Quieter

educlopez/ui-craft-.gemini-quieter

Tone down visual noise — lowers variance and motion, simplifies layout and color weight, keeps hierarchy clear. Use when the UI feels loud, busy, or over-designed, or when the user says "quieter", "more restrained", "simpler", or "tone it down". Invoke when the user asks for quieter on their UI, or mentions 'quieter' alongside design / UI / frontend work.

This is a copy. The original lives at educlopez/quieter.

523 tokens

context cost

the whole folder, loaded on every use

files

instructions only

copies elsewhere

how many repositories repackaged it

237

stars on the repo

on the repository, not the skill itself

Install

one command, takes just this skill from the repository

npx skills add https://github.com/educlopez/ui-craft --skill quieter

The instruction itself

as written by the author

Context: this sub-skill is one lens of the broader ui-craft skill. If the ui-craft skill is also installed, read its SKILL.md first for Discovery + Anti-Slop + Craft Test, then apply the specific lens below.

Make the UI at $ARGUMENTS quieter. Load the ui-craft skill and read references/craft-intent.md.

Reduce amplitude without gutting hierarchy. Calm ≠ boring.

Apply in order (edit code directly):

Declare an updated Craft Read — one line: what softened.
Lower DESIGN_VARIANCE by −1–2 (floor 2). Simplify asymmetric breaks; return to clearer grid rhythm where layout was experimental.
Lower MOTION_INTENSITY by −1–2 (floor 2). Remove scroll reveals and stagger; keep hover/focus only.
Visual weight — compress display sizes one step (e.g. 56→48px); reduce shadow depth to hairline or ambient-only; fewer bordered containers.
Color — pull accent placements toward the 3 minimum; neutralize decorative tints; no new hues.
Cut decorative motion — idle animations, parallax, floating elements with no job.

Preserve: primary hierarchy, one CTA level, accessibility, states, signature detail only if it carries meaning (else simplify it).

Overlap: for structural cuts (sections, copy), also apply /distill logic. For color strategy, see /colorize.

Output: edit code. Print Review Format table. End with the updated Craft Read line.

Next step: /critique — confirm restraint did not flatten the hierarchy (rung 1).

How to use it

Copy the folder

Take educlopez/ui-craft-.gemini-quieter from the repository into ~/.claude/skills for personal use, or into .claude/skills inside a project.

Check the name does not clash

The agent identifies a skill by the name field in its header. Two skills with the same name cannot sit side by side — one of them will be ignored.