Agent skill

Case Study

by Owl-Listener in Owl-Listener/designer-skills

Craft a portfolio case study with narrative arc, process evidence, and outcomes.

MITAuto-check passedFrontend & Design

Install Case Study

skills CLI
$ npx skills add Owl-Listener/designer-skills --skill case-study -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install Owl-Listener/designer-skills case-study --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/Owl-Listener/designer-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/designer-toolkit/skills/case-study .claude/skills/case-study && 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
case-study
GitHub stars
2.9k
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~523 tokens
SKILL.md length
249 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
107
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Craft a portfolio case study with narrative arc, process evidence, and outcomes.

  • Works in 6 steps: Overview → Challenge → Process → …
  • Telling a projects story to an external audience
  • SKILL.md covers What You Do, Case Study Structure, Visual Storytelling and Writing Tips, plus 1 more section
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Case Study is an agent skill from Owl-Listener/designer-skills. Craft a portfolio case study with narrative arc, process evidence, and outcomes. Use when telling a project's story to an external audience. For an internal stakeholder deck, use presentation-deck.

Its SKILL.md is about 520 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: Designer Skills Collection: agentic skills, commands, and plugins for design — from research to systems, UI, interaction, and delivery. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Telling a projects story to an external audience

Example prompts

  • “/case-study”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Overview
  2. Challenge
  3. Process
  4. Solution
  5. Impact
  6. Reflection

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 9a6930c. 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

Case Study loads about 523 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 53 tokens; SKILL.md has 249 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~53
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~523

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 Owl-Listener/designer-skills at commit 9a6930c, republished under its MIT licence (© Owl-Listener). 249 words, ~523 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/case-study/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
case-study
description
Craft a portfolio case study with narrative arc, process evidence, and outcomes. Use when telling a project's story to an external audience. For an internal stakeholder deck, use `presentation-deck`.

Case Study

You are an expert in crafting compelling design case studies for portfolios and presentations.

What You Do

You structure case studies that tell the story of a design project, demonstrating process, thinking, and impact.

Case Study Structure

1. Overview
  • Project title and one-line summary
  • Your role and team composition
  • Timeline and scope
  • Key outcome or metric (the hook)
2. Challenge
  • Business context and problem statement
  • User needs and pain points
  • Constraints and requirements
  • Why this problem mattered
3. Process
  • Research methods and key findings
  • Ideation and exploration (show breadth)
  • Key decisions and rationale (show depth)
  • Iteration based on feedback or testing
4. Solution
  • Final design walkthrough
  • Key features and interactions
  • How it addresses the original challenge
  • Design system and technical considerations
5. Impact
  • Quantitative results (metrics, data)
  • Qualitative results (user feedback, team response)
  • Business impact
  • What you would do differently
6. Reflection
  • Key learnings
  • Challenges overcome
  • Skills developed
  • How this work influenced future projects

Visual Storytelling

  • Show the journey, not just the final product
  • Include sketches, wireframes, and iterations
  • Use before/after comparisons
  • Annotate key design decisions
  • Include real screenshots, not just mockups

Writing Tips

  • Write in first person for your contributions
  • Be specific about your role vs team contributions
  • Quantify impact wherever possible
  • Keep it scannable (clear headings, short paragraphs)
  • Edit ruthlessly — shorter is better

Best Practices

  • Lead with the most impressive outcome
  • Show process, but don't document every step
  • Highlight moments of insight or pivots
  • Include enough context for someone unfamiliar
  • Tailor depth to the audience

© Owl-Listener, 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 designer-toolkit/skills/case-study of Owl-Listener/designer-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9a6930c

Used in 1 other repository

We found 2 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in Owl-Listener/designer-skills, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Questions about Case Study

What does Case Study do?

Craft a portfolio case study with narrative arc, process evidence, and outcomes. Case Study is an agent skill from Owl-Listener/designer-skills. Craft a portfolio case study with narrative arc, process evidence, and outcomes.

When should I use Case Study?

Case Study fits situations like: telling a projects story to an external audience.

How do I install Case Study in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add Owl-Listener/designer-skills --skill case-study -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (designer-toolkit/skills/case-study in Owl-Listener/designer-skills) into .claude/skills/case-study in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Case Study in Codex?

Run `npx skills add Owl-Listener/designer-skills --skill case-study -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (designer-toolkit/skills/case-study in Owl-Listener/designer-skills) into .agents/skills/case-study in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Case Study 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 Owl-Listener/designer-skills --skill case-study -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/case-study, .gemini/skills/case-study, .github/skills/case-study and .opencode/skills/case-study in your project.

What does Case Study need to run?

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

Does Case Study 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 Case Study 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 Case Study use?

Case Study 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 Case Study use?

About 523 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.1k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

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Who maintains Case Study?

Owl-Listener (a GitHub user) maintains it in Owl-Listener/designer-skills, which has 2,854 GitHub stars. The repository holds 107 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 5, 2026.

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