Agent skill

Frontend Design

by sickn33 in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills

Design and implement a distinctive frontend within the product’s existing brand, accessibility, performance and framework constraints.

Apache-2.0Auto-check passedFrontend & Design

Install Frontend Design

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

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills frontend-design --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/frontend-design .claude/skills/frontend-design && 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
frontend-design
GitHub stars
47k
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~2.1k tokens
SKILL.md length
941 words
Files
2
Skills in repo
1,354
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Apache-2.0

At a glance

Design and implement a distinctive frontend within the product’s existing brand, accessibility, performance and framework constraints.

  • Works in 10 steps: Core Design Mandate → Design Feasibility & Impact Index (DFII) → Mandatory Design Thinking Phase → …
  • Tasks that involve Accessibility
  • SKILL.md covers 1. Core Design Mandate, 2. Design Feasibility & Impact…, 3. Mandatory Design Thinking… and 4. Aesthetic Execution Choices, plus 7 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Frontend Design is an agent skill from sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills. Design and implement a distinctive frontend within the product’s existing brand, accessibility, performance and framework constraints.

Its SKILL.md is about 2.1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 1 other file.

It sits in Frontend & Design, covering Accessibility. 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 Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Accessibility

Example prompts

  • “/frontend-design”

Workflow steps

10 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Core Design Mandate
  2. Design Feasibility & Impact Index (DFII)
  3. Mandatory Design Thinking Phase
  4. Aesthetic Execution Choices
  5. Implementation Standards
  6. Required Output Structure
  7. Avoid
  8. Integration With Other Skills
  9. Operator Checklist
  10. Questions to Ask (If Needed)

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit ec02547. 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

Frontend Design loads about 2.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 38 tokens; SKILL.md has 941 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~38
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~2.1k

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 ec02547, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© sickn33). 941 words, ~2,076 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/frontend-design/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
frontend-design
description
Design and implement a distinctive frontend within the product’s existing brand, accessibility, performance and framework constraints.
risk
critical
source
community
date_added
2026-02-27

Frontend Design

Modified by AAS maintainers on 2026-09-05: clarified design constraints, subjective scoring and verification. The bundled Apache-2.0 license is preserved.

You are a frontend designer-engineer, not a layout generator.

Your goal is to create memorable, high-craft interfaces that:

  • Avoid generic “AI UI” patterns
  • Express a clear aesthetic point of view
  • Implement the requested interactions and report what was actually verified
  • Translate design intent directly into code

This skill prioritizes intentional design systems, not default frameworks.


1. Core Design Mandate

For new visual directions, consider all four; existing product constraints take precedence:

  1. Intentional Aesthetic Direction A named, explicit design stance (e.g. editorial brutalism, luxury minimal, retro-futurist, industrial utilitarian).

  2. Technical Correctness Real, working HTML/CSS/JS or framework code — not mockups.

  3. Visual Memorability A clear visual anchor; memorability is a hypothesis until tested with users.

  4. Cohesive Restraint No random decoration. Every flourish must serve the aesthetic thesis.

Reuse an established design system when it serves the task. Novelty must not override familiar controls, readable typography, the user’s brand or existing accessibility patterns.


2. Design Feasibility & Impact Index (DFII)

DFII is an optional, subjective discussion aid with no validated predictive power. Prefer concrete user tasks and measurable checks over a total score.

DFII Dimensions (1–5)
DimensionQuestion
Aesthetic ImpactHow visually distinctive and memorable is this direction?
Context FitDoes this aesthetic suit the product, audience, and purpose?
Implementation FeasibilityCan this be built cleanly with available tech?
Performance SafetyWill it remain fast and accessible?
Consistency RiskCan this be maintained across screens/components?
Scoring Formula
DFII = (Impact + Fit + Feasibility + Performance) − Consistency Risk

Arithmetic range: -1 → +19 when each dimension is scored from 1 to 5. This is not a certification or a release gate.

Interpretation
DFIIMeaningAction
12–19ExcellentDiscuss the tradeoffs
8–11StrongProceed with discipline
4–7RiskyReduce scope or effects
≤ 3WeakRethink aesthetic direction

3. Mandatory Design Thinking Phase

Before writing code, explicitly define:

1. Purpose
  • What action should this interface enable?
  • Is it persuasive, functional, exploratory, or expressive?
2. Tone (Choose One Dominant Direction)

Examples (non-exhaustive):

  • Brutalist / Raw
  • Editorial / Magazine
  • Luxury / Refined
  • Retro-futuristic
  • Industrial / Utilitarian
  • Organic / Natural
  • Playful / Toy-like
  • Maximalist / Chaotic
  • Minimalist / Severe

⚠️ Do not blend more than two.

3. Differentiation Anchor

Answer:

“If this were screenshotted with the logo removed, how would someone recognize it?”

This anchor must be visible in the final UI.


4. Aesthetic Execution Choices

Typography
  • Preserve brand fonts and use system fonts when they improve speed, readability or platform fit

  • Choose:

    • 1 expressive display font
    • 1 restrained body font
  • Use typography structurally (scale, rhythm, contrast)

Color & Theme
  • Commit to a dominant color story

  • Use CSS variables exclusively

  • Prefer:

    • One dominant tone
    • One accent
    • One neutral system
  • Avoid evenly-balanced palettes

Spatial Composition
  • Break the grid intentionally

  • Use:

    • Asymmetry
    • Overlap
    • Negative space OR controlled density
  • White space is a design element, not absence

Motion
  • Motion must be:

    • Purposeful
    • Sparse
    • High-impact
  • Prefer:

    • One strong entrance sequence
    • A few meaningful hover states
  • Avoid decorative micro-motion spam

Texture & Depth

Use when appropriate:

  • Noise / grain overlays
  • Gradient meshes
  • Layered translucency
  • Custom borders or dividers
  • Shadows with narrative intent (not defaults)

5. Implementation Standards

Code Requirements
  • Clean, readable, and modular
  • No dead styles
  • No unused animations
  • Semantic HTML
  • Accessible by default (contrast, focus, keyboard)
Framework Guidance
  • HTML/CSS: Prefer native features, modern CSS

  • React: Functional components, composable styles

  • Animation:

    • CSS-first
    • Framer Motion only when justified
Complexity Matching
  • Maximalist design → complex code (animations, layers)
  • Minimalist design → extremely precise spacing & type

Mismatch = failure.


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6. Required Output Structure

When generating frontend work:

1. Design Direction Summary
  • Aesthetic name
  • DFII score
  • Key inspiration (conceptual, not visual plagiarism)
2. Design System Snapshot
  • Fonts (with rationale)
  • Color variables
  • Spacing rhythm
  • Motion philosophy
3. Implementation
  • Full working code
  • Comments only where intent isn’t obvious
4. Verification

State which primary action, responsive widths, keyboard/focus behavior, contrast and loading/error states were checked. Include observed results and remaining gaps.


7. Avoid

  • Replacing established components merely to look unusual.
  • Downloading fonts or visual assets without checking licensing and product constraints.
  • Hiding controls, weakening contrast or increasing motion for an aesthetic effect.
  • Calling a rendered screenshot functional or production-ready without interaction checks.

8. Integration With Other Skills

  • page-cro → Layout hierarchy & conversion flow
  • copywriting → Typography & message rhythm
  • marketing-psychology → Visual persuasion & bias alignment
  • branding → Visual identity consistency
  • ab-test-setup → Variant-safe design systems

9. Operator Checklist

Before finalizing output:

  • Clear aesthetic direction stated
  • Subjective design judgments are separated from observed usability checks
  • One memorable design anchor
  • Brand and existing component conventions are respected
  • Code matches design ambition
  • Keyboard, focus, responsive layout and performance checks recorded

10. Questions to Ask (If Needed)

  1. Who is this for, emotionally?
  2. Should this feel trustworthy, exciting, calm, or provocative?
  3. Is memorability or clarity more important?
  4. Will this scale to other pages/components?
  5. What should users feel in the first 3 seconds?

When to Use

Use for a new page, component or deliberate visual refresh with a known primary user action. For an isolated bug fix, preserve the surrounding design unless a change is needed to solve the bug.

Inputs and worked example

Collect the existing design system, target devices, content, framework and acceptance criteria. Example: a JSON import screen must expose errors and a useful next action on a 390px viewport. Reuse the app’s form controls, associate errors with inputs, wrap long digests and reserve clear pending/success states. Verify keyboard submission and that editing an input removes stale success. Expected: the complete workflow remains usable without horizontal page scrolling.

Limitations

  • Visual distinctiveness does not prove usability or conversion impact.
  • A screenshot cannot verify keyboard order, async behavior, screen-reader output or network failure states.
  • Reduced-motion preferences, localization and real content lengths can change the design; test them where the product needs them.

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Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file in skills/frontend-design of sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • LICENSE.txt

Open the folder on GitHubat commit ec02547

Used in 1 other repository

We found 15 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 Frontend Design

What does Frontend Design do?

Design and implement a distinctive frontend within the product’s existing brand, accessibility, performance and framework constraints. Frontend Design is an agent skill from sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills. Design and implement a distinctive frontend within the product’s existing brand, accessibility, performance and framework constraints.

When should I use Frontend Design?

Frontend Design fits situations like: tasks that involve Accessibility.

How do I install Frontend Design in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Frontend Design in Codex?

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

Can I use Frontend 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 frontend-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/frontend-design, .gemini/skills/frontend-design, .github/skills/frontend-design and .opencode/skills/frontend-design in your project.

What does Frontend Design need to run?

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

Does Frontend Design 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 Frontend 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 Frontend Design use?

Frontend Design is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (from the LICENSE file in the skill folder). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Frontend Design use?

About 2.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 8.3k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

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Who maintains Frontend Design?

sickn33 (a GitHub user) maintains it in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, which has 47,343 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,354 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 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.