Agent skill

Offline Fallback

by thedaviddias in thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist

A skill your agent uses when adding PWA capabilities, implementing a service worker, or improving the experience for users on unreliable network connections.

MITAuto-check passed

Install Offline Fallback

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

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist offline-fallback --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/offline-fallback .claude/skills/offline-fallback && 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
offline-fallback
GitHub stars
74k
Token cost
~488 tokens
SKILL.md length
222 words
Files
2 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
390
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when adding PWA capabilities, implementing a service worker, or improving the experience for users on unreliable network connections.

  • Adding PWA capabilities
  • 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
  • Implementing a service worker

What it does

Offline Fallback is an agent skill from thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist. Use when adding PWA capabilities, implementing a service worker, or improving the experience for users on unreliable network connections.

Its SKILL.md is about 490 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

  • Adding PWA capabilities
  • Implementing a service worker
  • Improving the experience for users on unreliable network connections

Example prompts

  • “/offline-fallback”

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

Offline Fallback loads about 488 tokens when it runs, and up to ~2.4k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 39 tokens; SKILL.md has 222 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~39
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~488
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~2.4k

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). 222 words, ~488 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/offline-fallback/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
offline-fallback
description
Use when adding PWA capabilities, implementing a service worker, or improving the experience for users on unreliable network connections.
metadata.category
performance
metadata.priority
low
metadata.difficulty
beginner
metadata.estimatedTime
20
metadata.source
frontendchecklist.io
metadata.url
https://frontendchecklist.io/rules/performance/offline-fallback

Provide an offline fallback page

The browser's default offline error screen ("No internet connection") is confusing and completely outside your brand. A custom offline page maintains the user experience, reinforces trust, and can surface cached content or useful actions — such as enabling users to continue reading a cached article or queuing a form submission for later.

Quick Reference

  • Create a minimal /offline HTML page that works without any network requests
  • Pre-cache the offline page during the service worker install event
  • Intercept failed navigation requests and serve the offline page instead
  • Include helpful guidance so users know what to do while offline

Check

Check whether the site shows a custom offline fallback page when the network is disconnected and a navigation request cannot be fulfilled.

Fix

Create a self-contained /offline page and configure the service worker to pre-cache it and serve it for failed navigation requests.

Explain

Explain how a service worker can intercept failed network requests and return a cached offline fallback page to the user.

Code Review

Review the service worker fetch handler and the offline page markup. Verify the offline page is pre-cached at install time, that it does not depend on external resources, and that the fallback is only served for navigation requests (not sub-resources).


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

Rule page: https://frontendchecklist.io/rules/performance/offline-fallback

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Files

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

  • SKILL.md
  • references/rule.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit e8d14d0

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Agent Worker Specialistruvnet/ruflo74k3 repos~1.4kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Loop Workerruvnet/ruflo74k—~297Automated safety check: PassMIT

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Questions about Offline Fallback

What does Offline Fallback do?

A skill your agent uses when adding PWA capabilities, implementing a service worker, or improving the experience for users on unreliable network connections. Offline Fallback is an agent skill from thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist. Use when adding PWA capabilities, implementing a service worker, or improving the experience for users on unreliable network connections.

When should I use Offline Fallback?

Offline Fallback fits situations like: adding PWA capabilities; implementing a service worker; improving the experience for users on unreliable network connections.

How do I install Offline Fallback in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Offline Fallback in Codex?

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

Can I use Offline Fallback 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 offline-fallback -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/offline-fallback, .gemini/skills/offline-fallback, .github/skills/offline-fallback and .opencode/skills/offline-fallback in your project.

What does Offline Fallback need to run?

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

Does Offline Fallback 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 Offline Fallback 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 Offline Fallback use?

Offline Fallback 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 Offline Fallback use?

About 488 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2k 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 1.9k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Offline Fallback?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Offline Fallback: Worker Capability Catalog (HarnessMD/munder-difflin, 8.6k stars), Product Capability (affaan-m/ECC, 275k stars), Worker Visualizer (nexu-io/open-design, 100k stars) and Agent Worker Specialist (ruvnet/ruflo, 74k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Offline Fallback?

thedaviddias (a GitHub user) maintains it in thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist, which has 74,398 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.