How do I install the Tui Design Skill skill?

Run npx skillmds add podo/tui-design-skill in your terminal (requires Node.js), paste this page's agent-chat prompt into Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-connected agent, or download the SKILL.md file and copy it into your agent's skills directory.

Is Tui Design Skill safe to use?

This skill has not completed SkillMD's automated safety review yet. Capability flags: makes network calls. SkillMD never runs a skill's scripts for you; review the SKILL.md before installing.

Which AI agents work with Tui Design Skill?

This skill is tagged as working with Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex. SKILL.md is an open format, so most agents that read a skills directory can load it too.

Is Tui Design Skill free to use?

Yes. Installing skills from SkillMD is free, and the skill stays under its author's original license.

Who published Tui Design Skill?

podo (@podo) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Tui Design Skill by podo — Agent Skill

Name: Tui Design Skill
Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Author: podo

Tui Design Skill

Designs clean, professional terminal UIs and CLIs across four ecosystems: Go (Bubble Tea/ Lipgloss), Rust (Ratatui), Python (Textual), and TypeScript (Ink). Covers layout patterns, color systems, keybinding conventions, and framework-specific design patterns.

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File contents

tui-design-skill

Catalogue stub — full package: gfargo/tui-design-skill

Decision tree

Is the package already installed? Check: ~/.design-agent-skills/skills/tui-design-skill/SKILL.md exists.
- Yes → invoke tui-design-skill and proceed
- No → go to step 2
Do you have shell access?
- Yes → run the install command below, then invoke the skill
- No → show the install command; in Claude Code, send it as a chat message starting with ! — add -g for global install or omit for project-only

Install command

/plugin marketplace add gfargo/tui-design-skill

Invoke after install

Skill name: tui-design-skill
Trigger phrases: "TUI design", "terminal UI", "Bubble Tea", "Ratatui", "Textual Python", "Ink TypeScript"

What it does

Provides design knowledge for building professional terminal user interfaces across four major ecosystems: Go with Bubble Tea and Lipgloss for component-based TUIs, Rust with Ratatui for high-performance terminal apps, Python with Textual for rich TUI applications, and TypeScript/Node.js with Ink for React-style terminal rendering. Covers terminal color systems (true color, 256-color, ANSI), layout composition patterns, keybinding conventions, focus management, and framework-specific component design.

When NOT to use

Web UI design — use a frontend-design skill instead
When you need a specific framework without TUI layout conventions (the skill adds opinionated design patterns)
Simple CLI argument parsing without interactive UI

Frequently asked questions