Impeccable
bestofjs/bestofjs
A skill your agent uses when the user wants to design, redesign, shape, critique, audit, polish, clarify, distill, harden, optimize, adapt, animate, colorize, extract, or otherwise improve a…
A skill your agent uses when designing without an existing brand system.
Install Frontend Design
$ npx skills add manalkaff/opendesign --skill frontend-design -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install manalkaff/opendesign frontend-design --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/manalkaff/opendesign.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/frontend-design .claude/skills/frontend-design && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "frontend-design" agent skill from https://github.com/manalkaff/opendesign/tree/main/skills/frontend-design into .claude/skills/frontend-design/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "frontend-design", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/manalkaff/opendesign/tree/main/skills/frontend-designType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add manalkaff/opendesign --skill frontend-design -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install manalkaff/opendesign frontend-design --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/manalkaff/opendesign.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/frontend-design .agents/skills/frontend-design && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "frontend-design" agent skill from https://github.com/manalkaff/opendesign/tree/main/skills/frontend-design into .agents/skills/frontend-design/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "frontend-design", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add manalkaff/opendesign --skill frontend-design -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install manalkaff/opendesign frontend-design --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/manalkaff/opendesign.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/frontend-design .cursor/skills/frontend-design && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "frontend-design" agent skill from https://github.com/manalkaff/opendesign/tree/main/skills/frontend-design into .cursor/skills/frontend-design/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "frontend-design", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/manalkaff/opendesign.git --path skills/frontend-design--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add manalkaff/opendesign --skill frontend-design -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install manalkaff/opendesign frontend-design --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/manalkaff/opendesign.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/frontend-design .gemini/skills/frontend-design && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "frontend-design" agent skill from https://github.com/manalkaff/opendesign/tree/main/skills/frontend-design into .gemini/skills/frontend-design/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "frontend-design", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install manalkaff/opendesign frontend-designInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add manalkaff/opendesign --skill frontend-design -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/manalkaff/opendesign.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/frontend-design .github/skills/frontend-design && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "frontend-design" agent skill from https://github.com/manalkaff/opendesign/tree/main/skills/frontend-design into .github/skills/frontend-design/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "frontend-design", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add manalkaff/opendesign --skill frontend-design -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install manalkaff/opendesign frontend-design --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/manalkaff/opendesign.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/frontend-design .opencode/skills/frontend-design && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "frontend-design" agent skill from https://github.com/manalkaff/opendesign/tree/main/skills/frontend-design into .opencode/skills/frontend-design/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "frontend-design", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
frontend-design- GitHub stars
- 261
- Token cost
- ~836 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 414 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 9
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
A skill your agent uses when designing without an existing brand system.
- Designing without an existing brand system
- SKILL.md covers Output location, Pre-build thinking, Typography and Color, plus 5 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
- Tasks that involve Typography
What it does
Frontend Design is an agent skill from manalkaff/opendesign. Use when designing without an existing brand system. Pushes for a committed, distinctive aesthetic rather than generic defaults — extreme directions, bold typography, decisive color commitment.
Its SKILL.md is about 840 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 Frontend & Design, covering Typography and Design systems. The repository describes itself as: claude.ai/design open-sourced! The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- Designing without an existing brand system
- Tasks that involve Typography
- Tasks that involve Design systems
Example prompts
- “/frontend-design”
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit cecd9bb. 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
Frontend Design loads about 836 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 52 tokens; SKILL.md has 414 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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
The full file from manalkaff/opendesign at commit cecd9bb, republished under its MIT licence (© manalkaff). 414 words, ~836 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/frontend-design/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- frontend-design
- description
- Use when designing without an existing brand system. Pushes for a committed, distinctive aesthetic rather than generic defaults — extreme directions, bold typography, decisive color commitment.
Loaded when designing without an existing brand system. Push for a committed, distinctive aesthetic. Generic defaults are a failure state.
Output location
Write all output files to ./opendesign/mockups/<task-slug>/. Derive the slug from the page or feature name (e.g. landing-page, pricing-redesign).
Pre-build thinking
Before touching HTML, answer three questions in your plan:
- Purpose. What job does this page do in one sentence?
- Tone. Which human adjective describes the feeling — clinical, warm, severe, playful, reverent, brash?
- Differentiation. What would make a viewer remember this over a generic SaaS landing page?
Pick an extreme direction and execute it with precision: brutalist, maximalist, editorial, retro-futuristic, organic, industrial, anti-design, swiss-modernist, zine-punk. Indecisive middles read as stock templates.
Typography
Pair a distinctive display face with a refined body face. Avoid Inter, Roboto, Arial, and generic system stacks. Candidates: editorial serifs (Fraunces, GT Sectra, Tiempos), geometric display (Space Grotesk, PP Neue Montreal, Söhne Breit), mono accents (JetBrains Mono, IBM Plex Mono), quirky unicase and variable fonts where the direction supports it. Set a real type scale with intentional ratios; do not rely on default browser sizes.
Color
Commit to a cohesive palette. Dominant colors with one or two sharp accents outperform timid even distribution. Use oklch for accents so chroma and lightness stay consistent across hues. Restrict neutrals to chroma ≤ 0.02.
Motion
One or two high-impact motion moments beat a dozen scattered micro-interactions. Favor CSS-only animation: transforms, transitions, @keyframes, scroll-timeline where it is supported. Reserve JS for motion that depends on state.
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Spatial composition
Break the grid deliberately: asymmetry, overlap, diagonal baselines, oversized type against tight columns, generous negative space — or controlled, dense information surfaces if the aesthetic demands it. Either direction beats an evenly padded three-column grid.
Backgrounds
Default to atmosphere: gradient meshes, film grain, noise, layered transparencies, dramatic shadows, tinted halftones, subtle paper textures. Flat white on flat black is a choice, not a default — use it only when the direction demands it.
Variation across generations
Never converge on the same choices across different projects or variation runs. Rotate axes: aesthetic direction, dominant hue family, typographic register, motion philosophy, compositional strategy. Two designs in a row should not feel like siblings unless the user asked for continuity.
Matching complexity to direction
Maximalist direction → elaborate implementation: layered textures, dense type, rich motion, intricate detail. Minimalist direction → restrained implementation: fewer elements, tighter type scale, longer transitions, more white. Do not half-commit. A restrained layout executed with maximalist intent reads as unfinished; a maximalist layout executed with minimalist intent reads as confused.
© manalkaff, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file
Files
Just SKILL.md in skills/frontend-design of manalkaff/opendesign.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit cecd9bb
Compare with similar skills
Frontend Design next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frontend Design this skillmanalkaff/opendesign | 261 | — | ~836 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Impeccablebestofjs/bestofjs | 3.1k | 27 repos | ~2.6k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Design SystemOhh-889/skyroc | 795 | 11 repos | ~1.7k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Scalar Design Systemscalar/scalar | 16k | — | ~2.7k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Stitch Taste Design Systemgoogle-labs-code/stitch-skills | 8.4k | 15 repos | ~3.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| UI/UX Design System AdvisorGalaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar | 5.7k | 1 repos | ~1.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Frontend Design
What does Frontend Design do?
A skill your agent uses when designing without an existing brand system. Frontend Design is an agent skill from manalkaff/opendesign. Use when designing without an existing brand system.
When should I use Frontend Design?
Frontend Design fits situations like: designing without an existing brand system; tasks that involve Typography; tasks that involve Design systems.
How do I install Frontend Design in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add manalkaff/opendesign --skill frontend-design -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/frontend-design in manalkaff/opendesign) into .claude/skills/frontend-design in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Frontend Design in Codex?
Run `npx skills add manalkaff/opendesign --skill frontend-design -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/frontend-design in manalkaff/opendesign) into .agents/skills/frontend-design in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Frontend 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 manalkaff/opendesign --skill frontend-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/frontend-design, .gemini/skills/frontend-design, .github/skills/frontend-design and .opencode/skills/frontend-design in your project.
What does Frontend Design need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Frontend Design is instructions for the agent only.
Does Frontend 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 Frontend 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 Frontend Design use?
Frontend Design is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Frontend Design use?
About 836 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.3k 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 Frontend Design?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Frontend Design: Impeccable (bestofjs/bestofjs, 3.1k stars), Design System (Ohh-889/skyroc, 795 stars), Scalar Design System (scalar/scalar, 16k stars) and Stitch Taste Design System (google-labs-code/stitch-skills, 8.4k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Frontend Design?
manalkaff (a GitHub user) maintains it in manalkaff/opendesign, which has 261 GitHub stars. The repository holds 9 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on June 27, 2026.
Source: manalkaff/opendesign on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.