What problem does it solve? When designing without an existing brand or design system, AI-generated interfaces tend to drift toward generic, template-like visuals. This Skill locks in a specific aesthetic direction before any high-fidelity work begins, so every subsequent design decision stays intentional and consistent. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Five-phase workflow: Confirms no existing brand context exists, gathers intent (three adjectives, audience, references), locks choices across seven axes, documents the direction, then validates it on a small surface before scaling. - Seven locked dimensions: Typography (specific font families with weights and fallbacks), color (oklch-based palettes with tuned neutrals), density (spacing scale), corner radius and shadows, component style, imagery and iconography, and motion patterns. - Anti-generic guardrails: Explicitly avoids overused defaults like Inter, Roboto, and the warm cream-plus-serif editorial combination unless the brief genuinely calls for it. - Use Case: A designer starting a greenfield marketing site with no brand guidelines uses this Skill to propose four distinct visual directions, lock one into a documented token set, and validate it on a hero section before building full pages. ## Quick Start Ask the AI to define an aesthetic direction for a new project that has no brand guidelines, describing the desired feel in three adjectives.
