design-preferences SKILL.md skillA
design-preferences from swyxio/skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add swyxio/skills/design-preferences@git:20260924.48313d6Pins git:20260924.48313d6 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- swyxio/skills
- Path
design-preferences/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- git:20260924.48313d6, committed Sep 24, 2026
- First version recorded
- Sep 7, 2026
- Size
- 4,161 bytes
- Repository stars
- 194
- License
- MIT
Apply swyx's design preferences when building or changing app screens, or designing, restyling, or reviewing websites: reuse shared app layouts, preserve information density, use readable typography, avoid decorative card accent strips, and give brand color a clear purpose. Use alongside task-specific design workflows.
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 preferences These are the user's defaults, not universal design rules. Follow an explicit visual reference or request when it overrides them. Apply them to the requested surface; do not expand a small task into a site redesign. - **No decorative thin accent strips on cards.** Avoid colored or gradient top borders, ribbons, and `::before` lines added just to make repeated panels look designed. Functional table rules, chart marks, focus rings, and active-navigation indicators are fine. - **Choose the layout for the information.** Use aligned rows or tables for repeated comparisons, and place a finding beside its evidence. Use cards when items genuinely form independent units, not as the automatic wrapper for every paragraph or statistic. Avoid nested cards. - **Density comes from composition, not tiny text.** Start around 17–18px for reading text on desktop and 16–17px on mobile. Keep secondary labels legible. Shorten repetitive copy, align related facts, and reduce container padding before shrinking type. Recompose mobile comparisons rather than scaling down a desktop table. …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add swyxio/skills/design-preferences@sha256:24412067e11d0260The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260924.48313d6, 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.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_3uflbr6xl67o7n4q)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between Sep 7, 2026 and Sep 24, 2026, about one every 17 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
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| git:20260924.48313d6 latest | 2026-09-24 | 48313d6 | 4,161 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260907.e0219e9 | 2026-09-07 | e0219e9 | 2,540 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (4161 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
swyxio/skills · 194 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-03 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_3uflbr6xl67o7n4q GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=swyxio/skills/design-preferences GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/24412067e11d0260a97c7aa21c6d356463f650d7415d667d28ba18a979f6af8f
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Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.