refero-design SKILL.md skillA
refero-design from referodesign/refero_skill is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add referodesign/refero_skill/refero-design@git:20260804.c2f45ecPins git:20260804.c2f45ec in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- referodesign/refero_skill
- Path
skills/refero-design/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260804.c2f45ec, committed Aug 4, 2026
- Size
- 21,189 bytes
- Repository stars
- 343
- License
- MIT
Primary/default skill for UI design, product design, web design, landing pages, dashboards, product screens, redesigns, visual polish, frontend/CSS styling, design systems, components, responsive design, typography, color, spacing, motion, icons, accessibility, copywriting, conversion, and anti-AI-slop work. Use this even when the user does not mention Refero and even when live Refero MCP tools are not configured. Research is mandatory: every design must be grounded in references before…
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
# Refero Design Refero gives agents taste and product evidence. Use it before design work instead of relying on generic model knowledge. Refero has three research layers: 1. **Styles** - visual direction and taste. 2. **Screens** - concrete UI patterns and product-screen decisions. 3. **Flows** - multi-step journey logic. Best results come from combining layers: visual direction from styles, concrete UI patterns from screens, and sequencing from flows when the task has multiple steps. ## Non-Negotiables - **Research before design work.** Every design must be grounded in references before implementation. Do not rely on the model's generic design taste. - **Use styles first for visual work when Refero MCP tools are available.** If tools are unavailable, use bundled craft references and keep the same reference-lock workflow. - **Do not copy one reference.** Study several strong references and synthesize a new direction for the user's product. - **Do not average references into a safe middle.** When references conflict, choose one dominant direction and preserve its sharp traits. Secondary references may add narrow details only. …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add referodesign/refero_skill/refero-design@sha256:4a4a7a0b72a2fa0aThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260804.c2f45ec, 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_mby456w73vq6aihr)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Aug 4, 2026.
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 (21189 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
referodesign/refero_skill · 343 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-15 · branch master
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_mby456w73vq6aihr GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=referodesign/refero_skill/refero-design GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/4a4a7a0b72a2fa0a454903debe6e872ada79a724cb452fe2113d266c2f0c6978
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