# edgespark-frontend-design

This skill gives frontend work a clear visual direction across layout, type, color, motion, and accessibility. Use it for new pages or redesigns.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 588 installs · ★ 1
- Author: EdgeSpark
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/edgesparkhq/agent-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/edgespark-frontend-design/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-05-15
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/edgespark-frontend-design

## What it does

The skill guides landing pages, marketing sites, dashboards, auth flows, portfolios, product surfaces, and reusable frontend sections away from generic AI-style output. It starts by defining the user goal, key tasks, emotional tone, visual thesis, content plan, and interaction ideas before code changes begin.

Its design system covers a 12-column structure, 8-point spacing, semantic tokens, responsive behavior, and WCAG 2.1 AA contrast. Reference sections cover typography, color, textures, imagery, motion, apps, landing pages, utility copy, and anti-pattern checks. CSS animations are the default; React work can use Motion or Framer Motion, while scroll entry should use Intersection Observer. The skill points to `design-principles.md`; EdgeSpark-specific implementation work should be paired with `building-edgespark-apps`.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add edgesparkhq/agent-skills --skill edgespark-frontend-design -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/edgespark-frontend-design/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/edgespark-frontend-design/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add edgesparkhq/agent-skills --skill edgespark-frontend-design -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/edgespark-frontend-design/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add edgesparkhq/agent-skills --skill edgespark-frontend-design -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/edgespark-frontend-design/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install edgesparkhq/agent-skills edgespark-frontend-design
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/edgespark-frontend-design/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add edgesparkhq/agent-skills --skill edgespark-frontend-design -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/edgesparkhq/agent-skills --path skills/edgespark-frontend-design
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/edgespark-frontend-design/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add edgesparkhq/agent-skills --skill edgespark-frontend-design -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/edgesparkhq/agent-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/edgespark-frontend-design/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- shape a visual direction for a new frontend
- redesign a generic-looking landing page
- align type, color, spacing, and hierarchy
- add scroll-triggered motion with a clear purpose
- check responsive behavior and contrast

## Example prompts
- Redesign this EdgeSpark landing page with a clear visual thesis, stronger hierarchy, and one memorable visual move.
- Review the dashboard for generic patterns, then fix its typography, color system, responsive layout, and WCAG 2.1 AA contrast.
- Add scroll-entry effects with Intersection Observer and use Motion for React where the chosen direction needs it.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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name: edgespark-frontend-design
description: Design and redesign EdgeSpark frontends with distinctive, production-grade visual direction instead of generic AI-looking UI. Use when building or polishing landing pages, marketing sites, dashboards, auth flows, portfolios, product surfaces, or reusable frontend sections in EdgeSpark, especially when the task mentions design quality, aesthetics, typography, color, layout, motion, art direction, or making the UI feel more premium and original.
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  author: EdgeSpark
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# EdgeSpark Frontend Design

Use this skill to turn safe, average UI into deliberate visual design with strong hierarchy, clearer art direction, and higher content quality.

Consult [design-principles.md](references/design-principles.md) for doctrine, asset strategy, implementation details, and anti-patterns. Load the sections relevant to your task.

## Design Stack

Apply the design standard in layers instead of relying on one vague "make it modern" pass:

1. Start with the base web system: context-first framing, 12-column structure, 8-point spacing, semantic tokens, responsive behavior, and WCAG 2.1 AA contrast.
2. Add the aesthetic lift: softer neutral or premium palettes, asymmetrical composition, dramatic typography contrast, generous whitespace, refined textures, and stronger motion direction.
3. Enforce the anti-generic bans from the reference before shipping.

This layering is what prevents the model from drifting into safe but mediocre frontend output.

## Workflow

### 1. Frame the design

Before touching code, derive:

- user goal
- audience
- primary tasks
- key content types
- success metric
- emotional tone
- one unforgettable visual move
- visual thesis: one sentence describing mood, material, and energy
- content plan: hero, support, detail, final CTA when the task is a landing page or marketing surface
- interaction thesis: 2-3 specific motion ideas that change the feel of the page

Give each section one job, one dominant visual idea, and one primary takeaway or action.

Choose a concrete direction instead of a vague "modern" target. Pick an extreme that fits the product, such as editorial, luxury, industrial, playful, organic, brutalist, or retro-futuristic.
Map a minimal user journey and reflect it in layout, hierarchy, and copy.

### 2. Diagnose weak UI before changing it

For redesign work, inspect the current UI and answer:

- are the colors visually fatiguing, cheap-looking, or too vibrant
- is the layout overly traditional, symmetrical, or monotonous
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