# layout-paradigms-and-consistency

Selects screen paradigms like feeds, boards, tables, and split views to maintain layout consistency across app pages and marketing funnels.

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- Author: dembrandt
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/dembrandt/dembrandt-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/layout-paradigms-and-consistency/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-22
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## What it does

This skill targets layout consistency at the macro level. It defines the page skeleton and structural patterns across an application. Meso elements like button radiuses or micro tokens like status colors do not solve navigation confusion if every screen invents its own grid. The skill monitors files across `app/**`, `pages/**`, and UI components like `.tsx` or `.vue`.

Layout decisions follow the structure of underlying data. Chronological records become feeds. Workflow stages map to kanban boards. Records evaluated on shared fields require tables. Hierarchical entities call for a master-detail split. Beyond application views, it guides narrative pacing on SaaS landing pages, organizing proof points and calls to action.

A layout paradigm fails when selected before the data model is settled. Forcing a kanban layout on items without clear state progressions produces a broken workflow.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add dembrandt/dembrandt-skills --skill layout-paradigms-and-consistency -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add dembrandt/dembrandt-skills --skill layout-paradigms-and-consistency -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add dembrandt/dembrandt-skills --skill layout-paradigms-and-consistency -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install dembrandt/dembrandt-skills layout-paradigms-and-consistency
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/layout-paradigms-and-consistency/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add dembrandt/dembrandt-skills --skill layout-paradigms-and-consistency -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/dembrandt/dembrandt-skills --path skills/layout-paradigms-and-consistency
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add dembrandt/dembrandt-skills --skill layout-paradigms-and-consistency -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/dembrandt/dembrandt-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/layout-paradigms-and-consistency/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- select matching page paradigms for specific data models
- unify divergent screen layouts across an application
- structure master-detail views for hierarchical workflows
- organize narrative sections on conversion landing pages

## Example prompts
- Help me decide between a kanban board and a table for this workflow.
- Review our page templates in `src/pages` for layout consistency.
- Structure a SaaS landing page around our value proposition and proof points.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: layout-paradigms-and-consistency
description: Choose a layout paradigm (feed, board, table, canvas, master-detail, dashboard) and reuse it across screens. Includes a landing page narrative framework. Use when structuring a screen, page template or landing page.
metadata:
  priority: 8
  pathPatterns:
    - "app/**"
    - "pages/**"
    - "src/pages/**"
    - "src/app/**"
    - "**/layouts/**"
    - "**/templates/**"
    - "**/*.tsx"
    - "**/*.jsx"
    - "**/*.vue"
    - "**/*.svelte"
    - "design-system/**"
  promptSignals:
    phrases:
      - "layout"
      - "page layout"
      - "screen layout"
      - "layout paradigm"
      - "page template"
      - "app structure"
      - "dashboard layout"
      - "feed vs"
      - "master-detail"
      - "kanban"
      - "consistent layout"
      - "page structure"
      - "landing page"
      - "marketing page"
      - "hero section"
      - "product narrative"
      - "value proposition"
      - "proof points"
      - "call to action"
      - "saas landing"
  retrieval:
    aliases:
      - layout paradigm
      - layout archetype
      - page template
      - screen structure
      - layout consistency
      - cross-page consistency
      - app-wide layout
      - macro consistency
      - landing page structure
      - product narrative framework
      - marketing page review
    intents:
      - choose the right layout for this content
      - decide the overall structure of a screen
      - design reusable page templates
      - keep layouts consistent across the app
      - review whether screens feel like one product
      - structure a landing page so it converts
      - review whether a marketing page tells a coherent story
    examples:
      - should this be a feed, a table, or a board
      - what layout fits this kind of content
      - my detail pages are all structured differently
      - the app feels like several different products stitched together
      - design a consistent page template for these screens
      - review my landing page
      - our hero section is not converting
      - does this marketing page tell the right story
---

# Layout Paradigms and Consistency

A layout is not a neutral container you pour content into. The layout paradigm you choose is part of the argument about how the content should be read, compared, and acted on. Two products showing the same data can communicate completely different things depending on whether that data is a feed, a table, or a board.
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