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taste-direction

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Design decision engine of the Tastemaker suite. Chooses style, palette, typography, layout, navigation, density, motion and chart types from the product archetype and audience, with a one-line reason for each, and runs UX-law and accessibility checks before any code. Use when starting or restyling any UI, choosing colors or fonts, picking a dashboard layout or chart, or when output "looks generic". Extends ui-ux-pro-max style and palette lookups with a reasoned, slop-free decision.

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3 rules. About 0 are common, 2 are distinctive, and 1 is very specific to this project.

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  1. Very specific:

    Read archetype, users, top-3 questions and risk from BUILD_MANIFEST.md (or infer them in 3 lines).

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  2. Distinctive:

    Do not reach for indigo/violet as primary unless the brand says so.

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  3. Distinctive:

    Do not default to "hero + 3 feature cards + testimonials + CTA" for marketing, or "4 KPI cards + area chart + table" for dashboards.

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SKILL.md

Taste Direction: decide before you draw

Taste is a chain of reasons. Output a Design Decision before code. Every line needs a "why" tied to the product, the audience or the data. Trend is never a reason.

Procedure

  1. Read archetype, users, top-3 questions and risk from BUILD_MANIFEST.md (or infer them in 3 lines).
  2. Style: one primary + at most one modifier (references/styles.md).
  3. Palette: domain recipe, one accent, semantic status set; verify contrast (references/palettes.md, ../taste-tokens/scripts/contrast.mjs).
  4. Type: pairing + scale + numeric style (references/typography.md).
  5. Layout + nav + density: from the user's top questions, not from a template (references/layout-patterns.md).
  6. Interaction: forms, tables, feedback, destructive flows (references/interaction.md).
  7. Motion level: none / subtle / expressive with durations (references/motion.md).
  8. Charts: one chart per question (references/dataviz.md).
  9. Pre-flight: UX laws + accessibility floor (references/ux-laws.md). Name the top risk for this audience.

Output (8 lines, shown to the user on new builds so they can redirect cheaply)

Style:    <primary> + <modifier>            | why: <audience/product reason>
Palette:  <recipe>, primary <token>, accent <token or none>, neutral <family> | why:
Type:     <heading> / <body> / <mono>, base <14|16>, scale <ratio> | why:
Layout:   <pattern>, nav <pattern>, density <compact|comfortable|spacious> | why: answers "<top question>"
Motion:   <none|subtle|expressive>, <durations> | Theme: <light|dark|both>
Charts:   <metric -> chart>; <metric -> chart>
Avoid:    <3 slop IDs most likely for this archetype, e.g. V01 V15 C01>
Risk:     <what could fail for this audience and how the design prevents it>

Anti-default rules

  • Do not reach for indigo/violet as primary unless the brand says so. Pick hue from the domain recipe.
  • Do not default to "hero + 3 feature cards + testimonials + CTA" for marketing, or "4 KPI cards + area chart + table" for dashboards. Derive sections from the top questions (V15, V17).
  • Inter is acceptable when density and neutrality are the point; say so. Otherwise choose a pairing with character from the table.
  • Restraint scales: a dense ops tool earns less decoration than a consumer onboarding flow, never more.
  • Interop: if the ui-ux-pro-max skill is installed, you may query its search script for extra style or palette candidates; this skill still makes the final, reasoned choice and the guard still gates it.

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