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A skill your agent uses when the user wants to design, redesign, shape, critique, audit, polish, clarify, distill, harden, optimize, adapt, animate, colorize, extract, or otherwise improve a…
Render the UI and prove it's balanced + usable: a deterministic layout audit (centroid / optical-center / pixel-oracle balance via explicit math + annotated screenshot) plus a vision-judged Nielsen…
Install Deterministic Design
$ npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill deterministic-design -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills deterministic-design --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/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/deterministic-design .claude/skills/deterministic-design && 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 "deterministic-design" agent skill from https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills/tree/main/skills/deterministic-design into .claude/skills/deterministic-design/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "deterministic-design", 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/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills/tree/main/skills/deterministic-designType 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 sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill deterministic-design -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills deterministic-design --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/deterministic-design .agents/skills/deterministic-design && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "deterministic-design" agent skill from https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills/tree/main/skills/deterministic-design into .agents/skills/deterministic-design/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "deterministic-design", 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 sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill deterministic-design -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills deterministic-design --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/deterministic-design .cursor/skills/deterministic-design && 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 "deterministic-design" agent skill from https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills/tree/main/skills/deterministic-design into .cursor/skills/deterministic-design/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "deterministic-design", 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/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.git --path skills/deterministic-design--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 sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill deterministic-design -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills deterministic-design --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/deterministic-design .gemini/skills/deterministic-design && 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 "deterministic-design" agent skill from https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills/tree/main/skills/deterministic-design into .gemini/skills/deterministic-design/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "deterministic-design", 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 sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills deterministic-designInstalls 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 sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill deterministic-design -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/deterministic-design .github/skills/deterministic-design && 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 "deterministic-design" agent skill from https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills/tree/main/skills/deterministic-design into .github/skills/deterministic-design/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "deterministic-design", 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 sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill deterministic-design -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills deterministic-design --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/deterministic-design .opencode/skills/deterministic-design && 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 "deterministic-design" agent skill from https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills/tree/main/skills/deterministic-design into .opencode/skills/deterministic-design/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "deterministic-design", 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
deterministic-design- GitHub stars
- 47k
- Used in
- 1 other repo
- Token cost
- ~736 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 268 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 1,394
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
Render the UI and prove it's balanced + usable: a deterministic layout audit (centroid / optical-center / pixel-oracle balance via explicit math + annotated screenshot) plus a vision-judged Nielsen…
- Tasks that involve UX design
- SKILL.md covers When to Use, Example and Limitations
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Deterministic Design is an agent skill from sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills. Render the UI and prove it's balanced + usable: a deterministic layout audit (centroid / optical-center / pixel-oracle balance via explicit math + annotated screenshot) plus a vision-judged Nielsen usability audit by a separate fresh-eyes judge. The measurement layer taste-only design skills lack.
Its SKILL.md is about 740 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 UX design. 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 UX design
Example prompts
- “/deterministic-design”
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 1e53ce2. 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):
github.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
Deterministic Design loads about 736 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 80 tokens; SKILL.md has 268 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 sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills at commit 1e53ce2, republished under its MIT licence (© sickn33). 268 words, ~736 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/deterministic-design/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- deterministic-design
- description
- Render the UI and prove it's balanced + usable: a deterministic layout audit (centroid / optical-center / pixel-oracle balance via explicit math + annotated screenshot) plus a vision-judged Nielsen usability audit by a separate fresh-eyes judge. The measurement layer taste-only design skills lack.
- risk
- safe
- source
- community
- source_type
- community
- source_repo
- connerkward/deterministic-design-skill
- date_added
- 2026-06-16
- author
- Conner K Ward
- license
- MIT
- tags
- design, layout, usability, audit, verification, vision
- tools
- claude-code, antigravity, cursor, gemini-cli, codex-cli
When to Use
Use to catch AI-generated UI that "looks off", is misaligned or centered-mush, or fails usability — when you need to PROVE a layout is balanced and usable instead of trusting the model's eye. Compose it with any taste/token design skill before reporting design "done".
Source: connerkward/deterministic-design-skill (MIT).
deterministic-design
Thesis: determinism beats AI randomness. A model can't trust its own eye on layout — so don't. Render the UI and measure it.
Two sub-skills (load as needed):
- design-spatial — deterministic layout audit: explicit grid
- 8-pt spacing, and
layout-audit.jscomputes centroid / optical-center / pixel-oracle balance and draws an annotated screenshot. Numbers, not vibes. Plus a render-then- critique vision loop.
- 8-pt spacing, and
- design-ux — usability audit: scores the rendered UI against Nielsen's 10 + interaction heuristics via a SEPARATE fresh-eyes judge → prioritized fix list.
This improves existing design skills (including the default Anthropic one) by adding the layer they lack — it doesn't just advise on taste, it renders, measures, and judges the output. Composable with any design skill.
In central this lives as a subdir of ckw-design; it publishes separately as
deterministic-design-skill (its own distribution) via publish-skill. One of the two
flagship narratives — the determinism one; its sibling is human-in-the-loop (lookdev).
Example
User request:
Review this interface with @deterministic-design, identify the highest-impact design problems, and propose an implementation-ready improvement.
Limitations
- Layout metrics and vision-judged audits catch many spatial and usability failures, but they are not a substitute for product judgment or user testing.
- The workflow requires a rendered UI or screenshot; it cannot validate components that have not been built or captured.
- Automated scoring can miss brand nuance, copy tone, accessibility needs, and domain-specific user expectations.
© 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/deterministic-design of sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1e53ce2
Used in 1 other repository
We found 5 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. 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 Deterministic Design
What does Deterministic Design do?
Render the UI and prove it's balanced + usable: a deterministic layout audit (centroid / optical-center / pixel-oracle balance via explicit math + annotated screenshot) plus a vision-judged Nielsen…. Deterministic Design is an agent skill from sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills. Render the UI and prove it's balanced + usable: a deterministic layout audit (centroid / optical-center / pixel-oracle balance via explicit math + annotated screenshot) plus a vision-judged Nielsen usability audit by a separate fresh-eyes judge.
When should I use Deterministic Design?
Deterministic Design fits situations like: tasks that involve UX design.
How do I install Deterministic Design in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill deterministic-design -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/deterministic-design in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills) into .claude/skills/deterministic-design in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Deterministic Design in Codex?
Run `npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill deterministic-design -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/deterministic-design in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills) into .agents/skills/deterministic-design in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Deterministic Design 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 deterministic-design -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/deterministic-design, .gemini/skills/deterministic-design, .github/skills/deterministic-design and .opencode/skills/deterministic-design in your project.
What does Deterministic Design need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Deterministic Design is instructions for the agent only.
Does Deterministic Design access the network?
SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: github.com. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Deterministic Design 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 Deterministic Design use?
Deterministic Design is published under the MIT licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Deterministic Design use?
About 736 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.9k 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 Deterministic Design?
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Who maintains Deterministic Design?
sickn33 (a GitHub user) maintains it in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, which has 47,304 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,394 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 6, 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.