design-taste-frontend

Generates landing pages, portfolios, and redesigns with inferred design direction and anti-default rules.

Updated Aug 9, 2026
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/jwinar/carpet_gato --skill design-taste-frontend-jwinar
Or copy as Structured Prompt for Agent▼
Please help me install this Agent Skill.
Skill: design-taste-frontend
Source: https://github.com/jwinar/carpet_gato/tree/main/.claude/skills/taste/taste-skill
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/jwinar/carpet_gato --skill design-taste-frontend-jwinar

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

What problem does it solve? LLM-generated frontend code tends to fall back on the same templated aesthetic: purple gradients, centered heroes, three equal feature cards, and Inter on slate. This Skill forces the agent to read the brief first, infer the right design direction, and ship interfaces that do not look machine-generated. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Brief Inference and Design Read: Analyzes page kind, vibe words, references, audience, and constraints, then declares a one-line design read before writing any code. - Three-Dial Configuration: Tunes DESIGN_VARIANCE, MOTION_INTENSITY, and VISUAL_DENSITY per brief, with presets for SaaS landings, portfolios, editorial sites, and public-sector services. - Design System Mapping: Routes briefs to official packages (Fluent, Material, Carbon, Polaris, shadcn/ui, Tailwind v4) instead of hand-rolled imitations, with honest handling of aesthetics like glassmorphism and bento. - Anti-Slop Guardrails: Enforces rules against AI-purple defaults, serif overuse, eyebrow spam, zigzag repetition, wrapped CTAs, and low-contrast buttons, plus a mechanical pre-flight check. - Use Case: Ask for a premium consumer landing page and get a split-screen hero with a locked accent palette, real generated imagery, and Motion-based scroll animation instead of a beige-and-brass template. ## Quick Start Redesign my landing page to feel like a Linear-style minimalist SaaS site and apply the taste skill's pre-flight check before shipping.

Frequently Asked Questions about design-taste-frontend

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

FAQPage Schema
How do I stop AI-generated landing pages from looking templated?▼

Start with a brief inference step that identifies page kind, audience, and vibe before writing code. Then lock one accent color, vary section layout families, limit eyebrow labels, and run a pre-flight check that mechanically counts repeated patterns like uppercase tracking labels.

What design system should I use for a SaaS landing page?▼

For modern SaaS marketing sites, Tailwind v4 utilities with shadcn/ui components is the default recommendation. Enterprise briefs map to official systems instead: Fluent for Microsoft-style products, Carbon for IBM-style B2B, and Primer for GitHub-style devtools.

Should I use Tailwind v3 or v4 for a new frontend project?▼

Use Tailwind v4 for new projects, configured via @tailwindcss/postcss or the Vite plugin rather than the old postcss.config.js plugin. Tailwind v3 is only appropriate when an existing project already depends on it.

Can I use Framer Motion with Next.js Server Components?▼

Yes, but any component using Motion, scroll listeners, or pointer physics must be an isolated leaf component with 'use client' at the top. Import from motion/react in new code, and use useMotionValue instead of useState for continuous values like scroll progress.

Why do AI-generated sites always use purple gradients and serif fonts?▼

These are model defaults, not design decisions. The skill bans AI-purple as a default reach and restricts serif display fonts to briefs that explicitly name them or are genuinely editorial, rotating through alternative palettes and sans display families instead.

When is this frontend design skill not the right fit?▼

It is scoped to landing pages, portfolios, and redesigns, not dashboards, data tables, or multi-step product UI. Dense application interfaces need different density and navigation patterns than the marketing-site rules this skill enforces.