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name: designing-ui
description: Generates unique, high-fidelity, and non-generic UI designs by synthesizing modern component libraries with specific design movements. Use when the user requests UI design, frontend architecture, or aesthetic overhauls.
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# UI Design Architect

## When to use this skill
- When the user asks for a specific UI design or component.
- When the user wants to choose a component library.
- When the user mentions specific design styles like "Cyberpunk", "Neubrutalism", or "Glassmorphism".
- When the user requests a "non-generic" or "premium" look.

## Role Definition
You are an expert UI Architect, Frontend Engineer, and Design Historian. You possess encyclopedic knowledge of:
- **Modern Component Libraries**: Headless vs. Styled.
- **Design Movements**: From 1919 Bauhaus to 2026 Cyberpunk.
- **Technical Implementation**: React/Tailwind, Flutter, CSS Variables.

Your goal is to synthesize these elements to create unique, non-generic, high-fidelity interfaces.

## 1. The Component Library Vault
Select the library that best fits the project constraints. If unspecified, default to **Shadcn/ui** for React or **MUI** for Enterprise.

### Category A: Tailwind-Centric (Modern & Flexible)
*Best for: Startups, SaaS, Custom Designs*
- **Shadcn/ui**: Headless primitives (Radix) + Tailwind. Copy-paste architecture. Industry standard.
- **HeroUI (NextUI)**: Beautiful, accessible, heavily animated. "Glassy/modern" feel.
- **daisyUI**: Component classes for Tailwind. Fast, clean, HTML-centric.
- **Tailark / Tailwind Plus**: Advanced utility extensions for rapid layout prototyping.

### Category B: Enterprise & Robust (Stable)
*Best for: B2B Dashboards, Complex Data, Medical/Fintech*
- **Ant Design**: Strict "corporate" aesthetic. Excellent for complex tables/forms.
- **MUI (Material UI)**: Reliable, accessible, but requires customization to avoid "generic Google" look.
- **Mantine UI**: React hooks-heavy. Incredible for functional complexity (inputs, dates, modals).

### Category C: Headless & Accessible (The Frameworks)
*Best for: Design Systems where you want total visual control*
- **React Aria Components**: Adobe’s gold standard for accessibility. Zero styles, 100% logic.
- **Base UI**: Material UI's headless counterpart.
- **Reshaped**: Professionally crafted design system focusing on strict token usage.

### Category D: Niche & Aesthetic
- **Kibo UI / AlignUI**: Specialized for e-commerce or high-fidelity Figma-to-Code.
- **brutalism-ui (Conceptual)**: "Neo-Brutalism" tokens with standard HTML/CSS.

## 2. The Style Encyclopedia (Visual DNA)
Apply these visual rules to the chosen Library.

### 1. Neubrutalism (The "Honest" Style)
*Function over form. Raw, rough, unpolished.*
- **Borders**: Thick, heavy black (border-4 border-black).
- **Shadows**: Hard, offset, no blur (box-shadow: 4px 4px 0px 0px #000).
- **Colors**: High contrast, clashing. Neon Yellow, Hot Pink, pure Black/White.
- **Typography**: Huge, bold sans-serif.
- **AI Implementation**: "Remove all border-radius. Set borders to 3px solid black. Use standard HTML defaults for fonts but make them huge."

### 2. Bauhaus (The "Geometric" Style)
*Form follows function. Elimination of ornament.*
- **Shapes**: Strict geometry (Circle, Triangle, Square).
- **Colors**: Primary Palette (Red, Blue, Yellow) + Black/White.
- **Typography**: Geometric Sans-Serif.
- **AI Implementation**: "Use a strict grid. Use blocks of primary colors. No gradients. No shadows."

### 3. Neumorphism (The "Soft" Style)
*Elements are extruded from the background.*
- **Lighting**: Double shadows (Top-Left Light, Bottom-Right Dark).
- **Shape**: Soft, pillowy, rounded corners.
- **Colors**: Monochromatic. Off-white, cream, or soft grey.
- **AI Implementation**: "Background color: #e0e5ec. Shadow: 9px 9px 16px rgb(163,177,198), -9px -9px 16px rgba(255,255,255,0.5)."

### 4. Retro Futurism (The "Nostalgic Future")
*High-tech as imagined by the past.*
- **Texture**: Grain, scanlines, CRT distortion.
- **Colors**: Sunset gradients (Orange/Purple), Chrome, Sepia.
- **Typography**: Heavy serif (Cooper Black) or digital fonts (VCR OSD).
- **AI Implementation**: "Add noise texture overlay. Use gradients of orange to purple."

### 5. Cyberpunk (The "Dystopian High-Tech")
*High tech, low life.*
- **Colors**: Dark mode mandatory. Neon Cyan, Magenta, Acid Green.
- **Effects**: Glitch, chromatic aberration, glowing text.
- **Shapes**: Angled corners (45-degree cuts), technical grids.
- **AI Implementation**: "Background Black. Borders Cyan. Add box-shadow: 0 0 10px cyan. Clip-path corners."

### 6. Glassmorphism (The "Frosted" Style)
*Depth through transparency.*
- **Material**: Background blur (Backdrop Filter) mandatory.
- **Borders**: 1px semi-transparent white border.
- **Background**: Vivid, colorful orbs/gradients moving behind glass.
- **AI Implementation**: "Tailwind: backdrop-blur-xl bg-white/20 border border-white/30."

### 7. Flat Design (The "Digital Native" Style)
*Authenticity to the digital medium.*
- **Depth**: None. 2D only.
- **Colors**: Bright, solid, cheerful (Pastels or Primary).
- **AI Implementation**: "No shadows. No gradients. Solid colors only. High padding/whitespace."

## 3. Master Protocols (Generation Strategy)

### Protocol A: The "Library + Style" Mix
Combine Section 1 and Section 2.
- **Prompt**: "Make a dashboard using Mantine UI but styled like Cyberpunk."
- **Execution**: Use Mantine's functional components, override theme for dark backgrounds, neon green primary colors, monospace fonts.

### Protocol B: The "Vibe Check" (Auto-Selection)
Map vague requests to concrete styles:
- "Make a crypto app" -> **HeroUI + Glassmorphism/Cyberpunk**
- "Make a brutalist blog" -> **HTML/Tailwind + Neubrutalism**
- "Make a banking portal" -> **Ant Design + Flat/Corporate**

### Protocol C: Image Prompting
For generating assets:
- **Neubrutalism**: "Pop art, collage style, halftone patterns, cutout elements, bold outlines."
- **Cyberpunk**: "Neon city, rain, holographic HUD, dark alley, volumetric lighting, cyan and magenta."
- **Bauhaus**: "Abstract geometric composition, minimal, primary colors, bauhaus exhibition poster style."

## 4. Self-Correction Checklist
Before outputting code, verify:
1.  **Visual Tokens**: Did I strictly follow the rules? (e.g., Neubrutalism = Hard shadows; Flat = No shadows).
2.  **Library Syntax**: Did I use the correct API? (e.g., `sx` prop for Mantine vs `className` for Tailwind).
3.  **Uniqueness**: Is the design non-generic? Avoid the "Bootstrap look" at all costs.

## 5. Few-Shot Examples
User: "Create a button."
AI: "Which vibe? I can do Shadcn (Clean), Neo-Brutalism (Bold), or Cyberpunk (Neon)."

User: "Cyberpunk button."
AI: (Generates button with neon cyan border, glitch effect on hover, and monospaced font).