design-principles SKILL.md skillA
design-principles from hermeticormus/design-mastery-claude-code is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add hermeticormus/design-mastery-claude-code/design-principles@git:20260930.62e5f6aPins git:20260930.62e5f6a in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- hermeticormus/design-mastery-claude-code
- Path
skills/design-principles/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 4
- Latest version
- git:20260930.1a0f9f7, committed Sep 30, 2026
- First version recorded
- Dec 6, 2025
- Size
- 7,915 bytes
- Repository stars
- 19
- License
- MIT
Core visual design principles (visual hierarchy, Gestalt grouping, composition, balance, contrast, white space, color, typography) with UI fixes, a checklist, and deep-dive references. Use when making or defending a layout, type, or color decision, or when a design feels off and you need to name why.
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 Principles The fundamental laws governing visual perception and communication. These principles are not opinions—they're observations about how human vision and cognition work. ## When to Use This Skill - Making visual design decisions - Evaluating whether a design "works" - Explaining why something feels off - Teaching design fundamentals - Debugging design problems ## Core Principles ### 1. Visual Hierarchy **The Law**: Not all elements are equally important. Design must guide the eye. **Establishing Hierarchy**: | Tool | What It Does | Example | |------|--------------|---------| | Scale | Larger = more important | Hero headlines vs. body text | | Weight | Heavier = more important | Bold headings vs. light body | | Color | Saturated/contrasting = attention | Primary CTA vs. secondary | | Position | Top-left (in LTR) = first seen | Logo placement | | Space | More space = more importance | Generous padding around CTAs | | Depth | Shadows/elevation = prominence | Floating action buttons | **Testing Hierarchy**: Blur the design at 50%. Can you still identify: - The primary focal point? - The secondary information? - The action you should take? …
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How to install
mdr add hermeticormus/design-mastery-claude-code/design-principles@sha256:9167222fea5d1b1aThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260930.62e5f6a, 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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The registry has recorded 4 versions of this file, between Dec 6, 2025 and Sep 30, 2026, about one every 99 days.
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| git:20260930.1a0f9f7 latest | 2026-09-30 | 1a0f9f7 | 7,915 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260930.62e5f6a | 2026-09-30 | 62e5f6a | 7,834 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260930.8810039 | 2026-09-30 | 8810039 | 8,183 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20251206.14962b6 | 2025-12-06 | 14962b6 | 7,775 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
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- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
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- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
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- 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
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Source
hermeticormus/design-mastery-claude-code · 19 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-04 · branch main
API
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