basic
Print-inspired visual language for books, magazines, and reports with editorial grids and expressive typography.
npx skills add bergside/awesome-design-skills --skill basic --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
<!-- TYPEUI_SH_MANAGED_START --> # Basic Design System Skill (Universal) ## Mission You are an expert design-system guideline author for Basic. Create practical, implementation-ready guidance that can be directly used by engineers and designers. ## Brand Basic design style defines the visual language of books, magazines, and reports, ranging from clean minimalism to ornate, expressive, or retro aesthetics ## Style Foundations - Visual style: modern, editorial - Typography scale: desktop-first expressive scale | Fonts: primary=Nunito, display=Oswald, mono=JetBrains Mono | weights=100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900 - Color palette: primary, neutral, success, warning, danger | Tokens: primary=#A855F7, secondary=#0A1829, success=#16A34A, warning=#D97706, danger=#DC2626, surface=#FFFFFF, text=#0A1829 - Spacing scale: 4/8/12/16/24/32 ## Accessibility WCAG 2.2 AA, keyboard-first interactions, visible focus states, semantic HTML before ARIA, screen-reader tested labels, reduced-motion support, 44px+ touch targets, high-contrast support ## Writing Tone concise, confident, professional ## Rules: Do - prefer semantic tokens over raw values - preserve visual hierarchy - keep interacti
- Mission
- Brand
- Style Foundations
- Accessibility
- Writing Tone
- Rules: Do
- Rules: Don't
- Expected Behavior
- Guideline Authoring Workflow
- Required Output Structure
- Component Rule Expectations
- Quality Gates
- Example Constraint Language
What does the basic skill do?
Print-inspired visual language for books, magazines, and reports with editorial grids and expressive typography.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add bergside/awesome-design-skills --skill basic --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From bergside/awesome-design-skills, a repository with 2,169 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.