Resources for developers building with and expanding the Netlify platformhttps://www.netlify.com/https://www.netlify.com/changelog/2026-04-17-frontend-design-skill-for-agent-runners/https://www.netlify.com/changelog/2026-04-17-frontend-design-skill-for-agent-runners/Agent Runners now include a frontend-design skill that guides AI agents toward creating distinctive, production-grade frontend interfaces with high design quality. When building web components, pages, or applications, AI agents often default to generic, cookie-cutter aesthetics. The frontend-design skill steers agents toward creative, polished output that avoids that "AI slop" look and instead produces UIs with real visual identity and craft. Here's what a generated calculator component looks like without the skill: Calculator without frontend-design skill And here's the same prompt with the frontend-design skill enabled: Calculator with frontend-design skill The skill is automatically available in Agent Runners and activates when the agent is asked to build web components, pages, or applications. No configuration required—just prompt your agent to build a UI and the skill handles the rest. Learn more about Agent Runners and available skills in the Netlify docs. Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT