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thedotmack/claude-mem

design-is

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.

3.4K installs 93K starsUpdated Sep 3, 2026License: Apache-2.0

Install

npx skills add thedotmack/claude-mem@design-is

Runs in your terminal. Adds the skill globally for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and others; add -g -y to skip prompts.

What it does

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…

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