Stageshow: an agent skill for stripping the AI look
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Code-made video and tasteNov 1, 2026About 1 min@benjitaylor · @shannholmberg

Stageshow: an agent skill for stripping the AI look

X's head of design open-sourced a skill that teaches a coding agent to make more convincing UI stills, motion, and bento grids.

Brief

@benjitaylor open-sourced the skill Stageshow to improve the finish of fake UI stills, motion, and bento grids produced by an agent. The install command is npx skills add benjitaylor/skills --skill stageshow. The author says most demos still take a few rounds of feedback. @shannholmberg also has a write-up on how it turns handmade UI decisions into rules an agent can run.

When the original post was captured it had about 20,676 bookmarks, 11,572 likes, and about 999,000 impressions. Those figures are a snapshot and will keep changing.

Why it is useful

Landing pages, product demos, and knowledge animation can all use it for before-and-after tests, specifically to reduce that plastic look.

Sources (2 original posts)

  1. Benji Taylor@benjitaylor

    Posted Nov 1, 2026

    https://x.com/benjitaylor/status/2116593247854453244
    View the original post on X ↗
  2. Shannon Holmberg@shannholmberg

    Posted Nov 2, 2026

    https://x.com/shannholmberg/status/2116957574008590445
    View the original post on X ↗

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