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brutalism

Raw, anti-design aesthetic inspired by concrete architecture with unadorned elements, jarring layouts, and functional minimalism.

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Quality

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SKILL.md
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Quality

Content

85%

Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.

The body is a concise, well-structured authoring spec with a clear sequenced workflow, QA checklist, and quality gates, plus concrete token definitions. Its main gap is actionability: the rules stay at an abstract directive level without concrete examples of authored output.

Suggestions

Add one or two concrete examples of an authored component rule (anatomy, states, token usage) so the guidance is copy-paste ready rather than purely directive.

Pair each 'Do' rule with a concrete 'Don't' example as the 'Example Constraint Language' section itself recommends, to make abstract rules tangible.

Show a short sample QA-checklist entry with pass/fail criteria to demonstrate the testable acceptance criteria the skill asks for.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

The body is lean and sectioned into tight bullet lists with no padding or explanation of concepts Claude already knows; every section earns its place.

3 / 3

Actionability

Concrete grounding exists (color tokens like #DD614C, fonts, spacing scale 4/8/12/16/24/32, a 6-step workflow, and a required output structure), but the rules themselves are abstract directives ('preserve visual hierarchy', 'keep interaction states explicit') with no concrete authored examples to copy.

2 / 3

Workflow Clarity

The 'Guideline Authoring Workflow' gives a clear 6-step sequence backed by a QA checklist (step 6) and a 'Quality Gates' section with testable criteria, providing explicit validation checkpoints for an authoring task that is not destructive.

3 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

The skill is a single self-contained file with well-organized sections and no nested or broken references; no bundle files are present and none are needed, so navigation is straightforward.

3 / 3

Total

11

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12

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Description

57%

Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.

The description vividly characterizes the brutalism aesthetic with concrete adjectives and occupies a distinct niche, but it describes the style rather than the skill's actions and omits any 'Use when...' trigger guidance. Adding explicit capabilities and a use-when clause would raise completeness and trigger quality.

Suggestions

Lead with action verbs describing what the skill does, e.g. 'Authors and applies brutalist design-system guidelines...' to make the capability explicit.

Append a 'Use when...' clause listing natural triggers such as 'brutalist design', 'brutalist UI/website', or 'anti-design aesthetics'.

Include common user phrasings like 'brutalist' alongside 'brutalism' to improve trigger-term coverage.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Phrases like 'unadorned elements, jarring layouts, and functional minimalism' name the domain with concrete descriptive detail, but the description contains no action verbs describing what the skill actually does, so it falls short of listing multiple specific concrete actions.

2 / 3

Completeness

It conveys a partial 'what' (the brutalism aesthetic/domain) but describes the style rather than the skill's function, and there is no 'Use when...' trigger clause, which caps completeness at 2 per the rubric guidelines.

2 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

Terms 'brutalism', 'anti-design', and 'concrete architecture' are relevant keywords a user might say, but common variations such as 'brutalist design', 'brutalist UI', or 'brutalist website' are missing.

2 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The 'brutalism / anti-design' niche is highly specific and unlikely to be confused with other skills, matching the clear-niche anchor.

3 / 3

Total

9

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12

Passed

Validation

93%

Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.

Validation15 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

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Total

15

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16

Passed

Repository
bergside/awesome-design-skills
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