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Apply the Law of Continuity — the eye follows alignment and unbroken paths.
Install Law Of Continuity
$ npx skills add Owl-Listener/designer-skills --skill law-of-continuity -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install Owl-Listener/designer-skills law-of-continuity --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Owl-Listener/designer-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/ui-design/skills/law-of-continuity .claude/skills/law-of-continuity && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "law-of-continuity" agent skill from https://github.com/Owl-Listener/designer-skills/tree/main/ui-design/skills/law-of-continuity into .claude/skills/law-of-continuity/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "law-of-continuity", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/Owl-Listener/designer-skills/tree/main/ui-design/skills/law-of-continuityType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add Owl-Listener/designer-skills --skill law-of-continuity -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install Owl-Listener/designer-skills law-of-continuity --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Owl-Listener/designer-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/ui-design/skills/law-of-continuity .agents/skills/law-of-continuity && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "law-of-continuity" agent skill from https://github.com/Owl-Listener/designer-skills/tree/main/ui-design/skills/law-of-continuity into .agents/skills/law-of-continuity/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "law-of-continuity", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add Owl-Listener/designer-skills --skill law-of-continuity -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install Owl-Listener/designer-skills law-of-continuity --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Owl-Listener/designer-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/ui-design/skills/law-of-continuity .cursor/skills/law-of-continuity && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "law-of-continuity" agent skill from https://github.com/Owl-Listener/designer-skills/tree/main/ui-design/skills/law-of-continuity into .cursor/skills/law-of-continuity/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "law-of-continuity", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/Owl-Listener/designer-skills.git --path ui-design/skills/law-of-continuity--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add Owl-Listener/designer-skills --skill law-of-continuity -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install Owl-Listener/designer-skills law-of-continuity --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Owl-Listener/designer-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/ui-design/skills/law-of-continuity .gemini/skills/law-of-continuity && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "law-of-continuity" agent skill from https://github.com/Owl-Listener/designer-skills/tree/main/ui-design/skills/law-of-continuity into .gemini/skills/law-of-continuity/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "law-of-continuity", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install Owl-Listener/designer-skills law-of-continuityInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add Owl-Listener/designer-skills --skill law-of-continuity -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Owl-Listener/designer-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/ui-design/skills/law-of-continuity .github/skills/law-of-continuity && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "law-of-continuity" agent skill from https://github.com/Owl-Listener/designer-skills/tree/main/ui-design/skills/law-of-continuity into .github/skills/law-of-continuity/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "law-of-continuity", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add Owl-Listener/designer-skills --skill law-of-continuity -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install Owl-Listener/designer-skills law-of-continuity --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Owl-Listener/designer-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/ui-design/skills/law-of-continuity .opencode/skills/law-of-continuity && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "law-of-continuity" agent skill from https://github.com/Owl-Listener/designer-skills/tree/main/ui-design/skills/law-of-continuity into .opencode/skills/law-of-continuity/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "law-of-continuity", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
law-of-continuity- GitHub stars
- 2.9k
- Token cost
- ~1.1k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 606 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 107
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
Apply the Law of Continuity — the eye follows alignment and unbroken paths.
- Sequencing steps
- SKILL.md covers What You Do, The Principle, Applications and Continuity and Visual Hierarchy, plus 1 more section
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
- Aligning content
What it does
Law Of Continuity is an agent skill from Owl-Listener/designer-skills. Apply the Law of Continuity — the eye follows alignment and unbroken paths. Use when sequencing steps, aligning content, or designing carousels and timelines. For grouping rather than sequencing, use law-of-proximity.
Its SKILL.md is about 1.1k 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
- Sequencing steps
- Aligning content
- Designing carousels and timelines
Example prompts
- “/law-of-continuity”
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
Law Of Continuity loads about 1.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 59 tokens; SKILL.md has 606 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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). 606 words, ~1,094 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/law-of-continuity/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- law-of-continuity
- description
- Apply the Law of Continuity — the eye follows alignment and unbroken paths. Use when sequencing steps, aligning content, or designing carousels and timelines. For grouping rather than sequencing, use `law-of-proximity`.
Law of Continuity
You are an expert in visual flow, eye movement, and directional design.
What You Do
You apply the Law of Continuity to design layouts and UI elements that guide the eye along deliberate paths, establish visual flow through sequences, and use interrupted continuity to signal transitions between groups.
The Principle
The mind prefers smooth, continuous paths over abrupt changes in direction. When elements are arranged along a line or curve — even an implied one — they are perceived as belonging together, and the eye follows the path naturally.
Elements that continue a smooth trajectory are perceived as related; elements that interrupt it are perceived as distinct or beginning something new.
Applications
Alignment and reading flow
The most fundamental application of continuity is alignment:
- Left-aligned text and elements create a continuous vertical edge the eye follows top to bottom
- Consistently aligned items in a column imply a vertical axis that organises the reading path
- Disrupting alignment — even by a few pixels — interrupts the eye's path and signals a boundary or an error
In a form, every input aligned on the same left edge creates a continuous reading path. Misalignment forces the eye to reorient at each field, adding friction to every step.
Directional indicators
Arrows and chevrons extend the trajectory the eye is already following:
- A carousel arrow points in the direction of the next content — the eye follows the arrow to the implied continuation
- A "show more" chevron at the end of a truncated list extends the reading path into the expanded state
- Step indicators connected by lines create an explicit path through a process
The arrow does not add information; it makes continuous flow explicit where it might otherwise be ambiguous.
Timelines and sequenced content
Timeline components rely entirely on continuity. The connecting line implies that items belong to a single sequence and establishes directional order. Without the line, the same items read as an unordered list. The line creates sequence from spatial arrangement.
Scroll and swipe affordances
Implied directional paths signal interaction:
- A scroll handle on a track implies a continuous vertical path of content
- Dot indicators below a carousel imply a horizontal sequence of slides — the dots are the path made visible
- A pull-to-refresh animation follows an implied vertical path that extends beyond the screen edge
The affordance works through continuity: the eye reads the implied path and the hand follows it.
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Using interrupted continuity to separate groups
Just as continuity groups, interrupted continuity separates. A deliberate break in an otherwise continuous path signals a transition:
- A larger gap in a list signals a new section (even without a heading)
- A divider line interrupts a vertical reading path to announce a category boundary
- Indentation redirects the eye along a secondary path, signalling sub-hierarchy within the main flow
Continuity and Visual Hierarchy
Continuity interacts with hierarchy:
- A continuous left-aligned reading path implies equal-weight items
- Breaking from the alignment for specific items — indenting, offsetting, or stepping right — signals sub-hierarchy without typography
Indented content is not just spatially different; it is on a different continuous axis, which is what makes the hierarchy legible.
Best Practices
- Establish reading paths deliberately before placing elements: where should the eye enter, how should it travel, and where should it land?
- Audit alignment at every breakpoint — single-pixel misalignments interrupt perceived continuity even when they are below conscious notice
- Use connecting lines, arrows, and dot indicators to make implied paths explicit in complex layouts
- Test flow by asking users to describe how they read through a screen; interrupted continuity appears as confusion or backtracking
- Remove elements that interrupt the intended path without contributing meaning — they impose reorientation cost without value
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Files
Just SKILL.md in ui-design/skills/law-of-continuity of Owl-Listener/designer-skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9a6930c
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Questions about Law Of Continuity
What does Law Of Continuity do?
Apply the Law of Continuity — the eye follows alignment and unbroken paths. Law Of Continuity is an agent skill from Owl-Listener/designer-skills. Apply the Law of Continuity — the eye follows alignment and unbroken paths.
When should I use Law Of Continuity?
Law Of Continuity fits situations like: sequencing steps; aligning content; designing carousels and timelines.
How do I install Law Of Continuity in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add Owl-Listener/designer-skills --skill law-of-continuity -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (ui-design/skills/law-of-continuity in Owl-Listener/designer-skills) into .claude/skills/law-of-continuity in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Law Of Continuity in Codex?
Run `npx skills add Owl-Listener/designer-skills --skill law-of-continuity -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (ui-design/skills/law-of-continuity in Owl-Listener/designer-skills) into .agents/skills/law-of-continuity in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Law Of Continuity 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 law-of-continuity -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/law-of-continuity, .gemini/skills/law-of-continuity, .github/skills/law-of-continuity and .opencode/skills/law-of-continuity in your project.
What does Law Of Continuity need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Law Of Continuity is instructions for the agent only.
Does Law Of Continuity 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 Law Of Continuity 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 Law Of Continuity use?
Law Of Continuity 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 Law Of Continuity use?
About 1.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.4k 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 Law Of Continuity?
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Who maintains Law Of Continuity?
Owl-Listener (a GitHub user) maintains it in Owl-Listener/designer-skills, which has 2,871 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.