Committed Aesthetic
avelikiy/great_ctoHow to write — and how to use — a skill that IS one aesthetic rather than a catalogue of them. A catalogue lets an agent pick, and it picks the modal option; a committed aesthetic makes it execute one thing precisely, against rules you can check. Use when a design keeps coming out competent and forgettable, when starting a new brand surface with no reference, or when authoring a house style you want executed the same way twice.
At a glance
This skill is for Design and helps you establish a consistent visual style, create a house style guide, and define design rules and constraints.
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/avelikiy/great_cto
cp -r great_cto/skills/committed-aesthetic ~/.claude/skills/committed-aesthetic
Setup, runtime and requirements describe avelikiy/great_cto, the repo this skill ships in.
brand-identityStyle Guidedesign-systemsConstraintsConsistencyVisual Language
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