A skill your agent uses when reviewing image assets, markup, and CDN or build transforms related to Manage inline SVG size and complexity.

MITAuto-check passedFrontend & Design

Install SVG Inline

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

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist svg-inline --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/svg-inline .claude/skills/svg-inline && 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
svg-inline
GitHub stars
74k
Token cost
~829 tokens
SKILL.md length
423 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 image assets, markup, and CDN or build transforms related to Manage inline SVG size and complexity.

  • Reviewing image assets
  • 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
  • Build transforms related to Manage inline SVG size and complexity

What it does

SVG Inline is an agent skill from thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist. Use when reviewing image assets, markup, and CDN or build transforms related to Manage inline SVG size and complexity. Check encoded size, rendered size, loading strategy, and above-the-fold impact together.

Its SKILL.md is about 830 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. 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 image assets
  • Build transforms related to Manage inline SVG size and complexity

Example prompts

  • “/svg-inline”

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

SVG Inline loads about 829 tokens when it runs, and up to ~2.2k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 55 tokens; SKILL.md has 423 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~55
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~829
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~2.2k

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). 423 words, ~829 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/svg-inline/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
svg-inline
description
Use when reviewing image assets, markup, and CDN or build transforms related to Manage inline SVG size and complexity. Check encoded size, rendered size, loading strategy, and above-the-fold impact together.
metadata.category
images
metadata.priority
medium
metadata.difficulty
intermediate
metadata.estimatedTime
15
metadata.source
frontendchecklist.io
metadata.url
https://frontendchecklist.io/rules/images/svg-inline

Manage inline SVG size and complexity

A complex illustration exported from Figma can easily be 50-200KB of SVG markup. Inlined in HTML, it blocks the HTML parser until it is processed, cannot be cached independently, and balloons every page response. Extracting it to an external file allows browser caching and deferred loading. For icon systems, SVG sprites or component libraries avoid duplicating path data across every page.

Quick Reference

  • Only inline SVG when you need CSS hover/animation on individual paths—static SVGs belong in <img> tags
  • Keep inline SVGs under 1KB (ideally under 500 bytes) after SVGO optimisation
  • Reused icons should be SVG sprites or framework components—not copied inline multiple times
  • Run all SVGs through SVGO before inlining to strip editor artefacts

Check

Scan HTML files and React/Vue components for inline <svg> elements. For each inline SVG: 1) Measure its character count—flag any over 1KB (approximately 1000 characters). 2) Check if it is reused in multiple places (should be a component or sprite). 3) Check if SVGO has been run (look for redundant attributes, inline styles that could be CSS classes, or editor comments). 4) Check if the SVG needs to be inline for CSS styling/animation, or if <img src="file.svg"> would suffice. Report each large inline SVG with its size and location.

Fix

For each problematic inline SVG: 1) Large, non-interactive SVG (e.g., illustration): extract to .svg file and reference with <img src="illustration.svg" alt="...">. 2) Reused icon: create an SVG sprite or React component. 3) SVG needing CSS interactivity (hover, animation): keep inline but run through SVGO first—remove editor artefacts, merge paths, remove redundant attributes. 4) For React projects, use SVGR to import SVGs as components—they tree-shake unused SVGs. 5) Show before/after size comparison.

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Explain

Explain the trade-offs of inline SVG. Inline SVG allows CSS styling (fill, stroke) and JavaScript animation on individual paths, which external SVG files or <img> elements cannot support. However, large inline SVGs bloat the HTML, delay HTML parser completion, cannot be cached separately from the page, and duplicate markup when used in multiple places. The guidance is: use inline SVG only when you need CSS/JS interactivity; use <img src="file.svg"> or CSS background for static SVGs; use SVG sprites or React components for reused icons.

Code Review

Review image assets, markup, and delivery configuration related to Manage inline SVG size and complexity. Flag exact files or components where format choice, sizing, or loading behavior violates the rule, and describe how to confirm the fix in DevTools.


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

Rule page: https://frontendchecklist.io/rules/images/svg-inline

© 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/svg-inline of thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/rule.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit e8d14d0

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Questions about SVG Inline

What does SVG Inline do?

A skill your agent uses when reviewing image assets, markup, and CDN or build transforms related to Manage inline SVG size and complexity. SVG Inline is an agent skill from thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist. Use when reviewing image assets, markup, and CDN or build transforms related to Manage inline SVG size and complexity.

When should I use SVG Inline?

SVG Inline fits situations like: reviewing image assets; build transforms related to Manage inline SVG size and complexity.

How do I install SVG Inline in Claude Code?

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

How do I install SVG Inline in Codex?

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

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

What does SVG Inline need to run?

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

Does SVG Inline 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 SVG Inline 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 SVG Inline use?

SVG Inline 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 SVG Inline use?

About 829 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.3k 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 1.4k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to SVG Inline?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with SVG Inline: Web Artifacts Builder (anthropics/skills, 180k stars), React Doctor (makeplane/plane, 61k stars), Impeccable (bestofjs/bestofjs, 3.1k stars) and Figma Design System Builder (warpdotdev/warp, 65k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains SVG Inline?

thedaviddias (a GitHub user) maintains it in thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist, which has 74,412 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.