# Ai-design-skills

> Free open-source tool. Added from the nightly trending feed on 2026-10-28 with 9,468 GitHub stars. So far only the licence comes from GitHub; the other facts are unknown until someone checks them.

- Repository: https://github.com/elayadesign/ai-design-skills
- Official docs: https://github.com/elayadesign/ai-design-skills#readme
- Checked: 2026-10-31

## What it replaces
Nothing people pay for: a free tool, listed because people search for it.

## Facts, with sources

| Question | Status | Answer | Source | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runs on my machine? | Confirmed | Yes, a skill installed into your local coding agent | https://github.com/elayadesign/ai-design-skills/blob/HEAD/README.md | 2026-10-29 |
| Code licence | Confirmed | MIT | https://github.com/elayadesign/ai-design-skills#license | 2026-10-28 |
| Model weights licence | Confirmed | No bundled weights; depends on the model your coding agent uses | https://github.com/elayadesign/ai-design-skills/blob/HEAD/README.md | 2026-10-29 |
| Commercial use | Confirmed | Yes, MIT allows commercial use | https://github.com/elayadesign/ai-design-skills/blob/HEAD/README.md | 2026-10-29 |
| Paid services needed? | Partial | The skill is free but needs an AI coding agent, which may need a paid plan or API key | https://github.com/elayadesign/ai-design-skills/blob/HEAD/README.md | 2026-10-29 |
| Hardware | Confirmed | No hardware needs of its own; skills are files that run wherever your coding agent runs | https://github.com/elayadesign/ai-design-skills/blob/HEAD/README.md | 2026-10-31 |
| Operating systems | Unknown | Not documented; the README names no host OS (the skill files run inside the host coding agent) | none found | - |
| Setup effort | Confirmed | Easy; clone the repo and copy one skill folder into your agent's skills directory (Cursor: download one SKILL.md) | https://github.com/elayadesign/ai-design-skills/blob/HEAD/README.md | 2026-10-29 |

GitHub: 13742 stars, 1019 forks, last push 2026-11-01, archived: no.

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