# finalize

Runs your interface through a detector, token audit and a 10-pass finish bar, then returns READY, NOT READY or BLOCKED before you commit.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 850 installs · ★ 398
- Author: educlopez
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/educlopez/ui-craft/tree/HEAD/cli/assets/codex/skills/finalize/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-19
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/finalize

## What it does

This skill acts as a gate before merge. It looks for `.ui-craft/brief.md` first and stops if the file is missing, since without a brief there is no way to tell an intentional decision from a defect. Then it runs `npx ui-craft-detect`, checks the three token layers and whether light and dark modes are authored rather than inverted, and walks all 10 passes from `references/finish-bar.md` in document order.

Findings get sorted into Value, Ease of Use and Delight. Any Value finding comes first, with a standing recommendation to defer Delight work until the functional problems are gone — polish otherwise hides what is broken. Full surfaces also get a craft-intent check: exactly one signature decision is expected, and zero or two competing bets both land as Major. Marketing pages add a copy self-audit plus mechanical counts for eyebrows, layout families and hero discipline.

The skill edits nothing. It prints a report with file and line references, and the verdict follows from severity: any Critical finding means BLOCKED, Major without Critical means NOT READY. Some passes are knob-gated — with `CRAFT_LEVEL` at 6 or below and no explicit `/finalize` call, only passes 1, 6 and 8 run.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add educlopez/ui-craft --skill finalize -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add educlopez/ui-craft --skill finalize -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add educlopez/ui-craft --skill finalize -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install educlopez/ui-craft finalize
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add educlopez/ui-craft --skill finalize -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/educlopez/ui-craft --path cli/assets/codex/skills/finalize
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add educlopez/ui-craft --skill finalize -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/educlopez/ui-craft/tree/HEAD/cli/assets/codex/skills/finalize/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- get a READY / NOT READY / BLOCKED verdict before merging a UI
- separate deliberate design choices from real defects using the brief
- verify the three token layers and explicitly authored light/dark modes
- group findings into Value, Ease of Use and Delight tiers
- catch eyebrow floods and repeated layout families on a landing page

## Example prompts
- /finalize on the dashboard, is it ready to merge
- run finalize over this settings page
- run finalize in convergence mode and get it past the bar

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: finalize
description: "Pre-ship gate — runs detector, verifies brief and tokens, applies the 10-pass finish bar, ranks findings by feedback hierarchy. Use when the user wants to ship, merge, or finalize a surface and needs a verdict (READY / NOT READY / BLOCKED) before committing. Invoke when the user asks for finalize on their UI, or mentions 'finalize' alongside design / UI / frontend work."
---

<!-- HARNESS MIRROR — do not edit here. Canonical source: skills/ or commands/. After editing source, copy into cli/assets/<harness>/ and repo-root harness mirrors. -->

**Context:** this sub-skill is one lens of the broader `ui-craft` skill. If the `ui-craft` skill is also installed, read its SKILL.md first for Discovery + Anti-Slop + Craft Test, then apply the specific lens below.

Load the `ui-craft` skill. This command produces findings only — do NOT edit code.

---

## Step 1 — Brief check (gate)

Look for `.ui-craft/brief.md`.

- Absent: STOP. Output: "No brief found. Run `/brief` first. `/finalize` requires a design brief to distinguish intentional decisions from findings." Do not proceed.
- Present: load it. Extract principles (numbered, in conflict-resolution order). These are the override registry for Steps 4–5.

---

## Step 2 — Detector

Run `npx ui-craft-detect` on `$ARGUMENTS` (or current working surface if no argument).

Capture all output. Every Critical detector finding maps directly to a block-ship finding in the report. Preserve detector source labels.

---

## Step 3 — Token check

Quick three-question audit (no deep read required):

1. Are all three token layers present (primitives → semantic → component)?
2. Are both light and dark modes explicitly authored (not inverted)?
3. Are all seven token categories represented (color, spacing, radius, shadow, typography, motion, z-index)?

Any "no": flag as Major. Do not block ship. Append a recommendation: "Run `/tokens` to close the gap at [category]."

---

## Step 3b — Craft-intent check (full surfaces only)

Applies only when the target is a complete surface (dashboard, landing, auth, settings shell, portfolio) — skip for single components.

1. **Signature bet present?** Scan for exactly one memorable decision from `references/craft-intent.md` §3 (product / auth / marketing lists). Zero → **Major** ("no signature — surface is competent but anonymous; run `/bolder` or `/polish`"). Two or more competing → **Major** ("signature bets stack — keep the strongest, cut the rest").
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