frontend-philosophy

frontend-philosophy is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from kdcokenny/ocx. It costs 36 tokens per session (546 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A set of principles for designing distinctive web interfaces, covering fonts, colors, layout, animation, and visual composition. It is intended to guide deliberate design choices and avoid generic-looking AI-generated interfaces.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when designing or styling a web interface, choosing typography and colors, planning animations, or reviewing whether a UI feels intentional and memorable.
Why use it?
It helps developers make interfaces with a clear visual identity instead of relying on default fonts, timid colors, or distracting motion. It also provides a shared standard for judging visual decisions.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Written for no agent in particular: nothing here depends on one.

Good fit Use it when designing or styling a web interface, choosing typography and colors, planning animations, or reviewing whether a UI feels intentional and memorable.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/kdcokenny/ocx/frontend-philosophy
Install

Getting it into your agent

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Any agent
npx skills add kdcokenny/ocx --skill frontend-philosophy
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/kdcokenny/ocx

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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Per session 36 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 546 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe. Third-party audits
  • NVIDIA SkillSpector pass 7 Sept 2026
How audits are shown
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

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ModelPer sessionOnce 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

Measured 9d ago against content hash 42d577992ad9, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-08, from the pricing page.

Security

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.

Origin

Copies of this mod

1 near-identical copy found in the catalogue:

workers/kdco-registry/files/skills/frontend-philosophy/SKILL.md · 48 lines

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.

Read the full file on GitHub · 48 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

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  1. 9d ago First seen · 48 lines · 36 tokens per session scan A 42d577992ad9

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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.