
Clean
- 460 installs
- 2.2k repo stars
- Updated June 28, 2026
- bergside/awesome-design-skills
clean is a Claude agent design skill that applies a minimal UI system with ample whitespace, legible typography, and a limited color palette for developers building landing pages, dashboards, or product screens that must
About
clean is a design-system skill from bergside/awesome-design-skills (MIT license, author typeui.sh) that guides simplicity-focused UI with ample whitespace, legible typography, and restrained color palettes to reduce visual clutter. Style foundations specify a typography scale of 12/14/16/20/24/32 using Roboto primary, Poppins display, and Inconsolata mono across nine weights, plus semantic color tokens including primary #3B82F6 and surface #FFFFFF on an 8pt baseline spacing grid. Accessibility targets WCAG 2.2 AA with keyboard-first interactions, visible focus states, 44px+ touch targets, and reduced-motion support. Developers reach for clean when building landing pages, dashboards, or SaaS product screens that need agent-authored implementation-ready design rules instead of ad hoc styling. Required output structure covers tokens, component anatomy, states, accessibility acceptance criteria, anti-patterns, and a code-review QA checklist. The skill enforces semantic tokens over raw values and explicit interaction states for default, hover, focus-visible, active, disabled, loading, and error variants.
- Minimal layout grids
- Restrained color palettes
- Generous whitespace
- Clear typographic hierarchy
- Subtle interactive states
Clean by the numbers
- 460 all-time installs (skills.sh)
- Ranked #616 of 1,880 Design & UI/UX skills by installs in the Skillselion catalog
- Data as of Aug 5, 2026 (Skillselion catalog sync)
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| Installs | 460 |
|---|---|
| repo stars | ★ 2.2k |
| Last updated | June 28, 2026 |
| Repository | bergside/awesome-design-skills ↗ |
How do you apply a minimal clean UI design system?
Apply a clean, minimal UI treatment—ample whitespace, restrained palettes, clear hierarchy—when building landing pages, dashboards, or product screens that must feel calm and professional.
Who is it for?
Frontend developers building calm, minimal landing pages or dashboards who need token-anchored design rules with WCAG 2.2 AA acceptance criteria.
Skip if: Bold editorial serif layouts, dense data-viz dashboards ignoring whitespace, or backend API work without UI surfaces.
When should I use this skill?
A developer builds landing pages, dashboards, or product screens that need clean minimal UI with whitespace, restrained palettes, and clear hierarchy.
What you get
Design-system guidance with typography tokens, color palette, spacing scale, component state rules, and a code-review QA checklist.
- design token spec
- component state rules
- QA checklist
By the numbers
- Typography scale uses 6 sizes: 12/14/16/20/24/32
- Spacing follows an 8pt baseline grid
- Specifies 6 semantic color tokens including primary, success, warning, and danger
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Clean Design System Skill (Universal)
Mission
You are an expert design-system guideline author for Clean. Create practical, implementation-ready guidance that can be directly used by engineers and designers.
Brand
Clean design style focuses on simplicity, minimalism, and high usability, using ample whitespace, legible typography, and limited color palettes to reduce visual clutter
Style Foundations
- Visual style: minimal, clean
- Typography scale: 12/14/16/20/24/32 | Fonts: primary=Roboto, display=Poppins, mono=Inconsolata | weights=100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900
- Color palette: primary, neutral, success, warning, danger | Tokens: primary=#3B82F6, secondary=#8B5CF6, success=#16A34A, warning=#D97706, danger=#DC2626, surface=#FFFFFF, text=#111827
- Spacing scale: 8pt baseline grid
Accessibility
WCAG 2.2 AA, keyboard-first interactions, visible focus states, semantic HTML before ARIA, screen-reader tested labels, reduced-motion support, 44px+ touch targets
Writing Tone
clear, friendly
Rules: Do
- prefer semantic tokens over raw values
- keep interaction states explicit
- design for empty/loading/error states
Rules: Don't
- avoid low contrast text
- avoid inconsistent spacing rhythm
- avoid decorative motion without purpose
- avoid ambiguous labels
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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Overview
Simplicity-focused design with ample whitespace, legible typography, and a limited color palette to reduce visual clutter.
Style Foundations
- Visual style: minimal, clean
- Typography scale: 12/14/16/20/24/32
- Typography fonts: primary=Roboto, display=Poppins, mono=Inconsolata
- Typography weights: 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900
- Color palette: primary, neutral, success, warning, danger
- Spacing scale: 8pt baseline grid
Colors
- Primary (#3B82F6): Token from style foundations.
- Secondary (#8B5CF6): Token from style foundations.
- Success (#16A34A): Token from style foundations.
- Warning (#D97706): Token from style foundations.
- Danger (#DC2626): Token from style foundations.
- Surface (#FFFFFF): Token from style foundations.
- Text (#111827): Token from style foundations.
- Neutral (#FFFFFF): Derived from the surface token for official format compatibility.
Related skills
How it compares
Pick clean for whitespace-heavy minimal SaaS UI; use modern skill when editorial serif typography and darker brand surfaces are the target aesthetic.
FAQ
Which fonts does the clean skill specify?
clean specifies Roboto as the primary font, Poppins for display headings, and Inconsolata for monospace text across a 12/14/16/20/24/32 typography scale with weights from 100 through 900. Rules require semantic tokens instead of raw font values in implementations.
What accessibility standard does clean target?
clean targets WCAG 2.2 AA with keyboard-first interactions, visible focus states, semantic HTML before ARIA, screen-reader-tested labels, reduced-motion support, and minimum 44px touch targets. Every accessibility statement must be testable during implementation review.
What deliverable structure does clean require?
clean requires outputs covering context and goals, design tokens, component-level rules with variants and states, accessibility acceptance criteria, content tone standards, anti-patterns, and a QA checklist executable in code review. Guidance stays opinionated and implementation-