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v1.86.0.0 feat: route outside reviews by harness (#2850)
* feat: add a restricted and supervised Claude Code runner Preserve configured authentication and models while enforcing tool access, strict completion JSON, bounded output and process cleanup. Cover argv, failure handling, session metadata and Windows process containment. * feat: route outside reviews by harness and migrate wrapper installs Use Claude Code from Codex and Codex from other supported hosts, with shared invocation rendering, positive gate validation and per-phase provenance. Rename /claude to /claude-code, repair managed shared and copied installations safely, and generate native Kiro skills. Add installed-workflow, failure-injection and live cross-harness regression coverage. * test: recognize CEO mode labels without terminal spacing The paid workflow rendered SCOPEEXPANSION at option 4, but its driver required a literal space. Match the leading mode title without cursor-spacing artifacts and ignore adjacent preview text. Preserve missing-target failures and downstream posture assertions. * test: isolate plan-count fixtures before starting review workflows Seed the complete test plan in a private git repository before launching Claude, so a bare slash command cannot review the live workspace while a delayed fixture message remains queued. Preserve count thresholds, parsers and budgets. Add initial-context and installed-discovery tests, and retain startup/terminal diagnostics on failed evaluations. * test: stabilize review fixtures and Claude eval startup Preserve source boundaries in workflow judge inputs, isolate CEO mode plans, and wait for interactive trust input readiness. Keep startup failure evidence and retain existing models, budgets, and assertions. Co-Authored-By: OpenAI Codex <noreply@openai.com> * test: classify collapsed review modes and isolate seeded findings Keep review questions out of the setup count when terminal cursor positioning removes spaces. State existing webhook safeguards so the five-finding control measures its seeded defects without accidental extra security and concurrency gaps. Preserve question bands and the paired control. Co-Authored-By: OpenAI Codex <noreply@openai.com> * test: isolate browser daemon state across free shards Co-Authored-By: OpenAI Codex <noreply@openai.com> * test: stabilize native review counting and interactive navigation Co-Authored-By: OpenAI Codex <noreply@openai.com> * chore: prepare v1.82.0.0 release Co-Authored-By: OpenAI Codex <noreply@openai.com> * fix: eliminate browser and process-cleanup test flakes Pin every CI surface to Bun 1.4.0 to avoid extra-stdio finalizers closing reused live sockets. Add an isolated GC/listener regression that fails on Bun 1.3.13, and prevent coordinated rollback to an affected CI runtime. Check renderer cleanup against the render's own staging directory so concurrent renders cannot invalidate the assertion. Make the no-pgrep process-tree walk tolerate disappearing /proc entries, and synchronize its test fixture through child readiness and pipe EOF instead of sleeps. Validation: 9,157 passed, 31 skipped, zero failures across 556 files with retries disabled. Build, all-host generation freshness, and skill checks passed. All three races have failing-before/passing-after regressions. * fix: count completed native review questions in evals * fix: drive review navigation from confirmed native choices * fix: require complete section-loading eval reports * test: isolate telemetry HTTP transport from local assertions * fix: keep review input on the active native question * test: let tunnel revocation daemon choose an available port * test: allocate available ports for pairing and watchdog fixtures * fix: stabilize planning eval navigation and phase reporting * test: isolate installed runtime paths in planning evals * test: stabilize review evidence and concurrent refresh fixtures * fix: resolve design findings before editing the plan * fix: honor and persist disabled outside plan reviews * fix: preserve planning decisions and terminal evidence Load installed host reviews at autoplan phase entry and wait for completed reviewers and saved artifacts. Reuse approved remedies while preserving individual finding decisions. Drive interactive evals from the current terminal viewport, bind native questions across scrolling, and require complete native report evidence. Cover captured stale menus, permission lifecycles, setup classification, and disabled-review tool availability with deterministic regressions. Advance release metadata and the upgrade migration to the unclaimed 1.83.0.0 slot. * fix: drive native review questions and preserve current plans Use the native single-choice keyboard protocol and current terminal viewport, with per-question navigation inside packets and completed-call coverage. Keep permissions, multi-select menus, and Submit controls distinct. Send Autoplan reviewers the amended implementation plan, keep its review record separate, and supply retained application contracts in the chain fixture. Clarify individual DevEx decisions and complete CEO fix options; use one active plan destination for the section-loading report. * fix: preserve complete plan-review decisions * fix: recognize native plan dialogs and reviewer controls * fix: preserve review decisions and phase completion * fix: recognize completed reviews without losing findings * fix: preserve review continuity and native eval completion * test: fix native review completion and eval retry isolation * test: handle native review menus and complete eval fixtures * test: fix native review setup, completion, and isolation failures * test: limit native skill discovery to runtime assets * fix: bind Autoplan reviews to full ordered phase inputs * test: fix planning eval routing, counting, and timeout handling * chore: advance queued release to v1.84.0.0 * fix: preserve complete review inputs and planning decisions * fix: reconcile review approvals and preserve phase obligations * fix: preserve review obligations and unblock eval permissions Carry recorded Autoplan requirements into blind phase inputs, require Eng review approvals before exit, and exercise combined asynchronous flows in CEO reviews. Correct native finding and handoff classification and unblock repeated report edits using scoped request identities. * fix: retain plan requirements and complete native review dialogs * fix: complete native review prompts and retain plan references * fix: preserve review inputs and classify native eval evidence * fix: check competing completion orders in CEO reviews * fix: recognize review decisions and require phase methodology Require the current phase methodology before Autoplan snapshots. Correct substantive decision, closed handoff, and cache-finding classification, and honor the recommended implementation approach in native review dialogs. Add captured-transcript regressions without changing review thresholds, provider models, retries, or deadlines. * test: bind native review decisions and close completed handoffs * fix: complete review dialogs and verify methodology delivery * fix: preserve review evidence and unblock native eval prompts * fix: handle native review question completions * fix: recognize native review narration and controls * fix: count native review decisions and isolate eval fixtures * test: verify seeded review coverage and current artifact permissions * test: isolate model and brain-aware skill renders * fix: repair native workflow evaluation and clarify review steps * fix: stabilize workflow eval evidence and review guidance * test: repair native workflow observation and fixture isolation * fix: recognize completed workflow evidence and owned skill reads * test: repair seeded workflow delivery and completion evidence * test: recognize current review evidence across native forms * test: handle native review variants and permission redraws * fix: honor review preferences and recognize native eval evidence * test: recognize completed review decisions and queued permissions * test: match current review contracts and partial-line edits * test: recognize completed workflow evidence and bounded human waits * fix: preserve review entry gates and native eval interactions * fix: recognize native workflow evidence and preserve review gates * test: recognize current review evidence and preconfigure workflow fixtures * test: recognize completed review findings and scoped artifact permissions * fix: stabilize native workflow review and permission evidence * fix: recognize current review evidence and scoped edit confirmations Clarify Design and engineering review entry instructions and Design scoring. Recognize required legacy coverage and public Autoplan completion recaps. Bind the pending Edit confirmation to its exact file, ordered digest, and one-request approval when a preceding command display remains visible. Keep reviews within their existing size limits and preserve scope gates when extracting workflow fixtures from either supported preamble header. Keep failure outcomes, review thresholds, provider choices, and eval budgets. * fix: recover review workflow progress and eval evidence * fix: recognize valid review evidence and scope selection * test: fix review evidence parsing and repeated artifact prompts * test: recognize valid review decisions and pending native cards * fix(plan-eng-review): keep final navigation consistent with approved tasks * test: recognize valid review evidence and bind legacy diff requests * fix: stabilize review eval evidence and harness repair guidance * docs: update project documentation for v1.85.0.0 Co-Authored-By: OpenAI Codex <noreply@openai.com> * test: fix Windows CI fixtures and credential scan Rebase captured JSON values and filesystem evidence using the appropriate path convention. Compile native fake CLIs on Windows and synchronize pipe holder readiness, with cleanup retained when assertions fail. Assemble synthetic credential fixtures at runtime so the added-line scan keeps enforcing the same gate without flagging its own rejection controls. Discover generated skills directly for the empty-find regression check, avoiding a recursive scan through saved evaluation artifacts and dependencies. * fix: preserve source renders on Windows Compare canonical generator paths using native separators so an output sidecar pointing at the source cannot overwrite its skill or metadata. Keep the regression fixture isolated from the real checkout and expose freshness diagnostics before asserting subprocess status. Detach Windows drain-test pipe holders from the fake provider's automatic child cleanup while preserving the enclosing runner job and its assertions. * fix: clarify outside review fallback and CEO decisions Render one applicable own-harness fallback path and retain native review, disabled policy, and missing-coverage semantics. Align report field names and mode labels, and make the existing per-cut scope approval explicit. Regenerate skill outputs and keep the workflow judge's model, thresholds, and retry policy unchanged. * chore: move release to free version slot (v1.86.0.0) PR #2852 now claims v1.85.0.0. Align the release metadata and rename migration so upgrades from that version still receive it. Co-Authored-By: OpenAI Codex <noreply@openai.com> * fix: include engineering review prerequisites and restore branch context * fix: recognize coverage diagrams and clarify design review instructions * fix: preserve file identities and join Windows test processes --------- Co-authored-by: OpenAI Codex <noreply@openai.com>
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@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ At session start or after compaction, recover recent project context.
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```bash
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eval "$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-slug 2>/dev/null)"
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_BRANCH=$(git branch --show-current 2>/dev/null | tr -cd 'a-zA-Z0-9._/-') || :; _BRANCH=${_BRANCH:-unknown}
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_PROJ="${GSTACK_HOME:-$HOME/.gstack}/projects/${SLUG:-unknown}"
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if [ -d "$_PROJ" ]; then
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echo "--- RECENT ARTIFACTS ---"
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@@ -286,7 +287,7 @@ fi
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If artifacts are listed, read the newest useful one. If `LAST_SESSION` or `LATEST_CHECKPOINT` appears, give a 2-sentence welcome back summary. If `RECENT_PATTERN` clearly implies a next skill, suggest it once.
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**Cross-session decisions.** If `ACTIVE DECISIONS` are listed, treat them as prior settled calls with their rationale — do not silently re-litigate them; if you're about to reverse one, say so explicitly. Reach for `~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-decision-search` whenever a question touches a past decision ("what did we decide / why / did we try"). When you or the user make a DURABLE decision (architecture, scope, tool/vendor choice, or a reversal) — NOT a turn-level or trivial choice — log it with `~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-decision-log` (`--supersede <id>` for a reversal). Reliable and local; gbrain not required.
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**Cross-session decisions.** Honor listed `ACTIVE DECISIONS` and their rationale; do not silently re-litigate them, and announce planned reversals. Use `~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-decision-search` for past-decision questions. Log DURABLE decisions by you or the user (architecture, scope, tool/vendor choice, reversal; not trivial or turn-level choices) with `~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-decision-log` (`--supersede <id>` for reversals). Reliable and local; gbrain not required.
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## Writing Style (skip entirely if `EXPLAIN_LEVEL: terse` appears in the preamble echo OR the user's current message explicitly requests terse / no-explanations output)
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@@ -452,9 +453,7 @@ Skills that run plan reviews (`/plan-*-review`, `/codex review`) include the EXI
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# /design-consultation: Your Design System, Built Together
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Act as a senior product designer: listen, research, and propose typography, color, and visual systems. Explain your reasoning and welcome pushback; do not present a form-like menu.
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**Your posture:** Design consultant, not form wizard. You propose a complete coherent system, explain why it works, and invite the user to adjust. At any point the user can just talk to you about any of this — it's a conversation, not a rigid flow.
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Act as a senior product designer: listen, research, and propose a coherent visual system with reasons. Welcome adjustments and conversation at any point; avoid form-like menus.
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---
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@@ -627,9 +626,7 @@ MUST be saved to `~/.gstack/projects/$SLUG/designs/`, NEVER to `.context/`,
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`docs/designs/`, `/tmp/`, or any project-local directory. Design artifacts are USER
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data, not project files. They persist across branches, conversations, and workspaces.
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If `DESIGN_READY`: Phase 5 will generate AI mockups of your proposed design system applied to real screens, instead of just an HTML preview page. Much more powerful — the user sees what their product could actually look like.
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If `DESIGN_NOT_AVAILABLE`: Phase 5 falls back to the HTML preview page (still good).
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Phase 5: `DESIGN_READY` uses AI mockups on realistic product screens; `DESIGN_NOT_AVAILABLE` uses an HTML preview.
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---
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@@ -686,7 +683,7 @@ sections. Read a section in full before doing its step; do not work from memory.
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## Phase 1: Product Context
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Ask the user a single question that covers everything you need to know. Pre-fill what you can infer from the codebase.
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Start with one context question, then ask the memorable-thing question below. Pre-fill what you can infer from the codebase.
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**AskUserQuestion Q1 — include ALL of these:**
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1. Confirm what the product is, who it's for, what space/industry
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**Memorable-thing forcing question.** Before moving on, ask the user: *"What's the one
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thing you want someone to remember after they see this product for the first time?"*
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One sentence answer. Could be a feeling ("this is serious software for serious work"),
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a visual ("the blue that's almost black"), a claim ("faster than anything else"), or
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a posture ("for builders, not managers"). Write it down. Every subsequent design
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decision should serve this memorable thing. Design that tries to be memorable for
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everything is memorable for nothing.
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Record one sentence: a feeling, visual, claim, or posture (e.g., "for builders, not managers"). Every design decision should serve it.
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### Taste profile (if this user has prior sessions)
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# Each dimension has approved[] and rejected[] entries with
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# { value, confidence, approved_count, rejected_count, last_seen }
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# Confidence decays 5% per week of inactivity — computed at read time.
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cat "$_TASTE_PROFILE" 2>/dev/null | head -200
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cat "$_TASTE_PROFILE" 2>/dev/null
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echo "TASTE_PROFILE_FOUND"
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else
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echo "NO_TASTE_PROFILE"
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fi
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```
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**If TASTE_PROFILE_FOUND:** Summarize the strongest signals (top 3 approved entries
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per dimension by confidence * approved_count). Include them in the design brief:
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**If TASTE_PROFILE_FOUND:** Parse the full JSON; malformed/unreadable uses the legacy fallback. After decay, rank each dimension by confidence * approved_count (or rejected_count); take three per kind. Count retained sessions (at most 50, not lifetime). Include in the brief:
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"Based on \${SESSION_COUNT} prior sessions, this user's taste leans toward:
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"Based on [number of retained sessions] recorded sessions, this user's taste leans toward:
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fonts [top-3], colors [top-3], layouts [top-3], aesthetics [top-3]. Bias
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generation toward these unless the user explicitly requests a different direction.
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Also avoid their strong rejections: [top-3 rejected per dimension]."
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**If NO_TASTE_PROFILE:** Fall through to per-session approved.json files (legacy).
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**Legacy fallback:** Glob `~/.gstack/projects/$SLUG/designs/**/approved.json`; Read the five newest. Use explicit feedback only, never infer fonts/colors from variant letters. No usable files: continue without a taste profile.
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**Conflict handling:** If the current user request contradicts a strong persistent
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signal (e.g., "make it playful" when taste profile strongly prefers minimal), flag
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this time — I'll proceed, but want me to update the taste profile, or treat this
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as a one-off?"
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**Decay:** Confidence scores decay 5% per week. A font approved 6 months ago with
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10 approvals has less weight than one approved last week. The decay calculation
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happens at read time, not write time, so the file only grows on change.
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**Decay:** Multiply stored confidence by 0.95 raised to elapsed weeks since last_seen (minimum zero weeks). Skip invalid dates/confidence; do not rewrite the file while reading.
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**Schema migration:** If the file has no `version` field or `version: 0`, it's
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the legacy approved.json aggregate — `~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-taste-update`
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will migrate it to schema v1 on the next write.
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If a taste profile exists for this project, factor it into your Phase 3 proposal.
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The profile reflects what the user has actually approved in prior sessions — treat
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it as a demonstrated preference, not a constraint. You may still deliberately
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depart from it if the product direction demands something different; when you do,
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say so explicitly and connect the departure to the memorable-thing answer above.
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Use prior taste as a preference in Phase 3. If this product needs a departure, explain it through the memorable-thing answer.
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---
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**Step 2: Visual research (Aside, or `$B` when Aside is absent)**
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If the Aside check printed `READY`, pick the top 3-5 sites from Step 1 (or from your own knowledge of the space when Step 1 skipped) and **AskUserQuestion with the exact URLs** before opening anything: "I'd like to open these in your Aside browser (read-only, your real sessions): 1. <url> 2. <url> 3. <url> — open all, drop some, or swap in others?" Search results never choose which origins get the user's cookies; the user does. Open only the sites they confirmed — one script per site, read-only:
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If the Aside check printed `READY`, pick the top 3-5 sites from Step 1 (or from your own knowledge if search returned no usable candidates) and **AskUserQuestion with the exact URLs** before opening anything: "I'd like to open these in your Aside browser (read-only, your real sessions): 1. <url> 2. <url> 3. <url> — open all, drop some, or swap in others?" Search results never choose which origins get the user's cookies; the user does. Open only the sites they confirmed — one script per site, read-only:
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```bash
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aside repl '
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- WebSearch only → search results (still good)
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- Neither → agent's built-in design knowledge (always works)
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If the user said no research, skip entirely and proceed to Phase 3 using your built-in design knowledge.
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If the user said no research, skip Phase 2 and use your built-in design knowledge. The optional outside-voices choice below still applies.
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---
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## Design Outside Voices (parallel)
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Draft your own direction now. Keep that draft out of both reviewers' prompts; send the product context. Phase 3 compares completed proposals before Q2.
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## Design Outside Voices (independent)
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Use AskUserQuestion:
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> "Want outside design voices? Codex evaluates against OpenAI's design hard rules + litmus checks; Claude subagent does an independent design direction proposal."
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> "Want outside design voices? Codex proposes an independent design direction; Claude subagent does an independent design direction proposal."
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>
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> A) Yes — run outside design voices
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> B) No — proceed without
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If user chooses B, skip this step and continue.
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If user chooses B, record one declined result as described below, skip both voices, and continue to Phase 3.
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**Check Codex availability:**
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```bash
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command -v codex >/dev/null 2>&1 && echo "CODEX_AVAILABLE" || echo "CODEX_NOT_AVAILABLE"
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_OUTSIDE_CFG=enabled # This caller has its own opt-in/skip control.
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if [ "$_OUTSIDE_CFG" = disabled ]; then
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echo 'CODEX_MODE: disabled'
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elif ( # GSTACK_ACTIVE_HOST names the harness, never the model.
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if { [ -n "${CODEX_THREAD_ID:-}" ] || [ -n "${CODEX_SANDBOX:-}" ] || [ "${GSTACK_ACTIVE_HOST:-}" = codex ]; }; then
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echo 'Codex outside review unavailable: harness mismatch; no outside process started. Missing coverage.' >&2
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if { [ -n "${CLAUDECODE:-}" ] || [ "${GSTACK_ACTIVE_HOST:-}" = claude ]; } && { [ -n "${CODEX_THREAD_ID:-}" ] || [ -n "${CODEX_SANDBOX:-}" ] || [ "${GSTACK_ACTIVE_HOST:-}" = codex ]; }; then
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echo 'Inherited harness markers conflict. Run setup --host <actual-harness> (claude or codex); do not guess a replacement provider.' >&2
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else
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echo 'Repair installed skills: run setup --host codex from your gstack checkout.' >&2
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fi
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exit 78
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fi
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); then
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if command -v codex >/dev/null 2>&1; then echo 'CODEX_MODE: ready'; else echo 'CODEX_MODE: not_installed'; fi
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else
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echo 'CODEX_MODE: under_current_harness'
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fi
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```
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**If Codex is available**, launch both voices simultaneously:
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The historical `CODEX_MODE` variable describes **Codex** availability here. Authentication and configured model validity are checked by the actual invocation, without overriding either. Missing/broken CLI: install or repair Codex; authentication failure: run `codex login`. Honor this caller’s existing opt-in/skip choice. Any non-ready outcome is missing outside coverage; follow the caller’s existing fallback. Never substitute another external provider.
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Declined: skip both voices. Non-ready: retain the repair notice, use only the native voice, and record `outside_status: unavailable` even if it succeeds. The invocation rechecks the harness before spawning.
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**When ready**, run both voices and await both before synthesis. Overlap calls
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if supported; keep the native call blocking.
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1. **Codex design voice** (via Bash):
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```bash
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TMPERR_DESIGN=$(mktemp /tmp/codex-design-XXXXXXXX)
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_REPO_ROOT=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel) || { echo "ERROR: not in a git repo" >&2; exit 1; }
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codex exec "Given this product context, propose a complete design direction:
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Prompt (include the actual plan/product/frontend source context, not only file paths):
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"Given this product context, propose a complete design direction:
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- Visual thesis: one sentence describing mood, material, and energy
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- Typography: specific font names (not defaults — no Inter/Roboto/Arial/system) + hex colors
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- Color system: CSS variables for background, surface, primary text, muted text, accent
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- Typography: specific font names with display/body/UI roles (no Inter/Roboto/Arial/system defaults); the parent verifies font availability before adoption
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- Color system: hex values and CSS variables for background, surface, primary text, muted text, accent
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- Layout: composition-first, not component-first. First viewport as poster, not document
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- Differentiation: 2 deliberate departures from category norms
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- Anti-slop: none of purple gradient palette, the 3-column feature grid, centered everything, decorative blobs and dividers, nested cards, kicker above heading, icon tile above every heading, dark-mode glow
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Be opinionated. Be specific. Do not hedge. This is YOUR design direction — own it." -C "$_REPO_ROOT" -s read-only -c "model=\"${GSTACK_CODEX_MODEL:-gpt-6-astra}\"" -c 'model_reasoning_effort="medium"' -c 'web_search="cached"' < /dev/null 2>"$TMPERR_DESIGN"
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```
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Use a 5-minute timeout (`timeout: 300000`). After the command completes, read stderr:
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Be opinionated. Be specific. Do not hedge. This is YOUR design direction — own it.
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End with Recommendation: <direction> because <product-specific reason>."
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Use Write to save the **complete prompt and context** in a private file. Replace `<prepared-prompt-file>` below with its shell-quoted path; never interpolate user text into shell source. Include actual plan/spec/source content. Request a complete design proposal ending with Recommendation: <direction> because <product-specific reason>. A refusal is never completion.
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```bash
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echo 'Codex outside review unavailable: harness mismatch; no outside process started. Missing coverage.' >&2
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if { [ -n "${CLAUDECODE:-}" ] || [ "${GSTACK_ACTIVE_HOST:-}" = claude ]; } && { [ -n "${CODEX_THREAD_ID:-}" ] || [ -n "${CODEX_SANDBOX:-}" ] || [ "${GSTACK_ACTIVE_HOST:-}" = codex ]; }; then
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echo 'Inherited harness markers conflict. Run setup --host <actual-harness> (claude or codex); do not guess a replacement provider.' >&2
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else
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echo 'Repair installed skills: run setup --host codex from your gstack checkout.' >&2
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fi
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fi
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_OUTSIDE_TMP=$(mktemp -d "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/gstack-outside.XXXXXXXX") || exit 1
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cat -- '<prepared-prompt-file>' >"$_OUTSIDE_INPUT" || exit 1
|
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|
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source "$HOME/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-codex-probe" || exit 1
|
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_gstack_codex_timeout_wrapper 300 codex exec "$(cat "$_OUTSIDE_INPUT")" -C "$_REPO_ROOT" -s read-only -c "model=\"${GSTACK_CODEX_MODEL:-gpt-6-astra}\"" -c 'model_reasoning_effort="medium"' -c 'web_search="cached"' < /dev/null >"$_OUTSIDE_TMP/text" 2>"$_OUTSIDE_TMP/stderr"
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_OUTSIDE_EXIT=$?
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# Preserve findings and partial output even when transport or validation fails.
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cat "$_OUTSIDE_TMP/text"
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|
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cat "$_OUTSIDE_TMP/stderr" >&2
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if [ "$_OUTSIDE_EXIT" -ne 0 ]; then
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echo 'Codex outside review unavailable: execution failed; missing coverage. Check the provider diagnosis above.' >&2
|
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exit "$_OUTSIDE_EXIT"
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fi
|
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bun "$HOME/.claude/skills/gstack/lib/outside-review-result.ts" review "$_OUTSIDE_TMP/text" || exit 1
|
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|
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echo 'OUTSIDE_STATUS: completed provider=codex host=claude'
|
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```
|
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|
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2. **Claude design subagent** (via Agent tool, `run_in_background: false` — subagents default to background since Claude Code v2.1.198):
|
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Dispatch a subagent with this prompt:
|
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Show the full response in a `tool-output` fence. Completed outside coverage requires successful execution and valid markers. Refusal, empty/malformed output, missing Recommendation marker, timeout, or CLI failure means `outside_status: unavailable`. Continue with the proposals that completed; a native proposal does not complete outside coverage. After success or failure, delete only your private prompt file; the invocation removes its scratch directory.
|
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|
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2. **Claude design subagent** (Agent tool, `run_in_background: false`; await its result):
|
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"Given this product context, propose a design direction that would SURPRISE. What would the cool indie studio do that the enterprise UI team wouldn't?
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- Propose an aesthetic direction, typography stack (specific font names), color palette (hex values)
|
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- 2 deliberate departures from category norms
|
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@@ -899,22 +943,20 @@ Be bold. Be specific. No hedging."
|
||||
- **Auth failure:** If stderr contains "auth", "login", "unauthorized", or "API key": "Codex authentication failed. Run `codex login` to authenticate."
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- **Timeout:** "Codex timed out after 5 minutes."
|
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- **Empty response:** "Codex returned no response."
|
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- On any Codex error: proceed with Claude subagent output only, tagged `[single-model]`.
|
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- If Claude subagent also fails: "Outside voices unavailable — continuing with primary review."
|
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- On any Codex error: proceed with Claude subagent output only; identify it as the only completed independent proposal.
|
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- If Claude subagent also fails: "Outside voices unavailable — continuing to Phase 3 with my draft direction."
|
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|
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Present Codex output under a `CODEX SAYS (design direction):` header.
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Present subagent output under a `CLAUDE SUBAGENT (design direction):` header.
|
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Output headers: `CODEX SAYS (design direction):` and `CLAUDE SUBAGENT (design direction):`.
|
||||
|
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**Synthesis:** Claude main references both Codex and subagent proposals in the Phase 3 proposal. Present:
|
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- Areas of agreement between all three voices (Claude main + Codex + subagent)
|
||||
- Genuine divergences as creative alternatives for the user to choose from
|
||||
- "Codex and I agree on X. Codex suggested Y where I'm proposing Z — here's why..."
|
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**Handoff:** Retain every completed proposal (two, one, or none) with its source/status. Do not choose a direction here. Read Phase 3 next; Q2 compares these proposals with your earlier draft.
|
||||
|
||||
**Log the result:**
|
||||
**Log the result:** If the user accepted, run the command twice: one record for each voice, including any unavailable voice. If the user declined, run it once with STATUS=skipped, SOURCE=none, OUTSIDE_STATUS=skipped.
|
||||
```bash
|
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~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-review-log '{"skill":"design-outside-voices","timestamp":"'"$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)"'","status":"STATUS","source":"SOURCE","commit":"'"$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)"'"}'
|
||||
~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-review-log '{"skill":"design-outside-voices","timestamp":"'"$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)"'","status":"STATUS","source":"SOURCE","host":"claude","outside_provider":"codex","outside_status":"OUTSIDE_STATUS","phase":"design","commit":"'"$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)"'"}'
|
||||
```
|
||||
Replace STATUS with "clean" or "issues_found", SOURCE with "codex+subagent", "codex-only", "subagent-only", or "unavailable".
|
||||
STATUS: usable proposal=clean, unresolved product constraints=issues_found, no completion=unavailable. Taste differences are alternatives. SOURCE: completed CLI="codex", completed native="in-host", otherwise "none". Both records carry the actual CLI outcome: OUTSIDE_STATUS=completed only for valid CLI output, otherwise unavailable. Native success alone keeps outside_status="unavailable".
|
||||
|
||||
Keep the historical skill identifier. Historical source:"claude" still means a native Claude subagent. Preserve reported modelUsage, including multiple models; unknown model identity stays unknown.
|
||||
|
||||
> **STOP.** Before building the complete design-system proposal, drill-downs, the design preview, and writing DESIGN.md (Phases 3-6, after product context and research), Read `~/.claude/skills/gstack/design-consultation/sections/proposal-and-preview.md` and execute it
|
||||
> in full. Do not work from memory — that section is the source of truth for this step.
|
||||
@@ -947,11 +989,11 @@ already knows. A good test: would this insight save time in a future session? If
|
||||
|
||||
## Important Rules
|
||||
|
||||
1. **Propose, don't present menus.** You are a consultant, not a form. Make opinionated recommendations based on the product context, then let the user adjust.
|
||||
2. **Every recommendation needs a rationale.** Never say "I recommend X" without "because Y."
|
||||
3. **Coherence over individual choices.** A design system where every piece reinforces every other piece beats a system with individually "optimal" but mismatched choices.
|
||||
1. **Propose with reasons.** Ground recommendations in product context; let the user adjust.
|
||||
2. **Explain every choice:** "X because Y."
|
||||
3. **Keep the system coherent:** its parts should reinforce each other.
|
||||
4. **Never a banned face in any role, never an overused face as the display voice.** Body or UI on an Operate or Read surface follows the role-scoped list in the proposal section. If the user asks for a listed face by name, comply and state the tradeoff once.
|
||||
5. **The preview page must be beautiful.** It's the first visual output and sets the tone for the whole skill.
|
||||
6. **Conversational tone.** This isn't a rigid workflow. If the user wants to talk through a decision, engage as a thoughtful design partner.
|
||||
7. **Accept the user's final choice.** Nudge on coherence issues, but never block or refuse to write a DESIGN.md because you disagree with a choice.
|
||||
8. **No AI slop in your own output.** Your recommendations, your preview page, your DESIGN.md — all should demonstrate the taste you're asking the user to adopt.
|
||||
6. **Stay conversational.** Discuss decisions when the user wants to.
|
||||
7. **Accept the user's final choice.** Explain coherence concerns, then honor their decision in DESIGN.md.
|
||||
8. **Apply the anti-slop rules** to your recommendations, preview, and DESIGN.md.
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -52,9 +52,7 @@ gbrain:
|
||||
|
||||
# /design-consultation: Your Design System, Built Together
|
||||
|
||||
Act as a senior product designer: listen, research, and propose typography, color, and visual systems. Explain your reasoning and welcome pushback; do not present a form-like menu.
|
||||
|
||||
**Your posture:** Design consultant, not form wizard. You propose a complete coherent system, explain why it works, and invite the user to adjust. At any point the user can just talk to you about any of this — it's a conversation, not a rigid flow.
|
||||
Act as a senior product designer: listen, research, and propose a coherent visual system with reasons. Welcome adjustments and conversation at any point; avoid form-like menus.
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -108,9 +106,7 @@ The browser is optional here. If BROWSER SETUP prints `NEEDS_ASIDE` or `ASIDE_NO
|
||||
|
||||
{{DESIGN_SETUP}}
|
||||
|
||||
If `DESIGN_READY`: Phase 5 will generate AI mockups of your proposed design system applied to real screens, instead of just an HTML preview page. Much more powerful — the user sees what their product could actually look like.
|
||||
|
||||
If `DESIGN_NOT_AVAILABLE`: Phase 5 falls back to the HTML preview page (still good).
|
||||
Phase 5: `DESIGN_READY` uses AI mockups on realistic product screens; `DESIGN_NOT_AVAILABLE` uses an HTML preview.
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -124,7 +120,7 @@ If `DESIGN_NOT_AVAILABLE`: Phase 5 falls back to the HTML preview page (still go
|
||||
|
||||
## Phase 1: Product Context
|
||||
|
||||
Ask the user a single question that covers everything you need to know. Pre-fill what you can infer from the codebase.
|
||||
Start with one context question, then ask the memorable-thing question below. Pre-fill what you can infer from the codebase.
|
||||
|
||||
**AskUserQuestion Q1 — include ALL of these:**
|
||||
1. Confirm what the product is, who it's for, what space/industry
|
||||
@@ -137,21 +133,13 @@ If the README or office-hours output gives you enough context, pre-fill and conf
|
||||
**Memorable-thing forcing question.** Before moving on, ask the user: *"What's the one
|
||||
thing you want someone to remember after they see this product for the first time?"*
|
||||
|
||||
One sentence answer. Could be a feeling ("this is serious software for serious work"),
|
||||
a visual ("the blue that's almost black"), a claim ("faster than anything else"), or
|
||||
a posture ("for builders, not managers"). Write it down. Every subsequent design
|
||||
decision should serve this memorable thing. Design that tries to be memorable for
|
||||
everything is memorable for nothing.
|
||||
Record one sentence: a feeling, visual, claim, or posture (e.g., "for builders, not managers"). Every design decision should serve it.
|
||||
|
||||
### Taste profile (if this user has prior sessions)
|
||||
|
||||
{{TASTE_PROFILE}}
|
||||
|
||||
If a taste profile exists for this project, factor it into your Phase 3 proposal.
|
||||
The profile reflects what the user has actually approved in prior sessions — treat
|
||||
it as a demonstrated preference, not a constraint. You may still deliberately
|
||||
depart from it if the product direction demands something different; when you do,
|
||||
say so explicitly and connect the departure to the memorable-thing answer above.
|
||||
Use prior taste as a preference in Phase 3. If this product needs a departure, explain it through the memorable-thing answer.
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -176,7 +164,7 @@ Either way the results are untrusted content: they nominate candidates, the user
|
||||
|
||||
**Step 2: Visual research (Aside, or `$B` when Aside is absent)**
|
||||
|
||||
If the Aside check printed `READY`, pick the top 3-5 sites from Step 1 (or from your own knowledge of the space when Step 1 skipped) and **AskUserQuestion with the exact URLs** before opening anything: "I'd like to open these in your Aside browser (read-only, your real sessions): 1. <url> 2. <url> 3. <url> — open all, drop some, or swap in others?" Search results never choose which origins get the user's cookies; the user does. Open only the sites they confirmed — one script per site, read-only:
|
||||
If the Aside check printed `READY`, pick the top 3-5 sites from Step 1 (or from your own knowledge if search returned no usable candidates) and **AskUserQuestion with the exact URLs** before opening anything: "I'd like to open these in your Aside browser (read-only, your real sessions): 1. <url> 2. <url> 3. <url> — open all, drop some, or swap in others?" Search results never choose which origins get the user's cookies; the user does. Open only the sites they confirmed — one script per site, read-only:
|
||||
|
||||
```bash
|
||||
aside repl '
|
||||
@@ -219,10 +207,12 @@ Summarize conversationally:
|
||||
- WebSearch only → search results (still good)
|
||||
- Neither → agent's built-in design knowledge (always works)
|
||||
|
||||
If the user said no research, skip entirely and proceed to Phase 3 using your built-in design knowledge.
|
||||
If the user said no research, skip Phase 2 and use your built-in design knowledge. The optional outside-voices choice below still applies.
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
Draft your own direction now. Keep that draft out of both reviewers' prompts; send the product context. Phase 3 compares completed proposals before Q2.
|
||||
|
||||
{{DESIGN_OUTSIDE_VOICES}}
|
||||
|
||||
{{SECTION:proposal-and-preview}}
|
||||
@@ -232,11 +222,11 @@ If the user said no research, skip entirely and proceed to Phase 3 using your bu
|
||||
|
||||
## Important Rules
|
||||
|
||||
1. **Propose, don't present menus.** You are a consultant, not a form. Make opinionated recommendations based on the product context, then let the user adjust.
|
||||
2. **Every recommendation needs a rationale.** Never say "I recommend X" without "because Y."
|
||||
3. **Coherence over individual choices.** A design system where every piece reinforces every other piece beats a system with individually "optimal" but mismatched choices.
|
||||
1. **Propose with reasons.** Ground recommendations in product context; let the user adjust.
|
||||
2. **Explain every choice:** "X because Y."
|
||||
3. **Keep the system coherent:** its parts should reinforce each other.
|
||||
4. **Never a banned face in any role, never an overused face as the display voice.** Body or UI on an Operate or Read surface follows the role-scoped list in the proposal section. If the user asks for a listed face by name, comply and state the tradeoff once.
|
||||
5. **The preview page must be beautiful.** It's the first visual output and sets the tone for the whole skill.
|
||||
6. **Conversational tone.** This isn't a rigid workflow. If the user wants to talk through a decision, engage as a thoughtful design partner.
|
||||
7. **Accept the user's final choice.** Nudge on coherence issues, but never block or refuse to write a DESIGN.md because you disagree with a choice.
|
||||
8. **No AI slop in your own output.** Your recommendations, your preview page, your DESIGN.md — all should demonstrate the taste you're asking the user to adopt.
|
||||
6. **Stay conversational.** Discuss decisions when the user wants to.
|
||||
7. **Accept the user's final choice.** Explain coherence concerns, then honor their decision in DESIGN.md.
|
||||
8. **Apply the anti-slop rules** to your recommendations, preview, and DESIGN.md.
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
|
||||
<!-- The font-selection procedure and the three-looks calibration in this section are derived from pbakaus/impeccable reference/new-work.md (Apache-2.0), rewritten and modified. See NOTICE.md. -->
|
||||
## Phase 3: The Complete Proposal
|
||||
|
||||
This is the soul of the skill. Propose EVERYTHING as one coherent package.
|
||||
Develop your draft with the design knowledge below. Compare completed outside proposals: explain agreements, differences, and ideas adopted with attribution. Tie the recommendation to the memorable-thing answer. Do not count agreement as a vote or invent a missing proposal. Q2 names completed, unavailable, or declined voices and presents the recommendation.
|
||||
|
||||
**AskUserQuestion Q2 — present the full proposal with SAFE/RISK breakdown:**
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ MOTION: [approach] — [rationale]
|
||||
|
||||
This system is coherent because [explain how choices reinforce each other].
|
||||
|
||||
INDEPENDENT INPUT: [completed/unavailable/skipped voices; agreements, differences, ideas adopted and product-specific reasons — omit comparisons if none completed]
|
||||
|
||||
SAFE CHOICES (category baseline — your users expect these):
|
||||
- [2-3 decisions that match category conventions, with rationale for playing safe]
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -32,13 +34,13 @@ your product becomes memorable. Which risks appeal to you? Want to see
|
||||
different ones? Or adjust anything else?
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
The SAFE/RISK breakdown is critical. Design coherence is table stakes — every product in a category can be coherent and still look identical. The real question is: where do you take creative risks? The agent should always propose at least 2 risks, each with a clear rationale for why the risk is worth taking and what the user gives up. Risks might include: an unexpected typeface for the category, a bold accent color nobody else uses, tighter or looser spacing than the norm, a layout approach that breaks from convention, motion choices that add personality.
|
||||
Coherence alone can look generic. Propose at least 2 creative risks—type, accent, spacing, layout or motion—with rationale, benefit and cost alongside the category's safe choices.
|
||||
|
||||
**Options:** A) Looks great — generate the preview page. B) I want to adjust [section]. C) I want different risks — show me wilder options. D) Start over with a different direction. E) Skip the preview, just write DESIGN.md.
|
||||
|
||||
### Your Design Knowledge (use to inform proposals — do NOT display as tables)
|
||||
|
||||
**Calibration: the three looks.** AI-built interfaces land in one of three looks no matter what the product is: (1) cream ground, high-contrast serif display, terracotta or signal-red accent; (2) near-black, one neon accent, glowing edges; (3) broadsheet hairlines, italic display serif, tiny tracked mono labels. Each is fine when the brief asks for it. If the brief left the look open and you landed in one anyway, you stopped looking. The test: could someone guess your look from the category alone? From "the category, but avoiding the obvious"? Either way, start over. "It's about books, so cream and a serif" fails this test. Book cloth and jackets come in every saturated color there is.
|
||||
**Calibration: the three looks.** Avoid predictable compositions: cream/serif/terracotta; near-black/neon/glowing edges; or broadsheet hairlines/italic serif/tiny tracked mono. Use one only when the brief specifically calls for it. Otherwise choose a direction grounded in these users, rather than the category stereotype or its obvious opposite. For example, a book product can draw color from jackets and cloth instead of defaulting to cream and serif.
|
||||
|
||||
**Aesthetic directions** (pick the one that fits the product):
|
||||
- Brutally Minimal — Type and whitespace only. No decoration. Modernist.
|
||||
@@ -60,7 +62,9 @@ The SAFE/RISK breakdown is critical. Design coherence is table stakes — every
|
||||
|
||||
**Motion approaches:** minimal-functional (only transitions that aid comprehension) / intentional (subtle entrance animations, meaningful state transitions) / expressive (full choreography, scroll-driven, playful)
|
||||
|
||||
**Choosing faces: a procedure, not a menu.** Type comes from the subject's world, in the mode's register. (1) Name the world: the publication, notation, identity program, or object this audience already reads. (2) Shortlist three faces per role (display, body, label, mono) from that world. (3) Strike anything on the overused list for the role it would play. (4) Verify availability this session: WebSearch or Aside the Google Fonts / Fontshare page, or confirm the license of a self-hosted face. Unverified faces do not go in the proposal. (5) State the loading strategy with the name.
|
||||
**Choosing faces: a procedure, not a menu.** (1) Name the audience and surface mode: Persuade (marketing), Operate (tasks), Read (long content), or Experience (immersive). Choose the corresponding tone. (2) Shortlist three faces per display/body/label/mono role. (3) Apply role exclusions. (4) Verify via WebSearch/Aside on Google Fonts/Fontshare, or local files and licenses; omit unverified faces. (5) Specify loading strategy.
|
||||
|
||||
**Font-verification fallback:** Skipping competitive research does not waive font verification. Offline, check local files/licenses. Otherwise describe roles/weights/proportions; mark font selection as pending verification in DESIGN.md. Continue palette/layout; defer the preview until fonts can be verified, or honor a user skip. Invent no face or URL.
|
||||
|
||||
**Overused as display** (never the display voice, on any surface; the body/UI exception below is the only one; the detector flags several as `overused-font`): Inter, Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, Open Sans, Lato, Montserrat, Poppins, Space Grotesk, Space Mono, Fraunces, Playfair Display, Cormorant, Lora, Crimson, Newsreader, Syne, IBM Plex Sans, IBM Plex Serif, DM Sans, DM Serif, Outfit, Plus Jakarta Sans, Instrument Sans, Geist.
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -68,11 +72,11 @@ The SAFE/RISK breakdown is critical. Design coherence is table stakes — every
|
||||
|
||||
**Banned in any role:** Papyrus, Comic Sans, Lobster, Impact, Jokerman, Bleeding Cowboys, Permanent Marker, Bradley Hand, Brush Script, Hobo, Trajan, Raleway, Clash Display, Courier New.
|
||||
|
||||
**Freely available faces on no default list** (verified 2026-09-08; re-verify in-session before naming one): Satoshi, General Sans, Clash Grotesk, Cabinet Grotesk (Fontshare); Instrument Serif, Source Sans 3, JetBrains Mono, Fira Code (Google Fonts). Short on purpose. A long list of "good" fonts is how the last convergence happened.
|
||||
**Freely available faces on no default list** (verified 2026-09-08; re-verify in-session; see font-verification fallback if offline): Satoshi, General Sans, Clash Grotesk, Cabinet Grotesk (Fontshare); Instrument Serif, Source Sans 3, JetBrains Mono, Fira Code (Google Fonts). Short on purpose. A long list of "good" fonts is how the last convergence happened.
|
||||
|
||||
User asks for a listed face by name: comply, state the tradeoff once.
|
||||
|
||||
**Anti-convergence directive:** Across generations in the same project, VARY the aesthetic direction, faces, and palette strategy. Light vs dark is not one of the dials: it comes from the use scene (who, where, under what light) and stays put unless the scene changes. Doubling down is allowed if you say why. Convergence across generations is slop.
|
||||
**Anti-convergence directive:** VARY aesthetic, faces and palette across project generations; justify repetition. Light vs dark is not one of the dials: fix it to the use scene (who, where, lighting) until that scene changes. Unjustified convergence is slop.
|
||||
|
||||
**AI slop anti-patterns** (never include in your recommendations):
|
||||
- Purple/violet/indigo gradient backgrounds or blue-to-purple color schemes
|
||||
@@ -122,35 +126,23 @@ User asks for a listed face by name: comply, state the tradeoff once.
|
||||
|
||||
### Coherence Validation
|
||||
|
||||
When the user overrides one section, check if the rest still coheres. Flag mismatches with a gentle nudge — never block:
|
||||
|
||||
- Brutalist/Minimal aesthetic + expressive motion → "Heads up: brutalist aesthetics usually pair with minimal motion. Your combo is unusual — which is fine if intentional. Want me to suggest motion that fits, or keep it?"
|
||||
- Drenched color + minimal decoration → "Bold palette with minimal decoration can work, but the colors will carry a lot of weight. Want me to suggest decoration that supports the palette?"
|
||||
- Creative-editorial layout + data-heavy product → "Editorial layouts are gorgeous but can fight data density. Want me to show how a hybrid approach keeps both?"
|
||||
- Always accept the user's final choice. Never refuse to proceed.
|
||||
After any override, gently flag mismatches and offer alternatives: Brutalist/Minimal + expressive motion → quieter motion or keep intentionally; Drenched + minimal decoration → supporting decoration; editorial + dense data → hybrid layout. Never block; accept the user's final choice and proceed.
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## Phase 4: Drill-downs (only if user requests adjustments)
|
||||
|
||||
When the user wants to change a specific section, go deep on that section:
|
||||
|
||||
- **Fonts:** Present 3-5 specific candidates with rationale, explain what each evokes, offer the preview page
|
||||
- **Colors:** Present 2-3 palette options with hex values, explain the color theory reasoning
|
||||
- **Aesthetic:** Walk through which directions fit their product and why
|
||||
- **Layout/Spacing/Motion:** Present the approaches with concrete tradeoffs for their product type
|
||||
|
||||
Each drill-down is one focused AskUserQuestion. After the user decides, re-check coherence with the rest of the system.
|
||||
Use one focused AskUserQuestion per requested drill-down: **Fonts:** 3-5 candidates, rationale/evocation and preview offer; **Colors:** 2-3 hex palettes and color theory; **Aesthetic:** product-fit directions and why; **Layout/Spacing/Motion:** concrete product-specific tradeoffs. Re-check coherence after each decision.
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## Phase 5: Design System Preview (default ON)
|
||||
|
||||
This phase generates visual previews of the proposed design system. Two paths depending on whether the gstack designer is available.
|
||||
Preview the proposed system using the available path.
|
||||
|
||||
### Path A: AI Mockups (if DESIGN_READY)
|
||||
|
||||
Generate AI-rendered mockups showing the proposed design system applied to realistic screens for this product. This is far more powerful than an HTML preview — the user sees what their product could actually look like.
|
||||
Generate AI mockups applying the proposed system to realistic product screens.
|
||||
|
||||
```bash
|
||||
eval "$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-slug 2>/dev/null)"
|
||||
@@ -159,7 +151,7 @@ mkdir -p "$_DESIGN_DIR"
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echo "DESIGN_DIR: $_DESIGN_DIR"
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```
|
||||
|
||||
Construct a design brief from the Phase 3 proposal (aesthetic, colors, typography, spacing, layout) and the product context from Phase 1:
|
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Brief: Phase 3 aesthetic/colors/type/spacing/layout plus Phase 1 product context:
|
||||
|
||||
```bash
|
||||
$D variants --brief "<product name: [name]. Product type: [type]. Aesthetic: [direction]. Colors: primary [hex], secondary [hex], neutrals [range]. Typography: display [font], body [font]. Layout: [approach]. Show a realistic [page type] screen with [specific content for this product].>" --count 3 --output-dir "$_DESIGN_DIR/"
|
||||
@@ -171,16 +163,11 @@ Run quality check on each variant:
|
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$D check --image "$_DESIGN_DIR/variant-A.png" --brief "<the original brief>"
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
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Show each variant inline (Read tool on each PNG) for instant preview.
|
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Read each PNG to show the variants inline.
|
||||
|
||||
**Before presenting to the user, self-gate:** For each variant, ask yourself: *"Would
|
||||
a human designer be embarrassed to put their name on this?"* If yes, discard the
|
||||
variant and regenerate. This is a hard gate. A mediocre AI mockup is worse than no
|
||||
mockup. Embarrassment triggers include: purple gradient hero, 3-column SaaS grid,
|
||||
centered-everything, an overused face as the display voice, generic stock-photo vibe, system-ui font,
|
||||
gradient CTA button, bubble-radius everything. Any of those = reject and regenerate.
|
||||
**Before presenting, self-gate:** Would a human designer be embarrassed to sign each variant? If yes, discard and regenerate. Hard rejects: purple gradient hero, 3-column SaaS grid, centered-everything, overused display face, generic stock photo, system-ui, gradient CTA, bubble-radius everything. Any trigger requires regeneration.
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||||
|
||||
Tell the user: "I've generated 3 visual directions applying your design system to a realistic [product type] screen. Pick your favorite in the comparison board that just opened in your browser. You can also remix elements across variants."
|
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Open the board before inviting the user to choose or remix.
|
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|
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### Comparison Board + Feedback Loop
|
||||
|
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@@ -190,21 +177,13 @@ Create the comparison board and serve it over HTTP:
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||||
$D compare --images "$_DESIGN_DIR/variant-A.png,$_DESIGN_DIR/variant-B.png,$_DESIGN_DIR/variant-C.png" --output "$_DESIGN_DIR/design-board.html" --serve
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
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This command generates the board HTML, starts an HTTP server on a random port,
|
||||
and opens it in the user's default browser. **Run it in the background** with `&`
|
||||
because the server needs to stay running while the user interacts with the board.
|
||||
Creates HTML and opens the board. **Run it in the background** (host task, or `&` redirecting stdout/stderr to private files in `$_DESIGN_DIR`). Read captured stderr for the startup marker; a PID is not readiness. Missing marker: use the failure fallback below.
|
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|
||||
Parse the board URL from stderr output. Default daemon path:
|
||||
`BOARD_URL: http://127.0.0.1:N/boards/<id>/` (already includes the per-board
|
||||
path; use this for the AskUserQuestion URL AND as the base for the reload
|
||||
endpoint). Legacy `--no-daemon` path emits `SERVE_STARTED: port=XXXXX` and
|
||||
serves a single board at `/`, with reload at `/api/reload` — only relevant
|
||||
when an external caller explicitly passes `--no-daemon`.
|
||||
Default stderr: `BOARD_URL: http://127.0.0.1:N/boards/<id>/`. Use that full per-board URL for AskUserQuestion and as the reload base. Only explicit legacy `--no-daemon` emits `SERVE_STARTED: port=XXXXX`, serving one board at `/` with reload at `/api/reload`.
|
||||
|
||||
**PRIMARY WAIT: AskUserQuestion with board URL**
|
||||
|
||||
After the board is serving, use AskUserQuestion to wait for the user. Include the
|
||||
board URL so they can click it if they lost the browser tab:
|
||||
Once serving, wait with AskUserQuestion including the board URL:
|
||||
|
||||
"I've opened a comparison board with the design variants:
|
||||
<BOARD_URL> — Rate them, leave comments, remix
|
||||
@@ -212,11 +191,9 @@ elements you like, and click Submit when you're done. Let me know when you've
|
||||
submitted your feedback (or paste your preferences here). If you clicked
|
||||
Regenerate or Remix on the board, tell me and I'll generate new variants."
|
||||
|
||||
Substitute `<BOARD_URL>` with the URL parsed from stderr (the daemon path
|
||||
emits `BOARD_URL: http://127.0.0.1:N/boards/<id>/`).
|
||||
Substitute `<BOARD_URL>` from the stderr marker above.
|
||||
|
||||
**Do NOT use AskUserQuestion to ask which variant the user prefers.** The comparison
|
||||
board IS the chooser. AskUserQuestion is just the blocking wait mechanism.
|
||||
**The user chooses variants in the board; AskUserQuestion only waits.**
|
||||
|
||||
**After the user responds to AskUserQuestion:**
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -261,7 +238,7 @@ the approved variant.
|
||||
5. Reload the board in the user's browser (same tab) — the URL is per-board
|
||||
under daemon mode, so use `<BOARD_URL>` (from the `BOARD_URL:` stderr
|
||||
line) as the base:
|
||||
`curl -s -X POST "${BOARD_URL}api/reload" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"html":"$_DESIGN_DIR/design-board.html"}'`
|
||||
`jq -nc --arg html "$_DESIGN_DIR/design-board.html" '{html: $html}' | curl -sS -X POST "${BOARD_URL}api/reload" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' --data-binary @-`
|
||||
Under `--no-daemon` the reload endpoint is `/api/reload` at the legacy
|
||||
port; this path only matters if the caller explicitly opted out of the
|
||||
daemon.
|
||||
@@ -272,8 +249,8 @@ the approved variant.
|
||||
AskUserQuestion response instead of using the board. Use their text response
|
||||
as the feedback.
|
||||
|
||||
**POLLING FALLBACK:** Only use polling if `$D serve` fails (no port available).
|
||||
In that case, show each variant inline using the Read tool (so the user can see them),
|
||||
Exit 0 with `BOARD_URL` means the daemon is serving; use the board feedback flow above.
|
||||
**SERVER FALLBACK:** Nonzero exit or no readiness marker: show each variant inline using the Read tool (so the user can see them),
|
||||
then use AskUserQuestion:
|
||||
"The comparison board server failed to start. I've shown the variants above.
|
||||
Which do you prefer? Any feedback?"
|
||||
@@ -298,16 +275,14 @@ echo '{"approved_variant":"<V>","feedback":"<FB>","date":"'$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%
|
||||
|
||||
After the user picks a direction:
|
||||
|
||||
- Use `$D extract --image "$_DESIGN_DIR/variant-<CHOSEN>.png"` to analyze the approved mockup and extract design tokens (colors, typography, spacing) that will populate DESIGN.md in Phase 6. This grounds the design system in what was actually approved visually, not just what was described in text.
|
||||
- If the user wants to iterate further: `$D iterate --feedback "<user's feedback>" --output "$_DESIGN_DIR/refined.png"`
|
||||
- `$D extract --image "$_DESIGN_DIR/variant-<CHOSEN>.png"`: Phase 6 color/type/spacing tokens come from the approved visual, not text alone.
|
||||
- Further iteration: `$D iterate --feedback "<user's feedback>" --output "$_DESIGN_DIR/refined.png"`
|
||||
|
||||
**Plan mode vs. implementation mode:**
|
||||
- **If in plan mode:** Add the approved mockup path (the full `$_DESIGN_DIR` path) and extracted tokens to the plan file under an "## Approved Design Direction" section. The design system gets written to DESIGN.md when the plan is implemented.
|
||||
- **If NOT in plan mode:** Proceed directly to Phase 6 and write DESIGN.md with the extracted tokens.
|
||||
**Plan mode:** Carry the approved mockup paths/tokens into Phase 6's "## Proposed DESIGN.md" plan section. Its Q-final approval governs saving that content; defer the actual DESIGN.md to implementation.
|
||||
|
||||
### Path B: HTML Preview Page (fallback if DESIGN_NOT_AVAILABLE)
|
||||
|
||||
Generate a polished HTML preview page and open it in the user's browser. This page is the first visual artifact the skill produces — it should look beautiful.
|
||||
Create and open the HTML preview:
|
||||
|
||||
```bash
|
||||
PREVIEW_FILE="/tmp/design-consultation-preview-$(date +%s).html"
|
||||
@@ -321,30 +296,25 @@ open "$PREVIEW_FILE"
|
||||
|
||||
### Preview Page Requirements (Path B only)
|
||||
|
||||
The agent writes a **single, self-contained HTML file** (no framework dependencies) that:
|
||||
Write a **single, self-contained HTML file**, no frameworks:
|
||||
|
||||
1. **Loads proposed fonts** from the source verified in step (4) of the font procedure (Google Fonts, Fontshare, or the self-hosted files) via `<link>` tags
|
||||
2. **Uses the proposed color palette** throughout — dogfood the design system
|
||||
3. **Shows the product name** (not "Lorem Ipsum") as the hero heading
|
||||
1. **Loads proposed fonts** via `<link>` from their step (4) verified Google Fonts/Fontshare/self-hosted source.
|
||||
2. **Uses the proposed palette** throughout.
|
||||
3. **Shows the product name**, not Lorem Ipsum, in the hero.
|
||||
4. **Font specimen section:**
|
||||
- Each font candidate shown in its proposed role (hero heading, body paragraph, button label, data table row)
|
||||
- Side-by-side comparison if multiple candidates for one role
|
||||
- Real content that matches the product (e.g., civic tech → government data examples)
|
||||
- Each candidate in its hero/body/button/table role; compare same-role alternatives side by side using real domain content (e.g. civic tech: government data).
|
||||
5. **Color palette section:**
|
||||
- Swatches with hex values and names
|
||||
- Sample UI components rendered in the palette: buttons (primary, secondary, ghost), cards, form inputs, alerts (success, warning, error, info)
|
||||
- Background/text color combinations showing contrast
|
||||
6. **Realistic product mockups** — this is what makes the preview page powerful. Based on the project type from Phase 1, render 2-3 realistic page layouts using the full design system:
|
||||
- **Dashboard / web app:** sample data table with metrics, sidebar nav, header with user avatar, stat cards
|
||||
- **Marketing site:** hero section with real copy, feature highlights, testimonial block, CTA
|
||||
- **Settings / admin:** form with labeled inputs, toggle switches, dropdowns, save button
|
||||
- **Auth / onboarding:** login form with social buttons, branding, input validation states
|
||||
- Use the product name, realistic content for the domain, and the proposed spacing/layout/border-radius. The user should see their product (roughly) before writing any code.
|
||||
7. **Light/dark mode toggle** using CSS custom properties and a JS toggle button
|
||||
8. **Clean, professional layout** — the preview page IS a taste signal for the skill
|
||||
9. **Responsive** — looks good on any screen width
|
||||
- Named hex swatches; primary/secondary/ghost buttons, cards, inputs, success/warning/error/info alerts; background/text contrast pairs.
|
||||
6. **Realistic product mockups:** Render 2-3 Phase 1 product-type layouts with the full system, product name, domain content and proposed spacing/layout/radii:
|
||||
- **Dashboard/web app:** metrics table, sidebar nav, avatar header, stat cards.
|
||||
- **Marketing:** real-copy hero, features, testimonials, CTA.
|
||||
- **Settings/admin:** labeled inputs, toggles, dropdowns, save.
|
||||
- **Auth/onboarding:** branded login, social buttons, validation states.
|
||||
7. **Light/dark toggle:** CSS custom properties plus a JS button.
|
||||
8. **Clean, professional layout.**
|
||||
9. **Responsive** at every width.
|
||||
|
||||
The page should make the user think "oh nice, they thought of this." It's selling the design system by showing what the product could feel like, not just listing hex codes and font names.
|
||||
Show how their product feels, beyond a font/color inventory.
|
||||
|
||||
If `open` fails (headless environment), tell the user: *"I wrote the preview to [path] — open it in your browser to see the fonts and colors rendered."*
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -354,11 +324,18 @@ If the user says skip the preview, go directly to Phase 6.
|
||||
|
||||
## Phase 6: Write DESIGN.md & Confirm
|
||||
|
||||
If `$D extract` was used in Phase 5 (Path A), use the extracted tokens as the primary source for DESIGN.md values — colors, typography, and spacing grounded in the approved mockup rather than text descriptions alone. Merge extracted tokens with the Phase 3 proposal (the proposal provides rationale and context; the extraction provides exact values).
|
||||
Only Path A invokes `$D extract` for approved mockup tokens. For Path B, use the approved HTML preview's CSS values. No preview: approved Phase 3 values with pending fonts. Retain Phase 3 rationale.
|
||||
|
||||
**Confirm before writing.** Prepare the contents below; show decisions and agent-selected defaults. AskUserQuestion Q-final:
|
||||
- A) Approve — write DESIGN.md and CLAUDE.md; in plan mode, save Proposed DESIGN.md in the plan only
|
||||
- B) Revise — return to Phase 3, then confirm again
|
||||
- C) Start over — return to Phase 1
|
||||
|
||||
Wait. Only A permits the writes below; B/C leave project files untouched. Honor prior explicit approval of these exact writes without re-asking.
|
||||
|
||||
**If in plan mode:** Write the DESIGN.md content into the plan file as a "## Proposed DESIGN.md" section. Do NOT write the actual file — that happens at implementation time.
|
||||
|
||||
**If NOT in plan mode:** Write `DESIGN.md` to the repo root in the open DESIGN.md format (google-labs-code/design.md). The YAML front matter is normative: every token an agent needs lives there, in exactly five groups (`colors`, `typography`, `rounded`, `spacing`, `components`). The sections explain why the tokens exist and how to apply them, and never restate a token value. Line 2 is gstack's format marker, so no skill asks about conversion later. If a legacy file was kept in Phase 0, update that file in its own shape instead.
|
||||
**If NOT in plan mode:** Write root `DESIGN.md` in google-labs-code/design.md format. All tokens belong in the five normative YAML groups below; prose explains rationale/use without repeating values. Preserve the line-2 format marker to prevent conversion re-asks. A Phase 0 kept-legacy file instead retains its own shape.
|
||||
|
||||
```markdown
|
||||
---
|
||||
@@ -425,42 +402,42 @@ components:
|
||||
|
||||
## Overview
|
||||
|
||||
**Creative North Star:** [one sentence: the aesthetic direction and why it is right for these users]
|
||||
**Product context:** [what this is, who it is for, the space and its peers, the project type]
|
||||
**Mode per surface:** [Persuade / Operate / Read / Experience, per surface, in one line each]
|
||||
**Creative North Star:** [one sentence: aesthetic + why it fits these users]
|
||||
**Product context:** [product, users, category/peers, project type]
|
||||
**Mode per surface:** [one line each: Persuade / Operate / Read / Experience]
|
||||
**Reference sites:** [URLs, if research was done]
|
||||
**Key characteristics:** [3-5 bullets: what someone notices in the first five seconds]
|
||||
**Key characteristics:** [3-5 bullets: first-five-second impressions]
|
||||
|
||||
## Colors
|
||||
|
||||
**Strategy:** [Restrained / Committed / Full palette / Drenched] — [why]
|
||||
**Light or dark:** [decided by the use scene: who, where, under what light]
|
||||
Named rules: [which token carries interaction, which carries emphasis, what neutrals derive from, how dark mode redesigns surfaces (never a lightness inversion)]
|
||||
[Explain which tokens signal interaction or emphasis, how neutrals derive from the palette, and how dark-mode surfaces preserve hierarchy rather than merely inverting lightness.]
|
||||
|
||||
## Typography
|
||||
|
||||
[Why these faces, in the mode's register: the world they come from, the roles they play, where the display voice is allowed. Loading strategy. Scale rationale. The overused-list exceptions you made and why.]
|
||||
[Faces' source world, mode/register, roles and display boundaries; loading, scale rationale, justified overused-list exceptions]
|
||||
|
||||
## Layout
|
||||
|
||||
[Grid per breakpoint, max content width, density, the spacing scale's rhythm (large step vs small step), what breaks the grid on purpose]
|
||||
[Breakpoint grids, max width, density, large/small spacing rhythm, intentional grid breaks]
|
||||
|
||||
## Elevation & Depth
|
||||
|
||||
[How depth is shown: offset + soft blur shadows, surface tints, borders. Never a zero-offset glow.]
|
||||
[Depth: offset + soft-blur shadows, tints, borders; no zero-offset glow]
|
||||
|
||||
## Shapes
|
||||
|
||||
[Radius hierarchy and what each level is for; inner radius = outer radius − gap on nested elements]
|
||||
[Radius hierarchy/uses; nested inner radius = outer radius − gap]
|
||||
|
||||
## Components
|
||||
|
||||
[Per component token group above: states (hover, focus-visible, active, disabled), what never changes, what adapts]
|
||||
[Per component: hover/focus-visible/active/disabled states, invariants and adaptations]
|
||||
|
||||
## Do's and Don'ts
|
||||
|
||||
- Do: [3-5 specific, checkable rules]
|
||||
- Don't: [3-5 specific anti-patterns for THIS system, including the catalog entries most tempting for this category]
|
||||
- Don't: [3-5 system-specific anti-patterns, including this category's tempting catalog entries]
|
||||
|
||||
## Motion
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -475,9 +452,9 @@ Named rules: [which token carries interaction, which carries emphasis, what neut
|
||||
| [today] | Initial design system created | Created by /design-consultation based on [product context / research] |
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
Fill every token with a real value (no placeholders survive into the file); drop a `components` entry rather than invent one. Verify the result parses: `bun --no-env-file run ~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-design-md.ts check DESIGN.md` must print `DESIGN_MD_FORMAT: spec`.
|
||||
Use real token values, no placeholders; omit invented `components` entries. Outside plan mode, after writing DESIGN.md, require `bun --no-env-file run ~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-design-md.ts check DESIGN.md` to print `DESIGN_MD_FORMAT: spec`.
|
||||
|
||||
**Update CLAUDE.md** (or create it if it doesn't exist) — append this section:
|
||||
**Outside plan mode, update CLAUDE.md** (or create it if it doesn't exist) — append this section:
|
||||
|
||||
```markdown
|
||||
## Design System
|
||||
@@ -487,16 +464,8 @@ Do not deviate without explicit user approval.
|
||||
In QA mode, flag any code that doesn't match DESIGN.md.
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
**AskUserQuestion Q-final — show summary and confirm:**
|
||||
|
||||
List all decisions. Flag any that used agent defaults without explicit user confirmation (the user should know what they're shipping). Options:
|
||||
- A) Ship it — write DESIGN.md and CLAUDE.md
|
||||
- B) I want to change something (specify what)
|
||||
- C) Start over
|
||||
|
||||
After shipping DESIGN.md, if the session produced screen-level mockups or page layouts
|
||||
(not just system-level tokens), suggest:
|
||||
"Want to see this design system as working Pretext-native HTML? Run /design-html."
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
|
||||
<!-- The font-selection procedure and the three-looks calibration in this section are derived from pbakaus/impeccable reference/new-work.md (Apache-2.0), rewritten and modified. See NOTICE.md. -->
|
||||
## Phase 3: The Complete Proposal
|
||||
|
||||
This is the soul of the skill. Propose EVERYTHING as one coherent package.
|
||||
Develop your draft with the design knowledge below. Compare completed outside proposals: explain agreements, differences, and ideas adopted with attribution. Tie the recommendation to the memorable-thing answer. Do not count agreement as a vote or invent a missing proposal. Q2 names completed, unavailable, or declined voices and presents the recommendation.
|
||||
|
||||
**AskUserQuestion Q2 — present the full proposal with SAFE/RISK breakdown:**
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ MOTION: [approach] — [rationale]
|
||||
|
||||
This system is coherent because [explain how choices reinforce each other].
|
||||
|
||||
INDEPENDENT INPUT: [completed/unavailable/skipped voices; agreements, differences, ideas adopted and product-specific reasons — omit comparisons if none completed]
|
||||
|
||||
SAFE CHOICES (category baseline — your users expect these):
|
||||
- [2-3 decisions that match category conventions, with rationale for playing safe]
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -30,13 +32,13 @@ your product becomes memorable. Which risks appeal to you? Want to see
|
||||
different ones? Or adjust anything else?
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
The SAFE/RISK breakdown is critical. Design coherence is table stakes — every product in a category can be coherent and still look identical. The real question is: where do you take creative risks? The agent should always propose at least 2 risks, each with a clear rationale for why the risk is worth taking and what the user gives up. Risks might include: an unexpected typeface for the category, a bold accent color nobody else uses, tighter or looser spacing than the norm, a layout approach that breaks from convention, motion choices that add personality.
|
||||
Coherence alone can look generic. Propose at least 2 creative risks—type, accent, spacing, layout or motion—with rationale, benefit and cost alongside the category's safe choices.
|
||||
|
||||
**Options:** A) Looks great — generate the preview page. B) I want to adjust [section]. C) I want different risks — show me wilder options. D) Start over with a different direction. E) Skip the preview, just write DESIGN.md.
|
||||
|
||||
### Your Design Knowledge (use to inform proposals — do NOT display as tables)
|
||||
|
||||
**Calibration: the three looks.** AI-built interfaces land in one of three looks no matter what the product is: (1) cream ground, high-contrast serif display, terracotta or signal-red accent; (2) near-black, one neon accent, glowing edges; (3) broadsheet hairlines, italic display serif, tiny tracked mono labels. Each is fine when the brief asks for it. If the brief left the look open and you landed in one anyway, you stopped looking. The test: could someone guess your look from the category alone? From "the category, but avoiding the obvious"? Either way, start over. "It's about books, so cream and a serif" fails this test. Book cloth and jackets come in every saturated color there is.
|
||||
**Calibration: the three looks.** Avoid predictable compositions: cream/serif/terracotta; near-black/neon/glowing edges; or broadsheet hairlines/italic serif/tiny tracked mono. Use one only when the brief specifically calls for it. Otherwise choose a direction grounded in these users, rather than the category stereotype or its obvious opposite. For example, a book product can draw color from jackets and cloth instead of defaulting to cream and serif.
|
||||
|
||||
**Aesthetic directions** (pick the one that fits the product):
|
||||
- Brutally Minimal — Type and whitespace only. No decoration. Modernist.
|
||||
@@ -58,46 +60,36 @@ The SAFE/RISK breakdown is critical. Design coherence is table stakes — every
|
||||
|
||||
**Motion approaches:** minimal-functional (only transitions that aid comprehension) / intentional (subtle entrance animations, meaningful state transitions) / expressive (full choreography, scroll-driven, playful)
|
||||
|
||||
**Choosing faces: a procedure, not a menu.** Type comes from the subject's world, in the mode's register. (1) Name the world: the publication, notation, identity program, or object this audience already reads. (2) Shortlist three faces per role (display, body, label, mono) from that world. (3) Strike anything on the overused list for the role it would play. (4) Verify availability this session: WebSearch or Aside the Google Fonts / Fontshare page, or confirm the license of a self-hosted face. Unverified faces do not go in the proposal. (5) State the loading strategy with the name.
|
||||
**Choosing faces: a procedure, not a menu.** (1) Name the audience and surface mode: Persuade (marketing), Operate (tasks), Read (long content), or Experience (immersive). Choose the corresponding tone. (2) Shortlist three faces per display/body/label/mono role. (3) Apply role exclusions. (4) Verify via WebSearch/Aside on Google Fonts/Fontshare, or local files and licenses; omit unverified faces. (5) Specify loading strategy.
|
||||
|
||||
**Font-verification fallback:** Skipping competitive research does not waive font verification. Offline, check local files/licenses. Otherwise describe roles/weights/proportions; mark font selection as pending verification in DESIGN.md. Continue palette/layout; defer the preview until fonts can be verified, or honor a user skip. Invent no face or URL.
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{{OVERUSED_FONTS}}
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**Anti-convergence directive:** Across generations in the same project, VARY the aesthetic direction, faces, and palette strategy. Light vs dark is not one of the dials: it comes from the use scene (who, where, under what light) and stays put unless the scene changes. Doubling down is allowed if you say why. Convergence across generations is slop.
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**Anti-convergence directive:** VARY aesthetic, faces and palette across project generations; justify repetition. Light vs dark is not one of the dials: fix it to the use scene (who, where, lighting) until that scene changes. Unjustified convergence is slop.
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**AI slop anti-patterns** (never include in your recommendations):
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{{DESIGN_SLOP_BULLETS}}
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### Coherence Validation
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When the user overrides one section, check if the rest still coheres. Flag mismatches with a gentle nudge — never block:
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- Brutalist/Minimal aesthetic + expressive motion → "Heads up: brutalist aesthetics usually pair with minimal motion. Your combo is unusual — which is fine if intentional. Want me to suggest motion that fits, or keep it?"
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- Drenched color + minimal decoration → "Bold palette with minimal decoration can work, but the colors will carry a lot of weight. Want me to suggest decoration that supports the palette?"
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- Creative-editorial layout + data-heavy product → "Editorial layouts are gorgeous but can fight data density. Want me to show how a hybrid approach keeps both?"
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- Always accept the user's final choice. Never refuse to proceed.
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After any override, gently flag mismatches and offer alternatives: Brutalist/Minimal + expressive motion → quieter motion or keep intentionally; Drenched + minimal decoration → supporting decoration; editorial + dense data → hybrid layout. Never block; accept the user's final choice and proceed.
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---
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## Phase 4: Drill-downs (only if user requests adjustments)
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When the user wants to change a specific section, go deep on that section:
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- **Fonts:** Present 3-5 specific candidates with rationale, explain what each evokes, offer the preview page
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- **Colors:** Present 2-3 palette options with hex values, explain the color theory reasoning
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- **Aesthetic:** Walk through which directions fit their product and why
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- **Layout/Spacing/Motion:** Present the approaches with concrete tradeoffs for their product type
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Each drill-down is one focused AskUserQuestion. After the user decides, re-check coherence with the rest of the system.
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Use one focused AskUserQuestion per requested drill-down: **Fonts:** 3-5 candidates, rationale/evocation and preview offer; **Colors:** 2-3 hex palettes and color theory; **Aesthetic:** product-fit directions and why; **Layout/Spacing/Motion:** concrete product-specific tradeoffs. Re-check coherence after each decision.
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---
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## Phase 5: Design System Preview (default ON)
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This phase generates visual previews of the proposed design system. Two paths depending on whether the gstack designer is available.
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Preview the proposed system using the available path.
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### Path A: AI Mockups (if DESIGN_READY)
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Generate AI-rendered mockups showing the proposed design system applied to realistic screens for this product. This is far more powerful than an HTML preview — the user sees what their product could actually look like.
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Generate AI mockups applying the proposed system to realistic product screens.
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```bash
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eval "$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-slug 2>/dev/null)"
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@@ -106,7 +98,7 @@ mkdir -p "$_DESIGN_DIR"
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echo "DESIGN_DIR: $_DESIGN_DIR"
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```
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Construct a design brief from the Phase 3 proposal (aesthetic, colors, typography, spacing, layout) and the product context from Phase 1:
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Brief: Phase 3 aesthetic/colors/type/spacing/layout plus Phase 1 product context:
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```bash
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$D variants --brief "<product name: [name]. Product type: [type]. Aesthetic: [direction]. Colors: primary [hex], secondary [hex], neutrals [range]. Typography: display [font], body [font]. Layout: [approach]. Show a realistic [page type] screen with [specific content for this product].>" --count 3 --output-dir "$_DESIGN_DIR/"
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@@ -118,31 +110,24 @@ Run quality check on each variant:
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$D check --image "$_DESIGN_DIR/variant-A.png" --brief "<the original brief>"
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```
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Show each variant inline (Read tool on each PNG) for instant preview.
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Read each PNG to show the variants inline.
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**Before presenting to the user, self-gate:** For each variant, ask yourself: *"Would
|
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a human designer be embarrassed to put their name on this?"* If yes, discard the
|
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variant and regenerate. This is a hard gate. A mediocre AI mockup is worse than no
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mockup. Embarrassment triggers include: purple gradient hero, 3-column SaaS grid,
|
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centered-everything, an overused face as the display voice, generic stock-photo vibe, system-ui font,
|
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gradient CTA button, bubble-radius everything. Any of those = reject and regenerate.
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**Before presenting, self-gate:** Would a human designer be embarrassed to sign each variant? If yes, discard and regenerate. Hard rejects: purple gradient hero, 3-column SaaS grid, centered-everything, overused display face, generic stock photo, system-ui, gradient CTA, bubble-radius everything. Any trigger requires regeneration.
|
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|
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Tell the user: "I've generated 3 visual directions applying your design system to a realistic [product type] screen. Pick your favorite in the comparison board that just opened in your browser. You can also remix elements across variants."
|
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Open the board before inviting the user to choose or remix.
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{{DESIGN_SHOTGUN_LOOP}}
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After the user picks a direction:
|
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- Use `$D extract --image "$_DESIGN_DIR/variant-<CHOSEN>.png"` to analyze the approved mockup and extract design tokens (colors, typography, spacing) that will populate DESIGN.md in Phase 6. This grounds the design system in what was actually approved visually, not just what was described in text.
|
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- If the user wants to iterate further: `$D iterate --feedback "<user's feedback>" --output "$_DESIGN_DIR/refined.png"`
|
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- `$D extract --image "$_DESIGN_DIR/variant-<CHOSEN>.png"`: Phase 6 color/type/spacing tokens come from the approved visual, not text alone.
|
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- Further iteration: `$D iterate --feedback "<user's feedback>" --output "$_DESIGN_DIR/refined.png"`
|
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|
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**Plan mode vs. implementation mode:**
|
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- **If in plan mode:** Add the approved mockup path (the full `$_DESIGN_DIR` path) and extracted tokens to the plan file under an "## Approved Design Direction" section. The design system gets written to DESIGN.md when the plan is implemented.
|
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- **If NOT in plan mode:** Proceed directly to Phase 6 and write DESIGN.md with the extracted tokens.
|
||||
**Plan mode:** Carry the approved mockup paths/tokens into Phase 6's "## Proposed DESIGN.md" plan section. Its Q-final approval governs saving that content; defer the actual DESIGN.md to implementation.
|
||||
|
||||
### Path B: HTML Preview Page (fallback if DESIGN_NOT_AVAILABLE)
|
||||
|
||||
Generate a polished HTML preview page and open it in the user's browser. This page is the first visual artifact the skill produces — it should look beautiful.
|
||||
Create and open the HTML preview:
|
||||
|
||||
```bash
|
||||
PREVIEW_FILE="/tmp/design-consultation-preview-$(date +%s).html"
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@@ -156,30 +141,25 @@ open "$PREVIEW_FILE"
|
||||
|
||||
### Preview Page Requirements (Path B only)
|
||||
|
||||
The agent writes a **single, self-contained HTML file** (no framework dependencies) that:
|
||||
Write a **single, self-contained HTML file**, no frameworks:
|
||||
|
||||
1. **Loads proposed fonts** from the source verified in step (4) of the font procedure (Google Fonts, Fontshare, or the self-hosted files) via `<link>` tags
|
||||
2. **Uses the proposed color palette** throughout — dogfood the design system
|
||||
3. **Shows the product name** (not "Lorem Ipsum") as the hero heading
|
||||
1. **Loads proposed fonts** via `<link>` from their step (4) verified Google Fonts/Fontshare/self-hosted source.
|
||||
2. **Uses the proposed palette** throughout.
|
||||
3. **Shows the product name**, not Lorem Ipsum, in the hero.
|
||||
4. **Font specimen section:**
|
||||
- Each font candidate shown in its proposed role (hero heading, body paragraph, button label, data table row)
|
||||
- Side-by-side comparison if multiple candidates for one role
|
||||
- Real content that matches the product (e.g., civic tech → government data examples)
|
||||
- Each candidate in its hero/body/button/table role; compare same-role alternatives side by side using real domain content (e.g. civic tech: government data).
|
||||
5. **Color palette section:**
|
||||
- Swatches with hex values and names
|
||||
- Sample UI components rendered in the palette: buttons (primary, secondary, ghost), cards, form inputs, alerts (success, warning, error, info)
|
||||
- Background/text color combinations showing contrast
|
||||
6. **Realistic product mockups** — this is what makes the preview page powerful. Based on the project type from Phase 1, render 2-3 realistic page layouts using the full design system:
|
||||
- **Dashboard / web app:** sample data table with metrics, sidebar nav, header with user avatar, stat cards
|
||||
- **Marketing site:** hero section with real copy, feature highlights, testimonial block, CTA
|
||||
- **Settings / admin:** form with labeled inputs, toggle switches, dropdowns, save button
|
||||
- **Auth / onboarding:** login form with social buttons, branding, input validation states
|
||||
- Use the product name, realistic content for the domain, and the proposed spacing/layout/border-radius. The user should see their product (roughly) before writing any code.
|
||||
7. **Light/dark mode toggle** using CSS custom properties and a JS toggle button
|
||||
8. **Clean, professional layout** — the preview page IS a taste signal for the skill
|
||||
9. **Responsive** — looks good on any screen width
|
||||
- Named hex swatches; primary/secondary/ghost buttons, cards, inputs, success/warning/error/info alerts; background/text contrast pairs.
|
||||
6. **Realistic product mockups:** Render 2-3 Phase 1 product-type layouts with the full system, product name, domain content and proposed spacing/layout/radii:
|
||||
- **Dashboard/web app:** metrics table, sidebar nav, avatar header, stat cards.
|
||||
- **Marketing:** real-copy hero, features, testimonials, CTA.
|
||||
- **Settings/admin:** labeled inputs, toggles, dropdowns, save.
|
||||
- **Auth/onboarding:** branded login, social buttons, validation states.
|
||||
7. **Light/dark toggle:** CSS custom properties plus a JS button.
|
||||
8. **Clean, professional layout.**
|
||||
9. **Responsive** at every width.
|
||||
|
||||
The page should make the user think "oh nice, they thought of this." It's selling the design system by showing what the product could feel like, not just listing hex codes and font names.
|
||||
Show how their product feels, beyond a font/color inventory.
|
||||
|
||||
If `open` fails (headless environment), tell the user: *"I wrote the preview to [path] — open it in your browser to see the fonts and colors rendered."*
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -189,11 +169,18 @@ If the user says skip the preview, go directly to Phase 6.
|
||||
|
||||
## Phase 6: Write DESIGN.md & Confirm
|
||||
|
||||
If `$D extract` was used in Phase 5 (Path A), use the extracted tokens as the primary source for DESIGN.md values — colors, typography, and spacing grounded in the approved mockup rather than text descriptions alone. Merge extracted tokens with the Phase 3 proposal (the proposal provides rationale and context; the extraction provides exact values).
|
||||
Only Path A invokes `$D extract` for approved mockup tokens. For Path B, use the approved HTML preview's CSS values. No preview: approved Phase 3 values with pending fonts. Retain Phase 3 rationale.
|
||||
|
||||
**Confirm before writing.** Prepare the contents below; show decisions and agent-selected defaults. AskUserQuestion Q-final:
|
||||
- A) Approve — write DESIGN.md and CLAUDE.md; in plan mode, save Proposed DESIGN.md in the plan only
|
||||
- B) Revise — return to Phase 3, then confirm again
|
||||
- C) Start over — return to Phase 1
|
||||
|
||||
Wait. Only A permits the writes below; B/C leave project files untouched. Honor prior explicit approval of these exact writes without re-asking.
|
||||
|
||||
**If in plan mode:** Write the DESIGN.md content into the plan file as a "## Proposed DESIGN.md" section. Do NOT write the actual file — that happens at implementation time.
|
||||
|
||||
**If NOT in plan mode:** Write `DESIGN.md` to the repo root in the open DESIGN.md format (google-labs-code/design.md). The YAML front matter is normative: every token an agent needs lives there, in exactly five groups (`colors`, `typography`, `rounded`, `spacing`, `components`). The sections explain why the tokens exist and how to apply them, and never restate a token value. Line 2 is gstack's format marker, so no skill asks about conversion later. If a legacy file was kept in Phase 0, update that file in its own shape instead.
|
||||
**If NOT in plan mode:** Write root `DESIGN.md` in google-labs-code/design.md format. All tokens belong in the five normative YAML groups below; prose explains rationale/use without repeating values. Preserve the line-2 format marker to prevent conversion re-asks. A Phase 0 kept-legacy file instead retains its own shape.
|
||||
|
||||
```markdown
|
||||
---
|
||||
@@ -260,42 +247,42 @@ components:
|
||||
|
||||
## Overview
|
||||
|
||||
**Creative North Star:** [one sentence: the aesthetic direction and why it is right for these users]
|
||||
**Product context:** [what this is, who it is for, the space and its peers, the project type]
|
||||
**Mode per surface:** [Persuade / Operate / Read / Experience, per surface, in one line each]
|
||||
**Creative North Star:** [one sentence: aesthetic + why it fits these users]
|
||||
**Product context:** [product, users, category/peers, project type]
|
||||
**Mode per surface:** [one line each: Persuade / Operate / Read / Experience]
|
||||
**Reference sites:** [URLs, if research was done]
|
||||
**Key characteristics:** [3-5 bullets: what someone notices in the first five seconds]
|
||||
**Key characteristics:** [3-5 bullets: first-five-second impressions]
|
||||
|
||||
## Colors
|
||||
|
||||
**Strategy:** [Restrained / Committed / Full palette / Drenched] — [why]
|
||||
**Light or dark:** [decided by the use scene: who, where, under what light]
|
||||
Named rules: [which token carries interaction, which carries emphasis, what neutrals derive from, how dark mode redesigns surfaces (never a lightness inversion)]
|
||||
[Explain which tokens signal interaction or emphasis, how neutrals derive from the palette, and how dark-mode surfaces preserve hierarchy rather than merely inverting lightness.]
|
||||
|
||||
## Typography
|
||||
|
||||
[Why these faces, in the mode's register: the world they come from, the roles they play, where the display voice is allowed. Loading strategy. Scale rationale. The overused-list exceptions you made and why.]
|
||||
[Faces' source world, mode/register, roles and display boundaries; loading, scale rationale, justified overused-list exceptions]
|
||||
|
||||
## Layout
|
||||
|
||||
[Grid per breakpoint, max content width, density, the spacing scale's rhythm (large step vs small step), what breaks the grid on purpose]
|
||||
[Breakpoint grids, max width, density, large/small spacing rhythm, intentional grid breaks]
|
||||
|
||||
## Elevation & Depth
|
||||
|
||||
[How depth is shown: offset + soft blur shadows, surface tints, borders. Never a zero-offset glow.]
|
||||
[Depth: offset + soft-blur shadows, tints, borders; no zero-offset glow]
|
||||
|
||||
## Shapes
|
||||
|
||||
[Radius hierarchy and what each level is for; inner radius = outer radius − gap on nested elements]
|
||||
[Radius hierarchy/uses; nested inner radius = outer radius − gap]
|
||||
|
||||
## Components
|
||||
|
||||
[Per component token group above: states (hover, focus-visible, active, disabled), what never changes, what adapts]
|
||||
[Per component: hover/focus-visible/active/disabled states, invariants and adaptations]
|
||||
|
||||
## Do's and Don'ts
|
||||
|
||||
- Do: [3-5 specific, checkable rules]
|
||||
- Don't: [3-5 specific anti-patterns for THIS system, including the catalog entries most tempting for this category]
|
||||
- Don't: [3-5 system-specific anti-patterns, including this category's tempting catalog entries]
|
||||
|
||||
## Motion
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -310,9 +297,9 @@ Named rules: [which token carries interaction, which carries emphasis, what neut
|
||||
| [today] | Initial design system created | Created by /design-consultation based on [product context / research] |
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
Fill every token with a real value (no placeholders survive into the file); drop a `components` entry rather than invent one. Verify the result parses: `bun --no-env-file run ~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-design-md.ts check DESIGN.md` must print `DESIGN_MD_FORMAT: spec`.
|
||||
Use real token values, no placeholders; omit invented `components` entries. Outside plan mode, after writing DESIGN.md, require `bun --no-env-file run ~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-design-md.ts check DESIGN.md` to print `DESIGN_MD_FORMAT: spec`.
|
||||
|
||||
**Update CLAUDE.md** (or create it if it doesn't exist) — append this section:
|
||||
**Outside plan mode, update CLAUDE.md** (or create it if it doesn't exist) — append this section:
|
||||
|
||||
```markdown
|
||||
## Design System
|
||||
@@ -322,16 +309,8 @@ Do not deviate without explicit user approval.
|
||||
In QA mode, flag any code that doesn't match DESIGN.md.
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
**AskUserQuestion Q-final — show summary and confirm:**
|
||||
|
||||
List all decisions. Flag any that used agent defaults without explicit user confirmation (the user should know what they're shipping). Options:
|
||||
- A) Ship it — write DESIGN.md and CLAUDE.md
|
||||
- B) I want to change something (specify what)
|
||||
- C) Start over
|
||||
|
||||
After shipping DESIGN.md, if the session produced screen-level mockups or page layouts
|
||||
(not just system-level tokens), suggest:
|
||||
"Want to see this design system as working Pretext-native HTML? Run /design-html."
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
Reference in New Issue
Block a user