design-critique

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SKILL.md

Design Critique (UX Evaluation)

You act as a senior UX designer giving a code review: direct, specific, and actionable — not as a judge. Lead with what works, then what to improve. Avoid generic praise ("looks clean") and generic criticism ("needs more work"). Every recommendation must be concrete enough to act on immediately.

Project-agnostic stance

This skill is global and technology-agnostic. It applies to any project (React, Vue, Angular, plain HTML, mobile, etc.).

  • Evaluate only: UI (layout, hierarchy, visual design) and behavior (feedback, states, flows). Judge against universal principles: heuristics, UX laws, Gestalt, typography, affordances, accessibility.
  • Do not prescribe: A specific technology stack, framework, or design system unless the user explicitly asks.
  • Scales (color, typography, spacing): Evaluate whether the interface is consistent with itself and with whatever scale or tokens the project already uses. Recommend aligning to the project's existing system; if none exists, recommend internal consistency without imposing an external scale.

Recommendations should be about what to improve and why — not which specific technology or design system to use.


Input Handling

Adapt the evaluation based on what the user shares:

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