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Design Is

Audit a design against Dieter Rams' ten principles and hand off a /make-plan prompt

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thedotmack/claude-mem
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110,174
Licence
Apache-2.0
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1 file

What it does

When installed, the agent reviews a user's interface or design by scoring it against Dieter Rams' ten 'Good design is...' principles, citing specific evidence for each score. It then gives a verdict of new design, refine, or redesign, and writes a ready-to-run /make-plan prompt for the chosen path. It is an orchestrator: it plans and critiques but does not write implementation code itself.

Great for

  • Designers who want a structured, principle-based critique of a screen or product
  • Developers who want a UI review that turns into an actionable plan
  • Teams preparing a redesign who need a documented scope, evidence, and scorecard

Skip it if

  • Routine code reviews of UI components, which the skill says should use /review instead
  • Pure copy edits, which need a separate copy pass
  • Early ideation with no design artifact yet, where starting with /make-plan directly is recommended

Try asking

  • “Audit this design against Dieter Rams' principles and tell me if we need a redesign”
  • “Design review of our checkout page at this URL”
  • “Critique this UI and give me a plan to refine it”
  • “Is this dashboard good? Run a design audit”
Step-by-step guide: how to use Design IsInstall, first run, examples, tips and FAQs

Install in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Download the skill

    The ZIP contains the 1 original files, the Apache-2.0 licence and an attribution note.

    design-is.zip
  2. 2

    Add it to your agent

    Claude Code (all projects)

    mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && unzip design-is.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/

    Claude Code / Agent SDK (this project only)

    mkdir -p .claude/skills && unzip design-is.zip -d .claude/skills/

    Claude apps (web/desktop): Settings → Capabilities → Skills → Upload skill, and choose the ZIP.

  3. 3

    Ask for the task

    No special command needed — the agent reads the skill's description and loads it when your request matches. Try one of the prompts above.

Get better results

  • Give a live URL or dev server address so the visual evidence subagent can take real screenshots rather than inferring from source
  • State the primary user and primary task up front, since the scope-lock phase depends on them
  • Expect it to write several files into a DESIGN-IS-<date> folder in your repo, so check that location before running

What's inside

  • SKILL.md

Redistributed unmodified from thedotmack/claude-mem under the Apache-2.0 licence. The assessment was drafted with AI from the skill's files on 2026-10-29. Skills can instruct your agent to run code — read SKILL.md and any scripts before installing.