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 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 | $0.00651 |
| Opus 5.5 | $0.00014 | $0.00260 |
| Sonnet 5.5 | $0.00007 | $0.00130 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00004 | $0.00065 |
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 25d 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, 2 lines differ
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 50 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
Frozen V1 reference. This document is preserved from OCX
e79df6f. Its tool names, models, APIs, and installation instructions describe OpenCode V1. For the supported V2 setup, see the OCX 3 documentation.
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.
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.
- 25d ago Changed · +2 lines b7dc2e40face
- 1mo ago First seen · 48 lines · 36 tokens per session scan A 42d577992ad9
frontend-philosophy is a skill published in the GitHub repository kdcokenny/ocx (979 stars, last pushed 25d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 36 tokens to every session and 651 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5.5. 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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