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Retro Memphis style tokens and row template for the list-styling skill.
$ npx skills add pnp/sharepoint-skills --skill style-retro -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install pnp/sharepoint-skills style-retro --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/pnp/sharepoint-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/Skills/style-retro/style-retro .claude/skills/style-retro && 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 "style-retro" agent skill from https://github.com/pnp/sharepoint-skills/tree/main/Skills/style-retro/style-retro into .claude/skills/style-retro/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "style-retro", 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/pnp/sharepoint-skills/tree/main/Skills/style-retro/style-retroType 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 pnp/sharepoint-skills --skill style-retro -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install pnp/sharepoint-skills style-retro --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/pnp/sharepoint-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/Skills/style-retro/style-retro .agents/skills/style-retro && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "style-retro" agent skill from https://github.com/pnp/sharepoint-skills/tree/main/Skills/style-retro/style-retro into .agents/skills/style-retro/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "style-retro", 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 pnp/sharepoint-skills --skill style-retro -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install pnp/sharepoint-skills style-retro --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/pnp/sharepoint-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/Skills/style-retro/style-retro .cursor/skills/style-retro && 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 "style-retro" agent skill from https://github.com/pnp/sharepoint-skills/tree/main/Skills/style-retro/style-retro into .cursor/skills/style-retro/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "style-retro", 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/pnp/sharepoint-skills.git --path Skills/style-retro/style-retro--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 pnp/sharepoint-skills --skill style-retro -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install pnp/sharepoint-skills style-retro --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/pnp/sharepoint-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/Skills/style-retro/style-retro .gemini/skills/style-retro && 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 "style-retro" agent skill from https://github.com/pnp/sharepoint-skills/tree/main/Skills/style-retro/style-retro into .gemini/skills/style-retro/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "style-retro", 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 pnp/sharepoint-skills style-retroInstalls 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 pnp/sharepoint-skills --skill style-retro -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/pnp/sharepoint-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/Skills/style-retro/style-retro .github/skills/style-retro && 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 "style-retro" agent skill from https://github.com/pnp/sharepoint-skills/tree/main/Skills/style-retro/style-retro into .github/skills/style-retro/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "style-retro", 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 pnp/sharepoint-skills --skill style-retro -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install pnp/sharepoint-skills style-retro --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/pnp/sharepoint-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/Skills/style-retro/style-retro .opencode/skills/style-retro && 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 "style-retro" agent skill from https://github.com/pnp/sharepoint-skills/tree/main/Skills/style-retro/style-retro into .opencode/skills/style-retro/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "style-retro", 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.
style-retroRetro Memphis style tokens and row template for the list-styling skill.
Style Retro is an agent skill from pnp/sharepoint-skills. Retro Memphis style tokens and row template for the list-styling skill. Bright contrasting colors, colored shadows, playful stacked card with a status-colored top banner and large progress number. Layout is a stacked vertical card with a bold colored header strip — NOT a sidebar layout. Use when the user says "retro," "memphis," "80s," "90s," "colorful," "playful," "fun style," or similar.
Its SKILL.md is about 3.5k 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, covering Design tokens. The repository describes itself as: Skills for Copilot in SharePoint. The licence is MIT.
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit aa9eb14. 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.
No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are json).
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:
developer.microsoft.comFrom 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.
Style Retro loads about 3.5k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 101 tokens; SKILL.md has 851 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 pnp/sharepoint-skills at commit aa9eb14, republished under its MIT licence (© pnp). 851 words, ~3,545 tokens.
.claude/skills/style-retro/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).Bright, playful, LOUD. Every status is a different color. Colored shadows. Stacked vertical card with a bold colored banner. This is the fun one.
Layout philosophy: Stacked vertical card with colored banner. The top third of the card is a bold status-colored banner containing the document name in large white text. Below it, a white content area with the status badge, a large progress percentage, and deadline info. The banner color changes per status — the card's personality changes with every item. This is structurally different from Neobrutalism's horizontal sidebar split.
5px 14px20px (full pill — playful, round, fun)12px700uppercase| Value | bg | text | border | banner_color |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draft | #fbbf24 | #1f2937 | 2px solid #d97706 | #fbbf24 |
| In Review | #3b82f6 | #ffffff | 2px solid #7c3aed | #3b82f6 |
| Revising | #f472b6 | #ffffff | 2px solid #db2777 | #f472b6 |
| Approved | #2dd4bf | #1f2937 | 2px solid #0d9488 | #2dd4bf |
| Published | #a78bfa | #ffffff | 2px solid #7c3aed | #a78bfa |
| _fallback | #e5e7eb | #374151 | 2px solid #9ca3af | #e5e7eb |
CRITICAL: The banner_color IS the status bg color — the entire top of the card floods with the status hue. Draft cards have a yellow top. In Review cards have a blue top. Revising cards have a hot pink top. Every card in the list is a different color.
10px#fef3c7 (warm yellow tint)2px solid #d977065px3px#f472b6 (HOT PINK — not red)#3b82f6 (ELECTRIC BLUE — not amber)#2dd4bf (TEAL — not green)28px (HUGE — the hero element)800#7c3aed (PURPLE)🗓️13px#374151600#db2777 (HOT PINK — not red)800#7c3aed (PURPLE)🔥 OVERDUE3px solid (color matches status shadow_color)12px (rounded — playful)#ffffff12px6px 6px 0px (large hard offset — COLORED per status)16px 20px16px 20px#db2777#db2777Stacked vertical card with a status-colored banner on top.
╭──────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓│
│▓▓ API Guide.docx ▓▓│ ← status-colored
│▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓│ banner
│ │
│ [IN REVIEW] 🎯 ON TRACK 72% 🗓️ 5/15/26 │ ← white content
│ │
│ ░░████████████████████████████████░░░░░░░░░░░ │ ← warm yellow
│ │ track + amber
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────╯ border
▓▓▓▓▓▓ ← 6px colored offset shadowKey difference from Neobrutalism: Neobrutalism is a HORIZONTAL split (sidebar left, content right). Retro is a VERTICAL split (banner top, content bottom). Even the silhouettes are different.
Adapt before applying. The column names below ([$Status], [$Progress], [$Deadline]) are example placeholders — replace them with the actual internal column names from the user's list. Also update every status value string ('Draft', 'In Review', 'Revising', etc.) to match the user's actual Choice values. Follow list-styling Step 3.
{
"$schema": "https://developer.microsoft.com/json-schemas/sp/v2/view-formatting.schema.json",
"hideSelection": false,
"hideColumnHeaders": true,
"rowFormatter": {
"elmType": "div",
"style": {
"display": "flex",
"flex-direction": "column",
"border": "=if([$Deadline] < @now, '3px solid #db2777', if([$Status] == 'Draft', '3px solid #d97706', if([$Status] == 'In Review', '3px solid #7c3aed', if([$Status] == 'Revising', '3px solid #db2777', if([$Status] == 'Approved', '3px solid #0d9488', if([$Status] == 'Published', '3px solid #7c3aed', '3px solid #9ca3af'))))))",
"border-radius": "12px",
"background-color": "#ffffff",
"margin-bottom": "12px",
"box-shadow": "=if([$Deadline] < @now, '6px 6px 0px #db2777', if([$Status] == 'Draft', '6px 6px 0px #d97706', if([$Status] == 'In Review', '6px 6px 0px #7c3aed', if([$Status] == 'Revising', '6px 6px 0px #db2777', if([$Status] == 'Approved', '6px 6px 0px #0d9488', if([$Status] == 'Published', '6px 6px 0px #7c3aed', '6px 6px 0px #9ca3af'))))))",
"overflow": "hidden"
},
"children": [
{
"elmType": "div",
"style": {
"padding": "16px 20px",
"background-color": "=if([$Deadline] < @now, '#db2777', if([$Status] == 'Draft', '#fbbf24', if([$Status] == 'In Review', '#3b82f6', if([$Status] == 'Revising', '#f472b6', if([$Status] == 'Approved', '#2dd4bf', if([$Status] == 'Published', '#a78bfa', '#e5e7eb'))))))",
"display": "flex",
"align-items": "center",
"gap": "10px"
},
"children": [
{
"elmType": "div",
"style": {
"font-size": "16px",
"font-weight": "800",
"color": "=if([$Status] == 'Draft', '#1f2937', if([$Status] == 'Approved', '#1f2937', '#ffffff'))",
"flex": "1",
"line-height": "1.3"
},
"txtContent": "=if([$FileLeafRef] == '', [$Title], [$FileLeafRef])"
},
{
"elmType": "span",
"txtContent": "=if([$Deadline] < @now, '🔥', '✨')",
"style": {
"font-size": "20px"
}
}
]
},
{
"elmType": "div",
"style": {
"padding": "16px 20px",
"display": "flex",
"flex-direction": "column",
"gap": "12px"
},
"children": [
{
"elmType": "div",
"style": {
"display": "flex",
"align-items": "center",
"gap": "14px",
"flex-wrap": "wrap"
},
"children": [
{
"elmType": "span",
"txtContent": "[$Status]",
"style": {
"display": "inline-block",
"padding": "5px 14px",
"border-radius": "20px",
"font-size": "12px",
"font-weight": "700",
"text-transform": "uppercase",
"white-space": "nowrap",
"border": "=if([$Status] == 'Draft', '2px solid #d97706', if([$Status] == 'In Review', '2px solid #7c3aed', if([$Status] == 'Revising', '2px solid #db2777', if([$Status] == 'Approved', '2px solid #0d9488', if([$Status] == 'Published', '2px solid #7c3aed', '2px solid #9ca3af')))))",
"color": "=if([$Status] == 'Draft', '#1f2937', if([$Status] == 'In Review', '#ffffff', if([$Status] == 'Revising', '#ffffff', if([$Status] == 'Approved', '#1f2937', if([$Status] == 'Published', '#ffffff', '#374151')))))",
"background-color": "=if([$Status] == 'Draft', '#fbbf24', if([$Status] == 'In Review', '#3b82f6', if([$Status] == 'Revising', '#f472b6', if([$Status] == 'Approved', '#2dd4bf', if([$Status] == 'Published', '#a78bfa', '#e5e7eb')))))"
}
},
{
"elmType": "span",
"txtContent": "=if([$Deadline] < @now, '🔥 AT RISK', '🎯 ON TRACK')",
"style": {
"font-size": "11px",
"font-weight": "700",
"color": "=if([$Deadline] < @now, '#db2777', '#0d9488')"
}
},
{
"elmType": "span",
"txtContent": "=toString([$Progress]) + '%'",
"style": {
"font-size": "28px",
"font-weight": "800",
"color": "#7c3aed",
"margin-left": "auto"
}
}
]
},
{
"elmType": "div",
"style": {
"width": "100%",
"height": "10px",
"background-color": "#fef3c7",
"border": "2px solid #d97706",
"border-radius": "5px",
"overflow": "hidden"
},
"children": [
{
"elmType": "div",
"style": {
"width": "=toString([$Progress]) + '%'",
"height": "100%",
"border-radius": "3px",
"background-color": "=if([$Progress] < 30, '#f472b6', if([$Progress] < 66, '#3b82f6', '#2dd4bf'))"
}
}
]
},
{
"elmType": "div",
"style": {
"display": "flex",
"align-items": "center",
"gap": "6px"
},
"children": [
{
"elmType": "span",
"txtContent": "🗓️",
"style": { "font-size": "13px" }
},
{
"elmType": "span",
"txtContent": "=toLocaleDateString([$Deadline])",
"style": {
"font-size": "13px",
"font-weight": "=if([$Deadline] < @now, '800', '600')",
"color": "=if([$Deadline] < @now, '#db2777', '#374151')"
}
},
{
"elmType": "span",
"txtContent": "=if([$Deadline] < @now, '🔥 OVERDUE', 'DEADLINE')",
"style": {
"font-size": "10px",
"font-weight": "=if([$Deadline] < @now, '700', '500')",
"color": "=if([$Deadline] < @now, '#db2777', '#7c3aed')",
"text-transform": "uppercase"
}
}
]
}
]
}
]
}
}box-shadow offset from 4 px to 2 px so it doesn't clip the next card.32 px → 24 px on mobile. Do not go below 24 px.The colored box-shadow (hot pink for overdue, banner color elsewhere) is not portable:
box-shadow colors, so the pink reads more salmon than hot.box-shadow entirely.Provide a fallback that does not depend on the shadow: the colored top banner must always render — it is the primary identity element. The shadow is decoration. When QA shows the shadow is missing in a target environment, do not add a different decoration; let the banner do the work.
Consumers used to traffic-light progress (red < 30% → amber → green ≥ 70%) will see a 95 % card filled in teal and assume the style is broken. It is not. Retro Memphis progress goes pink → blue → teal by design — each value gets its own distinct hue, the way 80s Memphis palettes worked.
When applying this style for the first time in a tenant, surface this fact in a single sentence to the user: "Progress in Retro Memphis uses pink → blue → teal instead of red → amber → green — that's intentional."
© pnp, 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 Skills/style-retro/style-retro of pnp/sharepoint-skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit aa9eb14
Style Retro 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Style Retro this skillpnp/sharepoint-skills | 132 | — | ~3.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Figma Design System Builderwarpdotdev/warp | 65k | 2 repos | ~4.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | AGPL-3.0 | |
| Figma use_figma Plugin API Ruleswarpdotdev/warp | 65k | 4 repos | ~4.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | AGPL-3.0 | |
| MCP Developmentcoollabsio/coolify | 63k | 1 repos | ~949 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Design SystemOhh-889/skyroc | 795 | 11 repos | ~1.7k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Design Dnazanwei/design-dna | 1.9k | 1 repos | ~2.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
warpdotdev/warp
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warpdotdev/warp
Required groundwork before any use_figma call: the rules and reference files for running JavaScript in a Figma file through the Plugin API without common failures.
coollabsio/coolify
A skill your agent uses for Laravel MCP development. An agent skill from coollabsio/coolify.
Ohh-889/skyroc
Token architecture, component specifications, and slide generation.
zanwei/design-dna
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pnp/sharepoint-skills
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pnp/sharepoint-skills
Analyze the current SharePoint document library in read-only mode and produce a structured summary of files, folders, file types, recent activity, naming issues, and organization recommendations.
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pnp/sharepoint-skills
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pnp/sharepoint-skills
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Retro Memphis style tokens and row template for the list-styling skill. Style Retro is an agent skill from pnp/sharepoint-skills. Retro Memphis style tokens and row template for the list-styling skill.
Style Retro fits situations like: the user says retro; tasks that involve Design tokens.
Run `npx skills add pnp/sharepoint-skills --skill style-retro -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (Skills/style-retro/style-retro in pnp/sharepoint-skills) into .claude/skills/style-retro in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
Run `npx skills add pnp/sharepoint-skills --skill style-retro -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (Skills/style-retro/style-retro in pnp/sharepoint-skills) into .agents/skills/style-retro 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 pnp/sharepoint-skills --skill style-retro -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/style-retro, .gemini/skills/style-retro, .github/skills/style-retro and .opencode/skills/style-retro in your project.
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Style Retro is instructions for the agent only.
SKILL.md names 1 domain. In commands or code: developer.microsoft.com; the agent is likely to contact it when it follows the instructions. 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.
Style Retro is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
About 3.5k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 14k 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 Style Retro: Figma Design System Builder (warpdotdev/warp, 65k stars), Figma use_figma Plugin API Rules (warpdotdev/warp, 65k stars), MCP Development (coollabsio/coolify, 63k stars) and Design System (Ohh-889/skyroc, 795 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
pnp (a GitHub organization) maintains it in pnp/sharepoint-skills, which has 132 GitHub stars. The repository holds 51 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 6, 2026.
Source: pnp/sharepoint-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.