Agent skill

Mastra Frontend

by mastra-ai in mastra-ai/mastra

How to build Mastra frontend interfaces with the @mastra/playground-ui design system.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedFrontend & Design

Install Mastra Frontend

skills CLI
$ npx skills add mastra-ai/mastra --skill mastra-frontend -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install mastra-ai/mastra mastra-frontend --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/mastra-ai/mastra.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/mastra-frontend .claude/skills/mastra-frontend && 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
mastra-frontend
GitHub stars
29k
Token cost
~1.6k tokens
SKILL.md length
777 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
44
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

How to build Mastra frontend interfaces with the @mastra/playground-ui design system.

  • Works in 5 steps: DS component or variant — the look you… → Generated theme utility from theme.css. → Dynamic v4 utility when the value maps… → …
  • Tasks that involve UI design
  • SKILL.md covers The boundary: look vs layout, Find what exists — never…, Choosing a class value and Theme contract, plus 2 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Mastra Frontend is an agent skill from mastra-ai/mastra. How to build Mastra frontend interfaces with the @mastra/playground-ui design system. This skill should be used when creating or modifying any application UI — pages, components, styling, or tokens — in this repo or in an external consumer of the design system. The docs site has its own styling and is out of scope.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.6k 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 UI design, Design systems and Static sites and blogs. It works with Mastra and Tailwind CSS. The repository describes itself as: Mastra is the modern TypeScript framework for AI-powered applications and agents.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve UI design
  • Tasks that involve Design systems
  • Tasks that involve Static sites and blogs

Example prompts

  • “/mastra-frontend”

Workflow steps

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

  1. DS component or variant — the look you need probably already exists.
  2. Generated theme utility from theme.css.
  3. Dynamic v4 utility when the value maps to the spacing scale (min-w-100, size-6, grid-cols-15).
  4. Local CSS custom property consumed via shorthand, for runtime values scoped to one component (bg-(--row-bg), text-(color:--agent-color-fg)).
  5. Square-bracket arbitrary value only for a justified one-off (max-h-[calc(100dvh-3rem)]).

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit b98829a. 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

Mastra Frontend loads about 1.6k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 83 tokens; SKILL.md has 777 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~83
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.6k

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 777 words (~1,611 tokens).

“Every Mastra application UI is assembled from the @mastra/playground-ui design system. Building a screen is composition work: pick existing components, arrange them with layout utilities, and let the design system provide the look. Writing colors, font sizes, shadows, or radii…”

— opening of SKILL.md by mastra-ai, Custom licence
name
mastra-frontend

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in .claude/skills/mastra-frontend of mastra-ai/mastra.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit b98829a

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DaisyUI Component Librarysaadeghi/daisyui43k—~1.3kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Ss Learnbitjaru/styleseed973—~1.3kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
UI/UX Design System AdvisorGalaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar5.7k1 repos~1.1kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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Questions about Mastra Frontend

What does Mastra Frontend do?

How to build Mastra frontend interfaces with the @mastra/playground-ui design system. Mastra Frontend is an agent skill from mastra-ai/mastra. How to build Mastra frontend interfaces with the @mastra/playground-ui design system.

When should I use Mastra Frontend?

Mastra Frontend fits situations like: tasks that involve UI design; tasks that involve Design systems; tasks that involve Static sites and blogs.

How do I install Mastra Frontend in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add mastra-ai/mastra --skill mastra-frontend -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/mastra-frontend in mastra-ai/mastra) into .claude/skills/mastra-frontend in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Mastra Frontend in Codex?

Run `npx skills add mastra-ai/mastra --skill mastra-frontend -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/mastra-frontend in mastra-ai/mastra) into .agents/skills/mastra-frontend in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Mastra Frontend 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 mastra-ai/mastra --skill mastra-frontend -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/mastra-frontend, .gemini/skills/mastra-frontend, .github/skills/mastra-frontend and .opencode/skills/mastra-frontend in your project.

What does Mastra Frontend need to run?

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

Does Mastra Frontend 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 Mastra Frontend 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 Mastra Frontend use?

Mastra Frontend 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 Mastra Frontend use?

About 1.6k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 6.4k 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 Mastra Frontend?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Mastra Frontend: UI Styling (Ohh-889/skyroc, 795 stars), Creative Tim UI Blocks (creativetimofficial/ui, 12k stars), DaisyUI Component Library (saadeghi/daisyui, 43k stars) and Ss Learn (bitjaru/styleseed, 973 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Mastra Frontend?

mastra-ai (a GitHub organization) maintains it in mastra-ai/mastra, which has 28,698 GitHub stars. The repository holds 44 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 11, 2026.

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