plan-design-review
nexu-io/open-design
Senior designer review: rates design dimensions 0-10, explains excellence, flags AI Slop signals.
What is plan-design-review?
A design quality gate that evaluates UI work across multiple dimensions on a 0-10 scale. Use before merging to catch mediocre or AI-generated design patterns and ensure work meets senior design standards.
- Rates each design dimension on a 0-10 scale with detailed scoring
- Explains what a 10 looks like for each dimension
- Flags AI Slop signals and generic design patterns
- Provides actionable feedback for design improvements
- Acts as a merge gate for UI work quality control
How to install plan-design-review
npx skills add https://github.com/nexu-io/open-design --skill plan-design-review- Access to the upstream gstack repository for full workflow assets
How to use plan-design-review
- 1.Invoke the skill by name 'plan-design-review' or use trigger phrases like 'senior designer review', 'design rating', or 'ai slop check'
- 2.Provide the design work or UI components you want reviewed
- 3.Review the 0-10 ratings for each design dimension
- 4.Read the explanations of what excellence looks like for each dimension
- 5.Address flagged AI Slop signals and generic patterns before merging
Use cases
- Review UI components before merging to main branch
- Evaluate design system consistency across new features
- Assess whether designs meet senior-level quality standards
- Detect and flag AI-generated or template-based design work
- Gate design reviews in CI/CD workflows
- Design leads and senior designers
- Product teams with design quality standards
- Engineering teams managing design review processes
- Design system maintainers
plan-design-review FAQ
The skill rates multiple design dimensions on a 0-10 scale, though specific dimensions are determined by the upstream gstack workflow. Refer to the gstack repository for the complete dimension list.
AI Slop signals are indicators of generic, template-based, or AI-generated design patterns that lack originality or thoughtful customization.
Yes, it's designed as a gate before merging UI work, making it suitable for integration into design review processes and CI/CD pipelines.
The upstream bundle and complete assets are in the gstack repository at https://github.com/garrytan/gstack. Inspect the README there for exact paths and implementation details.
Full instructions (SKILL.md)
Source of truth, from nexu-io/open-design.
name: plan-design-review description: | Senior Designer review: rates each design dimension 0-10, explains what a 10 looks like, and flags AI Slop signals. Useful as a gate before merging UI work. triggers:
- "plan design review"
- "senior designer review"
- "design rating"
- "ai slop check" od: mode: design-system category: creative-direction upstream: "https://github.com/garrytan/gstack"
plan-design-review
Curated from Garry Tan (gstack).
What it does
Senior Designer review: rates each design dimension 0-10, explains what a 10 looks like, and flags AI Slop signals. Useful as a gate before merging UI work.
Source
- Upstream: https://github.com/garrytan/gstack
- Category:
creative-direction
How to use
This catalogue entry advertises the skill in Open Design so the agent discovers it during planning. To run the full upstream workflow with its original assets, scripts, and references, install the upstream bundle into your active agent's skills directory:
# Inspect the upstream README for exact paths
open https://github.com/garrytan/gstack
Then ask the agent to invoke this skill by name (plan-design-review) or with
one of the trigger phrases listed in this skill's frontmatter.
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