aesthetics-and-emotion-principles

Plugin aesthetics-and-emotion-principles in ConcertoNotes/codex-plugins. Commands read from the repo's manifest — 1 month ago.

Skills (17)

• aesthetic-usability-effect

  Use this skill when the design''s perceived quality affects whether users will tolerate friction, give the product a chance, or judge it as well-made — which is most consumer-facing surfaces, marketing, onboarding, first-run, and any moment where an unfamiliar user is forming a quick judgment. Trigg

• aesthetics-router

  Use this skill whenever a design task involves the felt quality of an interface — beauty, polish, brand voice, persuasion, emotional response, marketing surfaces, hero sections, onboarding tone, empty/celebration states, illustrations, mascots, avatars. Trigger when the user mentions tone, polish, b

• archetypes-brand-voice

  Use this skill when picking a brand archetype, propagating it across product and marketing surfaces, or auditing brand-voice consistency. Trigger when designing the voice of microcopy, marketing pages, support tone, or any brand-facing communication. Sub-aspect of `archetypes`; read that first.

• archetypes-storytelling-arcs

  Use this skill when designing narrative content — landing pages, case studies, onboarding flows, marketing campaigns, sales decks, ad arcs. Trigger when picking how to frame a customer story, when writing a launch campaign, or when the user mentions "this campaign feels flat" or "we need a better na

• archetypes

  Use this skill when designing brand voice, marketing positioning, mascot or character design, narrative arcs in product onboarding, or any expressive surface where the design must communicate personality. Trigger when picking how a brand "feels" (rebellious, nurturing, sage-like), when designing sto

• exposure-effect

  Apply the Exposure Effect (mere-exposure effect) — the well-documented finding that repeated exposure to something tends to increase liking for it. Use when launching new features, planning redesigns, building brand familiarity, or evaluating user resistance to change. Familiarity reads as comfort a

• exposure-onboarding

  Use the exposure effect deliberately in onboarding and habit formation — getting users to repeated, low-friction encounters with the product so familiarity builds and preference forms. Use when designing onboarding flows, planning feature introductions, building user habits, or evaluating why users

• exposure-redesign-risk

  Manage the risks of redesigns when users have built up exposure-based preference for the existing design. Use when planning a major redesign, evaluating user backlash to changes, deciding between incremental and radical change, or recovering from a redesign that generated complaints. Users like what

• form-follows-function-as-axiom

  Use this skill when applying the descriptive form-follows-function interpretation — functional clarity as a source of aesthetic quality. Trigger when designing tools, dashboards, or instrumental surfaces where every element should earn its presence. Sub-aspect of `form-follows-function`; read that f

• form-follows-function-success-criteria

  Use this skill when the team is in a form-vs-function debate and needs to step back to define what "success" actually means for the design. Trigger when stakeholders disagree about visual treatment, when a design feels off and no one can articulate why, or when reviewing a design against an unclear

• form-follows-function

  Use this skill when designing the visual or aesthetic layer of a product, deciding between expressive style and functional restraint, evaluating decorative elements, or arguing about whether a feature should ship plain vs. polished. Trigger when stakeholders ask "should we add visual flair to this?"

• immersion-distraction-cost

  Recognize and design against the cost of attention fragmentation — the disproportionate damage that even small interruptions do to focused work. Use when designing notification systems, evaluating whether a feature should interrupt the user, planning feature introductions, or auditing a product for

• immersion-flow

  Design for flow specifically — calibrate challenge to skill, provide immediate feedback, set clear goals, foreground the activity. Use when designing tools for skilled work (writing, drawing, programming, music), games, learning experiences, or any context where sustained engagement is the goal. Flo

• immersion

  Apply the principle of Immersion — designing for sustained focus and engagement, where the user becomes absorbed in the activity and loses awareness of the surrounding environment. Use when designing for creative work, deep reading, gameplay, learning, or any activity that benefits from extended foc

• wabi-sabi-imperfection

  Design intentional imperfection that reads as warmth — subtle asymmetry, hand-drawn elements, organic textures, intentional irregularities. Use when adding human warmth to a digital design, distinguishing from competitors with uniform design systems, designing for personal or creative contexts. The

• wabi-sabi-restraint

  Apply wabi-sabi restraint — the discipline of leaving things out, of resisting decoration, of letting empty space and silence do design work. Use when designing reading-focused interfaces, paring back accumulated clutter, choosing between decoration and absence, or evaluating whether each element ea

• wabi-sabi

  Apply the principle of Wabi-Sabi — the aesthetic embrace of imperfection, impermanence, and naturalness. Use when designing for warmth and authenticity, creating spaces that feel lived-in rather than sterile, choosing handcrafted-feeling materials over machined perfection, or evaluating whether a de

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