# design-review

The skill scores a screen or flow across six weighted dimensions, runs Nielsen's heuristics and returns a prioritized findings table.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 594 installs · ★ 3016
- Author: plugin87
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/plugin87/ux-ui-agent-skills/tree/HEAD/.claude/skills/design-review/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-26
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/plugin87-design-review

## What it does

This skill reviews a screen or a whole flow and gives it a score. Six dimensions carry weights: visual hierarchy, consistency, accessibility and usability at 20% each, responsiveness and performance at 10%. The overall number is a weighted sum.

What sits behind it: a rubric file with the scoring guide, a WCAG checklist for the accessibility pass, and `contrast.py` for color pairs you are unsure about. There is also a check against the Banned Defaults list in `taste/design-taste.md` and Nielsen's ten heuristics, with violations flagged by number. You get two tables back — the scored dimensions and the findings, each row carrying a severity from Critical down to Enhancement plus a recommendation that points at tokens.

One thing to know upfront: `npx skills add` installs the skill folder alone. Run the kit check before your first review, or the skill will report it cannot find the files and stop there. The rest of the kit comes in with `npx ux-ui-agent-skills init`.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add plugin87/ux-ui-agent-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 plugin87/ux-ui-agent-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 plugin87/ux-ui-agent-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 plugin87/ux-ui-agent-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 plugin87/ux-ui-agent-skills --skill design-review -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/plugin87/ux-ui-agent-skills --path .claude/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 plugin87/ux-ui-agent-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/plugin87/ux-ui-agent-skills/tree/HEAD/.claude/skills/design-review/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- score a finished screen across six dimensions and get one number
- flag Nielsen heuristic violations by number
- check the contrast of a questionable color pair before handoff
- sort findings by severity from Critical to Enhancement
- catch stock design patterns from the Banned Defaults list

## Example prompts
- run design-review on this screen and show me the findings table
- audit the checkout for accessibility and compute the weighted score
- check the button and background contrast with the skill's script

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: design-review
description: Review or audit a design/UI across 6 weighted dimensions with Nielsen's 10 heuristics and a prioritized findings table. Use when the user wants a design critique, quality score, heuristic evaluation, or audit of an existing screen, page, or product before/after build.
---

# Skill: Design Review

> **Step 0: is the kit here?** This skill reads files from the kit. Check once:
> `ls ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../../tokens >/dev/null 2>&1 && echo KIT_OK || echo KIT_MISSING`
> On `KIT_MISSING` only the skill folders were installed, which is what
> `npx skills add` does. Say so plainly, point the user at
> `npx ux-ui-agent-skills init` or the plugin install, and stop. Do not guess the
> contents of a file you could not open.

Run a structured, scored review.

## Steps
1. Read `${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../../workflows/design-review.md` (rubric, scoring guide, Nielsen heuristics, process).
2. Gather context: the screen(s)/flow, target users, platform, constraints.
3. Score the 6 dimensions (Visual Hierarchy 20%, Consistency 20%, Accessibility 20%, Usability 20%, Responsiveness 10%, Performance 10%); compute the weighted overall.
4. Run the accessibility lens with `${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../../accessibility/wcag-checklist.md`; use `${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../../scripts/contrast.py` for any color-pair doubts.
5. Check against the anti-slop tells in `${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../../taste/design-taste.md` (Banned Defaults checklist).
6. Apply Nielsen's 10 heuristics; flag violations by number.

## Output
- The 6-dimension scored table + overall score.
- A prioritized findings table: # · Severity (Critical → Major → Minor → Enhancement) · Finding · Recommendation.
- Concrete, token-referenced fixes.
```
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