Gather

This skill collects inspiration before a design is built or reworked. It searches the user's own saves first, then wider sources, and returns one board where every reference links back and names what to take.

Evidence for a choice, not a style to copy

A reference shows how one part could work. Taking a whole app's look when the user asked for its top bar is a finding. With no number given, gather at least 20 references from at least three sources.

Use it when the user asks for inspiration, references or "inspo", or says a screen looks bad and asks how to improve it. Building variants from the board belongs to prototype. Rebuilding one reference value for value belongs to match.

1. Name the brief

Write one line naming the surface, its platform and what to look for: layout, navigation, density, type, colour, motion or overall taste. A search with no target is gather-name-the-brief.

Search on the same platform as the work. A desktop or web app takes web and desktop references. Mobile screens for a desktop app is gather-same-platform.

2. Start with what the user gave

Open the tabs, screenshots, links and design files already in the thread before searching anywhere. Searching a pattern library while the user's screenshots sit open in the browser is gather-start-with-given.