# Aesthetic Foundations

> Inject aesthetic principles from painting, photography, graphic design, and Eastern visual tradition into any visual/design decision. Use when reviewing UI/UX, making typography/color/layout/spacing choices, evaluating a screenshot, or when user asks "does this look good" / "how to improve this design" / "审美". Loads composition theory (rule of thirds, visual weight, leading lines), color theory (…

- **Type:** Skill
- **Install:** `agentstack add skill-caoxg-claude-skill-aesthetic-foundations-aesthetic-foundations`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [caoxg](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/caoxg)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [Agent Skills](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/agent-skills)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** MIT
- **Upstream author:** [caoxg](https://github.com/caoxg)
- **Source:** https://github.com/caoxg/claude-skill-aesthetic-foundations/tree/main/skills/aesthetic-foundations

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-caoxg-claude-skill-aesthetic-foundations-aesthetic-foundations
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## About

# Aesthetic Foundations

这个 skill 在你接到视觉判断任务时, **先把审美词汇激活**, 然后再开始评审或建议.
没有它的话默认会滑回"通用 web 风格": 圆角、Material 阴影、彩虹色 badge — 那不是审美, 那是肌肉记忆.

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## 触发后第一件事

**别立刻给答案. 先做一次 [critique-protocol](critique-protocol.md) 7 步走**:

1. 三秒第一印象 — 眼睛先落在哪?
2. 眯眼测试 — 层次还在吗?
3. 灰度测试 — 转黑白还能不能用?
4. 留白测试 — 空白是"意味" 还是"没填满"?
5. 裁剪测试 — 能砍掉什么?
6. 大师参照 — 哪条原则被违反 / 被尊重?
7. 改动清单 — 3-5 个具体动作, 不要"再干净一点"

详见 [critique-protocol.md](critique-protocol.md).

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## 加载哪些 reference (按主题)

| 任务 | 必看 |
|---|---|
| 布局 / 构图 | [references/composition.md](references/composition.md) + [references/grid-and-rhythm.md](references/grid-and-rhythm.md) |
| 色彩 | [references/color.md](references/color.md) |
| 字体 / 排印 | [references/typography.md](references/typography.md) |
| 信息层级 | [references/visual-hierarchy.md](references/visual-hierarchy.md) |
| 空 / 留白 | [references/ma-and-negative-space.md](references/ma-and-negative-space.md) |

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## 加载哪些 master (按情境)

| 情境 | 看谁 |
|---|---|
| 光与窗 / 单光源场景 | Vermeer (painters.md) |
| 平衡 + 非对称 | Mondrian, Bada Shanren (painters.md / 中式审美.md) |
| 用色块情绪 | Rothko (painters.md) |
| 决定性瞬间 / 几何瞬间 | 布列松 (photographers.md) |
| 隔离主体 / 极简肖像 | Avedon (photographers.md) |
| 工业克制 / 功能美 | Dieter Rams (designers.md) |
| 网格 + 极少字体 | Vignelli (designers.md) |
| 留白 / 东方极简 | 原研哉 + 中式审美.md |
| 中式语境 / 项目用中文 | [masters/中式审美.md](masters/中式审美.md) **优先于** Bauhaus |

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## 不变量 (别忘了)

- **审美不是规则集** — 是张力. 三分法 vs 居中, 网格 vs 破格, 都对, 看情境.
- **先看后说** — 任何"建议"前必须先描述眼睛实际看到的 (眼动 / 焦点 / 层次), 不要直接跳到 "建议把 padding 加到 16px".
- **不要逃进 hex** — "把 ink3 改成 ink2" 是 token 操作, 不是设计判断. 判断是: "这里需要更弱的灰让标题更突出".
- **数量级而非数值** — "留白翻倍" 比 "padding 24→48" 更靠近设计语言. 像素是结果, 不是输入.
- **不与 frontend-design 抢活** — 那个 skill 管"web UI 是否符合工程规范". 这个 skill 管"为什么这样组合好看".

## Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

- **Author:** [caoxg](https://github.com/caoxg)
- **Source:** [caoxg/claude-skill-aesthetic-foundations](https://github.com/caoxg/claude-skill-aesthetic-foundations)
- **License:** MIT

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Security capabilities

Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access:

- **Network access:** no
- **Filesystem access:** no
- **Shell / process execution:** no
- **Environment & secrets:** no
- **Dynamic code execution:** no

*"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.*


## Versions

- **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

- Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/skill-caoxg-claude-skill-aesthetic-foundations-aesthetic-foundations
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/caoxg
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