Measured writing on why AI-generated UI looks the same, the anti-slop rules that catch it, and how to make a build fail on design quality.https://skills.smoothui.devenhttps://skills.smoothui.dev/blog/commitment-metric-measuring-presencehttps://skills.smoothui.dev/blog/commitment-metric-measuring-presenceThirty-eight rules can tell you nothing is wrong and still not tell you the page is any good. A blank page scores perfect. So we built the mirror.Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTmeasurementhttps://skills.smoothui.dev/blog/type-ladder-is-the-tellhttps://skills.smoothui.dev/blog/type-ladder-is-the-tellWe measured Linear, Vercel, ElevenLabs and Medusa with the same probe we point at our own pages. Four to nine font sizes each. Ours had twenty-four.Sun, 19 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTmeasurementhttps://skills.smoothui.dev/blog/bare-agent-vs-skill-loadedhttps://skills.smoothui.dev/blog/bare-agent-vs-skill-loadedSame prompt, same model, one pass each. The only variable is whether the agent read a design skill first. Ninety-four findings against zero.Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTmeasurementhttps://skills.smoothui.dev/blog/what-a-craft-score-of-71-meanshttps://skills.smoothui.dev/blog/what-a-craft-score-of-71-meansThe score is not a vibe. It is a weighted count of deterministic findings across a fixed rule set, and here is exactly how it is computed.Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTmeasurementhttps://skills.smoothui.dev/blog/fail-a-build-on-tastehttps://skills.smoothui.dev/blog/fail-a-build-on-tasteA design review that runs on every pull request, exits non-zero, and needs no model call. Here is the whole setup, including what not to gate.Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTcihttps://skills.smoothui.dev/blog/accessibility-defects-agents-shiphttps://skills.smoothui.dev/blog/accessibility-defects-agents-shipHover with no focus, contrast under the bar, tables that break at 320px, headings that skip levels. All six are static and all six are catchable.Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTaccessibilityhttps://skills.smoothui.dev/blog/thirty-eight-anti-slop-ruleshttps://skills.smoothui.dev/blog/thirty-eight-anti-slop-rulesThirty-eight deterministic checks that read source and report what a design reviewer would catch. Here is the reasoning behind the ones that fire most.Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTanti-slophttps://skills.smoothui.dev/blog/gradient-text-and-other-tellshttps://skills.smoothui.dev/blog/gradient-text-and-other-tellsThe specific patterns that make an interface legible as AI output: the gradient headline, the emoji icon row, the pill badge, the uniform card grid, and three more.Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTanti-slophttps://skills.smoothui.dev/blog/why-ai-generated-ui-looks-the-samehttps://skills.smoothui.dev/blog/why-ai-generated-ui-looks-the-sameEvery coding agent converges on the same indigo gradient, the same 8px radius and the same three-card row. Here is the mechanism behind it, and what it costs you.Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTanti-slophttps://skills.smoothui.dev/blog/how-claude-code-skills-workhttps://skills.smoothui.dev/blog/how-claude-code-skills-workA skill is a file the agent reads before it answers. Here is what that does to the output, why it beats prompting, and how the loading actually works.Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTworkflow