Distill

by AkaraChen

Distill is a Frontend skill for Claude Code, published by AkaraChen in aghub.

264 stars17 forkson AkaraChen/aghubAdded 2026/09/02Repository updated 2026/09/01

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Install Distill

Copy Distill into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/AkaraChen/aghub/tree/main/.agents/skills/distill ~/.claude/skills/distill

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/AkaraChen/aghub.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: .agents/skills/distill/SKILL.md in AkaraChen/aghub
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/distill
Collection: One of 25 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: Frontend — 600 skills

What Distill does

Distill removes unnecessary complexity from a design so the essential elements stand out. Use it when a UI feels cluttered, noisy, or too feature-heavy and needs a simpler hierarchy.

Distill is cataloged under Frontend on DirSkills. Distill comes from a repository tagged ai, assistant, claude-code, configuration-management and cursor.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

Remove unnecessary complexity from designs, revealing the essential elements and creating clarity through ruthless simplification.

MANDATORY PREPARATION

Invoke /frontend-design — it contains design principles, anti-patterns, and the Context Gathering Protocol. Follow the protocol before proceeding — if no design context exists yet, you MUST run /teach-impeccable first.

Assess Current State

Analyze what makes the design feel complex or cluttered:

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Commands Distill provides

Slash commands named in this skill’s SKILL.md, listed in the order they first appear.

/frontend-design
/teach-impeccable

Frequently asked about Distill

What else does AkaraChen publish alongside Distill?
Distill is one of 25 skills that DirSkills catalogs from AkaraChen/aghub, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Adapt, Animate and Arrange. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Distill does, and is maintained by AkaraChen in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the AkaraChen/aghub page.
How does Distill compare to other Frontend skills?
Distill ranks #534 by stars among the 600 Frontend skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Angular Developer, Android Clean Architecture and Accessibility. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of Distill against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.