# Design Audit Against Rams

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

- Repository: https://github.com/thedotmack/claude-mem (109099 stars)
- Category: Design
- License: Apache-2.0
- Last updated: 2026-11-01
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add thedotmack/claude-mem --skill design-is -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add thedotmack/claude-mem --skill design-is -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add thedotmack/claude-mem --skill design-is -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add thedotmack/claude-mem --skill design-is -g -a gemini-cli -y`
Claude Code plugin marketplace: `/plugin marketplace add thedotmack/claude-mem`

## Description

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.

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# 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).

The rest: https://github.com/thedotmack/claude-mem/blob/HEAD/plugin/skills/design-is/SKILL.md