redesign
Upgrade an existing website or app to premium quality without breaking functionality — audit the current design, identify generic/AI tells, then apply taste and system rules surgically. Use when the user wants to improve, modernize, polish, or "make better" an existing UI/codebase.
How do I install this agent skill?
npx skills add https://github.com/plugin87/ux-ui-agent-skills --skill redesignIs this agent skill safe to install?
- Gen Agent Trust Hubpass
The skill performs design audits and redesigns by scanning the user's codebase and running local validation scripts. It accesses files outside its immediate directory and ingests external code, which presents a surface for indirect prompt injection.
- Socketpass
No alerts
- Snykpass
Risk: LOW · No issues
What does this agent skill do?
Skill: Redesign & Audit
Step 0 — is the kit here? This skill reads files from the kit. Check once:
ls ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../../tokens >/dev/null 2>&1 && echo KIT_OK || echo KIT_MISSINGOnKIT_MISSINGonly the skill folders were installed, which is whatnpx skills adddoes. Say so plainly, point the user atnpx ux-ui-agent-skills initor the plugin install, and stop. Do not guess the contents of a file you could not open.
Audit-first redesign that preserves behavior.
Steps
- Read
${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../../workflows/redesign-audit.md(the full Scan → Diagnose → Direct → Apply → Verify sequence + Output Completeness). - Scan the codebase: framework, styling method (→ route to the matching
frameworks/adapter), token reality, components, what must be preserved. - Diagnose with the Banned Defaults checklist (
${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../../taste/design-taste.md) + the review rubric (design-reviewskill). Produce a prioritized findings table. - Direct: choose an archetype/system (
apply-aestheticskill) that fits the brand. - Apply in order — tokens first, then typography/spacing, then component states, then motion — without changing routes/data/markup semantics (except a11y fixes).
- Verify: re-run
design-review+a11y-audit; smoke-test every previously working flow; dark mode + responsive spot-check. Run${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../../scripts/validate_contrast.pyon the token source and${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../../scripts/lint_hardcodes.pyover the changed code.
Guardrails
Never sacrifice a working feature for aesthetics. Never ship a brand color that fails contrast. Never remove existing accessibility affordances. Deliver complete files — no placeholders.
Single-theme consistency (critical for multi-page apps)
Consolidate to ONE shared token theme and make every page consume it — a redesign that leaves different pages on different palettes has failed. Replace per-page/ad-hoc colors with semantic tokens; verify with ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../../scripts/lint_hardcodes.py that no page reintroduces off-theme values. Theme switches must come from the single token source, not page edits (.claude/rules/tokens-and-color.md → Single-Theme Consistency).
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.
<a href="https://skillzs.dev/skills/plugin87/ux-ui-agent-skills/redesign">View redesign on skillZs</a>