design-context SKILL.md skillA
design-context from labs21-dev/agents-stack is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add labs21-dev/agents-stack/design-context@git:20260912.9d47cf0Pins git:20260912.9d47cf0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- labs21-dev/agents-stack
- Path
design-context/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260912.9d47cf0, committed Sep 12, 2026
- Size
- 7,103 bytes
- Repository stars
- 27
- License
- none declared
Use when a request will produce frontend UI, a visual asset, an image prompt, or a video prompt, AND the intent/style is not already fully specified by the user or an existing design system in the repo. Forces a minimal, checkable design-context object to exist before generation so output does not default to generic/templated. Do NOT use for: single-property edits (color, spacing, copy tweak) with no ambiguity; bug fixes; refactors; or when the user already gave complete visual specs and you…
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-context A **gate**, not a ceremony. Its only job: force a minimal, checkable design-context object to exist before any UI/visual/image/video generation, so the output does not fall back to template instinct (blue-purple gradient, Inter, fade-in, three feature cards). Keep it as cheap as the task allows. Depth lives in `references/` and loads only when needed. ## Step 0 — Size the task Decide depth before doing anything else. Default one level *down* if unsure — ceremony costs more than it saves below "feature" scale. | Size | Signal | Action | |---|---|---| | **Trivial** | single property / copy tweak, no ambiguity | Skip everything. Just do it. | | **Component** | one new component, or one asset; existing design system | Step 1 inline, no file. Then generate. | | **Page / feature** | a page, a section set, a feature | Step 1 + write `docs/design/design-context.md`. | | **System** | new brand, new product, multi-page | Full spec folder — see `references/design-spec-template.md`. | ## Step 1 — Minimum context gate (always, even Component-level) Before generating, this object must exist — from the user, from the repo (existing tokens / …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add labs21-dev/agents-stack/design-context@sha256:2853885a8b8ff50aThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260912.9d47cf0, 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_n3xdv6csk5tlejwa)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Sep 12, 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 (7103 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
labs21-dev/agents-stack · 27 stars · license none declared · pushed 2026-09-19 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_n3xdv6csk5tlejwa GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=labs21-dev/agents-stack/design-context GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/2853885a8b8ff50a984bcdec27b5a3d1dad30ed7b552f676ecd24ced6a8bb50a
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.