# normalize

Audits UI components and realigns them with project design tokens, spacing rules, and system patterns. Fixes styling drift and hard-coded values.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 546 installs · ★ 46
- Author: aladicf
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/aladicf/better-web-ui/tree/HEAD/skills/normalize/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-05-21
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/normalize

## What it does

The skill checks a target page, route, or UI component for drift against your design system. It systematically replaces arbitrary CSS values with standard color and spacing tokens. Custom one-off controls get swapped for shared library equivalents.

The workflow starts with an inspection phase. The agent searches the codebase for style guides, discovers existing patterns, and builds an alignment plan. After refactoring typography, layout, and accessibility tags, it cleans up dead code and runs repository test suites.

Without established design context, execution stops immediately. The instructions require loading `$frontend-design` for context gathering, or running `$setup` first if the repo lacks documented UI conventions.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aladicf/better-web-ui --skill normalize -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aladicf/better-web-ui --skill normalize -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aladicf/better-web-ui --skill normalize -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install aladicf/better-web-ui normalize
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aladicf/better-web-ui --skill normalize -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/aladicf/better-web-ui --path skills/normalize
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aladicf/better-web-ui --skill normalize -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/aladicf/better-web-ui/tree/HEAD/skills/normalize/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- replace hard-coded colors and margins with design tokens
- swap one-off custom widgets for standard system components
- audit focus states, contrast ratios, and touch target sizes
- clean up orphaned styles and unused component code after refactoring

## Example prompts
- /normalize src/components/BillingTable.tsx
- /normalize checkout page to match design tokens and spacing
- /normalize settings modal and restore standard component variants

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: normalize
description: Audit and realign UI to match design system standards, spacing, tokens, and patterns. Use when the user mentions consistency, design drift, mismatched styles, tokens, or wants to bring a feature back in line with the system.
metadata:
   argument-hint: "[feature (page, route, component...)]"
---

Analyze and redesign the feature to perfectly match our design system standards, aesthetics, and established patterns.

Normalization is not just visual cleanup. It is restoring the feature to the system so spacing, type, color, interaction, and hierarchy all speak the same language again.

Consult the [design-system alignment](../frontend-design/reference/design-system-alignment.md) reference for tokens vs components vs patterns, drift, and when to normalize locally versus escalate to system work.
Consult the [interaction design](../frontend-design/reference/interaction-design.md) reference when normalization includes restoring familiar patterns, improving target sizing, or removing bespoke interaction behavior from standard controls.
Consult the [legacy modernization](../frontend-design/reference/legacy-modernization.md) reference when the feature lives inside a legacy system, mixed old/new flow, or partial migration where low-risk upgrade strategy matters as much as visual alignment.

## MANDATORY PREPARATION

Users start this workflow with `/normalize`. Once this skill is active, load $frontend-design — it contains design principles, anti-patterns, and the **Context Gathering Protocol**. Follow that protocol before proceeding — if no design context exists yet, you MUST load $setup first.

---

## Plan

Before making changes, deeply understand the context:

1. **Discover the design system**: Search for design system documentation, UI guidelines, component libraries, or style guides (grep for "design system", "ui guide", "style guide", etc.). Study it thoroughly until you understand:
   - Core design principles and aesthetic direction
   - Target audience and personas
   - Component patterns and conventions
   - Design tokens (colors, typography, spacing)
   
   **CRITICAL**: If something isn't clear, ask. Don't guess at design system principles.

2. **Analyze the current feature**: Assess what works and what doesn't:
   - Where does it deviate from design system patterns?
   - Which inconsistencies are cosmetic vs. functional?
   - What's the root cause—missing tokens, one-off implementations, or conceptual misalignment?
   - If the feature is legacy or hybrid, which workflows and dependencies would make a "simple redesign" risky?
   - Which pain points can be improved safely now without breaking institutional workflow knowledge?

3. **Create a normalization plan**: Define specific changes that will align the feature with the design system:
   - Which components can be replaced with design system equivalents?
   - Which styles need to use design tokens instead of hard-coded values?
   - How can UX patterns match established user flows?
   - Where have standard interactions drifted away from familiar product conventions without a compelling reason?
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