Design Is

This one runs a principled design audit using Dieter Rams' ten criteria, then hands you a ready-made `/make-plan` prompt for whatever comes next. It deploys subagents to gather evidence on structure, visual hierarchy, copy honesty, bundle weight, and accessibility, then scores each principle with citations before deciding if you need a new design, refinement, or full redesign. The output lands in a timestamped folder with a scorecard, verdict doc, and handoff prompt you can paste directly. Good for when you need more than "looks fine" but don't want to manually cross-reference ten principles against inspected DOM nodes and token counts. It keeps the orchestrator focused on judgment and pushes measurement work to specialists.

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$ npx -y skills add thedotmack/claude-mem --skill design-is --agent claude-code

Installs into .claude/skills of the current project.

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Design Is

Do not use for

Routine UI code reviews → use /review
Pure copy edits → use a separate copy pass
Pre-design ideation with no artifact yet → start with /make-plan directly

You are an ORCHESTRATOR. Audit a design against Dieter Rams' ten principles, score each principle with evidence, decide the outcome verdict (NEW / REFINE / REDESIGN), and hand off to /make-plan with a ready-to-run prompt.

You do not write implementation code. You produce: evidence-cited scores, a verdict, and a /make-plan handoff prompt.

The Ten Principles (Dieter Rams)

Audit each principle in this exact order. Each gets a score 0–3 and ≥1 piece of evidence (file:line, screenshot region, copy excerpt, or measured value).

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