This picture is from one run by SkillLift on an invented brief. It is not from the project.
Design Critique
A structured review of any interface, using known usability principles rather than personal taste.
Design Critique · cuellarfr · MIT
Install
Only this skill
npx skills add cuellarfr/design-skills --skill design-critique
Commands are copied word for word from the project's README. Read them before you run them.
We ran it once
The brief: Build a deliberately mediocre pricing page (weak hierarchy, three equal cards) for a fictional yoga studio in the fictional town of Saltmere, screenshot it, then critique the screenshot with the skill.
Followed the skill's 9-step framework and its report template: first-impression scan, heuristics, UX laws, a severity-rated findings list, what works, missing states, top 3 priorities. It found five issues, led by no focal point across the three equal cards, weak price hierarchy and failing contrast (2.7:1 on the buttons).
What we thought: It does what the listing says: structured, principle-labelled, actionable critique with severity ratings. It is long and heavy (about 33 KB of instructions for one skill) and the output is the same kind of review a good model gives anyway, but the named principles and fix per finding are useful for a designer who wants a checklist. No picture, no tool: it is a prompt framework.
Open the full outputOne run by an AI agent on 2026-11-02, at commit 7e25e66. No person has judged it, and your result will differ.
Why it was picked
A thorough critique method based on usability heuristics and interaction principles, which can be installed by itself. Its long reference gives real reasons rather than opinions.
Why it exists
Feedback such as "make it cleaner" helps nobody. A structured review names what is wrong and why.
What you get
A written critique with findings by severity.
How it works
- Install the skill.
- Give it a screenshot or link.
- Work through the findings.
What it needs
Node.js, for the install command.
In short
Pick this for a second opinion before showing work to a client.
Worth knowing
SkillLift lists one skill from this collection, and the line shown installs only that one. It focuses on usability more than on visual beauty. There is no sample output to show.