# 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.

- Skill: `podo/tui-design-skill` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 2 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds add podo/tui-design-skill`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/podo/tui-design-skill/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: podo (https://skillmd.com/u/podo)
- Updated: 2026-09-09
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/podo/tui-design-skill

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# tui-design-skill

> Catalogue stub — full package: [gfargo/tui-design-skill](https://github.com/gfargo/tui-design-skill)

## Decision tree

1. **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

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

```bash
/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