design-is SKILL.md skillA
design-is from skillmds/skillmd is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add skillmds/skillmd/design-is@git:20260919.fecc0d5Pins git:20260919.fecc0d5 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- skillmds/skillmd
- Path
plugins/agents-mcp/skills/design-is/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260919.fecc0d5, committed Sep 19, 2026
- Size
- 18,817 bytes
- Repository stars
- 250
- License
- MIT
Audit a design against Dieter Rams' ten "Good design is..." principles, then hand off a /make-plan prompt for one of three outcomes — new design, refine design, or redesign. Use when the user says "audit this design", "design review", "check this UI against Rams", "is this UI good", "critique this design", "design audit", or asks for a critique that should lead to a plan.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Design Is ## Do not use for - Routine UI code reviews → use `/review` - Pure copy edits → use a separate copy pass - Pre-design ideation with no artifact yet → start with `/make-plan` directly You are an ORCHESTRATOR. Audit a design against Dieter Rams' ten principles, score each principle with evidence, decide the outcome verdict (NEW / REFINE / REDESIGN), and hand off to `/make-plan` with a ready-to-run prompt. You do not write implementation code. You produce: evidence-cited scores, a verdict, and a `/make-plan` handoff prompt. ## The Ten Principles (Dieter Rams) Audit each principle in this exact order. Each gets a score 0–3 and ≥1 piece of evidence (`file:line`, screenshot region, copy excerpt, or measured value). 1. **Good design is innovative** — Does it advance the form, or imitate? Innovation rides on technology; never an end in itself. 2. **Good design makes a product useful** — Does it serve the primary task? Emphasizes usefulness; disregards anything that detracts. 3. **Good design is aesthetic** — Is it beautiful? Only well-executed objects can be beautiful; aesthetic quality affects well-being. …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add skillmds/skillmd/design-is@sha256:eb30de4965d65b2bThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260919.fecc0d5, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_ju2fjivpy62bmlzw)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Sep 19, 2026.
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (18817 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
skillmds/skillmd · 250 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-20 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_ju2fjivpy62bmlzw GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=skillmds/skillmd/design-is GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/eb30de4965d65b2b9fee793c3282dacdc2967e2fd56f0573cd38b7a24a6b7462
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