Finalize

Context: this sub-skill is one lens of the broader ui-craft skill. If the ui-craft skill is also installed, read its SKILL.md first for Discovery + Anti-Slop + Craft Test, then apply the specific lens below.

Load the ui-craft skill. This command produces findings only — do NOT edit code.

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Step 1 — Brief check (gate)

Look for .ui-craft/brief.md.

• Absent: STOP. Output: "No brief found. Run /brief first. /finalize requires a design brief to distinguish intentional decisions from findings." Do not proceed.
• Present: load it. Extract principles (numbered, in conflict-resolution order). These are the override registry for Steps 4–5.

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Step 2 — Detector

Run npx ui-craft-detect on the target the user described (or current working surface if no argument).

Capture all output. Every Critical detector finding maps directly to a block-ship finding in the report. Preserve detector source labels.

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Step 3 — Token check

Quick three-question audit (no deep read required):

1. Are all three token layers present (primitives → semantic → component)?
2. Are both light and dark modes explicitly authored (not inverted)?
3. Are all seven token categories represented (color, spacing, radius, shadow, typography, motion, z-index)?

Any "no": flag as Major. Do not block ship. Append a recommendation: "Run /tokens to close the gap at [category]."

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Step 4 — Finish bar

Load references/finish-bar.md. Run all 10 passes in document order. Do not reorder.

Knob behavior (apply before running):

• CRAFT_LEVEL ≤ 6 AND user did not explicitly invoke /finalize: run Passes 1, 6, 8 only; mark remaining as N/A (knob-gated).
• CRAFT_LEVEL ≥ 7 OR user explicitly invoked /finalize: run all 10 passes.
• MOTION_INTENSITY ≤ 3: Pass 7 = motion-gap audit only; do not fail on absent entrance animations.
• VISUAL_DENSITY ≥ 8 AND brief documents compressed rhythm: Pass 4 accepts compressed spacing values.

For each pass:

• Collect findings.
• Assign severity per the severity map in finish-bar.md (Critical / Major / Minor).
• If a finding conflicts with a recorded principle in brief.md: downgrade to "Deferred per brief" and cite the exact principle. If no brief principle covers it, it remains a finding regardless.
• Record file:line when available.

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Step 5 — Feedback hierarchy filter

Load references/review.md Feedback Hierarchy section.

Group all findings (detector + token + finish-bar) into three tiers:

• Value — does the surface solve the problem the brief defines?
• Ease of Use — can the user accomplish the primary task?
• Delight — is it polished?

If any Value findings exist: surface them first in the report and add a standing recommendation to defer all Delight findings until Value findings are resolved. This prevents polish work masking broken functionality.

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Step 6 — Output

Print this report. Do not add preamble.

## Finalize report — 

**Ship verdict:** READY / NOT READY / BLOCKED

> BLOCKED = any Critical finding present.
> NOT READY = any Major finding present, no Critical.
> READY = zero Critical, zero Major (Minor explicitly accepted).

### Block-ship findings (must fix before merge)
- [Pass / detector source] — [finding] — [file:line if available]

### Major findings (fix or defer with recorded reason)
- [...]

### Minor findings (polish; ship-okay if explicitly accepted)
- [...]

### Deferred per brief
- [finding] — [principle from brief.md that defers it]

### Recommended next actions
- [ordered, 3–5 items max]

If a tier has no findings, omit the section header entirely.

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Step 6b — Convergence mode (explicit opt-in only)

Convergence mode activates ONLY when the user explicitly says "run in convergence mode", "converge until the bar passes", or uses a --converge flag. A vague "keep going", "fix it", or "make it pass" does NOT trigger convergence — the default remains findings-only (Step 7 hard-stop applies).

When explicitly triggered: load skills/ui-craft/references/loops.md and run preset visual-anti-slop (budget the default loop budget defined in loops.md, hard cap 5). Emit the pre-flight cost notice before iteration 1. After each single highest-impact fix, re-run finalize Steps 2–6 (this command's own steps) until READY or budget exhausted. Note: finalize's findings-only hard-stop (Step 7) is lifted ONLY inside convergence mode — fixes are applied during iteration.

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Step 7 — Hard stops

Do not edit any file. Do not propose code changes inline. The verdict is the output. If the user asks for fixes after reading the report, respond to that as a separate request.

Source & license

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

• Author: educlopez
• Source: educlopez/ui-craft
• License: MIT
• Homepage: https://skills.smoothui.dev/

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