Getting it into your agent
One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.
npx skills add dembrandt/dembrandt-skills --skill elevation-and-depthgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/dembrandt/dembrandt-skillsWrote this? Show the measurements
A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.
[](https://agentmods.dev/skills/dembrandt/dembrandt-skills/elevation-and-depth)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/dembrandt/dembrandt-skills/elevation-and-depth"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/dembrandt/dembrandt-skills/elevation-and-depth/github.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/dembrandt/dembrandt-skills/elevation-and-depth"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/dembrandt/dembrandt-skills/elevation-and-depth.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>- Socket pass
- Snyk pass
- NVIDIA SkillSpector pass
What it costs to keep this loaded
Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.00062 | $0.02136 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00031 | $0.01068 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00012 | $0.00427 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00006 | $0.00214 |
Grade A, and why
elevation-and-depth scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 13d ago.
A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.
Nothing flagged
None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 161 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
Elevation and Depth
Elevation uses shadow and layering to communicate that an element sits above the base surface — giving UI a sense of physical depth. Combined with border-radius, it creates the tactile quality that makes cards graspable, modals clearly floating, and dropdowns feel like they've appeared on top of content.
The Elevation Scale
Define a small set of elevation levels as tokens. Each level maps to a specific UI role.
| Level | Token | Shadow | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | --shadow-none |
none | Flat surface, inline elements |
| 1 | --shadow-xs |
0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,0.06) |
Subtle card, table row hover |
| 2 | --shadow-sm |
0 1px 3px rgba(0,0,0,0.10), 0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,0.06) |
Card, input focus ring area |
| 3 | --shadow-md |
0 4px 6px rgba(0,0,0,0.08), 0 2px 4px rgba(0,0,0,0.06) |
Dropdown, popover |
| 4 | --shadow-lg |
0 10px 15px rgba(0,0,0,0.08), 0 4px 6px rgba(0,0,0,0.05) |
Modal, dialog, side drawer |
| 5 | --shadow-xl |
0 20px 25px rgba(0,0,0,0.08), 0 8px 10px rgba(0,0,0,0.04) |
Command palette, full-screen overlay |
Keep shadows subtle. Dark, heavy shadows feel dated and visually aggressive. Light, diffuse shadows feel modern and material.
The "Shadow + Border" Rule
A subtle shadow on a white surface can sometimes "wash out," making the edge of a card feel fuzzy or indistinct.
- Rule: For elevated white cards or sections, pair the shadow with a 1px border that is slightly darker (1.5x to 2x) than the shadow's core tone (e.g., a medium grey like
#E2E8F0orgrey-200). - Effect: The border defines the physical boundary of the card, while the shadow provides the depth. Together, they make the component "pop" with much higher clarity than using either alone.
Hover Needs a Defined Edge
A card that shifts background colour on hover must have a defined edge — a border, shadow, or clear radius boundary. Without one, the shift has no shape and reads as a stray fill, not a highlighted card. On a borderless, flat card, a background-change hover is forbidden — use a border or a shadow (elevation) on hover instead.
What this file has done since we first saw it
Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.
- 13d ago First seen · 161 lines · 62 tokens per session scan A 8dd6122e7bf7
elevation-and-depth is a skill published in the GitHub repository dembrandt/dembrandt-skills (54 stars, last pushed 2d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 62 tokens to every session and 2,136 once invoked, about $0.0003 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.
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