apply-aesthetic
Apply a visual direction — an archetype (high-end agency, editorial minimal, brutalist, soft-SaaS, dark-tech) or one of 138 named design systems (apple, linear-app, stripe, vercel, notion, material, shadcn, spotify, tesla…) — by resolving it into the token system. Use when the user wants a specific look/vibe/brand feel, or asks to make a design feel premium/expensive/non-generic.
How do I install this agent skill?
npx skills add https://github.com/plugin87/ux-ui-agent-skills --skill apply-aestheticIs this agent skill safe to install?
- Gen Agent Trust Hubpass
The skill is safe. It provides a mechanism for applying design systems and performing accessibility audits through local utility scripts. No malicious patterns, external data exfiltration, or unauthorized remote code execution were detected.
- Socketpass
No alerts
- Snykpass
Risk: LOW · No issues
What does this agent skill do?
Skill: Apply Aesthetic
Choose and apply a design direction without breaking accessibility.
Steps
- Brief Inference first (mandatory) — before any tokens, name it: industry/domain, audience & tone, the one mood adjective the result must earn, motion depth, and the layout-family sequence (
taste/design-taste.md→ Brief Inference + Variance Mandate). Generating before deciding = slop. - Pick a direction in
taste/aesthetic-systems.md:- An archetype (recipe mapped to our tokens), or
- A named library system — browse with
python3 scripts/design_systems.py list(orsearch <term>/show <name>); specs live indesign-systems/library/<name>/DESIGN.md.
- Apply the Library Contract (in
aesthetic-systems.md): re-pointsemantic.*tokens to the chosen system's color roles; map typography/spacing/radius/shadow/motion totokens/*.json. - Verify contrast of every mapped color pair (
scripts/contrast.py/a11y-audit). A brand value that fails must be adjusted — taste never overrides POUR. - Add motion per
taste/motion-choreography.md; run the pre-flight aesthetic check indesign-taste.md.
Output
Updated/overridden semantic tokens + notes on type/space/motion, then render via design-code. Confirm the result passes both the aesthetic check and accessibility.
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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