You really have to a) use Opus and b) use the frontend-design skill for decent results. https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/blob/main/plugins/...
“Redesign the site using frotend-design skill”
Slightly reducing the sloppiness of AI generated front end
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#102Re: Slightly reducing the sloppiness of AI generated front end
#103I'd be curious to see a version prompted to recapitulate the style of a Windows 9x app.
Everyone these days seems to fondly recall win9x as the last era when there was an actual visual "system" that applications actually obeyed (...or rather, that every app was forced into obeying, since Windows just wasn't very extensible to performant custom third-party controls until DirectDraw came along. But I digress.) I wonder whether LLMs can build something that actually obeys those rules (i.e. composes everything out of a hierarchy of [simulacra of] first-party W95-era GDI controls — think "Minesweeper is a grid of buttons with icons on them", that kind of thing), rather than just vaguely looking like W95.
Re: Slightly reducing the sloppiness of AI generated front end
#104You really have to a) use Opus and b) use the frontend-design skill for decent results. https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/blob/main/plugins/...
> Remember: Claude is capable of extraordinary creative work. Don't hold back, show what can truly be created when thinking outside the box and committing fully to a distinctive vision.
Manifestation for LLMs. :)
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#105Re: Slightly reducing the sloppiness of AI generated front end
#106You really have to a) use Opus and b) use the frontend-design skill for decent results. https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/blob/main/plugins/...
> Remember: Claude is capable of extraordinary creative work. Don't hold back, show what can truly be created when thinking outside the box and committing fully to a distinctive vision. Manifestation for LLMs. :)
Stuart Smalley (snl) must have written it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMRX-Wj2WOk
Re: Slightly reducing the sloppiness of AI generated front end
#107You went from slop to outdated (as far as looks are concerned). But hey, what's old is new again, maybe we'll come full circle again.
Re: Slightly reducing the sloppiness of AI generated front end
#108I think what makes something look like slop is rounded corner cards with slight shadow, and sans serif font.
Also full caps / overemphasis on text that doesn't need it. For example "DEMOCRAT" and "REPUBLICAN" in this example.
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#109Obviously this is a personal preference, but the multiple layers of beveled grey on the Qt UI is not something I like, as it forces a lot of grouping on the eye where it doesn't serve any purpose. I would go with the original, Apple or the Win11 one. Material would be good, what's with the lavender shades? I always try to reduce the palette: say two background shades max, no drop shadows, only as many foreground colo…
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Re: Slightly reducing the sloppiness of AI generated front end
#110Earlier quoted context omitted.
I keep getting Claude telling me to "use the frontend-design skill!", and this is it? > NEVER use generic AI-generated aesthetics like overused font families (Inter, Roboto, Arial, system fonts), cliched color schemes (particularly purple gradients on white backgrounds), predictable layouts and component patterns, and cookie-cutter design that lacks context-specific character. > brutally minimal, maximalist chaos, re…
"make unexpected choices that feel genuinely designed for the context." What is it supposed to do when fed instructions like this?
I think it's very clear what it's supposed to do from that text. Just read it at face value.
Whether it does anything useful or not is another matter. I don't think Anthropic or anyone else is doing evals on these skills, and for something subjective like design that would be especially hard anyway.
In other words, does this skill actually change the designs you get out in a positive way, consistently? Who knows? But it's certainly good marketing for Anthropic that whenever agentic web design gets brought up, someone will definitely mention this skill and confidently claim that they get better results by using it, without anything except social proof to back that up.