Agent skill

Better Interface

by Lily-404 in Lily-404/blog

Cross-discipline interface review. An agent skill from Lily-404/blog.

No licenceAuto-check passedFrontend & Design

Install Better Interface

skills CLI
$ npx skills add Lily-404/blog --skill better-interface -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install Lily-404/blog better-interface --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/Lily-404/blog.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/better-interface .claude/skills/better-interface && 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
better-interface
GitHub stars
151
Used in
2 other repos
Token cost
~2.4k tokens
SKILL.md length
1,470 words
Files
3
Skills in repo
8
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Cross-discipline interface review. An agent skill from Lily-404/blog.

  • Works in 10 steps: Resolve the scope first → Send a change to interface-review → Recon before judgment → …
  • Asked for a holistic review rather than a single domain and when interface-review hands up a change to route
  • SKILL.md covers Evidence, not taste, Core principles, Before you finish and Review output format
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Better Interface is an agent skill from Lily-404/blog. Cross-discipline interface review. Routes a screen, flow, or feature to every better- domain skill and consolidates one ranked verdict. Use when asked for a holistic review rather than a single domain and when interface-review hands up a change to route. Triggers on better-interface, holistic interface review, review the whole screen.

Its SKILL.md is about 2.4k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 3 other files (for example `agents/openai.yaml` and `review-format.md`).

It sits in Frontend & Design.

When your agent uses it

  • Asked for a holistic review rather than a single domain and when interface-review hands up a change to route
  • Better-interface
  • Holistic interface review
  • Review the whole screen

Example prompts

  • “/better-interface”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Resolve the scope first
  2. Send a change to interface-review
  3. Recon before judgment
  4. Use domain skills as the sources of truth
  5. Require evidence
  6. Rank by user impact
  7. Prefer the cheaper fix
  8. Consolidate systemic findings
  9. Verify what can be verified
  10. Review without mutating by default

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit cce7f29. 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

Better Interface loads about 2.4k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 90 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,470 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~90
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~2.4k

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 1,470 words (~2,439 tokens).

“This skill runs a cross-discipline review. It routes the interface to each better-* skill, collects their evidence and consolidates one ranked verdict.”

— opening of SKILL.md by Lily-404
name
better-interface

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 2 other files in .agents/skills/better-interface of Lily-404/blog.

  • SKILL.md
  • agents/openai.yaml
  • review-format.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit cce7f29

Used in 2 other repositories

We found 6 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 2 other GitHub owners. This page covers the copy in Lily-404/blog, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Figma Design System Builderwarpdotdev/warp65k2 repos~4.4kAutomated safety check: PassAGPL-3.0
Web Interface Guidelines Reviewervercel-labs/openreview1.7k98 repos~308Automated safety check: PassNone

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Questions about Better Interface

What does Better Interface do?

Cross-discipline interface review. An agent skill from Lily-404/blog. Better Interface is an agent skill from Lily-404/blog. Cross-discipline interface review.

When should I use Better Interface?

Better Interface fits situations like: asked for a holistic review rather than a single domain and when interface-review hands up a change to route; better-interface; holistic interface review; review the whole screen.

How do I install Better Interface in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add Lily-404/blog --skill better-interface -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/better-interface in Lily-404/blog) into .claude/skills/better-interface in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Better Interface in Codex?

Run `npx skills add Lily-404/blog --skill better-interface -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/better-interface in Lily-404/blog) into .agents/skills/better-interface in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Better Interface 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 Lily-404/blog --skill better-interface -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/better-interface, .gemini/skills/better-interface, .github/skills/better-interface and .opencode/skills/better-interface in your project.

What does Better Interface need to run?

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

Does Better Interface 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 Better Interface 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 Better Interface use?

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

How many tokens does Better Interface use?

About 2.4k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 9.8k 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 Better Interface?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Better Interface: Web Artifacts Builder (anthropics/skills, 180k stars), React Doctor (makeplane/plane, 61k stars), Impeccable (bestofjs/bestofjs, 3.1k stars) and Figma Design System Builder (warpdotdev/warp, 65k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Better Interface?

Lily-404 (a GitHub user) maintains it in Lily-404/blog, which has 151 GitHub stars. The repository holds 8 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 23, 2026.

Source: Lily-404/blog on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.