| name | tui-design-skill |
| description | 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.
|
| triggers | ["TUI design","terminal UI","Bubble Tea","Ratatui","Textual Python","Ink TypeScript","tui-design-skill"] |
| das | {"category":"tui-terminal","upstream":"https://github.com/gfargo/tui-design-skill","version":"latest","install":false} |
tui-design-skill
Catalogue stub — full package: gfargo/tui-design-skill
Decision tree
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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
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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
