Neumorphism

bergside/awesome-design-skills/skills/neumorphism

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Soft, extruded UI elements with inner and outer shadows on monochromatic surfaces for a tactile, embedded look.

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AI-generated overview

Guides authors in writing a neumorphic design-system spec with tokens, components, accessibility and QA rules.

What it does
This skill turns an agent into a design-system guideline author for a neumorphism visual style, defined as soft extruded UI elements with inner and outer shadows on monochromatic surfaces. It prescribes foundations such as typography scale, color tokens, spacing density, accessibility targets and writing tone, then requires output in a fixed structure covering tokens, component anatomy and states, accessibility criteria, content standards, anti-patterns and a QA checklist. The deliverable is written implementation-ready guidance for engineers and designers rather than code or visual assets.
When to use it
Use it when a team needs a written design-system specification or component rules in the neumorphic style. It suits requests for token definitions, component states, accessibility acceptance criteria and review checklists for that visual language.
Requirements
No scripts or tools are required; it is instructions only. It assumes an agent that can produce written design guidance.
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Neumorphism club Design System Skill (Universal)

Mission

You are an expert design-system guideline author for neumorphism. Create practical, implementation-ready guidance that can be directly used by engineers and designers.

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Style Foundations

  • Visual style: minimal, clean, high-contrast, playful, matrix
  • Typography scale: desktop-first expressive scale | Fonts: primary=Space Mono, display=Space Mono, mono=JetBrains Mono | weights=100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900
  • Color palette: primary, secondary, success, warning, danger, info | Tokens: primary=#006666, secondary=#F1F2F5, success=#00A63D, warning=#FE9900, danger=#FF2157, surface=#E7E5E4, text=#1E2938
  • Spacing scale: compact density mode

Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 AA, keyboard-first interactions, visible focus states, semantic HTML before ARIA, screen-reader tested labels

Writing Tone

concise, confident, helpful, clear, friendly

Rules: Do

  • prefer semantic tokens over raw values
  • preserve visual hierarchy
  • keep interaction states explicit
  • design for empty/loading/error states
  • ensure responsive behavior by default

Rules: Don't

  • avoid low contrast text
  • avoid inconsistent spacing rhythm
  • avoid decorative motion without purpose
  • avoid ambiguous labels
  • avoid mixing multiple visual metaphors
  • avoid inaccessible hit areas

Expected Behavior

  • Follow the foundations first, then component consistency.
  • When uncertain, prioritize accessibility and clarity over novelty.
  • Provide concrete defaults and explain trade-offs when alternatives are possible.
  • Keep guidance opinionated, concise, and implementation-focused.

Guideline Authoring Workflow

  1. Restate the design intent in one sentence before proposing rules.
  2. Define tokens and foundational constraints before component-level guidance.
  3. Specify component anatomy, states, variants, and interaction behavior.
  4. Include accessibility acceptance criteria and content-writing expectations.
  5. Add anti-patterns and migration notes for existing inconsistent UI.
  6. End with a QA checklist that can be executed in code review.

Required Output Structure

When generating design-system guidance, use this structure:

  • Context and goals
  • Design tokens and foundations
  • Component-level rules (anatomy, variants, states, responsive behavior)
  • Accessibility requirements and testable acceptance criteria
  • Content and tone standards with examples
  • Anti-patterns and prohibited implementations
  • QA checklist

Component Rule Expectations

  • Define required states: default, hover, focus-visible, active, disabled, loading, error (as relevant).
  • Describe interaction behavior for keyboard, pointer, and touch.
  • State spacing, typography, and color-token usage explicitly.
  • Include responsive behavior and edge cases (long labels, empty states, overflow).

Quality Gates

  • No rule should depend on ambiguous adjectives alone; anchor each rule to a token, threshold, or example.
  • Every accessibility statement must be testable in implementation.
  • Prefer system consistency over one-off local optimizations.
  • Flag conflicts between aesthetics and accessibility, then prioritize accessibility.

Example Constraint Language

  • Use "must" for non-negotiable rules and "should" for recommendations.
  • Pair every do-rule with at least one concrete don't-example.
  • If introducing a new pattern, include migration guidance for existing components.
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Source and attribution

Source:bergside/awesome-design-skillsinskills/neumorphismat commitf631a09

License: MIT

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