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 nWave-ai/nWave --skill nw-ux-desktop-patternsgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/nWave-ai/nWaveWrote 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/nwave-ai/nwave/nw-ux-desktop-patterns)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/nwave-ai/nwave/nw-ux-desktop-patterns"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/nwave-ai/nwave/nw-ux-desktop-patterns/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/nwave-ai/nwave/nw-ux-desktop-patterns"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/nwave-ai/nwave/nw-ux-desktop-patterns.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 | $0.00040 | $0.01180 |
| Opus 5.5 | $0.00016 | $0.00472 |
| Sonnet 5.5 | $0.00008 | $0.00236 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00004 | $0.00118 |
Grade A, and why
nw-ux-desktop-patterns 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 1mo 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 — 108 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
Desktop Application UI Patterns
Actionable desktop interface patterns for requirements gathering and design review. Use when target platform is native or cross-platform desktop application.
Native vs Cross-Platform
Native advantages: Platform conventions feel familiar | better system integration (file dialogs, notifications, drag-and-drop) | consistent OS look and feel | better accessibility through native APIs.
Cross-platform tradeoffs: Shared codebase reduces cost | visual consistency may conflict with platform expectations | custom rendering may miss OS accessibility features.
Guidance: If users primarily on one platform, prioritize native conventions. If cross-platform required, follow each platform's conventions for core interactions (menus, shortcuts, window management) while sharing domain-specific UI.
Core Desktop UI Elements
Menu Bar
Primary access point for all commands. Organize by convention: File, Edit, View, then domain-specific, ending with Window and Help. Every item should have keyboard shortcut for frequent actions. Group with separators; submenus sparingly (one level deep preferred).
Toolbar
Quick access to most common commands (subset of menu bar). Should be configurable: show, hide, rearrange. Every button must have tooltip. Include both icon and text label for primary actions.
Status Bar
Displays contextual info: document stats, cursor position, connection status, mode indicators. Low-profile: supports awareness without demanding attention. Update in real-time.
Context Menus
Right-click with small number of relevant actions. Include standard actions (Cut, Copy, Paste) plus domain-specific. Mirror keyboard shortcuts from main menu.
Document-Centric vs Task-Centric Layouts
Document-Centric (Word, Photoshop, VS Code)
Central canvas with surrounding tool panels. Users work on one primary artifact. Maximize canvas space; make panels collapsible and dockable. Support zoom, scroll, viewport controls. Auto-save with visible state indicator.
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.
- 1mo ago First seen · 108 lines · 40 tokens per session scan A b63ce354f5c3
nw-ux-desktop-patterns is a skill published in the GitHub repository nWave-ai/nWave (620 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 40 tokens to every session and 1,180 once invoked, about $0.0002 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 2026-09-06.
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