design-reviewlisted
Install: claude install-skill SkotAlexsander/skills
# Design Review
Review a web app or page for visual design quality. This is not a UX audit (usability, workflow, friction) — this checks whether the design is **professional, consistent, and polished**.
The goal: would a design-conscious person look at this and think "this is well made" or "this looks like a developer designed it"?
## When to Use
- Before showing something to a client or team
- When something "looks off" but you can't pinpoint why
- After building a feature, before calling it done
- Periodic quality check on a shipped product
- After a UX audit — this is the visual companion
## Browser Tool Detection
Same as ux-audit — Chrome MCP, Playwright MCP, or playwright-cli.
## URL Resolution
Same as ux-audit — prefer deployed/live over localhost.
## What to Check
### 1. Layout and Spacing
| Check | Good | Bad |
|-------|------|-----|
| **Consistent spacing** | Same gap between all cards in a grid, same padding in all sections | Some cards have 16px gap, others 24px. Header padding differs from body |
| **Alignment** | Left edges of content align vertically across sections | Heading starts at one indent, body text at another, cards at a third |
| **Breathing room** | Generous whitespace around content, elements don't feel cramped | Text touching container edges, buttons crowded against inputs |
| **Grid discipline** | Content follows a clear column grid | Elements placed freely, no underlying structure |
| **Responsive proportions** | Sidebar/content ratio l