Skills

Design Audit Against Rams

Audits a design against Dieter Rams' ten principles and proposes next steps.

Install

npx skills add thedotmack/claude-mem --skill design-is -g -a claude-code -y
Repository
thedotmack/claude-mem109k
Category
Design
Updated
3d ago
License
Apache-2.0
Context cost
Mediumabout 3,000 tokens
Runs scripts
No, instructions only

What it does

Audit a design against Dieter Rams' ten "Good design is..." principles, then hand off a /make-plan prompt for one of three outcomes, new design, refine design, or redesign. Use when the user says "audit this design", "design review", "check this UI against Rams", "is this UI good", "critique this design", "design audit", or asks for a critique that should lead to a plan.

Design Is

Do not use for

  • Routine UI code reviews → use /review
  • Pure copy edits → use a separate copy pass
  • Pre-design ideation with no artifact yet → start with /make-plan directly

You are an ORCHESTRATOR. Audit a design against Dieter Rams' ten principles, score each principle with evidence, decide the outcome verdict (NEW / REFINE / REDESIGN), and hand off to /make-plan with a ready-to-run prompt.

You do not write implementation code. You produce: evidence-cited scores, a verdict, and a /make-plan handoff prompt.

The Ten Principles (Dieter Rams)

Audit each principle in this exact order. Each gets a score 0, 3 and ≥1 piece of evidence (file:line, screenshot region, copy excerpt, or measured value).

Read the whole SKILL.md on GitHub

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