designing-clis

Description

Use when building, improving, or reviewing command-line interfaces for better user experience - before implementing commands/output/errors, when users report confusion or frustration, or when CLI feels hard to use - provides UX principles, visual design techniques, and practical patterns for creating discoverable, delightful CLIs

Tool Access

Full access

Inherits all available tools

Supporting Files

20 files

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Tool Access

This skill inherits all available tools. When active, it can use any tool Claude has access to.

Supporting Assets

CLAUDE.md

TESTING.md

practical-patterns.md

reading-list.md

research/cli_feedback_blog.md

research/ux/01-ux-principles.md

research/ux/02-ux-design-guide.md

research/ux/02.5-crafting-delightful-command-line-experiences.md

research/ux/03-readling-list.md

research/ux/04-manifest.md

research/ux/cli_ux_heuristics_checklist.md

research/ux/cli_ux_research_master_prompt.md

research/visual/00-research-prompt.md

research/visual/01-visual-design-principles.md

research/visual/02-playbook.md

research/visual/03-reading-list.md

tests/README.md

tests/baseline/scenario-1-time-pressure.md

tests/baseline/scenario-2-existing-codebase.md

tests/baseline/scenario-3-troubleshooting.md

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