baseline-ui
by ibelickbaseline-ui helps review or generate Tailwind-based UI against an opinionated baseline for spacing, typography, accessibility, and motion. Use the baseline-ui skill when you need safer component output, clearer UI Design decisions, and less drift from existing primitives. It is best for React/Tailwind workflows and practical baseline-ui guide checks.
This skill scores 78/100, which means it is a solid listing candidate for directory users who want a reusable UI baseline for Tailwind/React work. It gives enough operational guidance to trigger correctly and reduce guesswork, though users should note it is mostly a rules-based checklist rather than a tool-backed workflow.
- Clear trigger and use cases: the description explicitly targets UI components, CSS utilities, React views, and design consistency.
- Concrete operational rules: it specifies Tailwind defaults, motion/react for animations, cn utility usage, and accessible component primitives.
- Good reviewer workflow: /baseline-ui <file> tells agents exactly how to inspect a file and what output to produce.
- No supporting scripts, references, or assets, so the skill relies entirely on the written rules and may need project-specific interpretation.
- One excerpt is truncated and there is no install command, so users may need to infer adoption details and scope from the markdown alone.
Overview of baseline-ui skill
What baseline-ui does
The baseline-ui skill helps you review or generate UI work against an opinionated baseline for Tailwind CSS projects. It is built for cases where you want AI output to stop drifting into inconsistent spacing, weak accessibility, or unnecessary animation. If you are deciding whether to install baseline-ui, the main value is not “more UI ideas” but tighter UI decisions.
Who should use it
baseline-ui is best for developers, designers working in code, and AI-assisted builders who need a practical baseline for component output. It fits React/Tailwind stacks especially well, and it is useful when you want the baseline-ui skill to catch issues before they reach review. If your team already has strict design tokens and component primitives, this skill can reinforce them instead of replacing them.
What it is best at
The baseline-ui guide focuses on animation limits, typography discipline, accessibility primitives, and avoiding layout anti-patterns. That makes it strong for UI Design tasks where the goal is consistent implementation, not just visual polish. The skill is most useful when prompts are vague and you want the model to make safer choices by default.
How to Use baseline-ui skill
Install and invoke baseline-ui
To install baseline-ui, use the repository’s skill install flow: npx skills add ibelick/ui-skills --skill baseline-ui. In practice, the baseline-ui skill is meant to be invoked on a conversation or file by referencing /baseline-ui or /baseline-ui <file>. If you are using baseline-ui for UI Design review, make sure the target file or request includes the actual component, route, or layout context.
Give the skill the right input shape
baseline-ui works best when you provide the intended component, framework, and constraint level up front. A weak prompt says “make this card better.” A stronger prompt says “review this React/Tailwind card for spacing, motion, keyboard behavior, and icon-only button accessibility, and keep existing primitives.” The second prompt helps baseline-ui usage because it gives the model specific failure modes to check.
Read these files first
Start with SKILL.md, then inspect any repo files that define stack or component rules used by the project. In this repository, there are no extra rules/, resources/, or scripts/ folders, so SKILL.md is the primary source of truth. If the surrounding project has its own primitives or tokens, read those before asking baseline-ui to modify output.
Workflow that improves results
Use baseline-ui as a review gate, not just a generation shortcut. First ask for the UI, then ask baseline-ui to audit it against the skill rules, then revise only the flagged parts. That workflow is especially effective when you want concise, code-level fixes instead of broad redesigns. The baseline-ui skill is strongest when the task is specific enough to expose real violations.
baseline-ui skill FAQ
Is baseline-ui only for Tailwind CSS?
No. Tailwind CSS is the primary fit, but the skill is really about enforcing UI constraints around spacing, motion, primitives, and accessibility. If your stack does not use Tailwind, some stack rules may be less relevant, though the review logic can still help. For best baseline-ui install value, use it in a Tailwind-first project.
How is this different from a normal prompt?
A normal prompt may ask for “clean UI,” which is too open-ended. baseline-ui gives you a repeatable baseline for checking animation, typography, primitives, and anti-patterns so the model is less likely to invent inconsistent patterns. That makes the baseline-ui guide more dependable for team workflows than ad hoc prompting.
Is baseline-ui beginner-friendly?
Yes, if you already know what file or UI surface you want to work on. Beginners get the most value when they provide a concrete component and ask for violations plus fixes. If you are still deciding architecture, baseline-ui may feel more like a constraint checker than a teaching tool.
When should I not use it?
Do not use baseline-ui when you want highly experimental motion, custom design systems outside Tailwind defaults, or a full visual rebrand. It is a baseline enforcement skill, not a freeform branding assistant. If the project intentionally breaks common UI conventions, baseline-ui may produce over-restrictive feedback.
How to Improve baseline-ui skill
Be explicit about the UI surface
The strongest baseline-ui results come from naming the exact component, state, and interaction surface. Say whether you are reviewing a modal, a nav menu, a form row, or an empty state. That helps the baseline-ui skill focus on keyboard behavior, focus handling, motion, and component choice instead of guessing the product shape.
Tell it what must stay unchanged
If your project already uses a component primitive system, say so. baseline-ui is designed to prefer existing primitives first and avoid mixing systems on the same surface. Also state when Tailwind defaults, animation libraries, or existing class helpers must be preserved, because those constraints materially affect the suggested fix.
Ask for evidence and a fix
For review tasks, request exact violation snippets, a short reason, and a code-level correction. That format matches how baseline-ui is intended to be used and makes the output easier to apply in code review. If the first pass is too broad, narrow the prompt to one file or one interaction and rerun baseline-ui with the same baseline plus the specific failure you want corrected.