quieter
Tone down visual noise — lowers variance and motion, simplifies layout and color weight, keeps hierarchy clear. Use when the UI feels loud, busy, or over-designed, or when the user says "quieter", "more restrained", "simpler", or "tone it down". Invoke when the user asks for quieter on their UI, or mentions 'quieter' alongside design / UI / frontend work.
How do I install this agent skill?
npx skills add https://github.com/educlopez/ui-craft --skill quieterIs this agent skill safe to install?
- Gen Agent Trust Hubpass
The skill is safe and presents no security risks. It provides guidelines for the AI agent to simplify user interface designs by reducing motion, layout variance, visual weight, and decorative colors.
- Socketpass
No alerts
- Snykpass
Risk: LOW · No issues
What does this agent skill do?
Context: this sub-skill is one lens of the broader ui-craft skill. If the ui-craft skill is also installed, read its SKILL.md first for Discovery + Anti-Slop + Craft Test, then apply the specific lens below.
Make the UI at $ARGUMENTS quieter. Load the ui-craft skill and read references/craft-intent.md.
Reduce amplitude without gutting hierarchy. Calm ≠ boring.
Apply in order (edit code directly):
- Declare an updated Craft Read — one line: what softened.
- Lower DESIGN_VARIANCE by −1–2 (floor 2). Simplify asymmetric breaks; return to clearer grid rhythm where layout was experimental.
- Lower MOTION_INTENSITY by −1–2 (floor 2). Remove scroll reveals and stagger; keep hover/focus only.
- Visual weight — compress display sizes one step (e.g. 56→48px); reduce shadow depth to hairline or ambient-only; fewer bordered containers.
- Color — pull accent placements toward the 3 minimum; neutralize decorative tints; no new hues.
- Cut decorative motion — idle animations, parallax, floating elements with no job.
Preserve: primary hierarchy, one CTA level, accessibility, states, signature detail only if it carries meaning (else simplify it).
Overlap: for structural cuts (sections, copy), also apply /distill logic. For color strategy, see /colorize.
Output: edit code. Print Review Format table. End with the updated Craft Read line.
Next step: /critique — confirm restraint did not flatten the hierarchy (rung 1).
How can the creator link this skill?
Add the canonical catalog link to the repository README so users can inspect current installs and available audits. The publishing guide covers the complete discovery path.
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