Theme Factory
anthropics/skills
Applies one of ten preset color and font themes to slide decks, documents or HTML pages, or creates a new theme on the fly after you choose from a showcase.
Help the user create, install, or package zot themes, including theme-only extensions.
$ npx skills add patriceckhart/zot --skill write-zot-themes -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install patriceckhart/zot write-zot-themes --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/patriceckhart/zot.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/packages/agent/skills/builtin/write-zot-themes .claude/skills/write-zot-themes && 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 "write-zot-themes" agent skill from https://github.com/patriceckhart/zot/tree/main/packages/agent/skills/builtin/write-zot-themes into .claude/skills/write-zot-themes/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "write-zot-themes", 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/patriceckhart/zot/tree/main/packages/agent/skills/builtin/write-zot-themesType 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 patriceckhart/zot --skill write-zot-themes -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install patriceckhart/zot write-zot-themes --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/patriceckhart/zot.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/packages/agent/skills/builtin/write-zot-themes .agents/skills/write-zot-themes && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "write-zot-themes" agent skill from https://github.com/patriceckhart/zot/tree/main/packages/agent/skills/builtin/write-zot-themes into .agents/skills/write-zot-themes/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "write-zot-themes", 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 patriceckhart/zot --skill write-zot-themes -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install patriceckhart/zot write-zot-themes --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/patriceckhart/zot.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/packages/agent/skills/builtin/write-zot-themes .cursor/skills/write-zot-themes && 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 "write-zot-themes" agent skill from https://github.com/patriceckhart/zot/tree/main/packages/agent/skills/builtin/write-zot-themes into .cursor/skills/write-zot-themes/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "write-zot-themes", 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/patriceckhart/zot.git --path packages/agent/skills/builtin/write-zot-themes--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 patriceckhart/zot --skill write-zot-themes -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install patriceckhart/zot write-zot-themes --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/patriceckhart/zot.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/packages/agent/skills/builtin/write-zot-themes .gemini/skills/write-zot-themes && 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 "write-zot-themes" agent skill from https://github.com/patriceckhart/zot/tree/main/packages/agent/skills/builtin/write-zot-themes into .gemini/skills/write-zot-themes/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "write-zot-themes", 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 patriceckhart/zot write-zot-themesInstalls 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 patriceckhart/zot --skill write-zot-themes -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/patriceckhart/zot.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/packages/agent/skills/builtin/write-zot-themes .github/skills/write-zot-themes && 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 "write-zot-themes" agent skill from https://github.com/patriceckhart/zot/tree/main/packages/agent/skills/builtin/write-zot-themes into .github/skills/write-zot-themes/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "write-zot-themes", 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 patriceckhart/zot --skill write-zot-themes -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install patriceckhart/zot write-zot-themes --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/patriceckhart/zot.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/packages/agent/skills/builtin/write-zot-themes .opencode/skills/write-zot-themes && 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 "write-zot-themes" agent skill from https://github.com/patriceckhart/zot/tree/main/packages/agent/skills/builtin/write-zot-themes into .opencode/skills/write-zot-themes/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "write-zot-themes", 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.
write-zot-themesHelp the user create, install, or package zot themes, including theme-only extensions.
Write Zot Themes is an agent skill from patriceckhart/zot. Help the user create, install, or package zot themes, including theme-only extensions.
Its SKILL.md is about 2.1k 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: Yet another coding agent harness, lightweight and written in go. The licence is MIT.
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 0f23566. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
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.
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
python3From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Write Zot Themes loads about 2.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 26 tokens; SKILL.md has 601 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.
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.
The full file from patriceckhart/zot at commit 0f23566, republished under its MIT licence (© patriceckhart). 601 words, ~2,096 tokens.
.claude/skills/write-zot-themes/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).Use this skill when the user asks for help creating, editing, installing, debugging, or packaging a zot color theme. Read this skill before generating a theme file or advising on theme extension layout.
A zot theme is a JSON file that overrides any subset of zot's built-in light/dark theme values. Theme files are intentionally permissive: nothing is required. A file may contain only colors, only spinner settings, only syntax colors, or only metadata. Missing values always inherit from the built-in detected light/dark default.
User themes are discovered from:
$ZOT_HOME/themes/*.jsonExtension themes are discovered in-place from loaded extension dirs:
$ZOT_HOME/extensions/<extension>/theme.json
$ZOT_HOME/extensions/<extension>/themes/theme.json
<project>/.zot/extensions/<extension>/theme.json
<project>/.zot/extensions/<extension>/themes/theme.jsonzot does not copy extension themes into $ZOT_HOME/themes; extension
owned themes stay in the extension directory. The settings picker stores
an absolute path for extension-owned themes and loads that file directly.
Valid; inherits all colors/spinner/syntax from zot defaults.
{
"name": "my-theme",
"description": "Metadata only; all visuals inherit zot defaults."
}{
"name": "pink-accent",
"colors": {
"accent": 204
}
}{
"name": "split-accent",
"colors": {
"dark": { "accent": 204 },
"light": { "accent": 161 }
}
}Top-level spinner overrides are valid and apply to both modes.
{
"name": "custom-spinner",
"description": "Only changes the busy spinner.",
"spinner_frames": ["◢", "◣", "◤", "◥"],
"spinner_messages": ["working"],
"spinner_interval_ms": 120
}If colors.light is missing, zot applies colors.dark overrides on
top of the built-in light default when running in light mode. The
inverse is also true: if dark is missing but light exists, light
settings are used on dark defaults.
{
"name": "custom-spinner",
"description": "An alternative spinner for zot that only displays a single spinner text.",
"colors": {
"dark": {
"spinner_frames": ["◢", "◣", "◤", "◥"],
"spinner_messages": ["working"],
"spinner_interval_ms": 120
}
}
}All fields below are optional.
{
"name": "my-theme",
"description": "Shown in /settings → color theme.",
"color_descriptions": {
"accent": "Optional documentation for humans. zot ignores this object."
},
"colors": {
"dark": {
"fg": 253,
"muted": 244,
"accent": 111,
"user": 180,
"user_bubble_bg": "#42454b",
"user_bubble_fg": 248,
"assistant": 117,
"tool": 114,
"tool_out": 245,
"error": 203,
"warning": 214,
"spinner": 183,
"selection_bg": 24,
"selection_fg": 231,
"spinner_frames": ["⠋", "⠙", "⠚", "⠞", "⠖", "⠦", "⠴", "⠲", "⠳", "⠓"],
"spinner_messages": ["thinking", "working"],
"spinner_interval_ms": 80,
"syntax_base_style": "monokai",
"syntax": {
"keyword": "#81a1c1 bold",
"keyword_constant": "#81a1c1",
"keyword_declaration": "#81a1c1",
"keyword_namespace": "#81a1c1",
"keyword_reserved": "#81a1c1 bold",
"keyword_type": "#88c0d0",
"name_builtin": "#88c0d0",
"name_function": "#8fbcbb",
"name_class": "#a3be8c bold",
"name_decorator": "#b48ead",
"literal_string": "#a3be8c",
"literal_string_escape": "#bf616a",
"literal_number": "#d08770",
"comment": "#616e88 italic",
"comment_preproc": "#b48ead",
"operator": "#eceff4",
"punctuation": "#d8dee9",
"text": "#e5e9f0"
}
},
"light": {
"fg": 236,
"muted": 244,
"accent": 33
}
}
}You may also put overrides directly at the top level, or directly
under colors, when they should apply to both modes:
{
"name": "tiny",
"accent": 204,
"colors": {
"spinner_messages": ["shipping"]
}
}fg — default foreground text.muted — secondary text, dividers, gutters, inactive hints.accent — prompt bar, bullets, links, headings, active markers.user — user role label color; mostly compatibility.user_bubble_bg — background behind user message rows.user_bubble_fg — foreground inside user message rows.assistant — assistant/zot accent and spinner text.tool — tool names, success marks, diff additions.tool_out — plain tool-output text.error — errors, refused calls, diff deletions.warning — warnings and high context-usage state.spinner — reserved spinner color slot.selection_bg — highlighted row background.selection_fg — highlighted row foreground.Most color fields are xterm-256 indexes (0–255).
user_bubble_bg supports richer terminal color forms:
254
"#42454b"
{ "mode": "256", "index": 254 }
{ "mode": "ansi", "index": 100 }
{ "mode": "rgb", "r": 66, "g": 69, "b": 75 }Spinner settings can appear at top level, under colors, or under
colors.dark / colors.light.
spinner_frames — list of frame strings. Use single-cell glyphs
when possible so status-bar alignment stays clean.spinner_messages — list of messages; zot chooses one per turn.spinner_interval_ms — frame interval in milliseconds; must be
positive. Missing/invalid falls back to 80ms.Example:
{
"spinner_frames": ["◐", "◓", "◑", "◒"],
"spinner_messages": ["shipping pixels", "warming edge cache"],
"spinner_interval_ms": 120
}Syntax highlighting uses Chroma style entries. Values may include
attributes after the color, such as bold, italic, or underline.
Common fields:
keywordkeyword_constantkeyword_declarationkeyword_namespacekeyword_reservedkeyword_typename_builtinname_functionname_classname_decoratorliteral_stringliteral_string_escapeliteral_numbercommentcomment_preprocoperatorpunctuationtextExample:
{
"colors": {
"dark": {
"syntax_base_style": "monokai",
"syntax": {
"keyword": "#f05b8d",
"name_function": "#b675f1",
"literal_string": "#58c760",
"comment": "#a1a1a1 italic"
}
}
}
}mkdir -p "$ZOT_HOME/themes"
cp my-theme.json "$ZOT_HOME/themes/my-theme.json"Then open /settings and choose color theme. zot switches theme
immediately and persists the selection in $ZOT_HOME/config.json.
If a selected theme file is deleted, zot resets the setting to the built-in auto/default theme.
A zot extension can exist only to ship a theme. No slash command, subprocess, or executable is required when the extension contains a valid theme file.
Layout:
$ZOT_HOME/extensions/my-theme-extension/
├── extension.json
└── theme.jsonor:
$ZOT_HOME/extensions/my-theme-extension/
├── extension.json
└── themes/
└── theme.jsonextension.json for a theme-only extension:
{
"name": "my-theme-extension",
"version": "1.0.0",
"description": "Ships a zot color theme",
"enabled": true
}No exec is needed when theme.json or themes/theme.json exists.
If exec is present, zot treats it as a normal extension too.
In /settings → color theme, extension themes show source info in
the description, e.g. from extension my-theme-extension — ....
python3 -m json.tool theme.json before installing.© patriceckhart, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file
Just SKILL.md in packages/agent/skills/builtin/write-zot-themes of patriceckhart/zot.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 0f23566
Write Zot Themes 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.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Write Zot Themes this skillpatriceckhart/zot | 351 | — | ~2.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Theme Factoryanthropics/skills | 180k | 47 repos | ~781 | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Theme Factorynexu-io/open-design | 100k | — | ~329 | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Pierre Theme Packagepierrecomputer/pierre | 6.3k | — | ~352 | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Pierre Theming Librarypierrecomputer/pierre | 6.3k | — | ~661 | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Maui Themingdotnet/skills | 5.6k | 1 repos | ~4.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
anthropics/skills
Applies one of ten preset color and font themes to slide decks, documents or HTML pages, or creates a new theme on the fly after you choose from a showcase.
nexu-io/open-design
Apply professional font and color themes to artifacts including slides, docs, reports, and HTML landing pages.
pierrecomputer/pierre
Shows an agent how to install and use the @pierre/theme package, which ships ten Pierre light and dark color themes for Shiki and VS Code.
pierrecomputer/pierre
Explains how to use the @pierre/theming package to list, resolve, select, switch and persist themes, with controller, color and React references.
dotnet/skills
Guide for theming .NET MAUI apps — light/dark mode via AppThemeBinding, ResourceDictionary theme switching, DynamicResource bindings, system theme detection, and user theme preferences.
htmlstreamofficial/preline
Generates light and dark Preline theme CSS from a brand color or mood, previews it, and validates token coverage through bundled local scripts.
patriceckhart/zot
Help the user create a new zot extension (slash command, LLM tool, or guard) in any language.
Help the user create, install, or package zot themes, including theme-only extensions. Write Zot Themes is an agent skill from patriceckhart/zot. Help the user create, install, or package zot themes, including theme-only extensions.
Run `npx skills add patriceckhart/zot --skill write-zot-themes -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (packages/agent/skills/builtin/write-zot-themes in patriceckhart/zot) into .claude/skills/write-zot-themes in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
Run `npx skills add patriceckhart/zot --skill write-zot-themes -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (packages/agent/skills/builtin/write-zot-themes in patriceckhart/zot) into .agents/skills/write-zot-themes in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add patriceckhart/zot --skill write-zot-themes -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/write-zot-themes, .gemini/skills/write-zot-themes, .github/skills/write-zot-themes and .opencode/skills/write-zot-themes in your project.
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Write Zot Themes needs the command-line tools its instructions call (python3). Our summary lists: Python 3.
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.
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.
Write Zot Themes is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
About 2.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 8.4k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Write Zot Themes: Theme Factory (anthropics/skills, 180k stars), Theme Factory (nexu-io/open-design, 100k stars), Pierre Theme Package (pierrecomputer/pierre, 6.3k stars) and Pierre Theming Library (pierrecomputer/pierre, 6.3k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
patriceckhart (a GitHub user) maintains it in patriceckhart/zot, which has 351 GitHub stars. The repository holds 2 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 10, 2026.
Source: patriceckhart/zot on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.