desktop-principles SKILL.md skillA
desktop-principles from athevon/genjutsu is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add athevon/genjutsu/desktop-principles@git:20260928.a0f6e09Pins git:20260928.a0f6e09 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- athevon/genjutsu
- Path
skills/_jutsu/desktop-principles/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 3
- Latest version
- git:20260928.a0f6e09, committed Sep 28, 2026
- First version recorded
- Apr 26, 2026
- Size
- 13,423 bytes
- Repository stars
- 718
- License
- a license file GitHub does not identify
Desktop-specific UX principles - hover states, pointer precision, keyboard shortcuts, multi-window, focus management. Covers macOS, Windows, Linux, web desktop.
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
> **Version-sensitive.** Every API name, SDK gate and browser-support claim below was
> verified on **2026-09-08** against primary sources. What against, and when, is in
> `_jutsu/VERSIONS.md`. If that date is old, re-verify before acting on a version number.
# Desktop Principles
> Desktop UX context. Loaded when desktop is detected (macOS, Windows, Linux desktop, web desktop).
> Concise rules here. Deep-dive in `references/`.
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## Hover States Are Mandatory
Hover is the primary affordance signal on desktop, the inverse of mobile. A pointer hovering over a target without immediate visual feedback feels broken: users rely on `:hover` to confirm an element is interactive before committing to a click. Every clickable surface must have a distinct hover style, ideally with a 100-200ms transition so the change is perceptible without feeling sluggish.
**CSS - hover styles for interactive elements:**
```css
.button {
background: var(--surface);
transition: background 120ms ease-out, transform 120ms ease-out;
}
.button:hover {
background: var(--surface-hover);
transform: translateY(-1px);
}
.button:active {
transform: translateY(0);
}
```
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add athevon/genjutsu/desktop-principles@sha256:23a54e63b4f43099The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260928.a0f6e09, 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_lukmzvgk7ygres3d)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 3 versions of this file, between Apr 26, 2026 and Sep 28, 2026, about one every 78 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
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| git:20260928.a0f6e09 latest | 2026-09-28 | a0f6e09 | 13,423 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260908.dae2c1e | 2026-09-08 | dae2c1e | 13,396 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260426.0c6ea76 | 2026-04-26 | 0c6ea76 | 11,669 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 (13423 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
athevon/genjutsu · 718 stars · license a license file GitHub does not identify · pushed 2026-11-01 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_lukmzvgk7ygres3d GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=athevon/genjutsu/desktop-principles GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/23a54e63b4f430994ad45d0567d169a6d6332523908876dd336153eac5decb34
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