A skill your agent uses when reviewing stylesheets, component styles, and responsive behavior related to Use a CSS reset or normalize stylesheet.

MITAuto-check passedFrontend & Design

Install Reset CSS

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

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist reset-css --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/reset-css .claude/skills/reset-css && 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
reset-css
GitHub stars
74k
Token cost
~415 tokens
SKILL.md length
160 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 stylesheets, component styles, and responsive behavior related to Use a CSS reset or normalize stylesheet.

  • Reviewing stylesheets
  • SKILL.md covers Quick Reference, Check, Fix and Explain, plus 1 more section
  • Calls pnpm
  • Component styles

What it does

Reset CSS is an agent skill from thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist. Use when reviewing stylesheets, component styles, and responsive behavior related to Use a CSS reset or normalize stylesheet. Check the rendered layout across breakpoints and interaction states before proposing a fix.

Its SKILL.md is about 420 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`).

It sits in Frontend & Design, covering CSS and styling and Responsive design. 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 stylesheets
  • Component styles
  • Responsive behavior related to Use a CSS reset
  • Normalize stylesheet

Example prompts

  • “/reset-css”

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

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • pnpm

    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

Reset CSS loads about 415 tokens when it runs, and up to ~6.9k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 57 tokens; SKILL.md has 160 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~57
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~415
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~6.9k

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). 160 words, ~415 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/reset-css/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
reset-css
description
Use when reviewing stylesheets, component styles, and responsive behavior related to Use a CSS reset or normalize stylesheet. Check the rendered layout across breakpoints and interaction states before proposing a fix.
metadata.category
css
metadata.priority
medium
metadata.difficulty
beginner
metadata.estimatedTime
10
metadata.source
frontendchecklist.io
metadata.url
https://frontendchecklist.io/rules/css/reset-css

Use a CSS reset or normalize stylesheet

CSS resets eliminate browser default inconsistencies—ensuring your designs look identical across Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge.

Quick Reference

  • Choose normalize.css for preservation or modern reset for clean slate
  • Install with pnpm: pnpm add normalize.css
  • Import before your custom styles
  • Check if your CSS framework includes a built-in reset

Check

Verify that a CSS reset or normalization is implemented to ensure consistent styling across different browsers and devices.

Fix

Implement a modern CSS reset like normalize.css, CSS remedy, or a custom reset to eliminate browser default styling inconsistencies.

Explain

Explain how CSS resets eliminate browser default styles to provide a consistent foundation for custom styling across all browsers.

Code Review

Review stylesheets, component styles, and responsive states related to Use a CSS reset or normalize stylesheet. Flag exact selectors, declarations, or breakpoints that violate the rule in the rendered UI.


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

Rule page: https://frontendchecklist.io/rules/css/reset-css

© 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/reset-css of thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/rule.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit e8d14d0

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Good CSSvojtaholik/good-css120—~1.2kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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Questions about Reset CSS

What does Reset CSS do?

A skill your agent uses when reviewing stylesheets, component styles, and responsive behavior related to Use a CSS reset or normalize stylesheet. Reset CSS is an agent skill from thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist. Use when reviewing stylesheets, component styles, and responsive behavior related to Use a CSS reset or normalize stylesheet.

When should I use Reset CSS?

Reset CSS fits situations like: reviewing stylesheets; component styles; responsive behavior related to Use a CSS reset; normalize stylesheet.

How do I install Reset CSS in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Reset CSS in Codex?

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

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

What does Reset CSS need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Reset CSS needs the command-line tools its instructions call (pnpm).

Does Reset CSS 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 Reset CSS 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 Reset CSS use?

Reset CSS 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 Reset CSS use?

About 415 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.7k 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 6.5k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

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Who maintains Reset CSS?

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.