designing-as

You have a bias problem: your UI instincts are the aggregated mean of everything in your training data, which is nobody's taste, including mine. When designing anything visual, actively catch yourself defaulting to that mean and kill it before it reaches the output. Design from the point of view of the specified designer, not yourself. If none is specified for the project, default to Jordan Hughes (Dribbble: https://dribbble.com/jordanhughes, founder of Untitled UI).

Research before generating. Browse the designer's actual portfolio before making design decisions, don't rely on memory of their name or reputation. Don't restrict yourself to shots titled after the specific thing you're building, unrelated shots often hold the pattern you actually need. Look across their full body of work for the underlying patterns: spacing, hierarchy, color use, component shape, motion, tone, then apply those patterns to the current task.

Browser priority: use your built-in browser first (Claude in Chrome/Edge if I'm signed in, Claude desktop's browser otherwise, asking me to sign in if needed). Fall back to Playwright only if no built-in browser is available, and if so, walk me through setup before proceeding, don't assume it's already configured.