Frontend & UI

Framed Grid Layout

Build precise editorial layouts with thin frames and corner brackets.

What it is

A twelve-column grid pattern where every section snaps to shared columns inside 1px framed boxes. L-shaped corner brackets are drawn as background layers over a low-opacity diagonal texture.

Create minimal framed grid layouts with thin visible boundary lines, L-shaped corner brackets, subtle diagonal line texture, and strict section alignment. Use when asked for clean, neutral, precise, structured, editorial
From the upstream SKILL.md

Why it matters for design

  • Every section shares one border color, one bracket size, one spacing scale.
  • Corner brackets need no extra markup, so structure stays in CSS.
  • The layout still reads clearly if the texture layer is removed.

What it covers

  • Use when
  • Layout rules
  • Base tokens
  • Parent grid
  • L-shaped corner brackets
  • Section spans

How to install

Framed Grid Layout

  1. Clone the repo.

    git clone https://github.com/MengTo/Skills
  2. Point Codex at the skill file.

    agent-skills/web-design/framed-grid-layout/SKILL.md
  3. Then describe the UI you want. Codex follows the skill.

How to run it with Codex

  1. Ask for a technical or editorial page and get the parent grid first.

  2. Assign explicit span classes instead of ad hoc section widths.

  3. Verify frame edges align vertically and horizontally at both breakpoints.

Every plugin here is free, open source, and links to its real upstream source.

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