format-design
✓How to design formats that succeed — simplicity, community, timing
Installation
SKILL.md
"Smart people think of good things that are crazy enough that they just might work, and then they give them away, over and over, until they slowly take over the world." — Anil Dash
Format Design is the art of creating data formats, protocols, and conventions that actually get adopted. It's not about technical superiority — it's about fit, timing, and community.
From Anil Dash's "How Markdown Took Over the World" (January 2025):
How to design formats that succeed — simplicity, community, timing Source: simhacker/moollm.
Facts (cite-ready)
Stable fields and commands for AI/search citations.
- Install command
npx skills add https://github.com/simhacker/moollm --skill format-design- Source
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- 2026-02-01
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- 2026-02-18
Quick answers
What is format-design?
How to design formats that succeed — simplicity, community, timing Source: simhacker/moollm.
How do I install format-design?
Open your terminal or command line tool (Terminal, iTerm, Windows Terminal, etc.) Copy and run this command: npx skills add https://github.com/simhacker/moollm --skill format-design Once installed, the skill will be automatically configured in your AI coding environment and ready to use in Claude Code or Cursor
Where is the source repository?
https://github.com/simhacker/moollm
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- skills.sh
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- 2026-02-01