better-ui SKILL.md skillA

better-ui from asymmetric-al/core is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add asymmetric-al/core/better-ui@git:20260930.790b0d9

Pins git:20260930.790b0d9 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
asymmetric-al/core
Path
.agents/skills/better-ui/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
2
Latest version
git:20260930.790b0d9, committed Sep 30, 2026
First version recorded
Sep 28, 2026
Size
8,705 bytes
Repository stars
379
License
AGPL-3.0

Explicit polish reference for concentric radius, optical alignment, surface depth, contextual icons, and hit areas. Use only after Core frontend rules and packages/ui. Do not restyle product apps from these examples.

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

# UI polish

<!-- CORE-OVERLAY-START -->

## This repository (Asymmetric-al/core)

Use this polish reference only after Core's existing UI
system. Do not introduce a second component library or restyle product apps
from generic upstream values.
Keep Core's Base UI, `base-maia` style, Zinc tokens, and
`docs/ai/rules/frontend.md` authoritative. Reconcile this overlay after upstream refreshes
before running `bun run skills:sync`.

### Triggers

- Polishing existing Core UI details (radius, surfaces, icons, hit areas).
- Do not use this to pick a new design system or restyle an app.

### Workflow

1. Load `docs/ai/rules/frontend.md` and `packages/ui` first.
2. Reuse existing tokens and Base UI primitives. Do not fork radii, shadows,
   or motion scales from illustrative upstream numbers.
3. Keep animation work on `emil-design-engineering` + `anim`.

### Checklist

- [ ] Existing `base-maia` / Base UI ownership is preserved.
- [ ] Upstream literals did not replace Core tokens.

<!-- CORE-OVERLAY-END -->

Polish comes from a pile of small details that compound. This skill is the reference for which are worth having and what values they take.
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add asymmetric-al/core/better-ui@sha256:a4cd2ae3e2982dfd

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260930.790b0d9, 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 2 versions of this file, between Sep 28, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026, about one every 2 days.

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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 (8705 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

asymmetric-al/core · 379 stars · license AGPL-3.0 · pushed 2026-10-22 · branch develop

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_xyvkbznift34ozmx
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=asymmetric-al/core/better-ui
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/a4cd2ae3e2982dfd2b5c2264acce4d7cd4e3be73e5f4c9367bac1b1d7e82a264

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