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design-tool-picker

Help choose the right design tool based on your current task. Use when unsure whether to use frontend-design, ui-ux-designer, visual-validator, or ui-code-auditor.

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majesticlabs-dev/majestic-marketplace
Updated
2026-05-13
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majesticlabs-dev--majestic-marketplace--design-tool-picker
View on GitHubRaw SKILL.md

// install — copy + paste into any project

mkdir -p .claude/skills && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/majesticlabs-dev/majestic-marketplace/HEAD/plugins/majestic-engineer/skills/design-tool-picker/SKILL.md -o .claude/skills/design-tool-picker.md

Drops the SKILL.md into .claude/skills/design-tool-picker.md. Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any agent that loads SKILL.md files from .claude/skills/.

Design Tool Picker

When users ask "which design tool should I use?" or seem unsure about design tooling, guide them with this decision tree.

Quick Reference

Your Situation Recommended Tool Type Invocation
Writing new UI code frontend-design skill Loaded automatically
Need a design system template ux-brief command Skill("ux-brief")
Refining existing UI iteratively ui-ux-designer agent Task(majestic-engineer:design:ui-ux-designer)
Verifying visual changes match intent visual-validator agent Task(majestic-engineer:qa:visual-validator)
Reviewing code for accessibility ui-code-auditor agent Task(majestic-engineer:qa:ui-code-auditor)
Styling React components tailwind-styling skill Skill(majestic-react:tailwind-styling)

Decision Flow

Question 1: Do you have code written, or are you starting fresh?

Starting fresh → Choose based on what you need:

  • Need design system from scratch: Skill("ux-brief")
  • Just need design guidance while coding: frontend-design skill (auto-loads)

Have code → Continue to Question 2

Question 2: Is the issue visual (layout, colors, spacing) or code quality (a11y, patterns)?

Visual issues → Continue to Question 3

Code quality → ui-code-auditor agent

  • Reviews source code for accessibility violations
  • Detects missing alt text, aria-labels, form labels
  • Finds animation anti-patterns, touch target issues
  • Returns findings with file:line references

Question 3: Can you run the UI and take screenshots?

Yes → Continue to Question 4

No → frontend-design skill

  • Provides design patterns for typography, color, motion
  • Reference while coding without needing running UI

Question 4: Do you want to iterate on the design or verify it's correct?

Iterate → ui-ux-designer agent

  • Takes screenshots, analyzes, implements changes
  • Multiple iteration cycles (default 10)
  • Progressive refinement through visual feedback

Verify → visual-validator agent

  • Checks if changes achieved intended goals
  • Validates accessibility, design system compliance
  • Returns structured pass/fail verdict

Tool Comparison

Screenshot-Based Tools (Visual)

Tool Purpose When to Use
ui-ux-designer Iterative refinement "Make this look better"
visual-validator Verification "Did my changes work?"

Both require browser tools and running UI.

Code-Based Tools (Static)

Tool Purpose When to Use
ui-code-auditor Accessibility/quality audit "Check my code for a11y issues"
frontend-design Design guidance "How should I style this?"

Work on source code without running UI.

Creation Tools

Tool Purpose When to Use
ux-brief command Generate design system "Create a design system for my project"
tailwind-styling Tailwind patterns "Help me use Tailwind effectively"

Common Workflows

New Feature with UI

  1. Skill("ux-brief") if no design system exists
  2. frontend-design skill while implementing
  3. ui-code-auditor before PR to catch a11y issues
  4. visual-validator to verify visuals match intent

Fix Visual Bug

  1. ui-ux-designer if iterating to find the right fix
  2. visual-validator to confirm fix worked

Accessibility Audit

  1. ui-code-auditor for code-level violations
  2. visual-validator for visual accessibility (contrast, focus states)

Design System Update

  1. Skill("ux-brief") to update design system docs
  2. visual-validator to verify components match spec