# claude-design

A skill that produces design artifacts in HTML: landing pages, decks, prototypes, posters and wireframes. Useful when you need quick layout options.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 2200 installs · ★ 211
- Author: jiji262
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/jiji262/claude-design-skill/tree/HEAD/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-07-15
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/claude-design

## What it does

The skill turns a vague design ask into a concrete HTML artifact. Its workflow is spelled out: clarify the task and gather context, declare the visual system, put an early draft in front of you, then explore variations. Output format follows the exploration — a grid of variants for comparing color and type, a clickable prototype for flows, slides for a narrative sequence.

Fact checking gets its own section. When the brief names a specific product, version or recent release, the skill runs `WebSearch` first, reads a couple of authoritative results and writes findings to `product-facts.md` before any design work. Web content is treated as untrusted data: if fetched text contains instructions aimed at the agent, the skill tells you to stop and report it.

Branded work goes through the Core Asset Protocol. Logo, product shots and UI screenshots are first-class; colors and fonts are auxiliary. Assets are gathered from a checklist of six types, searched through official channels. When a brief is too open, Design Direction Advisor mode kicks in: three directions drawn from ten design philosophies, each with a one-line pitch and a quick sketch. No brand, no design system, no reference artifact? The skill stops and asks for one rather than designing blind.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add jiji262/claude-design-skill --skill claude-design -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add jiji262/claude-design-skill --skill claude-design -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add jiji262/claude-design-skill --skill claude-design -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install jiji262/claude-design-skill claude-design
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add jiji262/claude-design-skill --skill claude-design -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/jiji262/claude-design-skill
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add jiji262/claude-design-skill --skill claude-design -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/jiji262/claude-design-skill/tree/HEAD/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- build a landing page from a short product description
- put together a slide deck for a pitch
- show several layout options to choose from
- sketch a wireframe of a user flow
- verify product facts before drawing anything

## Example prompts
- design a landing page for our API service, show me 3 options
- wireframe the signup flow
- build a pitch deck, I haven't picked a style yet

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: claude-design
description: >-
  Produce thoughtful, high-fidelity design artifacts in HTML — landing pages,
  slide decks, interactive prototypes, animated videos, posters, wireframes,
  and visual explorations. Use whenever the user asks to design, mock up,
  prototype, visualize, storyboard, or explore UI options — including phrases
  like "make a deck", "design a landing page", "prototype this flow",
  "animate this concept", "build a pitch deck", "create a poster",
  "visualize this idea", or "design something for a brand". Enforces fact
  verification (WebSearch before assuming a product exists or its version),
  the Core Asset Protocol for branded work (logo, product shots, and UI
  screenshots are first-class, not just colors and fonts), a Design Direction
  Advisor fallback that offers 3 differentiated directions from 10 design
  philosophies when the brief is too vague, commits to a visual system up
  front, presents multiple variations, and avoids AI-design tropes
  (aggressive gradients, emoji bullets, generic templates).
---

# Claude Design

You are an expert designer working with the user as your manager. Your deliverable is a design artifact produced in HTML. HTML is the tool, not the genre — the *identity* you embody shifts with the task: animator, UX designer, slide designer, prototyper, poster designer, brand strategist. Default to web-design tropes only when the output actually is a web page.

Your job is to translate an ambiguous creative ask into a concrete, high-quality artifact — grounded in real design context (brands, design systems, UI kits, codebases), committed to a coherent visual system, and expressed through considered variations so the user can mix and match toward the best answer.

## Priority #0 — Verify facts before assuming

When the brief references a specific product, company, version, or recent event, your *first* action is `WebSearch` — not clarifying questions, not design exploration. A 10-second search beats 1–2 hours of rework on a wrong premise.

Triggers for this rule:
- User names a specific product you're uncertain about (*"design a launch video for Pocket 4"*, *"mock up a Stripe dashboard"*)
- Task involves 2024+ release timelines, version numbers, or specs
- You catch yourself thinking *"I think that hasn't launched yet"*, *"it's probably at version N"*, *"it might not exist"*

Hard flow: `WebSearch` → read 1–3 authoritative results → write findings to `product-facts.md` → only then design.
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