Agent skill

I Critique

by boussadjra in boussadjra/vuestrata

Evaluate design effectiveness from a UX perspective. An agent skill from boussadjra/vuestrata.

MITAuto-check passedFrontend & Design

Install I Critique

skills CLI
$ npx skills add boussadjra/vuestrata --skill i-critique -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install boussadjra/vuestrata i-critique --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/boussadjra/vuestrata.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.github/skills/i-critique .claude/skills/i-critique && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
i-critique
GitHub stars
111
Used in
4 other repos
Token cost
~1.3k tokens
SKILL.md length
678 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
21
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Evaluate design effectiveness from a UX perspective. An agent skill from boussadjra/vuestrata.

  • Works in 10 steps: AI Slop Detection (CRITICAL) → Visual Hierarchy → Information Architecture → …
  • Tasks that involve Design review and critique
  • SKILL.md covers Design Critique and Generate Critique Report
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

I Critique is an agent skill from boussadjra/vuestrata. Evaluate design effectiveness from a UX perspective. Assesses visual hierarchy, information architecture, emotional resonance, and overall design quality with actionable feedback.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.3k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Frontend & Design, covering Design review and critique and UX design. The repository describes itself as: A modern, production-ready Vue 3 template with multi-theme support, Reka UI wrappers, and enterprise-grade tooling. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Design review and critique
  • Tasks that involve UX design

Example prompts

  • “/i-critique”

Workflow steps

10 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. AI Slop Detection (CRITICAL)
  2. Visual Hierarchy
  3. Information Architecture
  4. Emotional Resonance
  5. Discoverability & Affordance
  6. Composition & Balance
  7. Typography as Communication
  8. Color with Purpose
  9. States & Edge Cases
  10. Microcopy & Voice

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 73cbf9f. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

I Critique loads about 1.3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 48 tokens; SKILL.md has 678 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~48
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.3k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from boussadjra/vuestrata at commit 73cbf9f, republished under its MIT licence (© boussadjra). 678 words, ~1,290 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/i-critique/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
i-critique
description
Evaluate design effectiveness from a UX perspective. Assesses visual hierarchy, information architecture, emotional resonance, and overall design quality with actionable feedback.
user-invokable
true
argument-hint
AREA=<value>

Conduct a holistic design critique, evaluating whether the interface actually works—not just technically, but as a designed experience. Think like a design director giving feedback.

First: Use the i-frontend-design skill for design principles and anti-patterns.

Design Critique

Evaluate the interface across these dimensions:

1. AI Slop Detection (CRITICAL)

This is the most important check. Does this look like every other AI-generated interface from 2024-2025?

Review the design against ALL the DON'T guidelines in the i-frontend-design skill—they are the fingerprints of AI-generated work. Check for the AI color palette, gradient text, dark mode with glowing accents, glassmorphism, hero metric layouts, identical card grids, generic fonts, and all other tells.

The test: If you showed this to someone and said "AI made this," would they believe you immediately? If yes, that's the problem.

2. Visual Hierarchy
  • Does the eye flow to the most important element first?
  • Is there a clear primary action? Can you spot it in 2 seconds?
  • Do size, color, and position communicate importance correctly?
  • Is there visual competition between elements that should have different weights?
3. Information Architecture
  • Is the structure intuitive? Would a new user understand the organization?
  • Is related content grouped logically?
  • Are there too many choices at once? (cognitive overload)
  • Is the navigation clear and predictable?
4. Emotional Resonance
  • What emotion does this interface evoke? Is that intentional?
  • Does it match the brand personality?
  • Does it feel trustworthy, approachable, premium, playful—whatever it should feel?
  • Would the target user feel "this is for me"?
5. Discoverability & Affordance
  • Are interactive elements obviously interactive?
  • Would a user know what to do without instructions?
  • Are hover/focus states providing useful feedback?
  • Are there hidden features that should be more visible?
6. Composition & Balance
  • Does the layout feel balanced or uncomfortably weighted?
  • Is whitespace used intentionally or just leftover?
  • Is there visual rhythm in spacing and repetition?
  • Does asymmetry feel designed or accidental?
7. Typography as Communication
  • Does the type hierarchy clearly signal what to read first, second, third?
  • Is body text comfortable to read? (line length, spacing, size)
  • Do font choices reinforce the brand/tone?
  • Is there enough contrast between heading levels?
8. Color with Purpose
  • Is color used to communicate, not just decorate?
  • Does the palette feel cohesive?
  • Are accent colors drawing attention to the right things?
  • Does it work for colorblind users? (not just technically—does meaning still come through?)
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9. States & Edge Cases
  • Empty states: Do they guide users toward action, or just say "nothing here"?
  • Loading states: Do they reduce perceived wait time?
  • Error states: Are they helpful and non-blaming?
  • Success states: Do they confirm and guide next steps?
10. Microcopy & Voice
  • Is the writing clear and concise?
  • Does it sound like a human (the right human for this brand)?
  • Are labels and buttons unambiguous?
  • Does error copy help users fix the problem?

Generate Critique Report

Structure your feedback as a design director would:

Anti-Patterns Verdict

Start here. Pass/fail: Does this look AI-generated? List specific tells from the skill's Anti-Patterns section. Be brutally honest.

Overall Impression

A brief gut reaction—what works, what doesn't, and the single biggest opportunity.

What's Working

Highlight 2-3 things done well. Be specific about why they work.

Priority Issues

The 3-5 most impactful design problems, ordered by importance:

For each issue:

  • What: Name the problem clearly
  • Why it matters: How this hurts users or undermines goals
  • Fix: What to do about it (be concrete)
  • Command: Which command to use (prefer: /i-adapt, /i-animate, /i-audit, /i-bolder, /i-clarify, /i-colorize, /i-critique, /i-delight, /i-distill, /i-extract, /i-harden, /i-normalize, /i-onboard, /i-optimize, /i-polish, /i-quieter — or other installed skills you're sure exist)
Minor Observations

Quick notes on smaller issues worth addressing.

Questions to Consider

Provocative questions that might unlock better solutions:

  • "What if the primary action were more prominent?"
  • "Does this need to feel this complex?"
  • "What would a confident version of this look like?"

Remember:

  • Be direct—vague feedback wastes everyone's time
  • Be specific—"the submit button" not "some elements"
  • Say what's wrong AND why it matters to users
  • Give concrete suggestions, not just "consider exploring..."
  • Prioritize ruthlessly—if everything is important, nothing is
  • Don't soften criticism—developers need honest feedback to ship great design

© boussadjra, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in .github/skills/i-critique of boussadjra/vuestrata.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 73cbf9f

Used in 4 other repositories

We found 4 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 4 other GitHub owners. This page covers the copy in boussadjra/vuestrata, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Questions about I Critique

What does I Critique do?

Evaluate design effectiveness from a UX perspective. An agent skill from boussadjra/vuestrata. I Critique is an agent skill from boussadjra/vuestrata. Evaluate design effectiveness from a UX perspective.

When should I use I Critique?

I Critique fits situations like: tasks that involve Design review and critique; tasks that involve UX design.

How do I install I Critique in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add boussadjra/vuestrata --skill i-critique -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.github/skills/i-critique in boussadjra/vuestrata) into .claude/skills/i-critique in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install I Critique in Codex?

Run `npx skills add boussadjra/vuestrata --skill i-critique -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.github/skills/i-critique in boussadjra/vuestrata) into .agents/skills/i-critique in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use I Critique in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add boussadjra/vuestrata --skill i-critique -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/i-critique, .gemini/skills/i-critique, .github/skills/i-critique and .opencode/skills/i-critique in your project.

What does I Critique need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: I Critique is instructions for the agent only.

Does I Critique access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is I Critique safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does I Critique use?

I Critique is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does I Critique use?

About 1.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.2k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to I Critique?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with I Critique: Om UX Review PR (go-musicfox/go-musicfox, 2.6k stars), Design Review (jezweb/claude-skills, 1.1k stars), Design Review (plugin87/ux-ui-agent-skills, 1.6k stars) and Design Critique (mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills, 1.4k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains I Critique?

boussadjra (a GitHub user) maintains it in boussadjra/vuestrata, which has 111 GitHub stars. The repository holds 21 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 5, 2026.

Source: boussadjra/vuestrata on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.