variate

92 / 100 · Low risk

Fine to try.

By davesnx/setup (GitHub) · design · 12 stars · scanned at commit 2ad2d50

Puts real design variations of one project file on the user's own localhost, behind a small card that flips them with arrow keys, then keeps listening for their verdict. Use to compare design directions or alternatives. Works in an empty folder or a real project, on any stack. Not for a single change with one right answer, a refactor, or a non-visual edit: just edit the file for those.

Works with any agent that supports SKILL.md skills.

What this skill can do

Connects to the internet

The author does not mention this.

Found in 5 places.

agents/skills/variate/client/card.js, line 649const r = await fetch(API + pathname, { method: "POST", headers: AUTH, body: JSON.stringify(body) });
agents/skills/variate/client/card.js, line 833const res = await fetch(location.href, { cache: "no-store" });
agents/skills/variate/client/card.js, line 1809fetch(`${API}/state`, { headers: AUTH })

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agents/skills/variate/variate.mjs, line 61const req = http.get({ host: "127.0.0.1", port, path: pathname, timeout }, (res) => {
agents/skills/variate/variate.mjs, line 82const req = http.request({

Runs commands on your computer

This is disclosed by the author in the skill's SKILL.md or README.

Found in 4 places.

agents/skills/variate/src/check.mjs, line 9import { spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
agents/skills/variate/src/check.mjs, line 252const r = spawnSync(process.execPath, ["-e", script], { encoding: "utf8" });
agents/skills/variate/src/check.mjs, line 257const r = spawnSync(parser.bin, [file, `--loader:${ext}=${loader}`, "--outfile=/dev/null"], { encoding: "utf8" });

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agents/skills/variate/variate.mjs, line 19import { spawn } from "node:child_process";

Install

Paste this into your terminal. It downloads exactly the version we scanned, not whatever is newest.

if [ -e ~/.agents/skills/'variate' ] || [ -L ~/.agents/skills/'variate' ]; then echo 'A skill folder named variate already exists — not replacing it' >&2; false; else d=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --quiet --filter=blob:none --no-checkout 'https://github.com/davesnx/setup' "$d" && git -C "$d" checkout --quiet '2ad2d50daeb231ee4da23fb81bf178c27c9518a0' -- 'agents/skills/variate' && mkdir -p ~/.agents/skills && cp -R "$d"/'agents/skills/variate' ~/.agents/skills/'variate' && rm -rf "$d"; fi

Codex reads ~/.agents/skills directly. For Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Antigravity or OpenCode, also link it. For Claude Code: ln -s ~/.agents/skills/'variate' ~/.claude/skills/'variate' (other agents: ~/.cursor/skills, ~/.copilot/skills, ~/.gemini/skills, ~/.gemini/config/skills, ~/.config/opencode/skills). Or install through the finder skill, which does both.

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Score history

Date	Version	Score
2026-11-12	`2ad2d50`	92