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pyqt-styling from codeatcode/oss-ai-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add codeatcode/oss-ai-skills/pyqt-styling@v2.1.0

Pins v2.1.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
codeatcode/oss-ai-skills
Path
frameworks/pyqt/styling/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
5
Latest version
v2.1.0, committed Oct 28, 2026
First version recorded
Mar 27, 2026
Size
12,199 bytes
Repository stars
30
License
GPL-3.0

Use when styling PyQt/PySide6 widgets with QSS - selectors and pseudo-states, stylesheet application, common style properties, widget-specific styling, or building a dark theme.

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

> **Objective:** Use this skill to prevent cross-platform rendering bugs and style inconsistencies by enforcing QSS-specific syntax, platform-aware theming, and proper cascade discipline.

# PyQt Styling - QSS (Qt Style Sheets)

QSS (Qt Style Sheets) is Qt's styling system. It resembles CSS but has critical differences that cause cross-platform bugs.

## QSS Is Not CSS

QSS shares CSS syntax but differs in supported selectors, properties, and cascade behavior. These differences are the source of most cross-platform bugs.

### Unsupported or Different Selectors

| Selector | CSS | QSS |
|----------|-----|-----|
| `::pseudo-element` | Supported (e.g., `::before`, `::after`) | Limited support - only Qt-specific pseudo-elements like `::indicator`, `::drop-down`, `::item` |
| Descendant selector (`A B`) | Matches nested elements | **Does not work** in most widgets - Qt uses parent-to-child cascade instead |
| Child selector (`A > B`) | Matches direct children | Partially supported, but widget hierarchy matters more than DOM-like nesting |
| Sibling selector (`A + B`, `A ~ B`) | Supported | **Not supported** - widgets don't have sibling relationships like DOM |
…

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How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add codeatcode/oss-ai-skills/pyqt-styling@sha256:47427628b66a2021

The line at the top of this page pins the label v2.1.0, 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.

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Versions

The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between Mar 27, 2026 and Oct 28, 2026, about one every 54 days.

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v2.1.0 latest2026-10-28 83beb90 12,199 BA view · diff
v2.1.02026-10-01 268819e 11,637 BA view · diff
v2.1.02026-09-23 f8bf298 7,130 BA view · diff
v1.0.02026-04-20 e5744c4 10,835 BA view · diff
v1.0.02026-03-27 f8d43a7 10,843 BA view

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 (12199 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

codeatcode/oss-ai-skills · 30 stars · license GPL-3.0 · pushed 2026-10-28 · branch master

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_4utnongl3iimowu6
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=codeatcode/oss-ai-skills/pyqt-styling
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/47427628b66a2021fc9d5eabdaedb3f1cec973c29c1155411d1fa2c917e45964

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