design-tastelisted

Carries the layer model that decides which design decision settles first, the rules that keep a surface coherent across sections, and the catalog of defaults a model reaches for when nothing states a direction. Use when drafting or judging an interface, a page, or any rendered surface, when output reads generic or templated, when redesigning something that already exists, or when asked to "make this look designed", "why does this look like AI made it", "give it taste", "what layer is this decision at", or "grey-box this first". Do NOT use for accessibility, forms, or state coverage, which the `ui` governance rules carry, for the shape of the project's design document, which `design.md` governs, to run the candidate loop, which is `draft-and-pick`, or to trace a reference's values, which is `sketch-design`.
erclx/canon · ★ 2 · Web & Frontend · score 75

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# Design taste A model with no stated direction draws the population average of what it has seen. That is why unguided design output reads as templated while satisfying every rule of craft it was given, and it is why adding more craft rules does not fix it. This skill carries the direction: where a decision sits, what settles before it, and which defaults to reach past. Load this before drafting rather than after. A revision pass recovers a color and never recovers the composition the draft already settled. Skip it for work that does not change how something looks, feels, moves, or is interacted with. ## The defaults you are reaching past This is what the population average looks like. Each one is what gets drawn when nothing states otherwise, and each is recognizable on sight: - Three equal cards in a row under a heading. - A centered headline over a dark gradient wash, with two buttons under it. - A violet-to-blue gradient used as the accent. - Numbered labels above sections: `001 / Capabilities`, `Phase 02`, `Step 1`. - A scroll cue at the bottom of the first screen. - A colored dot before every navigation item, row or badge. - A glow standing in for elevation, on a pure black or pure white ground. - A product screenshot built out of styled rectangles. - Placeholder that announces itself: `Acme`, a stock person name, 99.9%, one portrait used twice. - Verbs chosen for warmth rather than for meaning, of the `elevate` and `unleash` family. Reaching past a default means