What is emil-design-eng?
emil-design-eng is a Claude skill by emilkowalski that this skill encodes Emil Kowalski's philosophy on UI polish, component design, animation decisions, and the invisible details that make software feel great. It is listed under Design & UI and has 335,100 installs.
| Type | Claude skill |
|---|---|
| Author | emilkowalski |
| Repository | emilkowalski/skills |
| Popularity | 335,100 installs |
| Category | Design & UI |
| Security | Low risk (96/100) |
| Rank | #99 of 1,262 Claude skills; #26 in Design & UI |
| SKILL.md length | 674 lines |
| License | MIT |
| Last commit | 2026-10-11 |
| Stars this week | +1,741 |
| Installs in the last 24h | 3,100 |
Is emil-design-eng safe to install?
emil-design-eng scores 96/100 on the MCPMods security check: Low risk. No checks raised a concern. It passed 8 of 9 checks.
Skill results come from a static scan of its SKILL.md for instruction overrides, hidden actions, risky commands and credential access.
| Check | Result |
|---|---|
| No instruction-override phrases | Pass |
| No hidden actions | Pass |
| No pipe-to-shell installers | Pass |
| No obfuscated code | Pass |
| No destructive commands | Pass |
| Doesn't ask for keys or credentials | Pass |
| Makes network requests | Note |
| No shell commands | Pass |
| Installs no packages | Pass |
What the scan matched
- network:
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How do I install emil-design-eng?
- Install with the skills CLI. Works for Claude Code and other agents that read skills.
npx skills add https://github.com/emilkowalski/skills --skill emil-design-eng
- Or copy it by hand. Claude Code loads any folder with a SKILL.md from ~/.claude/skills.
git clone https://github.com/emilkowalski/skills cp -r skills/skills/emil-design-eng ~/.claude/skills/emil-design-eng
- Use it. Claude loads the skill when a task matches its description. You can also name it in your prompt.
Use the emil-design-eng skill to …
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs emil-design-eng for you:
Install the "emil-design-eng" skill from https://github.com/emilkowalski/skills/tree/main/skills/emil-design-eng into ~/.claude/skills, then tell me in one line what it does.
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