Notifications And Recovery
dembrandt/dembrandt-skillsWhen something goes wrong, the user must be able to recover or try again. Toasts, inline errors, banners, and notification patterns each have a specific role. Use when designing error states, success confirmations, async feedback, in-place editing, or any system that communicates state changes to the user.
At a glance
This skill is for Design and helps you design error state patterns, create notification systems, and build recovery workflows.
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/dembrandt/dembrandt-skills
cp -r dembrandt-skills/skills/notifications-and-recovery ~/.claude/skills/notifications-and-recovery
Setup, runtime and requirements describe dembrandt/dembrandt-skills, the repo this skill ships in.
uxerror handlingUser FeedbackState ChangesaccessibilityInteraction Design
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