frontend-design-skills
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This repository contains opinionated web design skills from curated sources. Each skill is a self-contained folder under skills-src/ with a SKILL.md file. When a task involves web design, read the corresponding SKILL.md:
We split this copilot-instructions.md into the rules it gives an agent
1 rule. About 0 are common, 0 are distinctive, and 1 is very specific to this project.
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Common · estimate
Many files like this have a rule of this kind.
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Distinctive · estimate
This author's own choices. Worth a look.
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Very specific
Tied to their project's names, files or tools. Probably skip.
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- Distinctive
- Very specific
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When a task involves web design, read the corresponding SKILL.md:
≈ “Common” is an estimate: at least 1 in 5 of the 3,669 Copilot instructions files we read have a rule of the same kind, not the same words. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.
Files
Frontend Design Skills — VS Code / GitHub Copilot
This repository contains opinionated web design skills from curated sources.
Each skill is a self-contained folder under skills-src/ with a SKILL.md file.
How to Use Skills
When a task involves web design, read the corresponding SKILL.md:
skills-src/<skill-name>/SKILL.mdKey Skill Categories
Core Design
skills-src/ui-design/— Layout, grids, visual hierarchy, componentsskills-src/ux-design/— User research, IA, interaction patterns
Typography, Color & Accessibility
skills-src/web-typography/— Font selection, pairing, fluid typographyskills-src/color-theory/— Color schemes, contrast, dark modeskills-src/accessibility/— WCAG, BFSG, semantic HTML, ARIA
Implementation
skills-src/usability/— Heuristic evaluation, forms, conversionskills-src/responsive-design/— Mobile-first, breakpoints, fluid gridsskills-src/navigation-design/— Menu patterns, breadcrumbs, IAskills-src/images-media/— Image optimization, SVG, lazy loadingskills-src/branding-identity/— Brand strategy, corporate design
Strategy & Process
skills-src/customer-journey/— Personas, touchpoints, onboardingskills-src/design-process/— Briefing, wireframing, prototypingskills-src/ai-design-workflow/— AI integration in designskills-src/landing-pages/— Conversion structure, CTAsskills-src/website-audit/— Site analysis, relaunch planning
Trends & Modern Patterns
skills-src/design-trends/— Award-winning patterns, motion, trendsskills-src/ui-patterns/— Hero, cards, navigation, pricingskills-src/visual-direction/— Color/typography/layout trendsskills-src/component-patterns/— Compound components, tokens, themingskills-src/agent-ui-design/— Chat interfaces, streaming UI, agent UX
Design Review
skills-src/webdesign-review/— Comprehensive review (orchestrates all 20 domain skills)
Where files are headingNew Copilot instructions files have more rules about branches and pull requests, and fewer about code style.
Of the Copilot instructions files we read, the 2,297 first seen in the last six months, against the older ones: the kind of rule that gained most share, and the kind that lost most. About files like this in general, not this one, and an estimate, since a kind is a pattern in the words.
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