Hierarchy Spatial

What it does

When your agent uses it

• Constructing visual hierarchy through layout
• Whitespace — not type
• Laying out a page
• Section and deciding what gets the dominant region

Example prompts

• “feels cramped”
• “feels lost,”
• “s CTA is competing with surrounding content, or when a dashboard”
• “/hierarchy-spatial”

Workflow steps

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

1. 1Mass diagram. Sketch the page as filled black blocks with no detail. The dominant block should be 2–4× any other. If all blocks are…
2. 2The 30-foot test. Stand back from your screen at distance until labels are unreadable. The composition should still tell you what's…
3. 3Trace the eye-path. Draw the line your eye follows through the composition. It should land on the primary first, sweep through…

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 78497e5. 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 (its code samples are html and css).

  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

Hierarchy Spatial loads about 2.5k tokens when it runs, and up to ~4.2k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 158 tokens; SKILL.md has 927 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~158

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~2.5k

With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them

~4.2k

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

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

The full file from hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins at commit 78497e5, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© hashgraph-online). 927 words, ~2,524 tokens.

name

hierarchy-spatial

description

Use this skill when constructing visual hierarchy through layout, position, size, and whitespace — not type, not color. Trigger when laying out a page or section and deciding what gets the dominant region, where to place the focal element, how much breathing room to give it, and how secondary elements should arrange around it. Trigger when reviewing a layout that "feels cramped" or "feels lost," when a hero's CTA is competing with surrounding content, or when a dashboard's primary KPI is the same size as everything else. Sub-aspect of the broader `hierarchy` principle; read that first if you haven't already.

<section style="display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(4, 1fr); gap: 1rem;">
  <article class="featured" style="grid-column: span 2; grid-row: span 2;">…primary…</article>
  <article>…secondary…</article>
  <article>…secondary…</article>
  <article>…secondary…</article>
  <article>…secondary…</article>
  <article>…secondary…</article>
  <article>…secondary…</article>
</section>

:root {
  --rhythm-tight: 0.25rem;   /* between label and input */
  --rhythm-base:  1rem;      /* between fields in a section */
  --rhythm-loose: 2rem;      /* between sections */
  --rhythm-major: 4rem;      /* between page regions */
  --rhythm-hero:  8rem;      /* hero/marketing surfaces */
}

.field-group   > * + * { margin-top: var(--rhythm-tight); }
.section       > * + * { margin-top: var(--rhythm-base); }
.page          > section + section { margin-top: var(--rhythm-loose); }
.page-region   { padding-block: var(--rhythm-major); }
.hero-section  { padding-block: var(--rhythm-hero); }

<section class="hero">
  <h1 style="text-align: center;">Run payroll in minutes</h1>      <!-- centered: the focal element -->
  <p   style="text-align: center;">Not hours. Not the next morning.</p>  <!-- centered: paired support -->
  <div style="text-align: center;"><button>Start free trial</button></div>
</section>

<section class="features" style="margin-top: 6rem;">
  <h2>What you get</h2>           <!-- left-aligned: secondary section -->
  <ul>
    <li>Automatic tax calculations</li>
    <li>Direct deposit to 50 states</li>
    <li>Year-end W-2 / 1099 generation</li>
  </ul>
</section>

<main class="landing">
  <!-- Hero: centered, generous space, dominant -->
  <section style="padding: 8rem 1rem; text-align: center;">
    <h1 style="font-size: 4rem; max-width: 32ch; margin: 0 auto;">
      Run payroll in minutes, not hours
    </h1>
    <p style="font-size: 1.25rem; max-width: 50ch; margin: 1.5rem auto 0;">
      Built for small teams that don't have a dedicated finance person.
    </p>
    <div style="margin-top: 3rem;">
      <button class="primary">Start free trial</button>
    </div>
  </section>

  <!-- Features: 3-up grid, left-aligned, recessed -->
  <section style="padding: 4rem 1rem; max-width: 1100px; margin: 0 auto;">
    <h2>Designed for small teams</h2>
    <div style="display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr); gap: 2rem; margin-top: 3rem;">
      <article><h3>Automatic taxes</h3><p>...</p></article>
      <article><h3>Direct deposit</h3><p>...</p></article>
      <article><h3>Year-end forms</h3><p>...</p></article>
    </div>
  </section>

  <!-- Featured customer: dominant within its section -->
  <section style="padding: 4rem 1rem; background: #f7f7f7;">
    <div style="display: grid; grid-template-columns: 2fr 1fr; gap: 4rem; max-width: 1100px; margin: 0 auto;">
      <blockquote style="font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.5;">
        "We went from spending two days on payroll each month to twenty minutes."
      </blockquote>
      <div>
        <p>Clara Mendoza</p>
        <p>COO, Bright Labs</p>
      </div>
    </div>
  </section>
</main>

© hashgraph-online, Apache-2.0. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file (references) in plugins/HDeibler/universal-design-principles/plugins/perception-and-hierarchy-principles/skills/hierarchy-spatial of hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins.

• SKILL.md
• references/composition-traditions.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 78497e5