taste-skill
Anti-slop frontend art direction (tasteskill v2). Deals researched design directions for a page or app screen from a library built from curated gallery sites, enforces a strict no-generic-AI-UI house style with a real-browser inspector, and runs a look-and-fix loop on screenshots. Works in any web stack.
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Install
Works with every agent the skills CLI supports.
npx skills add https://github.com/podo/design-agent-skills --skill taste-skill- 01
Install
Run the command in your project. The CLI asks which agents to install for.
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Describe the task
Ask your agent for something this skill covers. It loads taste-skill automatically when relevant.
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Review the result
The agent follows the SKILL.md steps, scripts and references bundled with the skill.
SKILL.md
The instructions your agent reads when the skill is triggered.
taste-skill
<!-- das:install:start — generated from stub.yaml by `npm run generate`; edit stub.yaml, not this block -->Catalogue stub — full skill: Leonxlnx/taste-skill
Decision tree
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Is the full skill already installed? Upstream names this skill
design-taste-frontend, so it installs next to this pointer (the pointer is not replaced).- Global:
f=~/.agents/skills/design-taste-frontend/SKILL.md; [ -f "$f" ] && ! grep -q "^das:" "$f" && echo "installed" || echo "pointer" - Project:
f=.agents/skills/design-taste-frontend/SKILL.md; [ -f "$f" ] && ! grep -q "^das:" "$f" && echo "installed" || echo "pointer" installed→ the skill is installed asdesign-taste-frontend, invoke it and proceedpointer→ go to step 2
- Global:
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Detect scope, then install:
[ -e ~/.agents/skills/taste-skill ] && echo "global" || echo "project"Global:
npx skills add Leonxlnx/taste-skill --skill design-taste-frontend -g -yProject:
npx skills add Leonxlnx/taste-skill --skill design-taste-frontend -yClaude Code: send a command as a chat message starting with
!to run it without leaving the conversation.
Claude Code plugin route:
/plugin marketplace add Leonxlnx/taste-skill
/plugin install taste-skill@taste-skill
Heads-up
- Requires: Node.js 22 or later and an installed Chrome, Edge or Chromium (for the bundled inspector and screenshot scripts); network access for the asset script (it fetches pictures from open collections, no API keys)
- License: MIT
- Download size: ~39 MB.
Invoke after install
- Skill name:
design-taste-frontend - Trigger phrases: "design taste", "good taste", "anti slop", "premium UI", "make this look designed", "this page looks generic"
What it does
Art direction for websites and app screens, aimed at the generic look models default to (centred headline over three lines, a small label, a row of icon cards, a soft gradient). A script deals a few researched directions (idea, composition, type system, palette, hero and section blueprints, pictures of the subject's world) and you choose one; a house style with no ornaments is then measured in a real browser by an inspector script, and you look at screenshots at several widths, judge them against a rubric, fix, and look again. A separate run covers app screens such as dashboards, settings and inboxes. Use it whenever you build, restyle or review a landing page, product page, portfolio, one-pager or dashboard, or when a page looks generic or "AI-made".
The bundled scripts need Node 22+ and an installed Chrome, Edge or Chromium; one script fetches pictures from open collections over the network. Working files are written to .taste-skill/ in your project root.
When NOT to use
- Backend code, APIs, data pipelines, CLI tools, or any non-UI task
- When the user explicitly wants generic or template-style UI
- Native iOS or Android interfaces (use
mobile-app-designorswiftui-design-skill)
FAQ
What does the taste-skill skill do?
Anti-slop frontend art direction (tasteskill v2). Deals researched design directions for a page or app screen from a library built from curated gallery sites, enforces a strict no-generic-AI-UI house style with a real-browser inspector, and runs a look-and-fix loop on screenshots. Works in any web stack.
How do I install taste-skill?
Run npx skills add https://github.com/podo/design-agent-skills --skill taste-skill in your project. The skills CLI detects the agents you use and copies the skill into the right folder. For Claude Code you can also place the skill folder at ~/.claude/skills/taste-skill/ (personal) or .claude/skills/taste-skill/ (project).
Which AI agents can use taste-skill?
Any agent that supports the open Agent Skills format (a folder with a SKILL.md file), including Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, Windsurf, Cline, OpenCode and more.
Is taste-skill safe to install?
No partner security audit is available yet. Skills can run commands and scripts, so read the SKILL.md and any bundled files before installing.
Who maintains taste-skill?
It is published by podo in podo/design-agent-skills. It has 266 recorded installs.
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