Agent skill

Eliminate Visual Clutter

by gnurio in gnurio/refactoring-ui-plugin

Remove unnecessary borders, backgrounds, shadows, decorations

Custom licenceAuto-check passedDevelopment

Install Eliminate Visual Clutter

skills CLI
$ npx skills add gnurio/refactoring-ui-plugin --skill eliminate-visual-clutter -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install gnurio/refactoring-ui-plugin eliminate-visual-clutter --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/gnurio/refactoring-ui-plugin.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/06-eliminate-visual-clutter .claude/skills/eliminate-visual-clutter && 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
eliminate-visual-clutter
GitHub stars
444
Token cost
~1k tokens
SKILL.md length
474 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
11
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Remove unnecessary borders, backgrounds, shadows, decorations

  • Works in 6 steps: Start with everything (borders, shadows,… → Remove borders → Use spacing instead → Remove backgrounds → Use whitespace to… → …
  • Development work in your project
  • SKILL.md covers Purpose, Type, Input and Output, plus 10 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Eliminate Visual Clutter is an agent skill from gnurio/refactoring-ui-plugin. Remove unnecessary borders, backgrounds, shadows, decorations

Its SKILL.md is about 1k 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 Development. The repository describes itself as: 10 applied skills for Claude Code and Cursor that turn the principles of Refactoring UI into structured AI-assisted design reviews | not affiliated, big fan, get their book here:.

When your agent uses it

  • Development work in your project

Example prompts

  • “/eliminate-visual-clutter”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Start with everything (borders, shadows, backgrounds)
  2. Remove borders → Use spacing instead
  3. Remove backgrounds → Use whitespace to group
  4. Remove separators → Increase space between sections
  5. Remove shadows → Keep only for elevation (modals, dropdowns)
  6. Add back only what's needed for hierarchy or clarity

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 00781ea. 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

Eliminate Visual Clutter loads about 1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 22 tokens; SKILL.md has 474 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~22
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1k

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

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 474 words (~1,034 tokens).

“Remove unnecessary visual elements (borders, backgrounds, shadows, decorations) that don't serve functional purposes.”

— opening of SKILL.md by gnurio, Custom licence
name
eliminate-visual-clutter
domain
ui-design
skill-type
corrective
version
1.0.0
author
refactoring-ui-expert
dependencies
04-apply-consistent-spacing

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/06-eliminate-visual-clutter of gnurio/refactoring-ui-plugin.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 00781ea

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Code Review ChecklistshareAI-lab/learn-claude-code78k5 repos~1.1kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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Categories

Questions about Eliminate Visual Clutter

What does Eliminate Visual Clutter do?

Remove unnecessary borders, backgrounds, shadows, decorations. Eliminate Visual Clutter is an agent skill from gnurio/refactoring-ui-plugin.

When should I use Eliminate Visual Clutter?

Eliminate Visual Clutter fits situations like: development work in your project.

How do I install Eliminate Visual Clutter in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add gnurio/refactoring-ui-plugin --skill eliminate-visual-clutter -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/06-eliminate-visual-clutter in gnurio/refactoring-ui-plugin) into .claude/skills/eliminate-visual-clutter in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Eliminate Visual Clutter in Codex?

Run `npx skills add gnurio/refactoring-ui-plugin --skill eliminate-visual-clutter -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/06-eliminate-visual-clutter in gnurio/refactoring-ui-plugin) into .agents/skills/eliminate-visual-clutter in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Eliminate Visual Clutter 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 gnurio/refactoring-ui-plugin --skill eliminate-visual-clutter -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/eliminate-visual-clutter, .gemini/skills/eliminate-visual-clutter, .github/skills/eliminate-visual-clutter and .opencode/skills/eliminate-visual-clutter in your project.

What does Eliminate Visual Clutter need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Eliminate Visual Clutter is instructions for the agent only.

Does Eliminate Visual Clutter 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 Eliminate Visual Clutter 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 Eliminate Visual Clutter use?

Eliminate Visual Clutter has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Eliminate Visual Clutter use?

About 1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.1k 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 Eliminate Visual Clutter?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Eliminate Visual Clutter: Vercel Composition Patterns (supabase/supabase, 111k stars), Finishing a Development Branch (obra/superpowers, 297k stars), Typescript Advanced Types (rolling-scopes/rsschool-app, 10k stars) and PR Babysitter (openinterpreter/openinterpreter, 69k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Eliminate Visual Clutter?

gnurio (a GitHub user) maintains it in gnurio/refactoring-ui-plugin, which has 444 GitHub stars. The repository holds 11 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on April 26, 2026.

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