ui-skills-root
Use before UI-related work to select the smallest useful UI Skills context through the ui-skills CLI.
Install
npx skills add ibelick/ui-skills@ui-skills-rootRuns in your terminal. Adds the skill globally for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and others; add -g -y to skip prompts.
What it does
UI Skills Root You are the routing layer for UI Skills. This skill is shown by npx ui-skills start and is also available in the registry. Use it when an agent in Codex, Cursor, or Claude Code has a clear UI goal. If the goal is unclear, ask one short question. If the goal is clear, choose the right category, load the smallest useful skill context, then implement. Protocol 1. decide if the task is UI-related 2. if not, return no skill needed 3. identify the likely category 4. inspect that category with the CLI 5. select the smallest useful skill set 6. load only selected skill(s) 7. implement…
Excerpt from the skill's own SKILL.md. Read the full file on GitHub before installing: skills run with your agent's permissions.
View source on GitHubBefore you install
Skills are plain text instructions the agent follows, sometimes with scripts. Check the source, prefer repositories with many installs and stars, and read any script it ships.
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