Design Distill
Distill a visual style from reference sites/products the user likes, then articulate it into a validated, dual-mode design system and a ready-to-run Claude Design ("Create Design System") handoff. Crystallized from the agents-dashboard run (checkit on handrovermeulen/Obsidian-Dashboard → moodboard → dual-mode tokens → Claude Design brief). It is a COMPOSITION skill — it fires existing tools (agent-browser capture, the Obsidian-Dashboard moodboard method, P18 format discipline, P11 dogfood validation, arcan-glass / ui-ux-pro-max) in sequence; it does not reimplement them. Core principle: MEASURED, NOT INFERRED — the palette and type come from computed styles extracted via headless browser, never from the model guessing at a screenshot. USE WHEN: distill a style, capture references, build a moodboard, "I like the look of X / use these as references", extract a palette from a site, design tokens from screenshots, create a design system from references, dual-mode (dark+light) design system, make a Claude Design brief / "run this through Claude Design". NOT FOR: implementing a UI from an existing design system (use design-engineering / impeccable / ui-ux-pro-max), brand-facing Broomva styling (use arcan-glass), neutral artifact research with no design intent (use checkit), or primitive promotion (that's a bstack-engine act). Triggers on the phrases above + /design-distill.
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From the source SKILL.md
Turn "I like the look of these sites" into a measured, dual-mode design system plus a diff-ready Claude Design brief — without ever inventing a colour or font.
What this skill does
Design Distill is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the growth-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/design-distill/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.
When to invoke it: USE WHEN: distill a style, capture references, build a moodboard, "I like the look of X / use these as references", extract a palette from a site, design tokens from screenshots, create a design system from references, dual-mode (dark+light) design system, make a Claude Design brief / "run this through Claude Design". NOT FOR: implementing a UI from an existing design system (use design-engineering / impeccable / ui-ux-pro-max), brand-facing Broomva styling (use arcan-glass), neutral artifact research with no design intent (use checkit), or primitive promotion (that's a bstack-engine act).
Who uses this skill
The Design Distill Claude Code skill is built for growth marketers, product-led growth teams, founders running experiments, and performance marketing teams. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 178,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).
How to install
Free
Manual install (2 steps)
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/design-distill
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/design-distill/SKILL.md \
-o ~/.claude/skills/design-distill/SKILL.md
Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/design-distill/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.
Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/design-distill/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\design-distill\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.
Telegram
📱 Install from your phone or desktop Telegram
Open @claudskills_bot on Telegram, tap Open Desktop App, and the desktop app installs this skill for you. Or share the bot link with a colleague — they get the same one-tap install. Learn more →
Pro
One-click install via the desktop app
The ClaudSkills desktop app installs any skill directly into ~/.claude/skills/ with one click — no terminal required. Pro starts at $9/mo or $149 lifetime.
Pro
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Frequently asked questions
How do I install the Design Distill Claude Code skill?
Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy
SKILL.md from the source repository to
~/.claude/skills/design-distill/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at
claudskills.com/install/.
What does the Design Distill skill do?
Distill a visual style from reference sites/products the user likes, then articulate it into a validated, dual-mode design system and a ready-to-run Claude Design ("Create Design System") handoff. Crystallized from the agents-dashboard run (checkit on handrovermeulen/Obsidian-Dashboard → moodboard → dual-mode tokens → Claude Design brief). It is a COMPOSITION skill — it fires existing tools (agent-browser capture, the Obsidian-Dashboard moodboard method, P18 format discipline, P11 dogfood validation, arcan-glass / ui-ux-pro-max) in sequence; it does not reimplement them. Core principle: MEASURED, NOT INFERRED — the palette and type come from computed styles extracted via headless browser, never from the model guessing at a screenshot. USE WHEN: distill a style, capture references, build a moodboard, "I like the look of X / use these as references", extract a palette from a site, design tokens from screenshots, create a design system from references, dual-mode (dark+light) design system, make a Claude Design brief / "run this through Claude Design". NOT FOR: implementing a UI from an existing design system (use design-engineering / impeccable / ui-ux-pro-max), brand-facing Broomva styling (use arcan-glass), neutral artifact research with no design intent (use checkit), or primitive promotion (that's a bstack-engine act). Triggers on the phrases above + /design-distill.
Is this skill free to install?
Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.
When should I use the Design Distill skill?
Use Design Distill when your Claude Code task falls under the Growth & Marketing category — specifically in the growth misc area. Claude Code auto-discovers installed skills and invokes the right one based on the task description, so you can also ask Claude directly (e.g. "use Design Distill" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at
/category/growth/.
What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Design Distill skill fit in?
A Claude Code skill is a
SKILL.md file that lives under
~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Design Distill is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Growth & Marketing category. Learn more at
/learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.
Attribution & license
Cite this skill
If you reference this skill in a blog post, paper, or documentation, you can cite it as:
APA
broomva. (2026). Design Distill [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/design-distill/
BibTeX
@misc{design-distill-2026,
author = {broomva},
title = {Design Distill [Claude Code skill]},
year = {2026},
publisher = {ClaudSkills},
url = {https://claudskills.com/skills/design-distill/}
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