Aesthetic
Create aesthetically beautiful interfaces following proven design principles.
Install
npx skills add mrgoonie/claudekit-skills --skill aesthetic -g -a claude-code -y- Repository
- mrgoonie/claudekit-skills2.2k
- Category
- Design
- Updated
- 7mo ago
- License
- See repository
- Context cost
- Lightabout 1,378 tokens
- Runs scripts
- No, instructions only
What it does
Create aesthetically beautiful interfaces following proven design principles. Use when building UI/UX, analyzing designs from inspiration sites, generating design images with ai-multimodal, implementing visual hierarchy and color theory, adding micro-interactions, or creating design documentation. Includes workflows for capturing and analyzing inspiration screenshots with chrome-devtools and ai-multimodal, iterative design image generation until aesthetic standards are met, and comprehensive design system guidance covering BEAUTIFUL (aesthetic principles), RIGHT (functionality/accessibility), SATISFYING (micro-interactions), and PEAK (storytelling) stages. Integrates with chrome-devtools, ai-multimodal, media-processing, ui-styling, and web-frameworks skills.
Aesthetic
Create aesthetically beautiful interfaces by following proven design principles and systematic workflows.
When to Use This Skill
Use when:
- Building or designing user interfaces
- Analyzing designs from inspiration websites (Dribbble, Mobbin, Behance)
- Generating design images and evaluating aesthetic quality
- Implementing visual hierarchy, typography, color theory
- Adding micro-interactions and animations
- Creating design documentation and style guides
- Need guidance on accessibility and design systems
Core Framework: Four-Stage Approach
1. BEAUTIFUL: Understanding Aesthetics
Study existing designs, identify patterns, extract principles. AI lacks aesthetic sense, standards must come from analyzing high-quality examples and aligning with market tastes.
Reference: references/design-principles.md - Visual hierarchy, typography, color theory, white space principles.
2. RIGHT: Ensuring Functionality
Beautiful designs lacking usability are worthless. Study design systems, component architecture, accessibility requirements.
Reference: references/design-principles.md - Design systems, component libraries, WCAG accessibility standards.
3. SATISFYING: Micro-Interactions
Incorporate subtle animations with appropriate timing (150-300ms), easing curves (ease-out for entry, ease-in for exit), sequential delays.
Reference: references/micro-interactions.md - Duration guidelines, easing curves, performance optimization.
4. PEAK: Storytelling Through Design
Elevate with narrative elements, parallax effects, particle systems, thematic consistency. Use restraint: "too much of anything isn't good."
Reference: references/storytelling-design.md - Narrative elements, scroll-based storytelling, interactive techniques.
