# nerv-ui

A skill that steers the agent toward building React command-center screens with the published @mdrbx/nerv-ui library — dashboards, monitoring terminals, auth pages.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 95
- Author: mdrbx
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/mdrbx/nerv-ui/tree/HEAD/skills/nerv-ui/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-04
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/nerv-ui

## What it does

The skill tells the agent how to use `@mdrbx/nerv-ui` instead of hand-rolling similar primitives. It carries design rules: near-black surfaces, squared corners, thin borders, short uppercase labels, monospace for data. Orange marks the primary hierarchy, cyan and green mark live values, red stays for exceptional states. A component catalogue and recipes for dashboards, monitoring terminals and authentication pages sit alongside those rules.

Your project has to run React 18 or 19 with Node.js and npm. `framer-motion` is required; Tailwind CSS is not, though a preset ships as `@mdrbx/nerv-ui/tailwind.preset`. Import the stylesheet once from the app entry: `@mdrbx/nerv-ui/styles.css`. On a Next.js client route, stateful components and animation need `"use client"` at the top of the file.

Once the work is done, the skill asks for the project's usual type check and build, plus a look at whether the stylesheet import is present, every import resolves to an exported name, keyboard interaction holds up, and the page still reads with reduced motion on. Non-React targets are out of scope — the skill points you to a design system native to that platform. Copying screens, layouts or text from another project is ruled out too; labels, data and illustrations should be your own.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mdrbx/nerv-ui --skill nerv-ui -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mdrbx/nerv-ui --skill nerv-ui -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mdrbx/nerv-ui --skill nerv-ui -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install mdrbx/nerv-ui nerv-ui
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/nerv-ui/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mdrbx/nerv-ui --skill nerv-ui -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/mdrbx/nerv-ui --path skills/nerv-ui
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mdrbx/nerv-ui --skill nerv-ui -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/mdrbx/nerv-ui/tree/HEAD/skills/nerv-ui/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- build an operations dashboard with charts and live status
- create a sign-in screen with native labels and clear errors
- lay out a log terminal with a sync progress bar
- cover empty, loading and error states in one flow
- keep contrast and keyboard access in a dark HUD theme

## Example prompts
- Build an operations dashboard with `@mdrbx/nerv-ui` using `DataGrid`, `Gauge` and `BarChart`, plus a loading state and keyboard-friendly filters
- Create a monitoring terminal in this Next.js client route with `MonitorOverlay`, `TerminalDisplay` and `SyncProgressBar`, keep the copy neutral
- Make an accessible sign-in screen from `InputField`, `Checkbox` and `Button`, preserving native labels and tab order

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: nerv-ui
description: Build original, accessible React command-center interfaces with the published @mdrbx/nerv-ui component library. Use for dashboards, monitoring terminals, operational tools, authentication screens, or sharp industrial HUD-style UI in React, Vite, or Next.js.
compatibility: React 18 or 19 project with Node.js and npm; framer-motion is required and Tailwind CSS is optional.
---

# NERV-UI

Use this skill when a React application needs an original high-contrast command-center interface with typed, reusable components. Prefer the published `@mdrbx/nerv-ui` package over recreating lookalike primitives.

Do not use it for a non-React app, a generic rounded consumer UI, or when the request is to reproduce a particular copyrighted screen. The library is inspired by command-center design language; create original labels, data, layouts, and illustrations.

## Detect and install

This package supports React 18 or 19. It is suitable for Vite, Next.js, and other React builds. `framer-motion` is required; Tailwind CSS is optional.

```bash
npm install @mdrbx/nerv-ui framer-motion
```

For a Tailwind project, optionally add the preset:

```js
// tailwind.config.js
import nervPreset from "@mdrbx/nerv-ui/tailwind.preset";

export default { presets: [nervPreset] };
```

Then import the package stylesheet once from the app entry point:

```tsx
import "@mdrbx/nerv-ui/styles.css";
```

For Next.js interactive pages, add `"use client"` before using stateful components or animation. Do not claim support for a non-React target: use a different, target-native design system there.

## Skill installation

The canonical skill source is this directory: `skills/nerv-ui/`. It contains the sole `SKILL.md`; do not create copied variants.

For Codex, install the directory in the local skills folder, then start a new task:

```bash
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mdrbx/nerv-ui.git /tmp/nerv-ui-skill
mkdir -p ~/.codex/skills
cp -R /tmp/nerv-ui-skill/skills/nerv-ui ~/.codex/skills/nerv-ui
```

For Claude Code, use the same directory at user or project scope:

```bash
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -R /tmp/nerv-ui-skill/skills/nerv-ui ~/.claude/skills/nerv-ui
```

For Hermes Agent, install the same directory in its user skill tree, then verify discovery:

```bash
mkdir -p ~/.hermes/skills
cp -R /tmp/nerv-ui-skill/skills/nerv-ui ~/.hermes/skills/nerv-ui
hermes skills list
```
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