distill SKILL.md skillA

distill from educlopez/ui-craft is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned

mdr add educlopez/ui-craft/distill@git:20260806.bb71f4d

Pins git:20260806.bb71f4d in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade: A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind: SKILL.md skill
Repository: educlopez/ui-craft
Path: .codex/skills/distill/SKILL.md
Versions recorded: 5
Latest version: git:20260806.bb71f4d, committed Aug 6, 2026
First version recorded: Apr 19, 2026
Size: 3,196 bytes
Repository stars: 425
License: MIT

Reduction pass — cuts content, structure, visuals, and dead code that doesn't answer a user question or drive an action, respecting CRAFT_LEVEL. Use when the UI feels cluttered, has too many CTAs, walls of text, or decorative noise, or when the user says "simplify this" / "it feels too busy". Invoke when the user asks for distill on their UI, or mentions 'distill' alongside design / UI / frontend work.

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

<!-- HARNESS MIRROR — do not edit here. Canonical source: skills/ or commands/. After editing source, copy into cli/assets/<harness>/ and repo-root harness mirrors. -->

**Context:** this sub-skill is one lens of the broader `ui-craft` skill. If the `ui-craft` skill is also installed, read its SKILL.md first for Discovery + Anti-Slop + Craft Test, then apply the specific lens below.

Distill the UI at `$ARGUMENTS` to its essence. Load the `ui-craft` skill.

**The test for every section, component, prop, and word:**

> Does this answer a question the user is asking or drive an action they need to take? If not — cut it.

**Knob gating (CRAFT_LEVEL):**
- `≤ 4` → be more aggressive with cuts; strip anything that doesn't directly drive action.
- `5-7` → standard cuts per the test below.
- `8+` → preserve signature details even if they don't directly drive action — the one memorable element that makes this feel designed stays.

**Apply ruthlessly:**

1. **Content** — walls of text → 2-3 sentences max per landing section. Vague testimonials → specific metrics or cut. "Features" lists with 12 items → pick the 4 that matter. Placeholder copy → real or removed.
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint

mdr add educlopez/ui-craft/distill@sha256:958c3ce6a3c72de3

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260806.bb71f4d, 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](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_a7wjtqtndszr4m3k.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_a7wjtqtndszr4m3k)

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Versions

The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between Apr 19, 2026 and Aug 6, 2026, about one every 27 days.

version	committed	commit	size	audit
git:20260806.bb71f4d latest	2026-08-06	bb71f4d	3,196 B	A	view · diff
git:20260725.d9710bc	2026-07-25	d9710bc	3,192 B	A	view · diff
git:20260704.14809b1	2026-07-04	14809b1	3,126 B	A	view · diff
git:20260611.235e1e9	2026-06-11	235e1e9	3,091 B	A	view · diff
git:20260419.91442b9	2026-04-19	91442b9	2,860 B	A	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 (3196 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

educlopez/ui-craft · 425 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-30 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_a7wjtqtndszr4m3k
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=educlopez/ui-craft/distill
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/958c3ce6a3c72de32257553c217333c2cb35a530a16a5f89b2cfcdb78a9a6c3d

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.

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.

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