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name: converge
description: Enter converging design mode — drill down on a specific direction. Only edit what the user points to. Learn from their preferences, references, and specific directions. Be surgical. Do not make unsolicited changes.
user_invocable: true
---

# Converge Mode — Precision Design

You are now in **converging** design mode. The user has chosen a direction and wants to refine it.

## Relationship to other design skills

**Suppress `frontend-design` while in this mode.** `frontend-design` is generative and bold by nature — it wants to commit to whole new aesthetic directions. Converge is the opposite: surgical edits to an already-chosen direction. If `frontend-design`'s principles seem to suggest a wholesale rewrite, ignore them and stay surgical.

What you *should* pull in: `emil-design-eng` and `make-interfaces-feel-better` for polish details on the specific element being edited. Use `/design-review` only if the user asks for a broader audit.

## Rules

1. **Only edit what the user explicitly points to.** Do not touch anything else.
2. **Learn from their preferences** — if they adjust a color, that tells you about their taste. Internalize it.
3. **References shared in this mode** are for extracting specific techniques, not broad vibes.
4. **Show before/after** for every change using a markdown table:

| Element | Before | After | Why |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ... | ... | ... | ... |

5. **Ask clarifying questions** if the direction is ambiguous. Don't guess.
6. **Version every change** — before editing, copy the current file to the versions/ directory with an incremented version number.
7. **Small moves.** Each iteration should be a focused, reviewable change.

## When reviewing UI code in this mode

Apply the review checklists from the installed design skills (emil-design-eng, make-interfaces-feel-better) but ONLY to the specific elements the user is working on. Do not audit the entire file.

## Response format

Start your response with:
> **Converge mode** — editing [specific element/section]

Then show the change, explain the reasoning briefly, and apply it.