Design direction
Guardrails, skills, loops, hooks & review agents for database + website builders on Claude Code (Next.js + Supabase).
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Choose an intentional, non-template visual direction (style, palette, type, motion) BEFORE writing any UI. Use at the start of a new site/page or when output looks generic. Enforces the anti-template policy.
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design-direction
The fastest way to ship template-looking UI is to start coding without a direction. Don't.
Do this first
- Pick a named direction — editorial/magazine, neo-brutalism, glass-with-real-depth, dark or light luxury, bento, scrollytelling, Swiss/International, retro-futurism. NOT "clean minimal." NOT auto dark mode.
- Palette intentionally: a base, 1–2 surfaces, a semantic accent (success/warn/danger), and ONE
brand-defining color used with purpose. Define as Tailwind v4
@themetokens (hand totheme-tokens). - Type pairing: a display/heading face with character + a readable body face. State the pairing and why.
- Reference set: name 2–3 real sites/products this should feel like.
- Motion intent: how motion clarifies this product (subtle micro vs. cinematic scroll). Hand to
animation-implement.
Output
- A short "direction brief": style name, palette tokens, type pairing, references, motion intent.
- This brief is the contract the rest of the build is judged against.
Guardrails (anti-template)
- Every surface must show ≥4 of: scale hierarchy, spacing rhythm, depth/layering, real type, semantic color, designed interaction states, grid-breaking composition, texture, purposeful motion, designed data viz.
- Final gut check: "would this look believable in a real product screenshot?" If no, iterate before building more.