Open Source Radar · 2026-10-29: Skill packages start shipping their own checks

1. Open source project "taste-skill" focuses on front-end design skills for coding agents. It consists of a ten-stage process for designing pages, measuring results, and iterating until the result passes. The project was built in February 2026 and has received substantial contributions.

2. The skill emphasizes dealing with direction instead of inventing it. It provides a set of three options for each direction, avoiding improvisation. The gate measures the output rather than just asserting it. The inspector checks various aspects like headline line counts, fonts, colors, rules, shadows, gradients, contrast, and viewport issues, treating warnings as errors unless they can be defended.

3. After passing the gate, the project moves on to creating screenshots, running a critique, scoring them, fixing the top three issues, and repeating the process up to three times. The last gate runs on the production build. The project requires images from open collections and verifies each asset and its conditions.

4. Another open source project "elephant-goldfish-model" proposes a new procedure for coding agents. It involves seven skills that work together: brainstorming, drafting, reviewing, reviewing loops, resolving findings, documenting existing codebases, and comparing documents against the source. The project was released on 2026-09-13 and reached its first tag on 10-27.