# transpose

Rethinks an experience for a new platform instead of shrinking it: interaction model, information priority and user context all change.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 2700 installs · ★ 226
- Author: ghaida
- License: CC0-1.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/ghaida/intent/tree/HEAD/skills/transpose/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/transpose

## What it does

The skill fires when a product moves to another platform or context: desktop to mobile, web to TV, app to kiosk, visual interface to voice. Responsive design is a layout concern, transposition is a UX concern. A dashboard built for a 27-inch monitor does not become a mobile experience by reflowing into one column, and a checkout flow made for keyboard and mouse does not turn into a TV experience by adding focus states.

Inside is a context analysis framework with several axes: input method, attention model, screen real estate, connectivity, environment, session length. Each axis spells out the differences between desktop, mobile, TV, voice, kiosk and embedded widgets. A separate section covers platform conventions for iOS and Android — system gestures, bottom-anchored navigation, Dynamic Type, the Android back button. The framework is meant to be filled in explicitly, not skimmed.

Transpose belongs to the Intent system and pairs with its neighbours: `/journey` designs the sequence, `/organize` supplies the navigation structure, `/fortify` maps failure modes. The skill advises against copy-pasting interaction patterns across platforms — when something feels forced, that is the moment to ask what the experience would look like if it had been born on mobile.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add ghaida/intent --skill transpose -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add ghaida/intent --skill transpose -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add ghaida/intent --skill transpose -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install ghaida/intent transpose
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add ghaida/intent --skill transpose -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/ghaida/intent --path skills/transpose
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add ghaida/intent --skill transpose -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/ghaida/intent/tree/HEAD/skills/transpose/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- move a desktop dashboard to mobile without losing its point
- plan one product across several device types
- audit where an interface breaks platform conventions
- design for TV, kiosk or a voice interface
- keep a journey continuous when users switch devices

## Example prompts
- work out how this screen should behave on mobile instead of just shrinking it
- audit cross-platform consistency in our app
- design the checkout flow for a TV set-top box

## Source text · SKILL.md · CC0-1.0

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name: transpose
description: >
  Rethinks experiences for different platforms and contexts — not just
  resizing, but reconceiving. Part of the Intent design strategy system.
  When an experience moves from desktop to mobile, web to TV, consumer app
  to kiosk, or visual interface to voice, the interaction model, information
  priority, and user context all change. Trigger when: adapting a design
  for a new platform, planning multi-device experiences, auditing
  cross-platform consistency, designing for TV/kiosk/voice/embedded,
  or when someone says "make it work on mobile" and you need to push back
  on "just shrink it." Also trigger for cross-device journey continuity,
  platform convention audits, or context-specific priority mapping.
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user-invocable: true
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# Transpose — Adapt Across Contexts

## Overview

Responsive design is a layout concern. Transposition is a UX concern.

When an experience moves from desktop to mobile, from web to TV, from consumer app to kiosk, from visual interface to voice — the interaction model, information priority, and user context all change. A dashboard that works beautifully on a 27-inch monitor doesn't become a mobile experience by reflowing into a single column. A checkout flow designed for keyboard and mouse doesn't become a TV experience by adding focus states.

Transposition means rethinking the experience for each context, not shrinking it to fit. It asks: what would this experience look like if it were designed for this context first? What would we add? What would we never have included? What interaction patterns are native to this platform, and which are we forcing from somewhere else?

**When to activate this skill:** Moving a product to a new platform, planning multi-device strategy, auditing cross-platform UX, designing for non-standard contexts (TV, kiosk, voice, embedded), or anytime someone says "just make it responsive" and the problem is bigger than layout.

---

## Skill family

Transpose works alongside the full Intent skill system:

- **`/journey`**: Your flows need to work across the contexts transpose identifies. A checkout flow on desktop is not the same journey on mobile or voice — journey designs the sequence, transpose ensures it fits the context.
- **`/organize`**: Navigation structure may fundamentally change per context. Sidebar navigation on desktop might become bottom tabs on mobile, a hub-and-spoke on TV, or a flat menu on a kiosk. Organize provides the IA; transpose adapts it.
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