Lamina content design

Skill aryaniyaps/lamina/skills/lamina-content-design

Headless Product Design skill for AI coding agents | Design how it works, verify what you ship.

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npx -y skills add aryaniyaps/lamina --skill lamina-content-design

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Copy and labels in contracts — scan-first labels, error text, and empty-state messaging. Use when screen copy blocks actor walks.

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Content Design (agent-native)

Specify user-visible text in surfaces[] — labels, headings, errors, empty states — so implementers and verify subagents share one source of truth.

Contract encoding

Per screen:

title, primary_action label
empty_state copy when scenarios include collection_empty
error_messages keyed by scenario id
Navigation labels consistent with workflows operation names

Concise copy: every word earns its place; no happy talk on task screens.

Frameworks

Scan-first: headings, bullets, one primary CTA visible without reading paragraphs.
Satisficing: first visible option on primary path should be correct.
Mindless choices: mutually exclusive nav labels — depth beats ambiguous breadth.
Eliminate instructions: if copy explains the UI, fix structure (discoverability).

Design checklists

Page/screen title matches link that leads there.
Error copy: what happened → why → what to do next.
Labels use actor vocabulary from entities[], not internal jargon.
Home/landing answers: what site, what can I do, why here, why trust — if applicable.
Halve marketing copy on task screens.

Verify checks

Actor walk: simulated actor finds primary action without re-reading labels.
Walkthrough: link text ≠ page title mismatches → finding.
a11y: link purpose clear out of context.

Anti-patterns

Welcome paragraphs users skip.
"Click here" or jargon labels.
Instructions compensating for bad layout.
Clever headings that fail actor-walk goal completion.