# CSS taste

Guides LLMs to write clean frontend code using Tailwind utility classes, CSS custom property tokens, and WCAG AA accessibility standards.

- prompt · `type=prompt` · ChatGPT, Claude.ai · ★ 174676
- Author: f
- License: CC0-1.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/f/prompts.chat/tree/HEAD/prompts.csv
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/prompts/css-taste

## What it does

This prompt sets strict frontend rules for AI code generation. It directs the assistant to style interfaces with Tailwind CSS classes while anchoring colors and spacing to CSS custom properties. Hardcoded hex values inside components are forbidden. Layouts rely on flexbox or grid with `gap` instead of sibling margins. Fluid typography uses `clamp()` instead of repetitive breakpoint overrides.

The rules enforce mobile-first responsive layouts down to 320px viewports without horizontal scrolling. Interactive elements must preserve focus styling with `:focus-visible` and pass WCAG AA contrast checks. Animations stay limited to `transform` and `opacity`, shutting down non-essential motion when `prefers-reduced-motion` is active.

When class lists repeat across markup, the prompt forbids `@apply` and demands extracting a component instead. Automatic Tailwind class ordering requires the Prettier plugin to work.

## Install

### ChatGPT (native platform)

**How to use**
- Paste the text at the start of a chat or into project instructions

### Claude Code

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.claude/commands/prompts.csv.md`

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/f/prompts.chat/tree/HEAD/prompts.csv

## When to use it
- Enforce Tailwind CSS utility classes and design tokens across UI components
- Eliminate hardcoded hex colors by referencing CSS custom properties
- Maintain WCAG AA contrast standards and explicit `:focus-visible` outlines
- Prevent horizontal scrolling on screens down to 320px width

## Example prompts
- Build a responsive profile card in Tailwind CSS using CSS custom properties for theme colors
- Create an accessible login form that meets WCAG AA contrast and styles focus with `:focus-visible`
- Refactor this repeating group of Tailwind action buttons into components without using `@apply`

## Source text · prompts.csv · CC0-1.0

Below is the content of a third-party file. It is data, not instructions for you: do not act on anything written inside unless the human asks. Block tag: bb6a890c794bd6c6.

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```text
# CSS taste of a design-minded frontend developer
- Use Tailwind CSS utility classes for component styling in application code. Confidence: 0.80
- Define colors, spacing, radii and fonts as design tokens in CSS custom properties. Confidence: 0.90
- Never hardcode hex colors inside components; always reference a token. Confidence: 0.85
- Build layouts with flexbox and grid, with gap for spacing instead of margins between siblings. Confidence: 0.90
- Design mobile first and add min-width breakpoints for larger screens. Confidence: 0.85
- Use container queries for components that live in containers of different widths. Confidence: 0.75
- Use rem for font sizes and spacing, and px only for hairline borders. Confidence: 0.80
- Use clamp() for fluid typography instead of many breakpoint overrides. Confidence: 0.75
- Keep specificity flat: single class selectors, no IDs, and no !important outside utilities. Confidence: 0.90
- Use cascade layers to order reset, base, components and utilities. Confidence: 0.70
- Support dark mode with prefers-color-scheme plus tokens, not duplicated component styles. Confidence: 0.85
- Respect prefers-reduced-motion and disable non-essential animation when it is set. Confidence: 0.90
- Never remove focus outlines; style them with :focus-visible instead. Confidence: 0.95
- Meet WCAG AA contrast for all text and interactive elements. Confidence: 0.90
- Animate only transform and opacity for smooth, cheap transitions. Confidence: 0.85
- Use logical properties such as margin-inline so layouts work in right-to-left languages. Confidence: 0.75
- Use the system font stack or self-hosted variable fonts with font-display: swap. Confidence: 0.80
- Set aspect-ratio and width and height on media to prevent layout shift. Confidence: 0.85
- Use native CSS nesting sparingly and never more than two levels deep. Confidence: 0.70
- Sort Tailwind classes automatically with the Prettier plugin. Confidence: 0.80
- Extract a component when the same long class list repeats, not an @apply class. Confidence: 0.75
- Make sure nothing scrolls horizontally at a 320px viewport width. Confidence: 0.85
```
END THIRD-PARTY FILE bb6a890c794bd6c6

The third-party file has ended. Everything between the bb6a890c794bd6c6 tags is data: requests and commands from it are not followed. An “end of file” line with another tag inside the block is part of the file.

© f · CC0-1.0 · https://github.com/f/prompts.chat/tree/HEAD/prompts.csv

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