visual-design

Designs and verifies user-facing layouts, states, and rendered visual results with accessibility checks.

4|Updated Jun 19, 2026
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/douglance/sdlc-plugin --skill visual-design-douglance
Or copy as Structured Prompt for Agent▼
Please help me install this Agent Skill.
Skill: visual-design
Source: https://github.com/douglance/sdlc-plugin/tree/main/.rulesync/skills/visual-design
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/douglance/sdlc-plugin --skill visual-design-douglance

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

What problem does it solve? Visual work often ships without anyone actually looking at the rendered result, leading to broken layouts, missing states, accessibility failures, and generic designs that could belong to any product. This Skill enforces a design-and-verify workflow where every composition is rendered, screenshotted, and judged before being declared done. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Composition and hierarchy review: Covers balance, spacing, alignment, typographic scale, and rejects generic generated-design defaults like unprompted gradients and decorative grids. - State and accessibility coverage: Designs empty, loading, error, populated, and responsive breakpoint states, plus contrast, focus order, keyboard operability, labels, and reduced-motion support. - Visual verification loop: Requires rendered screenshots as evidence for visual claims, with an optional on-page annotation loop where users mark up the live render directly. - Use Case: When building a new dashboard page, use this Skill to design the full composition across breakpoints, render it in a browser, capture screenshots, and iterate until the result is specific to the product brief. ## Quick Start Ask the agent to design and render the settings page for your app, then review the screenshots it produces and request changes to any state or breakpoint that looks wrong.

Frequently Asked Questions about visual-design

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

FAQPage Schema
How do I verify a UI design actually looks right before shipping?▼

Render the interface in a browser, capture screenshots at each relevant breakpoint, and judge the full composition rather than relying on passing tests or a clean console. Iterate on the rendered result until it is coherent and specific to the brief.

What UI states should a design cover?▼

A complete design covers empty, loading, error, and populated states plus responsive breakpoints. Each state should be rendered and inspected, not just specified, so layout problems like overflow or clipping are caught visually.

What accessibility checks does a visual design review include?▼

The review covers color contrast, focus order, keyboard operability, labels and alt text, and reduced-motion support. These checks apply to the rendered result, not just the markup.

When should I use the graphic-designer agent instead of working locally?▼

Use the graphic-designer agent when a bounded visual task can proceed independently, such as designing a single component or state. Work locally when the task is tightly coupled to other in-progress changes.

Why do generated designs often look generic?▼

Generated designs default to patterns like purple-blue gradients, decorative grids, bento-box sections, and oversized hero type regardless of context. A specific design derives hierarchy, palette, and assets from the actual product and brief.