# Spatial Rhythm

> Density, whitespace, rhythm, and how space communicates relationships between elements. Use when building layouts, evaluating spacing consistency, or diagnosing why a design feels cramped or empty.

- **Type:** Skill
- **Install:** `agentstack add skill-dragoon0x-taste-skills-spatial-rhythm`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [Dragoon0x](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/dragoon0x)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [Agent Skills](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/agent-skills)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** MIT
- **Upstream author:** [Dragoon0x](https://github.com/Dragoon0x)
- **Source:** https://github.com/Dragoon0x/taste-skills/tree/main/skills/visual-language/spatial-rhythm

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-dragoon0x-taste-skills-spatial-rhythm
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## About

# Spatial Rhythm

Space is not what's left over. It's active design material.

## How to use

- `/spatial-rhythm` Apply spatial design constraints to this conversation.

## Constraints

### Spacing System
- MUST use a consistent spacing scale (4, 8, 16, 24, 32, 48, 64 or similar)
- MUST use proximity to signal relationships: related things close, unrelated things far
- MUST ensure outer margins create breathing room proportional to the content
- NEVER use arbitrary spacing values. If it's not on the scale, it shouldn't exist.

### Density Rules
- MUST match density to use case: data tools can be dense, consumer products should breathe
- High density works when: users compare data, speed matters, users are experienced, long sessions
- Low density works when: content is consumed (not scanned), users are new, focus matters
- NEVER apply one density philosophy everywhere. Settings and marketing pages should feel different.

### Rhythm
- Regular rhythm (even spacing, consistent sizes) feels orderly. Good for data, tables, lists.
- Syncopated rhythm (mostly regular with intentional breaks) feels dynamic. Good for editorial, marketing.
- MUST ensure rhythm matches content energy. A to-do app with irregular rhythm is confusing.

### Whitespace
- Generous margins signal confidence ("we trust this content to speak for itself")
- MUST ensure whitespace accounts for 40-60% of total layout area in most well-designed products
- NEVER treat whitespace as wasted space. It separates, groups, emphasizes, and breathes.

### Anti-Patterns
- Spacing values that almost match but don't (15px next to 16px)
- Cramming content to "use the space" instead of letting the content breathe
- Identical spacing between all elements regardless of their relationship

## Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

- **Author:** [Dragoon0x](https://github.com/Dragoon0x)
- **Source:** [Dragoon0x/taste-skills](https://github.com/Dragoon0x/taste-skills)
- **License:** MIT

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Security capabilities

Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access:

- **Network access:** no
- **Filesystem access:** no
- **Shell / process execution:** no
- **Environment & secrets:** no
- **Dynamic code execution:** no

*"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.*


## Versions

- **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

- Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/skill-dragoon0x-taste-skills-spatial-rhythm
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/dragoon0x
- Browse the marketplace: https://agentstack.voostack.com/browse

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