taste-skill

1# tasteskill: Anti-Slop Frontend Skill
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3> Landing pages, portfolios, and redesigns. Not dashboards, not data tables, not multi-step product UI.
4> Every rule below is **contextual**. None of it fires automatically. First read the brief, then pull only what fits.
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8## 0. BRIEF INFERENCE (Read the Room Before Anything Else)
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10Before touching code or tweaking dials, **infer what the user actually wants**. Most LLM design output is bad because the model jumps to a default aesthetic instead of reading the room.
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12### 0.A Read these signals first
131. **Page kind** - landing (SaaS / consumer / agency / event), portfolio (dev / designer / creative studio), redesign (preserve vs overhaul), editorial / blog.
142. **Vibe words** the user used - "minimalist", "calm", "Linear-style", "Awwwards", "brutalist", "premium consumer", "Apple-y", "playful", "serious B2B", "editorial", "agency-y", "glassy", "dark tech".
153. **Reference signals** - URLs they linked, screenshots they pasted, products they named, brands they're competing with.
164. **Audience** - B2B procurement panel vs. design-conscious consumer vs. recruiter scanning a portfolio. The audience picks the aesthetic, not your taste.
175. **Brand assets that already exist** - logo, color, type, photography. For redesigns, these are starting material, not optional input (see Section 11).
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