steve-jobs-design-review

Review designs and products against Steve Jobs' simplicity, focus, and end-to-end quality standards.

Updated Jun 27, 2026
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/rachmadideni/ai-staff-assistant --skill steve-jobs-design-review-rachmadideni
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Skill: steve-jobs-design-review
Source: https://github.com/rachmadideni/ai-staff-assistant/tree/main/.agents/skills/steve-jobs-design-review
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/rachmadideni/ai-staff-assistant --skill steve-jobs-design-review-rachmadideni

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

💡 This Skill includes references (resource) components.

What problem does it solve? Design and product reviews often end in vague feedback, consensus-driven compromises, and "good enough" verdicts that let mediocrity ship. This Skill applies Steve Jobs' documented review standards—ruthless simplicity, focus through saying no, demo-driven decisions, and binary verdicts—so every review produces a clear score, a cut list, and a ranked fix list. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Structured Review Protocol: Run a five-step review (state the promise, cold walkthrough, principle audit, cut list, binary verdict) with a fixed output format including a 0-10 score and INSANELY GREAT / NOT DONE verdict. - Six Quality Lenses: Audit simplicity, focus, how-it-works behavior, end-to-end experience, demo culture, and back-of-the-fence craft using detailed reference guides and Apple case studies. - Use Case: Paste a feature description, UI flow, or roadmap and ask for a Steve Jobs review—you get the One Thing the product must do, steps-to-value count, what to cut, ranked fixes, and the unseen surfaces (error states, invoices, cancellation flows) that fail the bar. ## Quick Start Ask the assistant to run a Steve Jobs design review on your product, feature, or roadmap and deliver the verdict with a cut list and fix list.

Frequently Asked Questions about steve-jobs-design-review

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

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How do I run a Steve Jobs style design review on my product?▼

State the product's promise in one sentence, experience it cold as a customer, then audit it against six lenses: simplicity, focus, how it works, end-to-end experience, demo quality, and back-of-the-fence details. End with a binary verdict—INSANELY GREAT or NOT DONE—plus a cut list and ranked fix list.

What is the output format of this design review?▼

The review always produces a fixed artifact: verdict with a 0-10 score, the One Thing the product must do, whether it keeps its promise, a cut list of removals, a ranked fix list with fix directions, and back-of-the-fence surfaces that fail the quality bar.

Can this skill review a roadmap or feature list, not just UI?▼

Yes. The focus and simplicity lenses apply directly to roadmaps: force-rank priorities, cut everything below the top three, require a kill for every addition, and collapse overlapping tiers using the 2x2 product matrix method.

When should I use a different skill instead of this one?▼

Use refactoring-ui for visual design fundamentals, ux-heuristics for usability audits, and microinteractions for detail polish. This skill focuses on product-level judgment: focus, simplicity, end-to-end experience, and ship-or-not verdicts.

Does the review require a working demo or prototype?▼

Yes. The protocol bans slide-only reviews and requires experiencing a working artifact on the target device with realistic data. If no demo exists, the finding is that there is nothing to review yet, and the session should be rescheduled.