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Agent skill

Nothing Design

by harperreed in harperreed/dotfiles

This skill should be used when the user explicitly says "Nothing style", "Nothing design", "/nothing-design", or directly asks to use/apply the Nothing design system.

No licenceAuto-check passedFrontend & Design

Install Nothing Design

skills CLI
$ npx skills add harperreed/dotfiles --skill nothing-design -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install harperreed/dotfiles nothing-design --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/harperreed/dotfiles.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills-archive/nothing-design .claude/skills/nothing-design && 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
nothing-design
GitHub stars
334
Used in
3 other repos
Token cost
~2.3k tokens
SKILL.md length
1,142 words
Files
4 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
32
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

This skill should be used when the user explicitly says "Nothing style", "Nothing design", "/nothing-design", or directly asks to use/apply the Nothing design system.

  • Works in 5 steps: DESIGN PHILOSOPHY → CRAFT RULES — HOW TO COMPOSE → ANTI-PATTERNS — WHAT TO NEVER DO → …
  • Explicitly says Nothing style
  • SKILL.md covers 1. DESIGN PHILOSOPHY, 2. CRAFT RULES — HOW TO COMPOSE, 3. ANTI-PATTERNS — WHAT TO… and 4. WORKFLOW, plus 1 more section
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Nothing Design is an agent skill from harperreed/dotfiles. This skill should be used when the user explicitly says "Nothing style", "Nothing design", "/nothing-design", or directly asks to use/apply the Nothing design system. NEVER trigger automatically for generic UI or design tasks.

Its SKILL.md is about 2.3k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 4 other files, including reference files (for example `references/components.md`, `references/platform-mapping.md` and `references/tokens.md`).

It sits in Frontend & Design, covering Design systems. The repository describes itself as: Dotfiles. Managed by YADM.

When your agent uses it

  • Explicitly says Nothing style
  • /nothing-design
  • Directly asks to use/apply the Nothing design system
  • Automatically for generic UI

Example prompts

  • “Nothing style”
  • “Nothing design”
  • “/nothing-design”
  • “/nothing-design”

Requirements

  • Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Grep

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. DESIGN PHILOSOPHY
  2. CRAFT RULES — HOW TO COMPOSE
  3. ANTI-PATTERNS — WHAT TO NEVER DO
  4. WORKFLOW
  5. REFERENCE FILES

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit b78c10e. 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
    • Edit
    • Glob
    • Grep

    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

Nothing Design loads about 2.3k tokens when it runs, and up to ~5.8k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 60 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,142 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~60
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~2.3k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~5.8k

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 1,142 words (~2,298 tokens).

“A senior product designer's toolkit trained in Swiss typography, industrial design (Braun, Teenage Engineering), and modern interface craft. Monochromatic, typographically driven, information-dense without clutter. Dark and light mode with equal rigor.”

— opening of SKILL.md by harperreed
name
nothing-design
allowed-tools
Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Grep
version
3.0.0

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 3 other files (references) in .claude/skills-archive/nothing-design of harperreed/dotfiles.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/components.md
  • references/platform-mapping.md
  • references/tokens.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit b78c10e

Used in 3 other repositories

We found 3 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 3 other GitHub owners. This page covers the copy in harperreed/dotfiles, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Categories

Questions about Nothing Design

What does Nothing Design do?

This skill should be used when the user explicitly says "Nothing style", "Nothing design", "/nothing-design", or directly asks to use/apply the Nothing design system. Nothing Design is an agent skill from harperreed/dotfiles. This skill should be used when the user explicitly says "Nothing style", "Nothing design", "/nothing-design", or directly asks to use/apply the Nothing design system.

When should I use Nothing Design?

Nothing Design fits situations like: explicitly says Nothing style; /nothing-design; directly asks to use/apply the Nothing design system; automatically for generic UI.

How do I install Nothing Design in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add harperreed/dotfiles --skill nothing-design -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills-archive/nothing-design in harperreed/dotfiles) into .claude/skills/nothing-design in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Nothing Design in Codex?

Run `npx skills add harperreed/dotfiles --skill nothing-design -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills-archive/nothing-design in harperreed/dotfiles) into .agents/skills/nothing-design in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Nothing Design 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 harperreed/dotfiles --skill nothing-design -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/nothing-design, .gemini/skills/nothing-design, .github/skills/nothing-design and .opencode/skills/nothing-design in your project.

What does Nothing Design need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Nothing Design is instructions for the agent only. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Grep.

Does Nothing Design 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 Nothing Design 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 Nothing Design use?

No licence was found for Nothing Design or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Nothing Design use?

About 2.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 9.2k 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 3.5k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Nothing Design?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Nothing Design: Impeccable (bestofjs/bestofjs, 3.1k stars), Figma Design System Builder (warpdotdev/warp, 65k stars), Figma use_figma Plugin API Rules (warpdotdev/warp, 65k stars) and UI Styling (Ohh-889/skyroc, 795 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Nothing Design?

harperreed (a GitHub user) maintains it in harperreed/dotfiles, which has 334 GitHub stars. The repository holds 32 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 3, 2026.

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