Agent skill

UI Skills

by nexu-io in nexu-io/open-design

Opinionated, evolving constraints to guide agents when building interfaces.

Apache-2.0Auto-check passed

Install UI Skills

skills CLI
$ npx skills add nexu-io/open-design --skill ui-skills -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install nexu-io/open-design ui-skills --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/nexu-io/open-design.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/ui-skills .claude/skills/ui-skills && 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
ui-skills
GitHub stars
100k
Token cost
~290 tokens
SKILL.md length
95 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
245
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Apache-2.0

At a glance

Opinionated, evolving constraints to guide agents when building interfaces.

  • SKILL.md covers What it does, Source and How to use
  • Reaches github.com

What it does

UI Skills is an agent skill from nexu-io/open-design. Opinionated, evolving constraints to guide agents when building interfaces. Useful for keeping output coherent across many small UI pieces.

Its SKILL.md is about 290 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

The repository describes itself as: 🎨 Best DeepSeek Harness Design Plugin. The open-source Claude Design alternative. 🖥️ Local-first desktop app. 🖼️ Your coding agent becomes the design engine: prototypes… The licence is Apache-2.0.

Example prompts

  • “/ui-skills”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 17e2559. 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 bash).

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

  • Network

    Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:

    • 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

UI Skills loads about 290 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 37 tokens; SKILL.md has 95 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~37
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~290

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 nexu-io/open-design at commit 17e2559, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© nexu-io). 95 words, ~290 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/ui-skills/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
ui-skills
description
Opinionated, evolving constraints to guide agents when building interfaces. Useful for keeping output coherent across many small UI pieces.
triggers
ui constraints, ui guide, opinionated ui, ui rules
od.mode
design-system
od.category
design-systems
od.upstream
https://github.com/ibelick/ui-skills

ui-skills

Curated from @ibelick.

What it does

Opinionated, evolving constraints to guide agents when building interfaces. Useful for keeping output coherent across many small UI pieces.

Source

How to use

This catalogue entry advertises the skill in OpenDesign so the agent discovers it during planning. To run the full upstream workflow with its original assets, scripts, and references, install the upstream bundle into your active agent's skills directory:

bash
# Inspect the upstream README for exact paths
open https://github.com/ibelick/ui-skills

Then ask the agent to invoke this skill by name (ui-skills) or with one of the trigger phrases listed in this skill's frontmatter.

© nexu-io, 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

Just SKILL.md in skills/ui-skills of nexu-io/open-design.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 17e2559

Compare with similar skills

UI Skills 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.

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Network Interface Healthaffaan-m/ECC277k1 repos~1.4kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Opinionalsk1992/CloddsBot3k—~497Automated safety check: PassMIT
Harness Evolveruvnet/ruflo74k—~1.6kAutomated safety check: NotesMIT

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Questions about UI Skills

What does UI Skills do?

Opinionated, evolving constraints to guide agents when building interfaces. UI Skills is an agent skill from nexu-io/open-design. Opinionated, evolving constraints to guide agents when building interfaces.

How do I install UI Skills in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add nexu-io/open-design --skill ui-skills -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/ui-skills in nexu-io/open-design) into .claude/skills/ui-skills in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install UI Skills in Codex?

Run `npx skills add nexu-io/open-design --skill ui-skills -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/ui-skills in nexu-io/open-design) into .agents/skills/ui-skills in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use UI Skills 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 nexu-io/open-design --skill ui-skills -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/ui-skills, .gemini/skills/ui-skills, .github/skills/ui-skills and .opencode/skills/ui-skills in your project.

What does UI Skills need to run?

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

Does UI Skills access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. In commands or code: github.com; the agent is likely to contact it when it follows the instructions. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is UI Skills 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 UI Skills use?

UI Skills is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does UI Skills use?

About 290 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.2k 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 UI Skills?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with UI Skills: Wobbling Ty Constraint Order (astral-sh/ruff, 50k stars), A-Evolve Agent Improvement (aiming-lab/AutoResearchClaw, 15k stars), Network Interface Health (affaan-m/ECC, 277k stars) and Opinion (alsk1992/CloddsBot, 3k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains UI Skills?

nexu-io (a GitHub organization) maintains it in nexu-io/open-design, which has 100,280 GitHub stars. The repository holds 245 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 10, 2026.

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