design-dna SKILL.md skillA

design-dna from tricholomaaurantiumknottiness355/design-dna is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add tricholomaaurantiumknottiness355/design-dna/design-dna@git:20260323.ae0c91d

Pins git:20260323.ae0c91d in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
tricholomaaurantiumknottiness355/design-dna
Path
SKILL.md
Versions recorded
1
Latest version
git:20260323.ae0c91d, committed Mar 23, 2026
Size
6,304 bytes
Repository stars
4
License
MIT

Extract, define, and apply design DNA across three dimensions: design system (tokens), design style (qualitative feel), and visual effects (Canvas, WebGL, 3D, particles, shaders, scroll effects, etc.). Use this skill when: (1) a user wants to see the full 3-dimension design structure/schema, (2) a user provides images, screenshots, or URLs of reference designs and wants them analyzed into a structured JSON profile covering all three dimensions, (3) a user has a Design DNA JSON and content and…

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 DNA

A 3-phase workflow for extracting, structuring, and applying design identity across three dimensions:

1. **Design System** — measurable tokens (color, typography, spacing, layout, shape, elevation, motion, components)
2. **Design Style** — qualitative perception (mood, visual language, composition, imagery, interaction feel, brand voice)
3. **Visual Effects** — special rendering (Canvas, WebGL, 3D, particles, shaders, scroll effects, cursor effects, SVG animations, glassmorphism, etc.)

## Phases

### Phase 1: Structure — Output the Schema

When the user asks for the structural dimensions or schema:

1. Read [references/schema.md](references/schema.md)
2. Present the full schema with field descriptions
3. Explain the three dimensions and their roles:
   - **design_system**: What you can measure — exact hex values, pixel sizes, rem scales
   - **design_style**: What you can feel — mood, personality, composition strategy
   - **visual_effects**: What you can see but can't express in CSS alone — WebGL scenes, particle systems, shader distortions, scroll-driven animations
4. Ask if the user wants to customize or extend any dimensions
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add tricholomaaurantiumknottiness355/design-dna/design-dna@sha256:c04472d2cced644f

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260323.ae0c91d, 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 1 version of this file, committed on Mar 23, 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 (6304 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

tricholomaaurantiumknottiness355/design-dna · 4 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-12 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_cd434hstp53fcbs7
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=tricholomaaurantiumknottiness355/design-dna/design-dna
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/c04472d2cced644f48485f630cb48e2f496624c65b9f0e5f28aec9af153c7fbf

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