Agent skill

Redesign

by plugin87 in plugin87/ux-ui-agent-skills

Upgrade an existing website or app to premium quality without breaking functionality — audit the current design, identify generic/AI tells, then apply taste and system rules surgically.

MITAuto-check passedFrontend & Design

Install Redesign

skills CLI
$ npx skills add plugin87/ux-ui-agent-skills --skill redesign -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install plugin87/ux-ui-agent-skills redesign --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/plugin87/ux-ui-agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/redesign .claude/skills/redesign && 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
redesign
GitHub stars
1.5k
Token cost
~713 tokens
SKILL.md length
268 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
23
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Upgrade an existing website or app to premium quality without breaking functionality — audit the current design, identify generic/AI tells, then apply taste and system rules surgically.

  • Works in 6 steps: Read… → Scan the codebase: framework, styling… → Diagnose with the Banned Defaults… → …
  • The user wants to improve
  • SKILL.md covers Steps, Guardrails and Single-theme consistency…
  • Calls npx

What it does

Redesign is an agent skill from plugin87/ux-ui-agent-skills. Upgrade an existing website or app to premium quality without breaking functionality — audit the current design, identify generic/AI tells, then apply taste and system rules surgically. Use when the user wants to improve, modernize, polish, or "make better" an existing UI/codebase.

Its SKILL.md is about 710 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 Agent instruction files and Accessibility. The repository describes itself as: Turn Claude into a senior design architect: DTCG tokens, 52 components, WCAG 2.2 AA-AAA, 138 design systems, any-framework code, and 50 objective gates that fail the build… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • The user wants to improve
  • Make better an existing UI/codebase

Example prompts

  • “make better”
  • “/redesign”

Requirements

  • Node.js

Workflow steps

6 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Read ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../../workflows/redesign-audit.md (the full Scan → Diagnose → Direct → Apply → Verify sequence + Output…
  2. Scan the codebase: framework, styling method (→ route to the matching frameworks/ adapter), token reality, components, what must be…
  3. Diagnose with the Banned Defaults checklist (${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../../taste/design-taste.md) + the review rubric (design-review…
  4. Direct: choose an archetype/system (apply-aesthetic skill) that fits the brand.
  5. Apply in order — tokens first, then typography/spacing, then component states, then motion — without changing routes/data/markup semantics…
  6. Verify: re-run design-review + a11y-audit; smoke-test every previously working flow; dark mode + responsive spot-check. Run…

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 14f8d44. 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

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • npx

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

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use npx, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

    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

Redesign loads about 713 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 73 tokens; SKILL.md has 268 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~73
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~713

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 plugin87/ux-ui-agent-skills at commit 14f8d44, republished under its MIT licence (© plugin87). 268 words, ~713 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/redesign/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
redesign
description
Upgrade an existing website or app to premium quality without breaking functionality — audit the current design, identify generic/AI tells, then apply taste and system rules surgically. Use when the user wants to improve, modernize, polish, or "make better" an existing UI/codebase.
disable-model-invocation
true

Skill: Redesign & Audit

Step 0 — is the kit here? This skill reads files from the kit. Check once: ls ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../../tokens >/dev/null 2>&1 && echo KIT_OK || echo KIT_MISSING On KIT_MISSING only the skill folders were installed, which is what npx skills add does. Say so plainly, point the user at npx ux-ui-agent-skills init or the plugin install, and stop. Do not guess the contents of a file you could not open.

Audit-first redesign that preserves behavior.

Steps

  1. Read ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../../workflows/redesign-audit.md (the full Scan → Diagnose → Direct → Apply → Verify sequence + Output Completeness).
  2. Scan the codebase: framework, styling method (→ route to the matching frameworks/ adapter), token reality, components, what must be preserved.
  3. Diagnose with the Banned Defaults checklist (${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../../taste/design-taste.md) + the review rubric (design-review skill). Produce a prioritized findings table.
  4. Direct: choose an archetype/system (apply-aesthetic skill) that fits the brand.
  5. Apply in order — tokens first, then typography/spacing, then component states, then motion — without changing routes/data/markup semantics (except a11y fixes).
  6. Verify: re-run design-review + a11y-audit; smoke-test every previously working flow; dark mode + responsive spot-check. Run ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../../scripts/validate_contrast.py on the token source and ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../../scripts/lint_hardcodes.py over the changed code.

Guardrails

Never sacrifice a working feature for aesthetics. Never ship a brand color that fails contrast. Never remove existing accessibility affordances. Deliver complete files — no placeholders.

Single-theme consistency (critical for multi-page apps)

Consolidate to ONE shared token theme and make every page consume it — a redesign that leaves different pages on different palettes has failed. Replace per-page/ad-hoc colors with semantic tokens; verify with ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../../scripts/lint_hardcodes.py that no page reintroduces off-theme values. Theme switches must come from the single token source, not page edits (.claude/rules/tokens-and-color.md → Single-Theme Consistency).

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Files

Just SKILL.md in .claude/skills/redesign of plugin87/ux-ui-agent-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 14f8d44

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Accessibility Fixeribelick/ui-skills9.4k4 repos~1.2kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
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Questions about Redesign

What does Redesign do?

Upgrade an existing website or app to premium quality without breaking functionality — audit the current design, identify generic/AI tells, then apply taste and system rules surgically. Redesign is an agent skill from plugin87/ux-ui-agent-skills. Upgrade an existing website or app to premium quality without breaking functionality — audit the current design, identify generic/AI tells, then apply taste and system rules surgically.

When should I use Redesign?

Redesign fits situations like: the user wants to improve; make better an existing UI/codebase.

How do I install Redesign in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add plugin87/ux-ui-agent-skills --skill redesign -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/redesign in plugin87/ux-ui-agent-skills) into .claude/skills/redesign in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Redesign in Codex?

Run `npx skills add plugin87/ux-ui-agent-skills --skill redesign -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/redesign in plugin87/ux-ui-agent-skills) into .agents/skills/redesign in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Redesign 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 plugin87/ux-ui-agent-skills --skill redesign -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/redesign, .gemini/skills/redesign, .github/skills/redesign and .opencode/skills/redesign in your project.

What does Redesign need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Redesign needs the command-line tools its instructions call (npx). Our summary lists: Node.js.

Does Redesign access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use npx, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Redesign 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 Redesign use?

Redesign 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 Redesign use?

About 713 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.9k 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 Redesign?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Redesign: Web Interface Guidelines Reviewer (vercel-labs/openreview, 1.7k stars), Accessibility Review (markmead/hyperui, 12k stars), Web Animation Design (baptisteArno/typebot.io, 11k stars) and Accessibility Fixer (ibelick/ui-skills, 9.4k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Redesign?

plugin87 (a GitHub user) maintains it in plugin87/ux-ui-agent-skills, which has 1,543 GitHub stars. The repository holds 23 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

Source: plugin87/ux-ui-agent-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.