Build Future favourites

The skills we keep reaching for.

A short, opinionated shelf of agent skills that make the work cleaner, sharper, and less painfully AI-shaped.

The current shelf

5 worth installing.

Open source, source-linked, and reviewed before being added here.

01
Design By Leonxlnx

Taste Skill

A portable anti-slop design framework for sharper layout, typography, spacing, motion, and visual direction.

Why it made the shelf

It gives an agent practical design constraints instead of asking it to vaguely “make it look good.”

MIT Added Jul 30, 2026
Install npx skills add https://github.com/Leonxlnx/taste-skill --skill "design-taste-frontend"
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02
Design By Paul Bakaus

Impeccable

A design language, critique system, and set of focused commands for making AI-built interfaces feel intentional.

Why it made the shelf

It turns fuzzy feedback like “polish this” into a shared vocabulary for type, colour, layout, motion, and UX.

Apache-2.0 Added Jul 30, 2026
Install npx impeccable install
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03
Writing By Peter Yang

No AI Slop

An editing skill that finds and removes more than 20 familiar AI writing patterns without flattening your voice.

Why it made the shelf

It makes the minimum effective edit, explains what changed, and catches the phrases everyone is tired of reading.

MIT Added Jul 30, 2026
Install Install this skill globally: https://github.com/petergyang/no-ai-slop
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04
Engineering By Dietrich Gebert

Ponytail

A coding skill that pushes agents toward the smallest solution that works and away from speculative complexity.

Why it made the shelf

It asks whether the work needs to exist, reuses what is already there, and treats fewer lines as a feature.

MIT Added Jul 30, 2026
Install codex plugin marketplace add DietrichGebert/ponytail codex plugin add ponytail@ponytail
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05
Communication By ayghri

I Have ADHD

An output-style skill that makes coding agents lead with the action, number the steps, and stop burying the answer.

Why it made the shelf

It keeps responses focused and scannable without pretending everyone needs another preamble, tangent, and cheerful little closing paragraph.

MIT Added Jul 30, 2026
Install codex plugin marketplace add ayghri/i-have-adhd --ref main codex plugin add i-have-adhd@i-have-adhd
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One sensible warning

Read before you install.

Skills can influence how an agent uses your files, tools, and accounts. Check the source and permissions before giving any third-party skill real access.

A living list

More favourites will land here.

We add things because they survived real use, not because somebody launched a shiny repository on Tuesday.

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