# design-review

Reviews the visual quality of a web page or app and produces a findings report with screenshots. Use it when an interface looks off and the cause is hard to spot.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1400 installs · ★ 1075
- Author: jezweb
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/jezweb/claude-skills/tree/HEAD/plugins/frontend/skills/design-review/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-09
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/jezweb-design-review

## What it does

This skill reviews layout, typography, spacing, colour, visual hierarchy and component consistency. It also checks hover and focus states, responsive behaviour, and contrast readability.

It produces a design findings report with screenshots. To inspect a page, it detects Chrome MCP, Playwright MCP, or `playwright-cli`; it prefers a deployed URL over `localhost`.

This is a visual review rather than a UX audit of usability or workflow friction. Compatibility is marked as Claude Code only, so the other listed environments warrant a separate installation check.

## Requirements
- Works with: Playwright

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install jezweb/claude-skills design-review
```

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

### Gemini CLI

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

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/jezweb/claude-skills --path plugins/frontend/skills/design-review
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

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

## When to use it
- spot inconsistent spacing and alignment
- check heading and body-text hierarchy
- find weak contrast and colour issues
- compare button, card, and input styles
- review responsive behaviour on mobile screens

## Example prompts
- Run a design review of this page and produce a report with screenshots.
- Check the layout, spacing, and typography in this web app.
- This interface looks off. Find the visual issues and suggest fixes.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: design-review
description: "Review a web app or page for visual design quality — layout, typography, spacing, colour, hierarchy, consistency, interaction patterns, and responsive behaviour. Not a UX audit (that checks usability) — this checks whether it looks professional and polished. Produces a design findings report with screenshots. Triggers: 'design review', 'does this look good', 'review the design', 'check the layout', 'is this polished', 'visual review', 'design audit', 'make it look better', 'it looks off'."
compatibility: claude-code-only
---

# Design Review

Review a web app or page for visual design quality. This is not a UX audit (usability, workflow, friction) — this checks whether the design is **professional, consistent, and polished**.

The goal: would a design-conscious person look at this and think "this is well made" or "this looks like a developer designed it"?

## When to Use

- Before showing something to a client or team
- When something "looks off" but you can't pinpoint why
- After building a feature, before calling it done
- Periodic quality check on a shipped product
- After a UX audit — this is the visual companion

## Browser Tool Detection

Same as ux-audit — Chrome MCP, Playwright MCP, or playwright-cli.

## URL Resolution

Same as ux-audit — prefer deployed/live over localhost.

## What to Check

### 1. Layout and Spacing

| Check | Good | Bad |
|-------|------|-----|
| **Consistent spacing** | Same gap between all cards in a grid, same padding in all sections | Some cards have 16px gap, others 24px. Header padding differs from body |
| **Alignment** | Left edges of content align vertically across sections | Heading starts at one indent, body text at another, cards at a third |
| **Breathing room** | Generous whitespace around content, elements don't feel cramped | Text touching container edges, buttons crowded against inputs |
| **Grid discipline** | Content follows a clear column grid | Elements placed freely, no underlying structure |
| **Responsive proportions** | Sidebar/content ratio looks intentional at every width | Sidebar takes 50% on tablet, content is squeezed |
| **Vertical rhythm** | Consistent vertical spacing pattern (e.g. 8px/16px/24px/32px scale) | Random spacing: 13px here, 27px there, 8px somewhere else |

### 2. Typography

| Check | Good | Bad |
|-------|------|-----|
| **Hierarchy** | Clear visual difference between h1 → h2 → h3 → body | Headings and body text look the same size/weight |
| **Line length** | Body text 50-75 characters per line | Full-width text running 150+ characters — hard to read |
| **Line height** | Body text 1.5-1.7, headings 1.1-1.3 | Cramped text or excessive line height |
| **Font sizes** | Consistent scale (e.g. 14/16/20/24/32) | Random sizes: 15px, 17px, 22px with no relationship |
| **Weight usage** | Regular for body, medium for labels, semibold for headings, bold sparingly | Everything bold, or everything regular with no hierarchy |
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