# Emil Design Eng (agent skill)

> Emil Design Eng is an agent skill (a SKILL.md file) from emilkowalski/skills. It encodes Emil Kowalski's philosophy on UI polish, component design, animation decisions, and the invisible details that make software feel great. It works with Claude Code and has 43,964 GitHub stars across a repository of 13 listed skills.

This skill encodes Emil Kowalski's philosophy on UI polish, component design, animation decisions, and the invisible details that make software feel great. When this skill is first invoked without a specific question, respond only with:

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/emilkowalski/skills |
| Skill path | skills/emil-design-eng/SKILL.md |
| Skill name | emil-design-eng |
| GitHub stars | 43,964 |
| Installs on skills.sh | 328,373 |
| License | MIT |
| Skills in repo | 13 |
| Plugin marketplace | no |
| Official | no |
| Works with | Claude Code |
| Category | Design & frontend |
| Last commit | Oct 2, 2026 |

## Add this skill

### Claude Code

```sh
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/emilkowalski/skills.git
cp -r skills/skills/emil-design-eng ~/.claude/skills/emil-design-eng   # personal, or .claude/skills in a project
```

In the Claude apps, zip the skill folder and upload it under Customize > Skills > + > Upload a skill (code execution must be on).

### ChatGPT / Codex

```sh
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/emilkowalski/skills.git
cp -r skills/skills/emil-design-eng .agents/skills/emil-design-eng   # repo; ~/.agents/skills for all projects
```

### Cursor

```sh
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/emilkowalski/skills.git
cp -r skills/skills/emil-design-eng .cursor/skills/emil-design-eng   # project; ~/.cursor/skills for all projects
```

Sources (checked 2026-10-07): https://code.claude.com/docs/en/skills, https://support.claude.com/en/articles/12512180-using-skills-in-claude, https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/build-skills, https://cursor.com/docs/context/skills

skills.sh listing: https://www.skills.sh/emilkowalski/skills/emil-design-eng

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