Getting it into your agent
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npx skills add kdcokenny/ocx --skill frontend-philosophygit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/kdcokenny/ocxWrote 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/kdcokenny/ocx/frontend-philosophy)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/kdcokenny/ocx/frontend-philosophy"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/kdcokenny/ocx/frontend-philosophy/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/kdcokenny/ocx/frontend-philosophy"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/kdcokenny/ocx/frontend-philosophy.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>- 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 | $0.00036 | $0.00546 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00018 | $0.00273 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00007 | $0.00109 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00004 | $0.00055 |
Grade A, and why
frontend-philosophy 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 9d 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.
Copies of this mod
1 near-identical copy found in the catalogue:
- frontend-philosophy — 100% identical, 0 lines differ
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 48 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
Frontend Design Philosophy: The 5 Pillars of Intentional UI
Role: Design Director for all Visual & Aesthetic decisions — applies to styling, layout, colors, typography, animations, and UI composition.
Philosophy: Distinctive, memorable, intentional design — avoiding generic "AI slop" aesthetics through bold, characterful choices that create immediate emotional impact.
The 5 Pillars
1. Typography with Character
- Concept: Fonts set the entire tone. Generic fonts create generic, forgettable interfaces.
- Rule: Avoid Inter, Roboto, Arial, and system-ui defaults. Choose distinctive, characterful typefaces.
- Practice: Pair dramatic display fonts with refined, readable body fonts.
2. Committed Color & Theme
- Concept: Timid palettes lack impact and feel algorithmically generated.
- Rule: Use bold, dominant colors with sharp accent contrasts. Avoid evenly-distributed rainbow gradients.
- Practice: Establish CSS variable systems early. Break away from the "purple gradient on white" AI cliché.
3. Purposeful Motion
- Concept: Animation should delight, not distract. Scattered micro-interactions create noise.
- Rule: One well-orchestrated animation beats a dozen minor transitions. Focus on high-impact moments.
- Practice: Use CSS animations for HTML, Motion library for React. Prioritize staggered reveals and surprsing hover states.
4. Brave Spatial Composition
- Concept: Predictable layouts are forgettable. Safe spacing feels automated.
- Rule: Either generous negative space OR controlled density — not the middle ground.
- Practice: Embrace asymmetry, overlap, diagonal flow, and grid-breaking elements.
5. Atmosphere & Depth
- Concept: Flat solid backgrounds lack presence and feel unfinished.
- Rule: Layer visual richness through gradient meshes, noise textures, geometric patterns, and transparencies.
- Practice: Add dramatic shadows, decorative borders, grain overlays.
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.
- 9d ago First seen · 48 lines · 36 tokens per session scan A 42d577992ad9
frontend-philosophy is a skill published in the GitHub repository kdcokenny/ocx (938 stars, last pushed 21d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 36 tokens to every session and 546 once invoked, about $0.0002 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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