# Design Critique Polish

> Critique and polish frontend interfaces before shipping, with focused review of hierarchy, typography, spacing, states, color, and UX clarity. Use when a page, component, or app surface feels unclear, inconsistent, flat, awkward, under-tested, or not yet production-grade and needs design verification instead of a broad rewrite.

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

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-markoblogo-abvx-agent-skills-design-critique-polish
```

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

## About

# Design Critique Polish

Run a deliberate critique pass before shipping. This is not a vague “make it nicer” prompt.

## Use For

- pre-ship review of a frontend surface;
- critique after implementation but before release;
- “this feels off, but I do not know why” situations;
- tightening hierarchy, spacing, typography, copy, motion, and edge states.

## Inputs

Take:

- the page, component, or route to review;
- screenshots, live URL, or repo files;
- current `PRODUCT.md` / `DESIGN.md` if available;
- known constraints: ship date, design system, browser targets, accessibility requirements.

## Critique Order

Evaluate in this order:

1. **Surface fit**
   - does this look like the right class of product or brand?
2. **Hierarchy**
   - can a first-time user tell what matters first?
3. **Layout and rhythm**
   - spacing, grouping, alignment, section cadence, empty space.
4. **Typography**
   - font choice, scale, line length, display/body contrast, overflow.
5. **Color and contrast**
   - palette discipline, readable text, accent overuse, weak affordances.
6. **States and resilience**
   - hover, focus, loading, empty, error, disabled, overflow, long labels.
7. **Motion and interaction**
   - helpful versus noisy; reduced-motion handling. If the diff materially changes transitions, keyframes, gestures, Lottie, popovers, toasts, or hover/press motion, run `motion-review-gate` as the dedicated review pass.
8. **Technical quality**
   - responsive behavior, accessibility signals, obvious performance issues.

## Output Mode

Produce:

- `what works`
- `what fails`
- `highest-leverage fixes first`
- `ship blockers`

Keep findings concrete. Name the surface, the defect, and the consequence.

## Fix Strategy

- Prefer small, high-leverage corrections over full rewrites.
- If the core design language is wrong, say so explicitly instead of endlessly polishing local details.
- If the page is good enough to ship, say that too and focus on blockers only.

## Common Frontend Tells To Catch

- same card pattern repeated everywhere;
- weak first viewport with no real anchor;
- gray text that reads low-contrast on tinted backgrounds;
- spacing that is mechanically even instead of rhythmic;
- headings that overflow or collapse on tablet/mobile;
- decorative motion without task value;
- UI copy that sounds like implementation notes rather than product language.

## Final Report

Include:

- top issues ordered by severity;
- what should change now versus later;
- whether the surface is ship-ready;
- what to verify in-browser after changes.

## Source & license

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

- **Author:** [markoblogo](https://github.com/markoblogo)
- **Source:** [markoblogo/abvx-agent-skills](https://github.com/markoblogo/abvx-agent-skills)
- **License:** MIT
- **Homepage:** https://abvx.xyz/work/abvx-agent-skills

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-markoblogo-abvx-agent-skills-design-critique-polish
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/markoblogo
- Browse the marketplace: https://agentstack.voostack.com/browse

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