App Design Skills for AI Agents
App design skills cover the work that happens before and around code: research into who the app is for and what those people do instead, flows that map the path through screens for each important job, UI that decides how each screen looks once the flow is settled, prototypes that make something tappable before engineering commits, usability sessions where you watch people try the prototype and see where they stall, and handoff and system work that gives engineering a coherent set of parts rather than a pile of artboards. Use the ranked list by matching your current stage to the sub-topic you need, then read the skill's description to confirm it fits the screen or flow you are working on. Pick one, apply it to a real screen, and move to the next stage when the output holds up.
8 to start with38 top options
Start with these.
App design is product design for a small screen: research, flows, UI, prototype, then handoff and a system so later screens match.
These are the closest matches for this work. Start with the first one and open it to install.
- Rank 01View Agent SkillDirect
figma-implement-design
OfficialTranslates Figma designs into production-ready application code with 1:1 visual fidelity. Use when implementing UI code from Figma files, when user mentions "implement design", "generate code", "implement component", provides Figma URLs, or asks to build components matching Figma specs. For Figma canvas writes via `use_figma`, use `figma-use`.
Needs (stated): Node.js
- Rank 02View Agent SkillDirect
figma-generate-design
OfficialUse this skill alongside figma-use when the task involves translating an application page, view, or multi-section layout into Figma. Triggers: 'write to Figma', 'create in Figma from code', 'push page to Figma', 'take this app/page and build it in Figma', 'create a screen', 'build a landing page in Figma', 'update the Figma screen to match code'. This is the preferred workflow skill whenever the user wants to build or update a full page, screen, or view in Figma from code or a description. Discovers design system components, variables, and styles via search_design_system, imports them, and assembles screens incrementally section-by-section using design system tokens instead of hardcoded values.
- Rank 03View Agent SkillDirect
frontend-design
OfficialGuidance for distinctive, intentional visual design when building new UI or reshaping an existing one. Helps with aesthetic direction, typography, and making choices that don't read as templated defaults.
765,703 · popularity - Rank 04View Agent SkillDirect
frontend-design-review
Official> Review and create distinctive, production-grade frontend interfaces with high design quality and design system compliance. Evaluates using three pillars: frictionless insight-to-action, quality craft, and trustworthy building. USE FOR: PR reviews, design reviews, accessibility audits, design system compliance checks, creative frontend design, UI code review, component reviews, responsive design checks, theme testing, and creating memorable UI. DO NOT USE FOR: Backend API reviews, database schema reviews, infrastructure or DevOps work, pure business logic without UI, or non-frontend code.
- Rank 05View Agent SkillDirect
impeccable
Frontend interface design skill covering design, redesign, critique, audit, polish, UX review, hierarchy, accessibility, motion, and design systems for websites, dashboards, product UI, and app shells. Broad and deep for app UI design.
Needs (stated): Node.js
319,215 · popularity - Rank 06View Agent SkillDirect
design-mobile-apps
Use when the user wants to design a mobile app or UI screens, when they mention their Sleek (sleek.design) projects, or when implementing Sleek designs in code (HTML, React Native, SwiftUI).
Needs (stated): API key · Paid account
692,237 · popularity - Rank 07View Agent SkillDirect
ui-ux-pro-max
UI/UX design intelligence for web, mobile, and desktop. This skill should be used when designing, building, reviewing, or fixing interfaces, including pages, components, design systems, accessibility, interaction, responsive layout, typography, color, charts, and stack-specific UI implementation.…
386,243 · popularity - Rank 08View Agent SkillDirect
imagegen-frontend-mobile
Generates premium mobile app screen and flow images for iOS, Android, and cross-platform products: onboarding, auth, dashboards, and more, with app-native hierarchy and consistency. Directly targets mobile app design concepts.
340,357 · popularity
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- Rank 09View Agent SkillDirect
penpot-build-screen
OfficialDesign production-grade screens in Penpot from a brief, as a senior visual designer — reusing the existing design system (tokens + components) and assembling section by section, never one-shot. Use to create a screen/page/landing/dashboard from a description. NOT for translating existing code (use penpot-build-from-code). Triggers: 'design a dashboard', 'create a landing page', 'design this app screen', 'build a UI from this brief', 'design a settings page', 'mock up a screen in Penpot'.
- Rank 10View Agent SkillDirect
penpot-document-handoff
OfficialDocument a Penpot design for handoff by building a clean annotation layer BESIDE the design (never on top of it): a left context card (the 'How might we' goal, business rules, links, status, feedback wanted/not), numbered pin markers on the UI, matching observation/recommendation note cards on the right, and optional tooltips — all wrapped in a single hideable group so the clean design can be revealed. Reuses an annotation component kit + tokens if present; proposes and creates a minimal one if missing. NOT for auditing (use penpot-audit-*) or renaming layers (use penpot-rename-layers). Triggers: 'document this design', 'annotate this screen', 'prepare this for handoff', 'add design annotations', 'explain this flow for devs', 'add observation notes', 'create a critique card', 'spec this screen for handoff'.
- Rank 11View Agent SkillDirect
prototype
NotableMove an idea up the fidelity ladder (content-first to code) with a validation plan at each level, plus user-journey mapping.
- Rank 12View Agent SkillDirect
design-review
NotableReview a design/UI across 6 weighted dimensions with Nielsen's 10 heuristics and a prioritized findings table.
- Rank 13View Agent SkillDirect
shadcn
NotableManages shadcn components and projects — adding, searching, fixing, debugging, styling, and composing UI, including chat interfaces. Provides project context, component docs, and usage examples. Applies when working with shadcn/ui, component registries, presets, --preset codes, or any project with a components.json file. Also triggers for "shadcn init", "create an app with --preset", or "switch to --preset".
271,099 · popularity - Rank 14View Agent SkillDirect
hallmark
Anti-AI-slop design skill for greenfield pages, audits, redesigns, and design extraction from URLs or screenshots, emphasizing structural variety. Strong for app/landing UI design quality.
60,409 · popularity - Rank 15View Agent SkillDirect
high-end-visual-design
Teaches high-end agency-style visual design: fonts, spacing, shadows, card structures, and animations, with anti-generic rules and layout archetypes. Strong for premium UI visual direction.
420,662 · popularity - Rank 16View Agent SkillDirect
gpt-taste
Elite UX/UI and GSAP motion engineering: enforces layout variance, AIDA page structure, editorial typography, gapless bento grids, and scroll animations. Strong for high-end web UI design and motion.
364,217 · popularity - Rank 17View Agent SkillDirect
stitch-design-taste
Generates DESIGN.md design-system files for Google Stitch, encoding typography, color, layout, motion, and anti-pattern rules for premium non-generic UI. Useful for app design systems and screen generation.
360,899 · popularity - Rank 18View Agent SkillDirect
web-design-guidelines
OfficialReview UI code for Web Interface Guidelines compliance. Use when asked to "review my UI", "check accessibility", "audit design", "review UX", or "check my site against best practices".
- Rank 19View Agent SkillDirect
figma-create-design-system-rules
OfficialGenerates custom design system rules for the user's codebase. Use when user says "create design system rules", "generate rules for my project", "set up design rules", "customize design system guidelines", or wants to establish project-specific conventions for Figma-to-code workflows. Requires Figma MCP server connection.
Needs (stated): MCP server
- Rank 20View Agent SkillDirect
penpot-design-md
OfficialExtract a DESIGN.md design-documentation file from a Penpot file: a portable markdown spec (YAML frontmatter with colors/typography/rounded/spacing/components token maps + prose sections: Overview, Colors, Typography, Layout, Shapes, Components, Do's & Don'ts, Iteration Guide, Known Gaps) in the design-md format, grounded in the file's real tokens, library assets, and sampled component styles — never invented. Read-only on the canvas; writes one local markdown file. Triggers: 'generate DESIGN.md', 'create a design.md', 'document the design system as markdown', 'export design guidelines', 'extract design documentation', 'design system spec file', 'make a style guide file from this design'.
- Rank 21View Agent SkillDirect
penpot-design-to-code-review
OfficialReview a Penpot design against its implemented code (a source component or Storybook story) and emit a structured DRIFT report. Use when an engineer needs to confirm the build matches the design: extract HTML/CSS from a selection, map its tokens/structure/states to the code component, diff them, and list what each side is missing with severity and a reconciliation. Degrades gracefully to a design-system-token check when no code source is supplied. Triggers: 'design to code review', 'does my code match the design', 'design code parity', 'compare Penpot to my component', 'check this against Storybook', 'extract HTML/CSS from this selection', 'find design drift', 'design implementation diff'.
- Rank 22View Agent SkillDirect
design-tokens
NotableGenerate, extend, or audit design tokens in DTCG format with the 3-tier architecture (primitive, semantic, component).
- Rank 23View Agent SkillPossible
image-to-code
Image-first website design-to-code workflow: generates design images, analyzes them, then implements frontend to match. Supports visual design and prototyping for web, not native app UI.
350,805 · popularity - Rank 24View Agent SkillPossible
onboarding
Optimizes post-signup onboarding, activation, first-run experience, and time-to-value, including empty states and onboarding checklists. Relevant to app onboarding flow design.
65,786 · popularity - Rank 25View Agent SkillPossible
minimalist-ui
Clean editorial-style interfaces. Warm monochrome palette, typographic contrast, flat bento grids, muted pastels. No gradients, no heavy shadows.
388,176 · popularity - Rank 26View Agent SkillPossible
industrial-brutalist-ui
Raw mechanical interfaces fusing Swiss typographic print with military terminal aesthetics. Rigid grids, extreme type scale contrast, utilitarian color, analog degradation effects. For data-heavy dashboards, portfolios, or editorial sites that need to feel like declassified blueprints.
363,309 · popularity - Rank 27View Agent SkillPossible
antfu-design
Notableantfu-style design conventions, broadened. UnoCSS-first, class-based semantic tokens with dual light/dark for tooling and devtools UIs, plus design-read, anti-slop, and micro-interaction polish for landing pages and product surfaces. Use when building or refactoring any interface with UnoCSS.
- Rank 28View Agent SkillPossible
frontend-ui-dark-ts
OfficialBuild dark-themed React applications using Tailwind CSS with custom theming, glassmorphism effects, and Framer Motion animations. Use when creating dashboards, admin panels, or data-rich interfaces with a refined dark aesthetic.
- Rank 29View Agent SkillPossible
vercel-react-view-transitions
OfficialGuides implementing smooth native-feeling animations with React's View Transition API: page transitions, shared elements, route changes, and list reorder. Relevant to app UI motion and interaction design.
146,063 · popularity - Rank 30View Agent SkillPossible
pick-ui-library
Curated, opinionated lookup for picking the right frontend library for a task: UI primitives, motion, charts, drag-and-drop, state, and styling. Helps app UI implementation choices.
144,655 · popularity - Rank 31View Agent SkillPossible
web-artifacts-builder
OfficialSuite of tools for creating elaborate, multi-component claude.ai HTML artifacts using modern frontend web technologies (React, Tailwind CSS, shadcn/ui). Use for complex artifacts requiring state management, routing, or shadcn/ui components - not for simple single-file HTML/JSX artifacts.
106,698 · popularity - Rank 32View Agent SkillPossible
higgsfield-websites
Builds, edits, and deploys full-stack websites, apps, and games via the Higgsfield CLI, with design briefs and app layouts. App building is in scope but design is secondary to deployment.
113,070 · popularity - Rank 33View Agent SkillPossible
clerk-custom-ui
NotableCustom authentication flows and component appearance - hooks (useSignIn,
51,131 · popularity - Rank 34View Agent SkillPossible
agent-browser
Browser automation CLI for AI agents: navigating pages, filling forms, clicking, screenshots, and exploratory testing/QA of web apps. Supports usability testing and app QA rather than design itself.
985,975 · popularity - Rank 35View Agent SkillPossible
webapp-testing
OfficialToolkit for interacting with and testing local web apps using Playwright: verifying frontend functionality, debugging UI behavior, capturing screenshots, and viewing logs. Supports usability/QA testing of app UI.
172,108 · popularity - Rank 36View Agent SkillPossible
playwright-best-practices
Comprehensive Playwright testing guidance: E2E, component, API, visual, accessibility, and security testing, plus flaky-test debugging. Supports usability/QA testing of app UI.
90,886 · popularity - Rank 37View Agent SkillPossible
ios-design
Designs and reviews iOS UI/UX for iPhone apps in SwiftUI, UIKit, or React Native: navigation flows, typography, forms, keyboard/safe-area layout, and accessibility per Apple HIG. Directly targets mobile app design.
249,982 · popularity - Rank 38View Agent SkillPossible
ui-taste
Gives coding agents better UI taste: anti-ui-slop playbooks for building, redesigning, critiquing, and polishing web and iOS interfaces, with optional real-product references. Directly targets UI design quality.
452,376 · popularity
What this topic covers
Each sub-topic groups Agent Skills for a specific situation.
- Research
- Who this app is for, and what they already do instead.
- Flows
- The path through screens for each important job.
- UI
- How each screen looks once the flow is settled.
- Prototype
- Something tappable before engineering commits.
- Usability
- Watch people try the prototype and see where they stall.
- Handoff & system
- Give engineering a coherent set of parts, not a pile of artboards.
Frequently asked questions
- Which app design skill should I start with?
- Start with the sub-topic that matches where your work is stuck. If you have not settled who the app is for, begin with research; if the audience is clear but the path through screens is not, begin with flows.
- How is the list ordered?
- The list is ranked by observed search demand, with direct matches to the topic first and a cap on any single publisher so one source does not fill the page.
- Do I need all six sub-topics to design an app?
- The stages run research, flows, UI, prototype, usability, then handoff and system, and each depends on the one before it. You can load a skill for a single stage and still get useful output, but skipping research or flows tends to make later UI work harder to justify.
- Can a prototype skill replace usability testing?
- No. A prototype skill produces something tappable before engineering commits, while usability work is watching people try that prototype and seeing where they stall. They are separate stages, and the prototype is the input to the usability session.
How to install an Agent Skill
Start with the first skill on this page. Claude Code reads a SKILL.md once it is in the skills directory:
- Claude Code — copy the SKILL.md for figma-implement-design into ~/.claude/skills/figma-implement-design/ for yourself, or .claude/skills/figma-implement-design/ to share it with a project.
- From the registry — run npx skills add openai/skills@figma-implement-design.
- Or download figma-implement-design from its source and place that SKILL.md in the directory above.
How to choose Check the source and the skill’s own instructions before you install. Official and Notable describe where a skill comes from.