anti-slop-design
Skill9 starsChanged 2 months agoMITView on GitHub
Detect and fix AI aesthetic anti-patterns (purple/indigo defaults, gradients, rounded-2xl everywhere, generic heroes, Lorem ipsum, shadow-heavy cards). Use whenever building, restyling, or reviewing visual UI quality — including "terlalu generik", "AI slop", "rapihin UI", or design audit requests — without requiring /design.
10 other projects use a version of this.
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- samigiman/anti-slop-skillstheir own version, first seen Nov 1, 2026
- ZiadMD/anti-slop-designtheir own version, first seen Oct 20, 2026
- Danjc5ik/anti-slop-designtheir own version, first seen Oct 13, 2026
- Melinda-Mel/anti-slop-designtheir own version, first seen Sep 20, 2026
- wwewtech/anti-slop-designtheir own version, first seen Sep 18, 2026
- hu553in/skillstheir own version, first seen Sep 2, 2026
Other versions10 projects use a version of this.
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Wrote their own version · 10
- madebyaris/advance-minimax-m3-cursor-rules★ 125same name
- Ferousco-dev/anti-slop-design★ 14same name
- Melinda-Mel/anti-slop-design★ 3same name
- Cuuper22/anti-slop-design★ 2same name
- wwewtech/anti-slop-design★ 2same name
- hu553in/skills★ 1same name
- akashwadhwani35/anti-slop-design★ 0same name
- Danjc5ik/anti-slop-design★ 0same name
- samigiman/anti-slop-skills★ 0same name
- ZiadMD/anti-slop-design★ 0same name
How matches are found. Word for word: the exact same text. Edited: shares passages with this file (“99% same” means 99% of its five-word phrases also appear here; 10% or more counts). Their own version: similar meaning, or, weakest, the same name. We can’t tell which project had it first. Projects are counted among the 200 most-starred candidates, and mentions are links to the repository we found, up to 50 per site, so both counts are a floor.
In this repository36 other files it gives its agents.
- AGENTS.mdAGENTS.md
- CLAUDE.mdCLAUDE.md
- .cursor/rules/design-system-enforcer.mdcCursor rule
- frontend-expertSkill
- accessibilitySkill
- anti-slop-codeSkill
- app-shellSkill
- architectureSkill
- componentsSkill
- content-designSkill
- data-fetchingSkill
- design-colorSkill
- design-directionSkill
- design-foundationsSkill
- design-surfacesSkill
- design-typographySkill
- design-vocabularySkill
- devtoolsSkill
- engineering-vocabularySkill
- fidelitySkill
- formsSkill
- frontend-expertSkill
- marketingSkill
- monitoringSkill
- motion-inspectionSkill
- motionSkill
- performanceSkill
- polishSkill
- prototypeSkill
- quality-loopSkill
- responsiveSkill
- seoSkill
- skill-authoringSkill
- testingSkill
- tokensSkill
- webglSkill
The file
We split this skill into the rules it gives an agent
3 rules. 0 are common, 2 are distinctive, and 1 is very specific to this project.
0
Common
Most of the 9 edited versions we read keep these.
2
Distinctive
This author's own choices. Worth a look.
1
Very specific
Tied to their project's names, files or tools. Probably skip.
- Common
- Distinctive
- Very specific
- Very specific: line 19
Before finishing any /ui build
- Distinctive: line 21
When visual output looks generic or template-like
- Distinctive: line 33
Re-scan: before marking work done
“Common” is measured: kept by at least 6 in 10 of the 9 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.
Files
Anti AI Slop
Overview
AI-generated UI has recognizable tells. Scan for them before shipping; fix with tokens and purpose-driven layout.
When to Use
- Before finishing any
/uibuild - During
/designaudits - When visual output looks generic or template-like
When to skip
- Generated hooks/
any/empty wrappers →anti-slop-code - Generic sentences with no visual tell →
content-design - Frame-by-frame / “kenapa animasinya aneh” →
motion-inspection
Workflow
- Scan for the patterns below (and detail in
references/anti-patterns.md) - Fix using design tokens and content-first layout
- Re-scan before marking work done
Pattern Table
| Pattern | Detection | Fix |
| Purple/indigo defaults | #7c3aed, bg-purple-*, text-indigo-* | Token colors only (via decision tree — never invent purple token file) |
| Excessive gradients | bg-gradient-to-*, linear-gradient | Flat token colors |
| Rounded everything | rounded-2xl / rounded-3xl everywhere | Token --radius |
| Generic hero | Template layout, no content connection | Content-first layout |
| Hero-only landing | Plasma/hero + thin footer, no section stack | marketing recipe (logo cloud → features → … → CTA) |
| Block-registry default | “Install @tailark / shadcn blocks” as first answer | Hand-roll from landing-sections.md (same as motion vocabulary) |
| Lorem ipsum | Placeholder copy | Realistic content |
| Oversized padding | p-8/p-12 on everything | Spacing hierarchy |
| Stock card grids | Uniform grids, no priority | Purpose-driven layout |
| Shadow-heavy | Layered competing shadows | Subtle or no shadow |
| Loud nav “active bar” | Thick left/right accent stripe on selected items | Quiet fill + weight/contrast only |
| Theme under sidebar | Labeled Dark mode in sidebar footer | Topbar moon/sun icon |
| Header account meta | Always-on name + email in topbar | Avatar → account menu |
Native filter <select> | OS chrome / cramped caret on dashboards | Custom select / combobox |
| Decorative motion spam | Hero+3D+Text+Spotlight+Carousel stacked; typewriter on forms | ≤2 families / ≤2–3 motions; see motion-families.md |
Checklist
- No purple/indigo outside the chosen token source (scored / explicit / hard-gate / project system — not a vibe-picked purple file)
- No loud left-accent “selected” bars on nav (prefer quiet fill + type weight)
- No unjustified gradients
- Radius consistent with tokens
- No Lorem ipsum
- Spacing hierarchy present (not equal generous padding)
- Layout serves content, not a stock template
- Motion not decorative spam (≤2–3 intentional motions / viewport)
Depth
Full catalog and fixes: references/anti-patterns.md.
Evidence-aware craft principles for spacing, color, type, controls, and common surfaces: references/good-ui-principles.md.
Token source: references/token-preset-scoring.md (Plasma/neutral-purple only with brand cue).
Motion vocabulary: references/motion-families.md.
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