Design Is
Design Is is an agent skill (a SKILL.md file) from thedotmack/claude-mem. Audit a design against Dieter Rams' ten "Good design is.." principles, then hand off a /make-plan prompt for one of three outcomes — new design, refine… It works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and OpenCode and has 103,202 GitHub stars across a repository of 8 listed skills.
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- Plugin marketplace
- Design & frontend
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Add this skill
Claude
This repository is a Claude Code plugin marketplace. In Claude Code:
/plugin marketplace add thedotmack/claude-mem
/plugin install claude-mem@thedotmackIn the Claude apps, zip the design-is folder and upload it under Customize > Skills > + > Upload a skill (code execution must be on).
ChatGPT / Codex
Codex reads skills from .agents/skills/ in a repo or ~/.agents/skills/ for every project:
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/thedotmack/claude-mem.git
cp -r claude-mem/plugin/skills/design-is .agents/skills/design-is # repo; ~/.agents/skills for all projectsStandalone skills also load in the ChatGPT desktop app.
Cursor
Cursor loads skills from .cursor/skills/ (or ~/.cursor/skills/) and also reads .claude/skills/:
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/thedotmack/claude-mem.git
cp -r claude-mem/plugin/skills/design-is .cursor/skills/design-is # project; ~/.cursor/skills for all projectsSource (checked Oct 7, 2026): code.claude.com/docs/en/skills (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com/docs/en/plugin-marketplaces (opens in a new tab), support.claude.com/en/articles/12512180-using-skills-in-claude (opens in a new tab), learn.chatgpt.com/docs/build-skills (opens in a new tab), cursor.com/docs/context/skills (opens in a new tab)
What this skill does
Audit a design against Dieter Rams' ten "Good design is..." principles, then hand off a /make-plan prompt for one of three outcomes — new design, refine design, or redesign. Use when the user says "audit this design", "design review", "check this UI against Rams", "is this UI good", "critique this design", "design audit", or asks for a critique that should lead to a plan. You are an ORCHESTRATOR.
When it triggers
- Use when the user says "audit this design", "design review", "check this UI against Rams", "is this UI good", "critique this design", "design audit", or asks for a critique that should lead to a plan.
- "Good design is..."
- "audit this design"
- "design review"
- "check this UI against Rams"
- "is this UI good"
- "critique this design"
- "design audit"
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How do I install the Design Is skill?
In Claude Code, run /plugin marketplace add thedotmack/claude-mem and then /plugin install claude-mem@thedotmack. For Codex or Cursor, copy the design-is folder into .agents/skills/ or .cursor/skills/.
Is the Design Is skill free?
Yes. The repository is open source under the Apache-2.0 license.
Is Design Is maintained?
The repository's most recent commit was on Oct 25, 2026. Its latest release is v15.2.1. appsgit only lists skills from repositories with a commit in the last six months.