Awesome Design Skills

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awesome-design-skills

Registry of visual aesthetic and style skills for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and other agents. Each style is its own skill shipping SKILL.md + DESIGN.md (tokens, components, accessibility, tone, quality gates) for an aesthetic such as glassmorphism, brutalism, claymorphism, neumorphism, editorial, bento, retro, or riso. The catalogue installs a few popular styles; any other style can be added by name.

Overview

Publisher	podo
Repository	`design-agent-skills`
Skill name	`awesome-design-skills`
Stars	27
Forks	3
Bundled files	1
License	MIT
Links	Skill source Repository Homepage

Markdown instructions
A SKILL.md file the model loads on demand, so it only costs tokens when a request actually matches.
Works with any LLM
AI skills are plain Markdown, not provider-specific code, so this works with GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, or a local model.
1 bundled files
Scripts, templates, and references the model can read while it works. Files are read-only and never executed.
Open source
Published by podo on GitHub. Read the source before you install it.

Installation

Install the Awesome Design Skills AI skill in TypingMind to use it with any LLM, or drop it into another agent that reads SKILL.md.

Install in TypingMind

TypingMind installs a skill straight from its GitHub folder — it reads SKILL.md, bundles the resource files, and stores the result locally.

Open the app and go to Plugins → Skills.
Choose "Install from GitHub".
Paste the skill folder URL below and confirm.
https://github.com/podo/design-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/awesome-design-skills
Enable the skill in any chat where you want it available.

Plugins → Skills → Add skill → From GitHub URL, then paste the folder URL and press Continue.

Install in another agent

Any agent that reads the Agent Skills format can use this skill — copy the folder into that agent's skills directory.

Claude Code — .claude/skills

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/podo/design-agent-skills.git /tmp/design-agent-skills
mkdir -p .claude/skills
cp -r /tmp/design-agent-skills/skills/awesome-design-skills .claude/skills/awesome-design-skills

Restart Claude Code after copying so it picks up the new skill.

Use it in TypingMind

Enable Awesome Design Skills in any TypingMind chat and the model takes it from there. Its name and description sit in the system prompt, and the moment a request matches, the model loads the full instructions itself — you never invoke it by hand, and it costs no tokens until it is actually used.

The model loads Awesome Design Skills on its own as soon as a request matches it.

Works with any AI model

AI skills are plain Markdown instructions rather than provider-specific code, so Awesome Design Skills is not tied to the model it was written for. Install it once in TypingMind and use it with GPT-5, Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, Mistral, Llama, or a local model you run yourself — all on your own API keys.

Loaded only when it is needed
The system prompt carries just the name and description. The instructions are fetched on the first matching request, so an idle skill costs nothing.
Switch models mid-chat
Because the skill is instructions rather than code, changing model does not break it — the next model reads the same SKILL.md.

Skill instructions

This is the SKILL.md content the model loads. Read it before installing — a skill is instructions your model will follow.

awesome-design-skills

Catalogue stub — full registry: bergside/awesome-design-skills

Decision tree

Is the full skill already installed? This package installs 6 skills (glassmorphism, brutalism, claymorphism, neumorphism, editorial, bento); checking the first.
- Global: f=~/.agents/skills/glassmorphism/SKILL.md; [ -f "$f" ] && ! grep -q "^das:" "$f" && echo "installed" || echo "pointer"
- Project: f=.agents/skills/glassmorphism/SKILL.md; [ -f "$f" ] && ! grep -q "^das:" "$f" && echo "installed" || echo "pointer"
- installed → the skill is installed as glassmorphism, invoke it and proceed
- pointer → go to step 2

Detect scope, then install:

bash
[ -e ~/.agents/skills/awesome-design-skills ] && echo "global" || echo "project"

Global:

bash
npx skills add bergside/awesome-design-skills --skill glassmorphism brutalism claymorphism neumorphism editorial bento -g -y

Project:

bash
npx skills add bergside/awesome-design-skills --skill glassmorphism brutalism claymorphism neumorphism editorial bento -y

Claude Code: send a command as a chat message starting with ! to run it without leaving the conversation.

Heads-up

License: MIT

Invoke after install

Skill names: glassmorphism, brutalism, claymorphism, neumorphism, editorial, bento
Trigger phrases: "glassmorphism skill", "brutalism skill", "claymorphism skill", "neumorphism skill", "visual style skill"

What it does

Each skill in the registry is one visual style and includes:

SKILL.md — agent instructions: token palette, component rules, accessibility constraints, quality gates
DESIGN.md — human-readable rationale: brand mission, style foundations, do/don't patterns

The agent reads both files to apply the aesthetic consistently across any UI task: colors, typography, spacing, shadows, motion, tone of voice.

The command above installs six popular styles. The repo has many more, one folder per style (for example retro, riso, neon, minimal, cosmic, dithered, vintage): install another by running the same command with that folder name after --skill, for example --skill retro. Install by name only; a bare npx skills add bergside/awesome-design-skills pulls the whole registry, and a few style names (matrix, pulse, codex, shadcn, storytelling) are also directory names used by unrelated skills. Upstream also ships its own CLI for the same registry (npx typeui.sh list, npx typeui.sh pull retro), which this catalogue has not verified.

When NOT to use

Functional design tooling (Figma, tokens, accessibility audits) — use the relevant tool skill
Brand-specific tokens for a real product — use design-tokens-skill or author your own DESIGN.md
Material Design 3 / platform HIG — use material-3-skill or platform-design-skills

Bundled files

The model reads these on demand while the skill is loaded. They are exposed as readable files and are never executed.

stub.yaml1 KB

Frequently asked questions

What does the Awesome Design Skills AI skill do?

Why use Awesome Design Skills on TypingMind?

Because you install it once and use it with any model. Awesome Design Skills is plain Markdown rather than provider-specific code, so the same skill runs on GPT-5, Claude, Gemini, Grok, or a local model — and you can switch model mid-chat without it breaking. TypingMind runs on your own API keys, so you pay providers directly instead of a per-seat subscription, and your skills and chats stay in your own storage.

How do I install Awesome Design Skills in TypingMind?

Open Plugins → Skills → Install from GitHub in TypingMind and paste https://github.com/podo/design-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/awesome-design-skills. TypingMind reads its SKILL.md and bundles its files and installs it as a skill you can enable per chat.

Which AI models can use Awesome Design Skills?

Any model you connect in TypingMind. AI skills are plain Markdown instructions rather than provider-specific code, so GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, and local models can all load this skill when a request matches it.

How many AI models can I use with Awesome Design Skills?

As many as you like. As long as a model supports skills, you can use Awesome Design Skills with it — GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, Mistral, Llama and more — all on TypingMind with your own API keys.

Is the Awesome Design Skills AI skill free?

Yes. It is published on GitHub by podo under the MIT license. You only pay your own AI provider for the tokens you use.

What are AI skills?

An AI skill is a reusable instruction bundle that teaches an AI model how to do one specific task. It follows the open Agent Skills format: a SKILL.md file with a name and description, plus any scripts, templates or reference files the model may need. The model reads the instructions only when your request matches the skill, so an installed skill costs nothing until it is used.

How are AI skills different from plugins or MCP servers?

A plugin or MCP server gives a model new tools to call — code that runs somewhere and returns a result. An AI skill gives the model knowledge and process instead: how to approach a task, which steps to follow, what good output looks like. Skills are plain Markdown, so they need no server, no API key and no runtime, and they work with any model.

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Overview

Installation

Install in TypingMind

Install in another agent

Use it in TypingMind

Works with any AI model

Skill instructions

awesome-design-skills

Decision tree

Invoke after install

What it does

When NOT to use

Bundled files

Frequently asked questions

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