frontend-design
Skill1 starsChanged 7 months agoMITView on GitHub
Create distinctive, production-grade frontend interfaces with high design quality. Use when the user asks to build web components, pages, or applications and the visual direction matters as much as the code quality.
We split this skill into the rules it gives an agent
12 rules. 0 are common, 12 are distinctive, and 0 are very specific to this project.
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Common
Most of the 181 edited versions we read keep these.
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Distinctive
This author's own choices. Worth a look.
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Tied to their project's names, files or tools. Probably skip.
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Use this when the task is not just "make it work" but "make it look designed."
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Do not mix directions casually.
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Use CSS variables or the project's token system so the interface stays coherent as it grows.
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Avoid defaulting to a symmetrical card grid unless it is clearly the right fit.
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create one or two memorable moments
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Do not scatter generic micro-interactions everywhere.
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avoid generic defaults when the page is design-led
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commit to a clear palette
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avoid cliché purple-gradient-on-white unless the product genuinely calls for it
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use diagonals, offsets, and grouping intentionally
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keep reading flow obvious even when the layout is unconventional
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keep accessibility and responsiveness intact
“Common” is measured: kept by at least 6 in 10 of the 181 edited versions of this file we could read. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.
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Frontend Design
Use this when the task is not just "make it work" but "make it look designed."
This skill is for product pages, dashboards, app shells, components, or visual systems that need a clear point of view instead of generic AI-looking UI.
When To Use
- building a landing page, dashboard, or app surface from scratch
- upgrading a bland interface into something intentional and memorable
- translating a product concept into a concrete visual direction
- implementing a frontend where typography, composition, and motion matter
Core Principle
Pick a direction and commit to it.
Safe-average UI is usually worse than a strong, coherent aesthetic with a few bold choices.
Design Workflow
1. Frame the interface first
Before coding, settle:
- purpose
- audience
- emotional tone
- visual direction
- one thing the user should remember
Possible directions:
- brutally minimal
- editorial
- industrial
- luxury
- playful
- geometric
- retro-futurist
- soft and organic
- maximalist
Do not mix directions casually. Choose one and execute it cleanly.
2. Build the visual system
Define:
- type hierarchy
- color variables
- spacing rhythm
- layout logic
- motion rules
- surface / border / shadow treatment
Use CSS variables or the project's token system so the interface stays coherent as it grows.
3. Compose with intention
Prefer:
- asymmetry when it sharpens hierarchy
- overlap when it creates depth
- strong whitespace when it clarifies focus
- dense layouts only when the product benefits from density
Avoid defaulting to a symmetrical card grid unless it is clearly the right fit.
4. Make motion meaningful
Use animation to:
- reveal hierarchy
- stage information
- reinforce user action
- create one or two memorable moments
Do not scatter generic micro-interactions everywhere. One well-directed load sequence is usually stronger than twenty random hover effects.
Strong Defaults
Typography
- pick fonts with character
- pair a distinctive display face with a readable body face when appropriate
- avoid generic defaults when the page is design-led
Color
- commit to a clear palette
- one dominant field with selective accents usually works better than evenly weighted rainbow palettes
- avoid cliché purple-gradient-on-white unless the product genuinely calls for it
Background
Use atmosphere:
- gradients
- meshes
- textures
- subtle noise
- patterns
- layered transparency
Flat empty backgrounds are rarely the best answer for a product-facing page.
Layout
- break the grid when the composition benefits from it
- use diagonals, offsets, and grouping intentionally
- keep reading flow obvious even when the layout is unconventional
Anti-Patterns
Never default to:
- interchangeable SaaS hero sections
- generic card piles with no hierarchy
- random accent colors without a system
- placeholder-feeling typography
- motion that exists only because animation was easy to add
Execution Rules
- preserve the established design system when working inside an existing product
- match technical complexity to the visual idea
- keep accessibility and responsiveness intact
- frontends should feel deliberate on desktop and mobile
Quality Gate
Before delivering:
- the interface has a clear visual point of view
- typography and spacing feel intentional
- color and motion support the product instead of decorating it randomly
- the result does not read like generic AI UI
- the implementation is production-grade, not just visually interesting
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