design-md
Create and manage DESIGN.md files. Useful for capturing design direction, tokens, and visual rules in a single source of truth.
Install / Use
npx skills add nexu-io/open-design --skill design-mdInstalls into whichever agent you are using.
SKILL.md
Installable skill definition
Quality Score
Category
Development & EngineeringSupported Platforms
Our assessment of design-md
design-md scores 90/100 on our quality scale, 181st of 1,630 Development & Engineering skills we index (top 12%).
Its SKILL.md is 1.1 KB long, split into 5 sections with 1 code example: fairly brief, so expect to fill in details yourself.
With 97,896 GitHub stars, it is one of the more widely adopted skills in the catalogue.
Maintenance, license and trust
- The repository was last updated today, so design-md is actively maintained.
- It is released under the Apache-2.0 license, a permissive license that allows use, modification and commercial use with attribution.
- Its trust signals score 100/100, with no cautions. These come from repository metadata, not a code audit — read the skill file before letting an agent act on it.
design-md compared with similar skills
All 4 of these similar skills score higher than design-md; compare them before choosing.
| Skill | Score | Stars | Updated | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| design-md (this skill)by nexu-io | 90 | 97.9k | today | SKILL.md |
| Agent-Reachby Panniantong | 100 | 85.3k | 9d ago | CLAUDE.md |
| ai-job-searchby MadsLorentzen | 100 | 43.9k | 3d ago | CLAUDE.md |
| claude-howtoby luongnv89 | 100 | 41.7k | 5d ago | CLAUDE.md |
| algorithmic-artby anthropics | 100 | 177.9k | 2d ago | SKILL.md |
Frequently asked questions
- How do I install design-md?
- Run
npx skills add nexu-io/open-design --skill design-md. The install tabs above show the steps for each supported agent. - Which AI agents does design-md work with?
- It is written for Universal, as a SKILL.md file. Other agents that read the same format can often use it too.
- Is design-md safe to use?
- It is Apache-2.0-licensed and scores 100/100 on trust signals. Skills are instructions an agent will follow, so read the file before installing it and do not approve commands you do not understand.
- Is design-md still maintained?
- The repository was last updated today, so design-md is actively maintained.
Skill content
View source on GitHubname: design-md description: | Create and manage DESIGN.md files. Useful for capturing design direction, tokens, and visual rules in a single source of truth. triggers:
- "design.md"
- "design doc"
- "design tokens doc"
- "visual rules doc" od: mode: design-system category: design-systems upstream: "https://github.com/google-labs-code/skills"
design-md
Curated from Google Labs (Stitch).
What it does
Create and manage DESIGN.md files. Useful for capturing design direction, tokens, and visual rules in a single source of truth.
Source
- Upstream: https://github.com/google-labs-code/skills
- Category:
design-systems
How to use
This catalogue entry advertises the skill in OpenDesign so the agent discovers it during planning. To run the full upstream workflow with its original assets, scripts, and references, install the upstream bundle into your active agent's skills directory:
# Inspect the upstream README for exact paths
open https://github.com/google-labs-code/skills
Then ask the agent to invoke this skill by name (design-md) or with
one of the trigger phrases listed in this skill's frontmatter.
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Trust signals
From repository metadata: license, adoption, age and documentation. Not a code audit — see the Safety scan above for what the skill file itself contains.