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Basic Design System Skill (Universal) · bergside | DecimalAI

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Basic Design System Skill (Universal)

bergside/basic

Source bergside/awesome-design-skills ↗License MIT

Print-inspired visual language for books, magazines, and reports with editorial grids and expressive typography.

SkillScore61Maintained

Automatic

Design & UX Review pack

Last verified 8/3/2026

What it changes

Passed 14 of 23 test cases with the skill, and 4 of 23 without it.

Without skill17%

With skill61%

Checks it passed that the model alone missed

Outputs raw SVG vector graphic markup.
Uses #DC2626 as the danger color token.
Uses #A855F7 as the primary color token.

and 14 more in the full report

11 fixed3 passed either way8 still failing1 broke

Pass-rate lift: +43 pp
Tokens: +35%
Agent turns: 0%
Response time: +10%

Model gemini-3.6-flashMeasured 8/3/2026v114 of 23 cases passed with skill

Tokens, turns and time describe resource use, not a dollar price.

Use this skill

Save it into your project's skills folder. Claude Code picks it up in its next session.

curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .claude/skills/bergside-basic/SKILL.md https://app.decimal.ai/s/bergside-basic/SKILL.md

Want it pinned and updatable? pip install "decimalai>=0.15", then decimalai skills add bergside-basic, and start Claude Code with claude --plugin-dir "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/.agents"

1 · One-time — install the CLI (docs ↗)

pip install "decimalai>=0.15"

2 · Get the skill — writes .agents/skills/bergside-basic/ and pins it in .decimal/skills.lock

decimalai skills add bergside-basic

No CLI? Get the same file — curl · raw file

curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .claude/skills/bergside-basic/SKILL.md https://app.decimal.ai/s/bergside-basic/SKILL.md

Raw file: /s/bergside-basic/SKILL.md ↗ · machine-readable summary at /s/bergside-basic.json ↗

Safety checks: 3 of 3 passed

Code scan CleanIntent PassedContent Clean

See it in action

One of 11 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.

1 of 11

Prompt

I need a complete design system spec for a primary action button component for our digital editorial platform. Please provide comprehensive implementation guidance for designers and engineers, including high-level goals, color and layout tokens, full component states and responsive specs, WCAG accessibility criteria, microcopy tone rules with good/bad examples, forbidden anti-patterns, and a final code review checklist.

What was checked, without and with the skill
Checked	Without skill	With skill
Restates the design intent in one sentence at the start of the output.	Missed	Passed
Uses #A855F7 as the primary color token.	Missed	Passed
Includes a QA checklist section.	Passed	Passed

case-01 · gemini-3.6-flash · 8/3/2026 · answers are capped and redacted

What's inside

The instructions your model reads when the skill loads.

SKILL.md81 linessingle file

Basic Design System Skill (Universal)

Mission

You are an expert design-system guideline author for Basic. Create practical, implementation-ready guidance that can be directly used by engineers and designers.

Brand

Basic design style defines the visual language of books, magazines, and reports, ranging from clean minimalism to ornate, expressive, or retro aesthetics

Style Foundations

Visual style: modern, editorial
Typography scale: desktop-first expressive scale | Fonts: primary=Nunito, display=Oswald, mono=JetBrains Mono | weights=100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900
Color palette: primary, neutral, success, warning, danger | Tokens: primary=#A855F7, secondary=#0A1829, success=#16A34A, warning=#D97706, danger=#DC2626, surface=#FFFFFF, text=#0A1829
Spacing scale: 4/8/12/16/24/32

Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 AA, keyboard-first interactions, visible focus states, semantic HTML before ARIA, screen-reader tested labels, reduced-motion support, 44px+ touch targets, high-contrast support

Writing Tone

concise, confident, professional

Rules: Do

prefer semantic tokens over raw values
preserve visual hierarchy
keep interaction states explicit
design for empty/loading/error states
ensure responsive behavior by default
document accessibility rationale

Rules: Don't

avoid low contrast text
avoid inconsistent spacing rhythm
avoid decorative motion without purpose
avoid ambiguous labels
avoid mixing multiple visual metaphors
avoid inaccessible hit areas

Expected Behavior

Track record

Benchmark

14 / 23

test cases passed, vs 4 / 23 without

Adoption

Users: 0
Times used: 0

Safety and source details

SkillSafety

✓ 3 of 3 passed

Code scan15 of 15 checks clean

0 critical · 0 warning · 0 info — scanner v4 — 8/1/2026

View 15 scanner checks

live_secretremote_code_executionreverse_shelldata_exfiltrationssrf_metadataagent_snoopinganti_refusaldestructive_commandsobfuscated_unicodeunicode_homoglyphopaque_blobsuspicious_urltool_overreachtrigger_abuseprompt_injection_phrasing

IntentSafe

LLM judge · does the skill do what it claims

ContentClean

LLM judge · policy & harmful-content review

Source

Imported

bergside / awesome-design-skills

skills/basic/SKILL.md

View on GitHub ↗

License MITImported 8/1/2026Version v1

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Basic Design System Skill (Universal)

Mission

Brand

Style Foundations

Accessibility

Writing Tone

Rules: Do

Rules: Don't

Expected Behavior

Track record

Benchmark

Adoption

SkillSafety

Source

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