frontend-design
Create distinctive, production-grade frontend interfaces with high design quality. Use this skill when the user asks to build web components, pages, artifacts, posters, or applications (examples include websites, landing pages, dashboards, React components, HTML/CSS layouts, or when styling/beautifying any web UI). Generates creative, polished code and UI design that avoids generic AI aesthetics.
76
63%
Does it follow best practices?
Impact
98%
1.11xAverage score across 3 eval scenarios
Passed
No known issues
Optimize this skill with Tessl
npx tessl skill review --optimize ./skills/data/1-frontend-design/SKILL.mdQuality
Discovery
92%Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.
This is a strong skill description that clearly communicates both what it does and when to use it, with rich trigger terms covering many natural user phrasings. Its main weakness is the broad scope which could overlap with other web development or coding skills, though the emphasis on design quality and avoiding generic aesthetics provides a meaningful differentiator. The description uses proper third-person voice throughout.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Specificity | Lists multiple specific concrete actions and outputs: 'web components, pages, artifacts, posters, applications' with further examples like 'websites, landing pages, dashboards, React components, HTML/CSS layouts'. Also specifies the quality dimension: 'production-grade', 'polished code and UI design', 'avoids generic AI aesthetics'. | 3 / 3 |
Completeness | Clearly answers both 'what' (create distinctive, production-grade frontend interfaces) and 'when' (explicit 'Use this skill when...' clause with specific trigger scenarios like building web components, pages, dashboards, styling/beautifying web UI). | 3 / 3 |
Trigger Term Quality | Excellent coverage of natural terms users would say: 'web components', 'pages', 'artifacts', 'posters', 'applications', 'websites', 'landing pages', 'dashboards', 'React components', 'HTML/CSS layouts', 'styling', 'beautifying', 'web UI'. These are terms users would naturally use when requesting frontend work. | 3 / 3 |
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk | While it focuses on frontend/UI with a design quality emphasis, the scope is quite broad ('web components, pages, applications') which could overlap with general coding skills or specific framework skills. The 'high design quality' and 'avoids generic AI aesthetics' angle provides some distinction, but the breadth of triggers could still cause conflicts with other web development skills. | 2 / 3 |
Total | 11 / 12 Passed |
Implementation
35%Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.
This skill reads more like a design manifesto than actionable technical guidance. While it effectively communicates a design philosophy and anti-patterns to avoid, it lacks any concrete code examples, specific implementation patterns, or executable guidance that Claude could directly apply. The examples section describes aesthetics in bullet points rather than showing actual HTML/CSS/React code, which is a significant gap for a frontend implementation skill.
Suggestions
Add concrete, executable code examples for at least 2-3 design patterns (e.g., a minimal dashboard layout in HTML/CSS, a React component with specific styling approach) instead of just describing aesthetic attributes in bullet points.
Include specific font import snippets, CSS custom property patterns, or Tailwind configurations that demonstrate the 'non-generic' aesthetic choices the skill advocates for.
Define a clear numbered workflow: 1) Assess context/purpose, 2) Choose aesthetic direction, 3) Select specific fonts/colors/spacing system, 4) Implement with specific technical approach, 5) Verify against the 'never use' checklist.
Replace vague directives like 'write production-grade code' and 'optimize performance' with specific techniques (e.g., 'use CSS containment for complex layouts', 'lazy-load images with loading=lazy').
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The skill has some unnecessary verbosity - the 'When to Use This Skill' section repeats the frontmatter description, and the long lists of aesthetic directions and do/don't rules could be tightened. However, it's not egregiously padded and most content is relevant. | 2 / 3 |
Actionability | The skill provides no executable code, no concrete commands, and no specific implementation patterns. It's entirely abstract guidance ('make bold choices', 'write production-grade code') with example descriptions that lack actual code. The examples section lists bullet points of design attributes rather than showing any implementation. | 1 / 3 |
Workflow Clarity | There's an implicit workflow (understand context → choose aesthetic → implement), but it's not clearly sequenced with numbered steps or validation checkpoints. The 'Design Philosophy' section suggests a pre-coding phase but doesn't define a clear process for moving from design decisions to implementation. | 2 / 3 |
Progressive Disclosure | The content is reasonably structured with clear sections and headers, but it's all inline in one file with no references to external resources. For a skill of this scope (covering multiple frameworks, design systems, responsive design, animations), there could be separate reference files for font recommendations, color palette guides, or framework-specific patterns. | 2 / 3 |
Total | 7 / 12 Passed |
Validation
100%Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.
Validation — 11 / 11 Passed
Validation for skill structure
No warnings or errors.
- Repository
- majiayu000/claude-skill-registry
- Commit
dea85ce
- Reviewed
Table of Contents
Is this your skill?
If you maintain this skill, you can claim it as your own. Once claimed, you can manage eval scenarios, bundle related skills, attach documentation or rules, and ensure cross-agent compatibility.