.

No licenceAuto-check: notesFrontend & Design

Install Aesthetic Dreaming

skills CLI
$ npx skills add glittercowboy/plugin-freedom-system --skill aesthetic-dreaming -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install glittercowboy/plugin-freedom-system aesthetic-dreaming --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/glittercowboy/plugin-freedom-system.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/aesthetic-dreaming .claude/skills/aesthetic-dreaming && 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
aesthetic-dreaming
GitHub stars
217
Token cost
~3.3k tokens
SKILL.md length
1,507 words
Files
10 (incl. references, assets)
Skills in repo
15
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Create aesthetic templates without first creating a plugin - capture visual design concepts through adaptive questioning.

  • Works in 8 steps: Phase 1: Free-form collection - Gather… → Phase 2: Gap analysis - Identify missing… → Phase 3: Question batch - Ask 4… → …
  • You want to build a library of visual systems before plugin implementation
  • SKILL.md covers Success Criteria, Design Rationale and Reference Documentation
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Aesthetic Dreaming is an agent skill from glittercowboy/plugin-freedom-system. Create aesthetic templates without first creating a plugin - capture visual design concepts through adaptive questioning. Use when you want to build a library of visual systems before plugin implementation.

Its SKILL.md is about 3.3k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 11 other files, including reference files and assets (for example `assets/test-plugin-specs.json`, `references/aesthetic-questions.md` and `references/design-rationale.md`).

It sits in Frontend & Design, covering UI design. The repository describes itself as: AI-assisted JUCE plugin development system for MacOS by TÂCHES.

When your agent uses it

  • You want to build a library of visual systems before plugin implementation
  • Tasks that involve UI design

Example prompts

  • “/aesthetic-dreaming”

Requirements

  • Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Read, Write, Bash, AskUserQuestion, Skill

Workflow steps

8 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Phase 1: Free-form collection - Gather initial aesthetic vision
  2. Phase 2: Gap analysis - Identify missing visual elements
  3. Phase 3: Question batch - Ask 4 contextual questions via AskUserQuestion
  4. Phase 3.5: Decision gate - Finalize / Continue / Add context
  5. Phase 3.7: Name aesthetic (if finalizing)
  6. Phase 4: Test preview selection
  7. Phase 5: Generate files
  8. Phase 6: Decision menu

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit e965cdd. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:

    • Read
    • Write
    • Bash
    • AskUserQuestion
    • Skill

    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

Aesthetic Dreaming loads about 3.3k tokens when it runs, and up to ~15k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 56 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,507 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~56
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~3.3k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~15k

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: notes

The automated check noted patterns worth knowing about, such as sudo or a known installer.

  • NotePre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: Bash)SKILL.md
    allowed-tools: Read, Write, Bash, AskUserQuestion, Skill

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 1,507 words (~3,277 tokens).

“Purpose: Create aesthetic templates before implementing any plugins. Capture visual design systems through adaptive questioning, generate structured aesthetic.md, and optionally create test previews demonstrating the aesthetic across different plugin types.”

— opening of SKILL.md by glittercowboy
name
aesthetic-dreaming
allowed-tools
Read, Write, Bash, AskUserQuestion, Skill
preconditions
None (entry point)

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 9 other files (references, assets) in .claude/skills/aesthetic-dreaming of glittercowboy/plugin-freedom-system.

  • SKILL.md
  • assets/test-plugin-specs.json
  • references/aesthetic-questions.md
  • references/design-rationale.md
  • references/error-handling.md
  • references/file-generation.md
  • references/handoff-protocol.md
  • references/question-examples.md
  • references/test-preview-protocol.md
  • references/workflow-examples.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit e965cdd

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Design Dnazanwei/design-dna1.9k1 repos~2.1kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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Questions about Aesthetic Dreaming

What does Aesthetic Dreaming do?

Create aesthetic templates without first creating a plugin - capture visual design concepts through adaptive questioning. Aesthetic Dreaming is an agent skill from glittercowboy/plugin-freedom-system. Create aesthetic templates without first creating a plugin - capture visual design concepts through adaptive questioning.

When should I use Aesthetic Dreaming?

Aesthetic Dreaming fits situations like: you want to build a library of visual systems before plugin implementation; tasks that involve UI design.

How do I install Aesthetic Dreaming in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add glittercowboy/plugin-freedom-system --skill aesthetic-dreaming -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/aesthetic-dreaming in glittercowboy/plugin-freedom-system) into .claude/skills/aesthetic-dreaming in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Aesthetic Dreaming in Codex?

Run `npx skills add glittercowboy/plugin-freedom-system --skill aesthetic-dreaming -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/aesthetic-dreaming in glittercowboy/plugin-freedom-system) into .agents/skills/aesthetic-dreaming in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Aesthetic Dreaming 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 glittercowboy/plugin-freedom-system --skill aesthetic-dreaming -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/aesthetic-dreaming, .gemini/skills/aesthetic-dreaming, .github/skills/aesthetic-dreaming and .opencode/skills/aesthetic-dreaming in your project.

What does Aesthetic Dreaming need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Aesthetic Dreaming is instructions for the agent only. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Read, Write, Bash, AskUserQuestion, Skill.

Does Aesthetic Dreaming 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 Aesthetic Dreaming safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found notes only (pre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: bash)), nothing it rates as a warning. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Aesthetic Dreaming use?

No licence was found for Aesthetic Dreaming or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Aesthetic Dreaming use?

About 3.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 13k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 12k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Aesthetic Dreaming?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Aesthetic Dreaming: UI Styling (Ohh-889/skyroc, 795 stars), LobeHub Interactive Prototype (lobehub/lobehub, 83k stars), Make Interfaces Feel Better (samuelclay/NewsBlur, 7.6k stars) and UI UX Pro Max (ZxBing0066/pixel-converter, 181 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Aesthetic Dreaming?

glittercowboy (a GitHub user) maintains it in glittercowboy/plugin-freedom-system, which has 217 GitHub stars. The repository holds 15 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on November 19, 2025.

Source: glittercowboy/plugin-freedom-system on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.