Agent skill

Information Density

by Owl-Listener in Owl-Listener/inclusive-design-skills

Design interfaces where information density can be adjusted to suit different cognitive needs and preferences.

MITAuto-check passedProductivity & Automation

Install Information Density

skills CLI
$ npx skills add Owl-Listener/inclusive-design-skills --skill information-density -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install Owl-Listener/inclusive-design-skills information-density --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/inclusive-design-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/adaptive-interfaces/skills/information-density .claude/skills/information-density && 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
information-density
GitHub stars
104
Token cost
~884 tokens
SKILL.md length
409 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
55
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Design interfaces where information density can be adjusted to suit different cognitive needs and preferences.

  • Designing dashboards
  • SKILL.md covers The Density Spectrum, Design Patterns, Defaults That Adapt and Assessment Checklist
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Settings panels

What it does

Information Density is an agent skill from Owl-Listener/inclusive-design-skills. Design interfaces where information density can be adjusted to suit different cognitive needs and preferences. Use when designing dashboards, data tables, feeds, inboxes, settings panels, or any interface with variable amounts of content. Triggers on: information density, too dense, too sparse, compact view, comfortable view, spacing, whitespace, data density, content density, crowded, breathing room.

Its SKILL.md is about 880 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 Productivity & Automation, covering Email management. The repository describes itself as: Inclusive design skills for AI coding agents — from cognitive accessibility to adaptive interfaces, inclusive research, and accessibility decision-making. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Designing dashboards
  • Settings panels
  • Any interface with variable amounts of content
  • : information density

Example prompts

  • “/information-density”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 6e0740f. 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

Information Density loads about 884 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 106 tokens; SKILL.md has 409 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~106
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~884

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/inclusive-design-skills at commit 6e0740f, republished under its MIT licence (© Owl-Listener). 409 words, ~884 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/information-density/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
information-density
description
Design interfaces where information density can be adjusted to suit different cognitive needs and preferences. Use when designing dashboards, data tables, feeds, inboxes, settings panels, or any interface with variable amounts of content. Triggers on: information density, too dense, too sparse, compact view, comfortable view, spacing, whitespace, data density, content density, crowded, breathing room.

Information Density

Design interfaces that let users control how much information they see at once — because the right density for a power user scanning 200 rows is the wrong density for someone who needs space to process each item.

The Density Spectrum

Compact
  • Minimal spacing, smaller text, more items visible
  • Suits: power users, data-heavy tasks, large screens
  • Risks: overwhelming for cognitive disabilities, hard to tap on touch devices, hard to scan for low vision
Comfortable (Default)
  • Moderate spacing, standard text size, balanced visibility
  • Suits: most users in most contexts
  • This should be the default — optimise for this first
Spacious
  • Generous spacing, larger text, fewer items visible
  • Suits: cognitive disabilities, low vision, touch devices, new users, stressful contexts
  • Risks: requires more scrolling for experienced users

Design Patterns

Density Controls
  • Offer 2–3 density options (compact, comfortable, spacious)
  • Use clear labels — not just icon toggles
  • Apply density change immediately (no page reload)
  • Remember the preference across sessions
  • Place the control near the content it affects
What Changes With Density
  • Vertical spacing between items
  • Horizontal padding within items
  • Font size (within accessible range — never below 0.875rem)
  • Line height (within accessible range — never below 1.5 for body)
  • Amount of metadata shown per item
  • Thumbnail or preview sizes
  • Number of columns in grid layouts
What Should NOT Change With Density
  • Content meaning — no information should be lost at any density
  • Accessibility — every density level must meet WCAG requirements
  • Interaction targets — minimum 44×44px on touch regardless of density
  • Heading structure — structure stays consistent
  • Keyboard navigation — tab order stays logical
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Density by Context
  • Lists and feeds: control row height and visible metadata
  • Data tables: control row padding and visible columns
  • Dashboards: control card size and spacing
  • Inboxes: control preview length and row height
  • Calendars: control event detail visibility

Defaults That Adapt

Viewport-Based Defaults
  • Large screens (1440px+): comfortable or compact
  • Medium screens (768–1439px): comfortable
  • Small screens (below 768px): comfortable or spacious
  • Touch devices: never default to compact
Preference-Based Defaults
  • If system text size is increased: default to spacious
  • If prefers-contrast is active: increase spacing slightly
  • New users: default to comfortable
  • Let users override all defaults

Assessment Checklist

  • At least two density options are available
  • Default density is comfortable, not compact
  • No information is lost at any density level
  • Minimum touch targets (44×44px) are maintained at all densities
  • Minimum text size (0.875rem) is maintained at all densities
  • Minimum line height (1.5) is maintained at all densities
  • Density preference is remembered across sessions
  • Density adapts to viewport and system preferences

© 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 adaptive-interfaces/skills/information-density of Owl-Listener/inclusive-design-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 6e0740f

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Questions about Information Density

What does Information Density do?

Design interfaces where information density can be adjusted to suit different cognitive needs and preferences. Information Density is an agent skill from Owl-Listener/inclusive-design-skills. Design interfaces where information density can be adjusted to suit different cognitive needs and preferences.

When should I use Information Density?

Information Density fits situations like: designing dashboards; settings panels; any interface with variable amounts of content; : information density.

How do I install Information Density in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add Owl-Listener/inclusive-design-skills --skill information-density -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (adaptive-interfaces/skills/information-density in Owl-Listener/inclusive-design-skills) into .claude/skills/information-density in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Information Density in Codex?

Run `npx skills add Owl-Listener/inclusive-design-skills --skill information-density -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (adaptive-interfaces/skills/information-density in Owl-Listener/inclusive-design-skills) into .agents/skills/information-density in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Information Density 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/inclusive-design-skills --skill information-density -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/information-density, .gemini/skills/information-density, .github/skills/information-density and .opencode/skills/information-density in your project.

What does Information Density need to run?

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

Does Information Density 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 Information Density 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 Information Density use?

Information Density 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 Information Density use?

About 884 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.5k 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 Information Density?

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Who maintains Information Density?

Owl-Listener (a GitHub user) maintains it in Owl-Listener/inclusive-design-skills, which has 104 GitHub stars. The repository holds 55 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on June 9, 2026.

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