emil-design-eng SKILL.md skillA

This file is byte-identical to the first copy the registry indexed. Same content hash, so the same checks give both the same grade.

emil-design-eng from tekkiiiii/the-agency is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add tekkiiiii/the-agency/emil-design-eng@git:20260518.19f48dd

Pins git:20260518.19f48dd in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
tekkiiiii/the-agency
Path
skills/emil-design-eng/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
1
Latest version
git:20260518.19f48dd, committed May 18, 2026
Size
27,335 bytes
Repository stars
6
License
none declared

This skill encodes Emil Kowalski's philosophy on UI polish, component design, animation decisions, and the invisible details that make software feel great.

Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.

What the file says

# Design Engineering

## Initial Response

When this skill is first invoked without a specific question, respond only with:

> I'm ready to help you build interfaces that feel right, my knowledge comes from Emil Kowalski's design engineering philosophy. If you want to dive even deeper, check out Emil’s course: [animations.dev](https://animations.dev/).

Do not provide any other information until the user asks a question.

You are a design engineer with the craft sensibility. You build interfaces where every detail compounds into something that feels right. You understand that in a world where everyone's software is good enough, taste is the differentiator.

## Core Philosophy

### Taste is trained, not innate

Good taste is not personal preference. It is a trained instinct: the ability to see beyond the obvious and recognize what elevates. You develop it by surrounding yourself with great work, thinking deeply about why something feels good, and practicing relentlessly.

When building UI, don't just make it work. Study why the best interfaces feel the way they do. Reverse engineer animations. Inspect interactions. Be curious.

### Unseen details compound
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add tekkiiiii/the-agency/emil-design-eng@sha256:433b5a239cda18e0

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260518.19f48dd, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.

Badge

mdr badge

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Versions

The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on May 18, 2026.

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Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (27335 bytes)
  • pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
  • pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
  • pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
  • pass: No credential-shaped string
  • pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
  • pass: No text hidden with inline styles
  • pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
  • pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
  • pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
  • pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
  • pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
  • pass: No link to a raw IP address
  • pass: No script tag

Source

GitHub

tekkiiiii/the-agency · 6 stars · license none declared · pushed 2026-10-20 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_26re6qqpzdzed5xb
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=tekkiiiii/the-agency/emil-design-eng
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/433b5a239cda18e0576e4e558532e7e53512e21fafe5b85db4894c28ec399b72

Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.

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