# anti-ui-slop

Keeps a coding agent from shipping a generic screen: it reads the product context, covers the required states, and checks the rendered result for visible breakage.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 475 installs · ★ 3679
- Author: davepoon
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/davepoon/buildwithclaude/tree/HEAD/plugins/all-skills/skills/anti-ui-slop/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-25
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/davepoon-anti-ui-slop

## What it does

The skill lays out a working order for a web or iOS screen. The agent reads the target screen, the product context and the existing design system, then names the primary user, action, content and constraints. From there it reuses the project's components, tokens, typography and interaction conventions. A substantial redesign gets a short design contract; a small fix stays small.

Labels and data come from the product. Inventing metrics, activity, testimonials or controls to fill a layout is off the table. A separate step covers loading, empty, error, success, disabled and permission states, with the primary action and recovery paths made clear. Where the environment supports rendering, the agent fixes observable clipping, overlap, inert interactions and responsive problems, runs the project's checks, and summarises what changed.

No account, token, script or MCP connection is needed — when external references are unavailable, the agent continues from repository evidence. The paid UIZZE MCP is a separate add-on for reference search and exposes two tools: `find_ui_references` and `find_ui_materials`. Reach for them only when the host provides an authenticated connection and a concrete visual question needs evidence. If retrieval comes back empty, keep going from the project.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add davepoon/buildwithclaude --skill anti-ui-slop -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add davepoon/buildwithclaude --skill anti-ui-slop -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add davepoon/buildwithclaude --skill anti-ui-slop -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install davepoon/buildwithclaude anti-ui-slop
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/anti-ui-slop/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add davepoon/buildwithclaude --skill anti-ui-slop -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/davepoon/buildwithclaude --path plugins/all-skills/skills/anti-ui-slop
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add davepoon/buildwithclaude --skill anti-ui-slop -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/davepoon/buildwithclaude/tree/HEAD/plugins/all-skills/skills/anti-ui-slop/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- strip the generic look from a first-draft interface
- fill in loading, empty and error states
- rebuild a screen on the project's own components and tokens
- catch clipping and overlap before shipping
- review someone else's screen and name the three most useful changes

## Example prompts
- Use anti-ui-slop on our billing settings page. Make the current plan, payment method and invoice history easy to scan. Reuse our components and tokens. Cover no invoices, payment failure and read-only access. Inspect desktop and mobile output and fix visible breakage.
- Review this screen with anti-ui-slop: name the three most useful changes first, then implement them within the requested scope.
- Redesign the onboarding screen with anti-ui-slop, taking labels and data from the product instead of inventing them.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: anti-ui-slop
category: design
description: Stop coding agents from shipping generic UI. Use UIZZE's 800,000+ real web and iOS screens to build product-specific interfaces, define a design contract, cover required states, and run a hard finish gate. Use for web or iOS UI design, implementation, redesign, critique, and pre-ship review in Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, and other coding agents.
---

# Stop Making UI Slop

Build product-specific interfaces with UIZZE's free anti-ui-slop workflow. Use the product brief, existing components, and design system to make the screen's hierarchy, content, controls, and states intentional.

## When to Use This Skill

Use it to design, implement, redesign, critique, or finish a web or iOS interface, especially when a first draft feels generic or omits important states.

## How to Use

1. Read the target screen, product context, and existing design system. Identify the primary user, action, content, and constraints.
2. Reuse the project's components, tokens, typography, and interaction conventions. For a substantial redesign, write a short design contract; keep a small fix small.
3. Use product-specific labels and real data requirements. Do not invent metrics, activity, testimonials, or controls to fill a layout.
4. Implement the required loading, empty, error, success, disabled, and permission states. Make the primary action and recovery paths clear.
5. When the environment supports it, render the result and fix observable clipping, overlap, inert interactions, and responsive problems. Run the project's relevant checks and summarize what changed.

The workflow works without an account, token, script, or MCP connection. Continue from repository evidence when external references are unavailable.

## Example

```text
Use anti-ui-slop on our billing settings page. Make the current plan,
payment method, and invoice history easy to scan. Reuse our components
and tokens. Cover no invoices, payment failure, and read-only access.
Inspect desktop and mobile output and fix visible breakage.
````
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