Design Pro
A routing layer over 328 design playbooks from seven published collections, with an orchestrated pipeline for UI builds on top. Each playbook is a self-contained reference file. Read only the ones the task calls for — never load the whole library.
First fork: is this a UI build?
Before classifying, decide which of two paths the request is on. Getting this right is what separates distinctive output from generic output.
Path A — Build / design / improve a UI surface (a page, screen, component, landing page, marketing site, app view, or dashboard — and you will actually produce or change it):
→ Read references/process/orchestrate.md and follow it. It is the mandatory pipeline. It drives the bundled anti-generic engine (tastemaker) as a spine, routes the other areas in service of it, and enforces a final anti-slop gate. Do not hand a UI build straight to a single playbook — that is the passive-switchboard path that produces "any AI could have built this."
Path B — everything else (critique with no change, research and strategy, a pure Three.js / shader scene, a motion showreel, a game system, an SVG illustration, "which skill covers X"):
→ Use the switchboard below.
Switchboard (Path B)
- Classify the request into one of the five areas below.
- Read that area's
INDEX.md. It lists every playbook in the area with its full trigger description. - Read the one or two playbooks that match. Follow them as written — they are the expertise; this file is only the switchboard.
- If nothing matches, say so and proceed with your own judgment rather than forcing a bad fit.
Reading two playbooks from different areas is normal and correct. Reading six is a sign the request needs splitting into stages.
The five areas
| Area | Read when the work is about | Index |
|---|---|---|
| ui-craft (82) | Polish, typography, color systems, accessibility, layout, interface copy, interaction patterns, animation and motion feel, visual critique. The "does this look and feel right" layer. | references/ui-craft/INDEX.md |
| web-build (121) | Landing pages, marketing sites, design engineering, scroll and GSAP storytelling, turning references or screen recordings into prompts, page capture, article and image generation. The "build the page" layer. | references/web-build/INDEX.md |
| process (63) | User research, interviews, personas, JTBD, journey maps, surveys, usability testing, design systems governance, tokens, design ops, handoff specs, stakeholder and negotiation work. The "how the work gets decided" layer. | references/process/INDEX.md |
| motion-3d (36) | Three.js scenes, materials, lighting, water, god rays, virtual tours, motion showreels, web video presentations, and hand-written SVG illustration styles. | references/motion-3d/INDEX.md |
| games (26) | Game architecture, gameplay loops, combat systems, skill VFX, gameplay QA. | references/games/INDEX.md |
Routing hints
These are the calls that are easy to get wrong:
- "Make it look better" / "this looks AI-generated" — if you'll actually change the UI, that's Path A →
references/process/orchestrate.md. If it's critique only, that'sui-craft(tastemakerauditverb /better-interface). - "Review this interface" (no change) →
ui-craft(better-interfacegives one ranked report across all six lenses). - Building a new marketing page → Path A →
references/process/orchestrate.md. Don't route straight toweb-build+ui-craftas two separate engines; the orchestrator runs one engine, grounded and gated. - An animation feels wrong but you can't say why →
ui-craft, the animation playbooks. Easing and duration are usually the cause. - "Should we build this at all" →
process, notui-craft. Research and strategy precede craft. - A static design that needs to become a video →
motion-3d. - Anything with a Figma file as input →
web-build(build-design).
Supporting files
Some playbooks ship scripts and reference material alongside them, in a sibling folder named <playbook>.files/. When a playbook refers to its own references or scripts, look there. Demo assets (videos, screenshots, textures) were not bundled — if a playbook points at one, treat it as illustrative and carry on.
Provenance
Every playbook carries a header naming its source repository and author. All seven collections are MIT licensed and bundled unmodified apart from that header:
| Collection | Author | Playbooks |
|---|---|---|
| MengTo/Skills | Meng To | 178 |
| Owl-Listener/designer-skills | MC Dean | 111 |
| emilkowalski/skills | Emil Kowalski | 15 |
| jakubkrehel/skills | Jakub Krehel | 14 |
| ConardLi/garden-skills | ConardLi | 6 |
| codeswithroh/tastemaker | codeswithroh | 2 |
| elayadesign/ai-design-skills | Elaya | 2 |
Keep attribution intact when quoting a playbook's content into client-facing work.