A skill your agent uses when reviewing templates, rendered HTML, or shared components related to Declare UTF-8 character encoding.

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Install Charset

skills CLI
$ npx skills add thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist --skill charset -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist charset --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/thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/charset .claude/skills/charset && 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
charset
GitHub stars
74k
Token cost
~395 tokens
SKILL.md length
151 words
Files
2 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
390
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when reviewing templates, rendered HTML, or shared components related to Declare UTF-8 character encoding.

  • Reviewing templates
  • SKILL.md covers Quick Reference, Check, Fix and Explain, plus 1 more section
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Shared components related to Declare UTF-8 character encoding

What it does

Charset is an agent skill from thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist. Use when reviewing templates, rendered HTML, or shared components related to Declare UTF-8 character encoding. Validate the final browser-facing markup, not just the source framework abstraction.

Its SKILL.md is about 400 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files, including reference files (for example `references/rule.md`).

The repository describes itself as: 🗂 The essential checklist for modern web development, for humans and AI agents. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Reviewing templates
  • Shared components related to Declare UTF-8 character encoding

Example prompts

  • “/charset”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit e8d14d0. 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):

    • frontendchecklist.io

    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

Charset loads about 395 tokens when it runs, and up to ~1.1k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 51 tokens; SKILL.md has 151 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~51
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~395
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~1.1k

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 thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist at commit e8d14d0, republished under its MIT licence (© thedaviddias). 151 words, ~395 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/charset/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
charset
description
Use when reviewing templates, rendered HTML, or shared components related to Declare UTF-8 character encoding. Validate the final browser-facing markup, not just the source framework abstraction.
metadata.category
html
metadata.priority
critical
metadata.difficulty
beginner
metadata.estimatedTime
5
metadata.source
frontendchecklist.io
metadata.url
https://frontendchecklist.io/rules/html/charset

Declare UTF-8 character encoding

Missing or incorrect charset causes mojibake (garbled text), broken special characters, and security vulnerabilities from character encoding attacks.

Quick Reference

  • Add <meta charset="UTF-8"> as the first element in <head>
  • Must appear within the first 1024 bytes of the document
  • UTF-8 supports all languages and special characters

Check

Verify that this HTML document declares UTF-8 character encoding in the head section and that it's positioned early in the document.

Fix

Add <meta charset="UTF-8"> as the first meta tag in the head section of the HTML document.

Explain

Explain why UTF-8 character encoding is essential for international content support and preventing character display issues.

Code Review

Review templates, server-rendered HTML, and shared components that output markup related to Declare UTF-8 character encoding. Flag exact elements, attributes, and routes where the rendered HTML violates the rule.


For full implementation details, code examples, and framework-specific guidance, see references/rule.md.

Rule page: https://frontendchecklist.io/rules/html/charset

© thedaviddias, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file (references) in skills/charset of thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/rule.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit e8d14d0

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Questions about Charset

What does Charset do?

A skill your agent uses when reviewing templates, rendered HTML, or shared components related to Declare UTF-8 character encoding. Charset is an agent skill from thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist. Use when reviewing templates, rendered HTML, or shared components related to Declare UTF-8 character encoding.

When should I use Charset?

Charset fits situations like: reviewing templates; shared components related to Declare UTF-8 character encoding.

How do I install Charset in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist --skill charset -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/charset in thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist) into .claude/skills/charset in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Charset in Codex?

Run `npx skills add thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist --skill charset -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/charset in thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist) into .agents/skills/charset in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Charset 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 thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist --skill charset -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/charset, .gemini/skills/charset, .github/skills/charset and .opencode/skills/charset in your project.

What does Charset need to run?

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

Does Charset access the network?

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

Is Charset 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 Charset use?

Charset 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 Charset use?

About 395 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.6k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 714 tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Charset?

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Who maintains Charset?

thedaviddias (a GitHub user) maintains it in thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist, which has 74,421 GitHub stars. The repository holds 390 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 6, 2026.

Source: thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.