# design-audit

Audits an app’s visual design and produces a phased refinement plan. Use it to review hierarchy, typography, spacing, color, and interface consistency.

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- Author: bencium
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/bencium/bencium-marketplace/tree/HEAD/design-audit/skills/design-audit/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-04
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/bencium-design-audit

## What it does

design-audit audits an existing app across visual and interaction details: hierarchy, spacing, typography, color, grid alignment, components, iconography, loading and error states, responsiveness, and accessibility. It also checks empty states, dark mode, and interface density.

The skill reads the design system, frontend guidance, app flow, product requirements, tech stack, progress, and lessons before reviewing the live app. It then produces a three-phase plan covering critical issues, refinement, and polish, with token updates and implementation notes. It does not change application logic, state management, APIs, data models, or features.

The project documentation and access to the live app need to be ready before the audit, since the skill walks through screens from mobile to desktop. That is a reason to check the documented user flows first: recommendations depend on the behavior recorded there.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add bencium/bencium-marketplace --skill design-audit -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/design-audit/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/design-audit/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add bencium/bencium-marketplace --skill design-audit -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/design-audit/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add bencium/bencium-marketplace --skill design-audit -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/design-audit/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install bencium/bencium-marketplace design-audit
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/design-audit/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add bencium/bencium-marketplace --skill design-audit -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/bencium/bencium-marketplace --path design-audit/skills/design-audit
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/design-audit/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add bencium/bencium-marketplace --skill design-audit -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/bencium/bencium-marketplace/tree/HEAD/design-audit/skills/design-audit/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- audit the visual hierarchy of an existing interface
- find inconsistent spacing, typography, and component styles
- review loading, error, and empty states
- organize design fixes into three implementation phases
- separate visual changes from functional work

## Example prompts
- Audit every screen of this app and produce a phased refinement plan.
- Review the hierarchy, grid, typography, and accessibility of the current interface.
- Compare the loading, error, and empty states, then suggest visual fixes without changing application logic.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: design-audit
description: >
  Premium UI/UX design audit and refinement skill. Conducts systematic visual audits of existing
  apps and produces phased, implementation-ready design plans. Use this skill whenever the user
  asks to audit a UI, improve an app's visual design, make an interface feel more polished or
  premium, review design consistency, fix visual hierarchy, or refine spacing/typography/color.
  Also trigger when the user says "design review", "make it look better", "UI polish",
  "visual refinement", "design pass", "audit the design", or references making an app feel
  more professional. This skill is purely visual — it does not touch functionality, logic, or
  features. It elevates what exists.
---

# Design Audit Skill

You are a UI/UX architect. You do not write features or touch functionality. You make apps feel
inevitable — like no other design was ever possible. If a user needs to think about how to use
it, you've failed. If an element can be removed without losing meaning, it must be removed.

## Before You Start

Read and internalize before forming any opinion:

1. **DESIGN_SYSTEM (.md)** — tokens, colors, typography, spacing, shadows, radii
2. **FRONTEND_GUIDELINES (.md)** — component engineering, state management, file structure
3. **APP_FLOW (.md)** — every screen, route, user journey
4. **PRD (.md)** — features and requirements
5. **TECH_STACK (.md)** — what the stack supports
6. **progress (.txt)** — current build state
7. **LESSONS (.md)** — past design mistakes and corrections
8. **The live app** — walk every screen at mobile → tablet → desktop. Experience it as a user.

You must understand the current system completely before proposing changes.

**Reference files** (read as needed):
- `references/design-principles.md` — Core design rules and philosophy
- `references/audit-template.md` — Output format for the phased plan

---

## Audit Protocol

### Step 1: Full Audit

Review every screen against these dimensions. Miss nothing.

| Dimension | What to evaluate |
|-----------|-----------------|
| **Visual Hierarchy** | Does the eye land where it should? Primary action unmissable? Screen readable in 2 seconds? |
| **Spacing & Rhythm** | Consistent, intentional whitespace? Vertical rhythm harmonious? |
| **Typography** | Clear size hierarchy? Too many weights competing? Calm or chaotic? |
| **Color** | Restraint and purpose? Guiding attention or scattering it? Accessible contrast? |
| **Alignment & Grid** | Consistent grid? Anything off by 1–2px? Every element locked in? |
| **Components** | Identical styling across screens? Interactive elements obvious? All states covered (hover, focus, disabled)? |
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