visual-companionlisted
Install: claude install-skill dork-labs/dorkos
# Visual Companion
Browser-based visual companion for rendering mockups, diagrams, and interactive options. The server watches a directory for HTML files and serves the newest one to the browser. You write HTML content, the user sees it in their browser and can click to select options.
## When to Use
Decide per-question, not per-session. The test: **would the user understand this better by seeing it than reading it?**
**Use the browser** when the content itself is visual:
- **UI mockups** -- wireframes, layouts, navigation structures, component designs
- **Architecture diagrams** -- system components, data flow, relationship maps
- **Side-by-side visual comparisons** -- comparing two layouts, two color schemes, two design directions
- **Design polish** -- when the question is about look and feel, spacing, visual hierarchy
- **Spatial relationships** -- state machines, flowcharts, entity relationships rendered as diagrams
**Use the terminal** when the content is text or tabular:
- **Requirements and scope questions** -- "what does X mean?", "which features are in scope?"
- **Conceptual A/B/C choices** -- picking between approaches described in words
- **Tradeoff lists** -- pros/cons, comparison tables
- **Technical decisions** -- API design, data modeling, architectural approach selection
- **Clarifying questions** -- anything where the answer is words, not a visual preference
A question _about_ a UI topic is not automatically a visual question. "What kind of wizard do