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Frontend Design Skill

Builds distinctive, production-grade web UIs with deliberate aesthetic choices instead of generic AI styling

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Repository
mvschwarz/openrig
Stars
8,553
Licence
Apache-2.0
Files
2 files

What it does

When installed, the agent approaches web interface requests with a stated visual direction before writing code. It picks a bold style (such as minimal, retro, or editorial), chooses distinctive fonts and color schemes, and avoids common defaults like Inter or Arial and purple-on-white gradients. It then writes working HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React or Vue code for pages, components, dashboards, or posters. The skill is a set of written guidelines; it adds no tools or scripts of its own.

Great for

  • Developers who want landing pages or components that do not look like default templates
  • Designers prototyping a visual direction quickly in code
  • Anyone asking an agent to restyle or beautify an existing web UI

Skip it if

  • Projects with a strict existing design system or brand guide, since the skill pushes toward its own bold aesthetic and may conflict with it
  • Teams needing accessibility-audited output without review, because the skill mentions accessibility only as a constraint to consider

Try asking

  • “Build a landing page for a coffee roastery with a distinctive editorial look”
  • “Create a React dashboard component for sales data with a clear visual theme”
  • “Restyle this HTML page so it feels less generic and more memorable”
  • “Design a printable event poster in HTML and CSS”
Step-by-step guide: how to use Frontend Design SkillInstall, first run, examples, tips and FAQs

Install in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Download the skill

    The ZIP contains the 2 original files, the Apache-2.0 licence and an attribution note.

    frontend-design.zip
  2. 2

    Add it to your agent

    Claude Code (all projects)

    mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && unzip frontend-design.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/

    Claude Code / Agent SDK (this project only)

    mkdir -p .claude/skills && unzip frontend-design.zip -d .claude/skills/

    Claude apps (web/desktop): Settings → Capabilities → Skills → Upload skill, and choose the ZIP.

  3. 3

    Ask for the task

    No special command needed — the agent reads the skill's description and loads it when your request matches. Try one of the prompts above.

Get better results

  • State your audience, purpose, and any brand colors or fonts up front so the chosen direction fits your context
  • Ask for a specific tone (for example brutalist or art deco) if you have a preference, otherwise the agent picks one
  • Review the generated code for accessibility and performance, since the skill does not guarantee them

What's inside

  • LICENSE.txt
  • SKILL.md

Redistributed unmodified from mvschwarz/openrig under the Apache-2.0 licence. The assessment was drafted with AI from the skill's files on 2026-10-29. Skills can instruct your agent to run code — read SKILL.md and any scripts before installing.