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UI UX Pro Max — Design Intelligence Skill

STATUS: active OWNER: floris (frontend lead, auto-activates) ALSO_USED_BY: floor, martijn, alexander CATEGORY: local-skill COST: free (embedded knowledge, no API calls) ADDED: 2026-04-01 UPDATED: 2026-04-01


WHAT IS UI UX PRO MAX

UI UX Pro Max is a Claude Code skill that injects design intelligence into every UI and frontend task. It runs locally as embedded knowledge — no external API calls, no cost per invocation. When any agent works on a UI/frontend task, the skill automatically generates a tailored design system with optimal patterns, styles, colors, typography, and stack-specific implementation guidelines.


INSTALLATION

Already installed at .claude/skills/ui-ux-pro-max/. Auto-activates when a UI or frontend task is detected. No manual trigger required. No API key needed.


CAPABILITIES

Knowledge Base

Category Count Examples
UI styles 67 Glassmorphism, Neobrutalism, Scandinavian Minimal, Enterprise Clean, etc.
Color palettes 161 Industry-specific, mood-based, accessibility-compliant
Typography pairings 57 Heading + body font combinations with scale ratios
UX guidelines 99 Navigation patterns, form design, feedback states, loading, error handling
Industry reasoning rules 161 SaaS, e-commerce, healthcare, fintech, education, hospitality, etc.

Stack Support

Stack Coverage
Next.js + React Full (App Router, Server Components, Client Components)
SwiftUI Full (iOS/macOS native patterns, Apple HIG compliance)
Tailwind CSS Full (utility classes, custom config, design tokens)
shadcn/ui Full (component customization, theme overrides)
Flutter Full (Material Design 3, Cupertino)
Vue 3 Full (Composition API, component patterns)
React Native Full (cross-platform patterns)
HTML/CSS Full (semantic markup, CSS custom properties)

What It Generates

When activated, UI UX Pro Max produces:

  1. Style selection — picks the optimal UI style based on industry, target audience, and project goals
  2. Color system — primary, secondary, accent, semantic colors, dark mode variants
  3. Typography scale — heading/body font pairing, size scale, line heights, letter spacing
  4. Spacing system — base unit, scale progression, component spacing rules
  5. Component guidelines — buttons, cards, inputs, tables, navigation, modals
  6. Layout patterns — grid system, breakpoints, responsive behavior
  7. UX patterns — loading states, error handling, empty states, transitions
  8. Stack-specific code — implementation in the target framework/language

AGENT USAGE

Agent Role How They Use It
Floris Frontend Lead (Web) Automatic activation on all web UI tasks. Generates Tailwind + shadcn/ui code.
Floor Frontend Developer Automatic activation. Component implementation with design tokens.
Martijn iOS Developer Automatic activation on SwiftUI tasks. Apple HIG-compliant patterns.
Alexander Design System Engineer Design system architecture. Exports tokens for cross-platform consistency.

Automatic Activation

The skill detects UI tasks by analyzing the work item description and type. No agent needs to explicitly invoke it. When a task involves creating or modifying UI components, pages, or layouts, the skill injects its design reasoning into the agent's context automatically.


DESIGN SYSTEM PERSISTENCE

Design decisions can be persisted to maintain consistency across sessions and agents.

Master File

design-system/MASTER.md — project-level design system definition. Contains the canonical color palette, typography, spacing, and component rules. All agents reference this file when working on UI tasks for the same project.

Page-Specific Overrides

design-system/pages/{page-name}.md — per-page design overrides. Used when a specific page needs to deviate from the master system (e.g., a landing page with a different color scheme than the app dashboard).

Persistence Flow

1. First UI task for a project:
   → UI UX Pro Max generates full design system
   → Saved to design-system/MASTER.md

2. Subsequent UI tasks:
   → Skill reads existing MASTER.md
   → Applies consistent tokens
   → Generates page override only if needed

3. Design system update:
   → Alexander updates MASTER.md
   → All agents pick up changes on next task

INTEGRATION WITH OTHER TOOLS

UI UX Pro Max provides the design reasoning layer. Other tools provide the visual output.

Tool Role Interaction
Google Stitch Structured UI screen generation UI UX Pro Max defines the design system, Stitch generates screens that follow it
Nano Banana 2 Visual mockups and assets UI UX Pro Max defines the visual direction, NB2 generates matching imagery
shadcn/ui Component library UI UX Pro Max configures the theme, agents implement with shadcn components
Figma MCP Design file access UI UX Pro Max can interpret Figma tokens and adapt its recommendations

Typical Workflow

Client brief arrives
UI UX Pro Max analyzes requirements → generates design system (MASTER.md)
Alexander validates and refines design system
Stitch generates screen designs using the design system
Nano Banana 2 generates visual assets matching the design system
Floris/Floor implement with Tailwind + shadcn/ui, guided by MASTER.md
Martijn implements iOS screens with SwiftUI, guided by MASTER.md

LIMITATIONS

  • Does not generate images or visual mockups (use Nano Banana 2 or Stitch for that)
  • Does not replace human design review for client-facing work
  • Industry reasoning rules are generalized — client-specific brand guidelines take precedence
  • Cannot read or interpret existing design files (Figma, Sketch) without MCP bridge

READ_ALSO: domains/design/design-tool-workflow.md (design tool selection decision tree) READ_ALSO: domains/design/design-system-engineering.md (design system architecture) READ_ALSO: domains/design/design-tokens.md (token format and usage) READ_ALSO: development/integrations/google-stitch.md (Stitch for structured UI design) READ_ALSO: development/integrations/nano-banana-2.md (Gemini image generation)