Agent skill

Emil Design Eng Pointer

by mohitagw15856 in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills

Point to Emil Kowalski's emil-design-eng skill and explain when to use it.

MITAuto-check passedFrontend & Design

Install Emil Design Eng Pointer

skills CLI
$ npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill emil-design-eng-pointer -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills emil-design-eng-pointer --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/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/emil-design-eng-pointer .claude/skills/emil-design-eng-pointer && 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
emil-design-eng-pointer
GitHub stars
1.4k
Token cost
~981 tokens
SKILL.md length
487 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
1,348
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Point to Emil Kowalski's emil-design-eng skill and explain when to use it.

  • Works in 5 steps: Fit: use it or not, in one sentence,… → Install: the command → Check: how to confirm it is loaded → …
  • Asked how to install emil-design-eng
  • SKILL.md covers What This Skill Produces, Required Inputs, Framework: When to Use It and Install, plus 6 more sections
  • Calls npx

What it does

Emil Design Eng Pointer is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. Point to Emil Kowalski's emil-design-eng skill and explain when to use it. Use when asked how to install emil-design-eng, which skill covers UI animation and interaction polish, or what handles the motion stage of the design pipeline. Produces the install command, a check that the install worked, guidance on when it fits and when it does not, and credit to the author with a link. Contains no upstream skill content.

Its SKILL.md is about 980 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. The repository describes itself as: 1255 professional Agent Skills for Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Cursor & Codex — PRDs, postmortems, leases, medical bills, layoffs, go-bags, new countries. Plain markdown, MIT, in… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Asked how to install emil-design-eng
  • Which skill covers UI animation and interaction polish
  • What handles the motion stage of the design pipeline

Example prompts

  • “/emil-design-eng-pointer”

Requirements

  • Node.js

Workflow steps

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

  1. Fit: use it or not, in one sentence, with the reason
  2. Install: the command
  3. Check: how to confirm it is loaded
  4. Next: the pipeline stage that follows
  5. Credit: author, licence, link

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 1cbf1f0. 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

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • npx

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

    • github.com

    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

Emil Design Eng Pointer loads about 981 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 111 tokens; SKILL.md has 487 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~111
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~981

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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills at commit 1cbf1f0, republished under its MIT licence (© mohitagw15856). 487 words, ~981 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/emil-design-eng-pointer/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
emil-design-eng-pointer
description
Point to Emil Kowalski's emil-design-eng skill and explain when to use it. Use when asked how to install emil-design-eng, which skill covers UI animation and interaction polish, or what handles the motion stage of the design pipeline. Produces the install command, a check that the install worked, guidance on when it fits and when it does not, and credit to the author with a link. Contains no upstream skill content.
version
1.0.0

Emil Design Eng (pointer)

This is a pointer, not a copy. It tells you when Emil Kowalski's emil-design-eng skill is the right tool, how to install it from the source, and who to credit. The skill itself lives upstream and is not reproduced here.

What This Skill Produces

  • A recommendation: whether the upstream skill fits the task in front of you
  • The install command, and a way to confirm it worked
  • Its place in the pipeline: stage 3, Motion, in ui-design-pipeline
  • Attribution: author, licence and link

Required Inputs

Ask for these if not provided:

  • What should move and why: the state change or relationship the motion explains
  • The stack: CSS only, or an animation library
  • How often the user triggers the interaction

Framework: When to Use It

Use it when:

  • The layout and system are settled and the interface needs motion and interaction polish
  • Animations feel slow, floaty or decorative and you want them corrected
  • You want a design engineer's judgement on small details that make an interface feel finished

Look elsewhere when:

  • No direction or system exists yet. Motion comes third, not first.
  • You need a whole-page design review. Use impeccable-pointer.
  • The page has no state changes worth animating. Skip the stage and record why.

Install

bash
npx skills@latest add emilkowalski/skills

The repository holds several skills. Choose emil-design-eng when prompted, or add --skill emil-design-eng to install only that one.

Note: the repository was renamed from emilkowalski/skill to emilkowalski/skills. The old address redirects, and older write-ups still show it.

Confirm the install: start a new session and check that emil-design-eng appears in the skill list.

Pipeline Defaults If You Skip the Install

ui-design-pipeline carries three fallback rules for this stage: enter animations ease out, most interface motion stays under 300ms, and animation is used only where it helps. They are a floor. The upstream skill goes much further.

Show full SKILL.md (184 more words)Show less

Output Format

Pointer: emil-design-eng
  1. Fit: use it or not, in one sentence, with the reason
  2. Install: the command
  3. Check: how to confirm it is loaded
  4. Next: the pipeline stage that follows
  5. Credit: author, licence, link

Credit

Quality Checks

  • The install command uses the current repository name
  • The author was credited with a link
  • No upstream SKILL.md text was reproduced
  • The direction and system stages were complete before this skill was recommended

Anti-Patterns

  • Adding motion to fix a weak layout. Animation does not repair hierarchy.
  • Installing every skill in the repository and loading them together. Pick the one the stage needs.
  • Animating actions the user repeats all day. Frequency is a reason to remove motion.

Example Trigger Phrases

  • "How do I install Emil Kowalski's design skill?"
  • "Which skill should I use for animation and interaction polish?"
  • "What handles the motion stage of the design pipeline?"
  • "My transitions feel sluggish. Which skill fixes that?"

Part of the pm-design-taste bundle in the library at https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.

© mohitagw15856, 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/emil-design-eng-pointer of mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1cbf1f0

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Questions about Emil Design Eng Pointer

What does Emil Design Eng Pointer do?

Point to Emil Kowalski's emil-design-eng skill and explain when to use it. Emil Design Eng Pointer is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. Point to Emil Kowalski's emil-design-eng skill and explain when to use it.

When should I use Emil Design Eng Pointer?

Emil Design Eng Pointer fits situations like: asked how to install emil-design-eng; which skill covers UI animation and interaction polish; what handles the motion stage of the design pipeline.

How do I install Emil Design Eng Pointer in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill emil-design-eng-pointer -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/emil-design-eng-pointer in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills) into .claude/skills/emil-design-eng-pointer in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Emil Design Eng Pointer in Codex?

Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill emil-design-eng-pointer -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/emil-design-eng-pointer in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills) into .agents/skills/emil-design-eng-pointer in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Emil Design Eng Pointer 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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill emil-design-eng-pointer -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/emil-design-eng-pointer, .gemini/skills/emil-design-eng-pointer, .github/skills/emil-design-eng-pointer and .opencode/skills/emil-design-eng-pointer in your project.

What does Emil Design Eng Pointer need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Emil Design Eng Pointer needs the command-line tools its instructions call (npx). Our summary lists: Node.js.

Does Emil Design Eng Pointer access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: github.com. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Emil Design Eng Pointer 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 Emil Design Eng Pointer use?

Emil Design Eng Pointer 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 Emil Design Eng Pointer use?

About 981 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.9k 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 Emil Design Eng Pointer?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Emil Design Eng Pointer: 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 Emil Design Eng Pointer?

mohitagw15856 (a GitHub user) maintains it in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills, which has 1,433 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,348 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

Source: mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.