# repeated-component-alignment

A coding-agent skill that keeps cards, list rows and tiles aligned when text lengths differ. Useful whenever you build or review a repeated component.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 678 installs · ★ 165
- Author: dembrandt
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/dembrandt/dembrandt-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/repeated-component-alignment/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-22
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/repeated-component-alignment

## What it does

The skill treats a repeated component as a set of fixed slots. Title, subtitle, description, price and action each keep their position across every instance, no matter how short or long the content is. One slot absorbs the variance; the rest are fixed or clamped to a line count.

The rules are CSS-level. For cards and tiles, the track stretches siblings, the flexible slot grows, and the footer with the price and CTA is pinned to the bottom with `margin-top: auto`. For list rows and table cells, the title takes the width with `min-width: 0` while the status sits at the right edge. Optional slots such as a badge either reserve space with `min-height` or move to `position: absolute` so they stop pushing neighbours around.

A hard-coded height is the wrong fix: the tallest instance sets the size and anything longer clips or overflows. Clamping hides text, so the full value should be handed back — a tooltip, for instance. The skill fires on paths like `components/**`, `design-system/**`, `ui/**` and on `**/*.tsx`, `**/*.vue`, `**/*.svelte` files.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add dembrandt/dembrandt-skills --skill repeated-component-alignment -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add dembrandt/dembrandt-skills --skill repeated-component-alignment -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add dembrandt/dembrandt-skills --skill repeated-component-alignment -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install dembrandt/dembrandt-skills repeated-component-alignment
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/repeated-component-alignment/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add dembrandt/dembrandt-skills --skill repeated-component-alignment -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/dembrandt/dembrandt-skills --path skills/repeated-component-alignment
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add dembrandt/dembrandt-skills --skill repeated-component-alignment -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/dembrandt/dembrandt-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/repeated-component-alignment/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- pin CTAs and prices to the bottom of cards with uneven descriptions
- keep a read-more link in the same spot on every card
- stop a badge from pushing the title down on some items
- clamp a long title to a line count and keep it readable
- give list rows equal height with the status pinned right

## Example prompts
- My cards look different because the descriptions have different lengths — align them with the slot model.
- Keep the read more link in the same place on every card.
- The badge pushes the title down on some items — reserve space for it.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: repeated-component-alignment
description: Cards, rows, tiles and cells are fixed slot models that stay aligned when content length varies. Use when building or reviewing any repeated component.
metadata:
  priority: 8
  pathPatterns:
    - "components/**"
    - "src/components/**"
    - "**/*.tsx"
    - "**/*.jsx"
    - "**/*.vue"
    - "**/*.svelte"
    - "design-system/**"
    - "ui/**"
  promptSignals:
    phrases:
      - "card"
      - "list item"
      - "repeated component"
      - "equal height"
      - "same place"
      - "aligned"
      - "read more"
      - "truncate"
      - "ellipsis"
      - "line clamp"
      - "different lengths"
      - "tile"
retrieval:
  aliases:
    - repeated component consistency
    - slot model
    - equal height cards
    - aligned list items
    - card alignment
    - truncate text
    - line clamp
    - ellipsis
    - read more link position
  intents:
    - keep elements in the same place across repeated components
    - make cards or list items the same height
    - align CTAs and values across instances
    - handle long and short text in a repeated component
    - truncate overflowing text but keep it readable
  examples:
    - my cards look different because the descriptions have different lengths
    - keep the read more link in the same place on every card
    - the badge pushes the title down on some items
    - align the prices across all the tiles
    - truncate long titles but keep them readable
---

# Repeated Component Alignment

When a component is rendered many times — a card grid, a list, a table, a nav menu, a row of KPI tiles, a feed — it stops being a single box and becomes a **pattern**. The value of a pattern is rhythm: the eye learns the layout once and scans the same slot across every instance (the title row, the price row, the action row). Variable content length breaks that rhythm unless the component is built to absorb it.

The principle is general. A **card** is the most common case, but the same rule governs list rows, table cells, nav items, tiles, comment entries, dashboard widgets, search results — anything repeated. Treat each as a **fixed slot model**, not a free-form container.
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