Claude Code now ships a built-in /simplify command for code
simplification, which conflicts with our design simplification
command. Renamed to /distill across all source files, demos,
metadata, and documentation.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Remove the MANDATORY: Context Gathering section since it never
works when the skill is invoked from commands. Context gathering
is now handled by the commands themselves (bolder, quieter,
colorize, animate, delight, simplify).
The skill is now leaner and focused on design principles and
anti-patterns, matching the original Anthropic skill structure.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Commands now require context gathering before proceeding:
- bolder: target audience, use-cases, brand personality
- quieter: purpose, audience, what's working
- colorize: brand colors, audience, domain appropriateness
- animate: personality, performance budget, audience
- delight: brand personality, emotional context, appropriateness
- simplify: what's essential vs nice-to-have
Each command now:
1. Gathers context from thread/codebase first
2. MUST ask user if inference confidence is medium or lower
3. MUST use frontend-design skill before proceeding
4. Has visual separator (---) as hard gate before design work
This prevents AI slop by ensuring commands have proper context
before making design decisions.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Add "MANDATORY: Context Gathering (Do This First)" section with 3 procedural steps
- Require scanning codebase for README, brand guidelines, design tokens before design
- Must answer: target audience, brand personality, existing tokens/colors/fonts
- Hard gate: STOP and ask user if ANY question is unclear
- Visual separator (---) prevents proceeding without completing steps
- Preserves full Tone options and Design Direction content
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Monospace is fine when used intentionally - the issue is lazy "dev tool"
defaults, not the typeface itself.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Added explicit AI SLOP TRAP warning before planning
- Removed "monospace as accent" suggestion (contradicts skill)
- Replaced glassmorphism with grain, halftone, duotone alternatives
- Added anti-slop caveats to shadows and borders suggestions
- Added "NOT AI slop" as first verification check
- Added "the test" to verify section
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Restored DO/DON'T format in individual sections (required for website)
- Added new "Visual Details" section for glassmorphism, sparklines, etc.
- Added new AI slop patterns: gradient text, dark mode with glowing accents,
hero metric layout, identical card grids, thick colored border on one side
- Added "The AI Slop Test" section for commands to reference
- Commands now reference "DON'T guidelines" (one source of truth)
- Build now shows 16 pattern categories (was 0)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Removed scattered DON'Ts from individual Frontend Aesthetics sections
- Created ONE "Anti-Patterns (CRITICAL)" section with two sub-sections:
- AI Slop Tells: cyan-on-dark, gradient text, glassmorphism, hero metrics, etc.
- Design Anti-Patterns: gray on color, nested cards, bounce easing, etc.
- Added new pattern: "Rounded element with thick colored border on one side"
- Commands now reference the skill's Anti-Patterns section instead of duplicating
- Easier to maintain: one place to update
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Critical addition: Both commands now check for AI-generated aesthetic tells:
- Cyan-on-dark, purple-to-blue gradients, neon accents
- Gradient text, glassmorphism, hero metric layouts
- Monospace typography, sparklines as decoration
- Identical card grids, generic fonts, rounded rectangles
Reports now start with "AI Slop Verdict" - pass/fail on distinctiveness.
This is the most important quality signal for shipping work that doesn't
look like every other AI-generated interface.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Commands now say "Use the frontend-design skill" instead of passive note
- Skill's Design Thinking section now has explicit MUST-know checklist
- Added ask instruction to bolder command for context gathering
- AskUserQuestionTool instruction is now more prominent and imperative
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The /review command conflicts with a built-in Claude Code command.
Renamed to /critique which better reflects design terminology.
- Rename source/commands/review.md → critique.md
- Update command content and descriptions
- Rename demo file and update references
- Update data.js command mappings
- Update case study example in index.html
- Rebuild dist files for all providers
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Rewrite README to be user-focused (move dev info to DEVELOP.md)
- Credit Anthropic's original frontend-design skill
- Change license from MIT to Apache 2.0 for consistency
- Add NOTICE.md with proper attribution
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- 80ms threshold for "instant" perception
- Active vs passive time (preemptive start, early completion)
- Optimistic UI patterns with appropriate use cases
- Easing affects perceived duration (peak-end effect)
- Caution: too-fast can decrease perceived value
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Reduced to most impactful items only:
- Typography: modular scale, distinctive fonts, avoid overused fonts
- Color: off-whites/near-blacks, modern CSS, no gray on color, always tint
- Layout: visual rhythm, asymmetry, grid-breaking, no card obsession, modals are lazy
- Motion: no layout animation, no bounce/elastic
- Interaction: no redundant copy
- Responsive: don't hide mobile functionality
9 categories, ~15 items total - lean and focused.
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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Removed items that are:
- Accessibility 101 (WCAG, color blindness, reduced motion, focus indicators)
- Basic design principles (hierarchy, readability, semantic tokens)
- Well-known rules (2-3 fonts max, mobile-first, decorative body fonts)
Kept items that fight specific AI biases:
- Off-whites/near-blacks, dominant color with accents
- Spacing scales, asymmetry, staggered reveals
- Bounce/elastic easing ban, cards-on-cards
- Gray text on color, placeholder-as-labels, generic errors
Reduced from 60 items to 34 - more focused and actionable.
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- Updated claude-code transformer to generate markdown from YAML patterns/antipatterns
- Removed redundant prose body from patterns.md
- SKILL.md now contains detailed lists (5 items per category) instead of condensed prose
- patterns.md YAML frontmatter is now the single source of truth for both:
- Website API (/api/patterns)
- Generated skill files
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Major changes:
- Consolidate 8 design skills into single frontend-design skill with 7 reference files
- Add source/patterns.md as single source of truth for patterns/antipatterns
- Patterns are merged into skill during build, served via API for website
- Website now dynamically renders both "What TO Do" and "What NOT to Do" sections
- Update build system to handle directory-based skills with references
- Add /api/patterns endpoint to server
- Refactor website with new Antidote section layout
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