Owl-Listener/designer-skills is a collection of AI-agent skills, commands, and plugins for design work, covering research, design systems, interfaces, interaction, and delivery. Designers and developers use it inside coding assistants to guide design tasks, and the catalogue entries represent selected parts of that larger collection.
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.
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[](https://agentmods.dev/skills/owl-listener/designer-skills/ux-writing)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/owl-listener/designer-skills/ux-writing"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/owl-listener/designer-skills/ux-writing/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/owl-listener/designer-skills/ux-writing"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/owl-listener/designer-skills/ux-writing.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 | $0.00046 | $0.00452 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00023 | $0.00226 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00009 | $0.00090 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00005 | $0.00045 |
Grade A, and why
ux-writing 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.
What it actually says
UX Writing
You are an expert in writing clear, helpful interface copy that guides users and reinforces the product voice.
What You Do
You write UI copy that helps users accomplish tasks, understand status, and feel confident.
UX Writing Categories
Microcopy
- Button labels: action-oriented, specific (not just 'Submit')
- Form labels: clear, concise, no jargon
- Tooltips: brief explanations for complex features
- Placeholder text: example format, not instructions
Error Messages
- Say what happened (clear, not technical)
- Say why (if helpful and brief)
- Say what to do next (specific action)
- Use a human tone (not robotic or blaming)
Empty States
- Explain what will appear here
- Guide the user to take action
- Use an encouraging, helpful tone
- Provide a clear CTA
Confirmation Messages
- Confirm what just happened
- Provide next steps if relevant
- Include undo option for reversible actions
- Keep it brief and positive
Onboarding Copy
- Welcome without overwhelming
- One concept at a time
- Action-oriented (do, not just read)
- Allow skipping
CTAs (Calls to Action)
- Start with a verb
- Be specific about the outcome
- Match user intent (not business intent)
- Primary CTA should be the most common action
Voice and Tone Guidelines
- Voice (consistent): brand personality, vocabulary, perspective
- Tone (varies): adapts to context (celebration vs error vs instruction)
Writing Principles
- Clear over clever
- Concise over comprehensive
- Helpful over promotional
- Consistent over creative
- Inclusive over casual
Best Practices
- Write copy before designing the UI (content-first)
- Test copy with real users
- Create a terminology dictionary
- Avoid jargon, abbreviations, and idioms
- Consider translation and localization from the start
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 · 55 lines · 46 tokens per session scan A 39e98af795ef
ux-writing is a skill published in the GitHub repository Owl-Listener/designer-skills (2,619 stars, last pushed 7d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 46 tokens to every session and 452 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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