layout

What This Skill Does

The Layout skill for OpenClaw is a powerful CLI-driven tool designed to streamline the generation of CSS architecture. By interacting with a centralized shell script, it automates the creation of complex CSS Grid layouts, responsive Flexbox containers, and standardized media query breakpoints. Furthermore, it offers a scaffolding feature to instantly generate semantic HTML boilerplate for various project types, ranging from simple web pages to complex dashboard interfaces. This skill is built to reduce boilerplate coding time, ensuring consistency across stylesheets and enabling rapid prototyping of front-end environments.

Installation

To install this skill, use the following command in your terminal: clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/bytesagain/layout Ensure that you have the OpenClaw environment initialized in your working directory to allow the skill to write output files directly to your project structure.

Use Cases

This skill is ideal for developers who need to quickly initialize project layouts without manual CSS setup. It is particularly useful for:

• Rapidly prototyping responsive web layouts during the discovery phase.
• Generating standardized spacing and grid systems to maintain design system integrity.
• Building complex semantic HTML foundations, such as the 'Holy Grail' layout, in seconds.
• Creating consistent media query breakpoints across multiple CSS files.

Example Prompts

1. "Create a mobile-first responsive layout with breakpoints for tablet and desktop at 768px and 1024px, and save it to styles/responsive.css."
2. "Generate a CSS grid layout for a photo gallery with 4 columns, a 1rem gap, and assign it to the class .gallery-container."
3. "Scaffold a dashboard HTML page for me that includes a sidebar navigation, header, and a card grid section using the built-in layout presets."

Tips & Limitations

• The skill relies on shell execution; ensure your environment has permissions to read/write files in the target directories.
• When using the --areas flag for CSS Grid, ensure your string syntax correctly handles pipe separators for row definitions.
• The scaffold command provides a static base; you will still need to integrate your specific design tokens and styles.
• While the tool generates excellent CSS, always review the output files to ensure they conform to your project's specific BEM or utility naming conventions.