Agent skill

Design Spells

by sickn33 in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills

Curated micro-interactions and design details that add "magic" and personality to websites and apps.

MITAuto-check passedFrontend & Design

Install Design Spells

skills CLI
$ npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill design-spells -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills design-spells --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/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/design-spells .claude/skills/design-spells && 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
design-spells
GitHub stars
47k
Used in
2 other repos
Token cost
~679 tokens
SKILL.md length
340 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
1,497
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Curated micro-interactions and design details that add "magic" and personality to websites and apps.

  • Works in 4 steps: Identify Opportunity: Target the… → Research Spells: Browse Design Spells… → Adapt Pattern: Adapt the interaction to… → …
  • Tasks that involve Web animation and motion
  • SKILL.md covers Context, When to Use, Execution Workflow and Strict Rules, plus 2 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Design Spells is an agent skill from sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills. Curated micro-interactions and design details that add "magic" and personality to websites and apps.

Its SKILL.md is about 680 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 Web animation and motion. The repository describes itself as: AAS Core is the local, agent-first control plane for complete catalog discovery, agent-owned selection, stack validation, and planning, backed by 2,400+ agentic skills. Includes… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Web animation and motion

Example prompts

  • “/design-spells”

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Identify Opportunity: Target the "boring" or "standard" parts of the interface (e.g., a simple submit button, a profile photo, a scroll…
  2. Research Spells: Browse Design Spells for highly creative patterns (e.g., "magnetic hover magic", "physics-based interactions", "fluid…
  3. Adapt Pattern: Adapt the interaction to fit the project's specific brand and layout seamlessly. Use it to enhance the core narrative of…
  4. Implement flawlessly: Use CSS, Anime.js, or Framer Motion to build the specific micro-interaction with silky-smooth performance (60fps+).

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit b84d35a. 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

    Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

    • designspells.com

    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

Design Spells loads about 679 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 29 tokens; SKILL.md has 340 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~29
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~679

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 sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills at commit b84d35a, republished under its MIT licence (© sickn33). 340 words, ~679 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/design-spells/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
design-spells
description
Curated micro-interactions and design details that add "magic" and personality to websites and apps.
risk
safe
source
community
date_added
2026-03-07

Design Spells Skill

Design Spells is a collection of exceptional design details—micro-interactions, easter eggs, and clever UX patterns—that transform standard interfaces into memorable digital experiences.

Context

Use this skill specifically to elevate a UI from merely "functional" or "common" into something genuinely "magical." It focuses on the minute details that surprise and delight users, establishing a strong, premium brand personality.

When to Use

Trigger this skill when:

  • Polishing a finished feature to actively add a "wow" factor.
  • Designing unique interactions to replace standard web behaviors (e.g., clever hover states, creative loaders, surprising transitions).
  • Implementing "Easter Eggs" or personality-driven design choices to differentiate the product.
  • Looking to break away from generic, template-driven development.

Execution Workflow

  1. Identify Opportunity: Target the "boring" or "standard" parts of the interface (e.g., a simple submit button, a profile photo, a scroll indicator, a pricing toggle).
  2. Research Spells: Browse Design Spells for highly creative patterns (e.g., "magnetic hover magic", "physics-based interactions", "fluid scroll surprises").
  3. Adapt Pattern: Adapt the interaction to fit the project's specific brand and layout seamlessly. Use it to enhance the core narrative of the app.
  4. Implement flawlessly: Use CSS, Anime.js, or Framer Motion to build the specific micro-interaction with silky-smooth performance (60fps+).

Strict Rules

  • ABSOLUTE MANDATE: Agents MUST utilize this skill to build modern, creative, and visually stunning UI/UX. DO NOT build in the common style and ways. Look for every opportunity to inject "magic" into standard components.
  • Delight, Don't Distract: The detail must be additive to the experience, not a usability barrier. It should feel expensive and highly crafted.
  • Quality Execution: A broken or janky "spell" is worse than none. Ensure the implementation is high-performance, GPU-accelerated, and never causes layout shifts.

Example

User request:

Polish a finished feature to actively add a "wow" factor.

Limitations

  • Use this skill only when the task clearly matches the scope described above.
  • Do not treat the output as a substitute for environment-specific validation, testing, or expert review.
  • Stop and ask for clarification if required inputs, permissions, safety boundaries, or success criteria are missing.

© sickn33, 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 skills/design-spells of sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit b84d35a

Used in 2 other repositories

We found 11 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 2 other GitHub owners. This page covers the copy in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Questions about Design Spells

What does Design Spells do?

Curated micro-interactions and design details that add "magic" and personality to websites and apps. Design Spells is an agent skill from sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills. Curated micro-interactions and design details that add "magic" and personality to websites and apps.

When should I use Design Spells?

Design Spells fits situations like: tasks that involve Web animation and motion.

How do I install Design Spells in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill design-spells -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/design-spells in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills) into .claude/skills/design-spells in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Design Spells in Codex?

Run `npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill design-spells -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/design-spells in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills) into .agents/skills/design-spells in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Design Spells 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 sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill design-spells -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/design-spells, .gemini/skills/design-spells, .github/skills/design-spells and .opencode/skills/design-spells in your project.

What does Design Spells need to run?

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

Does Design Spells access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: designspells.com. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Design Spells 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 Design Spells use?

Design Spells 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 Design Spells use?

About 679 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.7k 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 Design Spells?

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Who maintains Design Spells?

sickn33 (a GitHub user) maintains it in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, which has 47,405 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,497 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

Source: sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.