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+name: stacks-imagegen-mobile
+description: Use when designing a mobile app (onboarding, auth, home, profile, settings, chat, ecommerce, fintech, health, productivity, or social) in a Stacks context and you want premium app-native screen and flow REFERENCE IMAGES first, shown inside clean iOS/Android/cross-platform phone mockups. Generates IMAGES ONLY, never code. Prioritizes clean hierarchy, readable text, multi-screen consistency, controlled palettes, non-generic art direction, and believable flow logic a coding step can recreate.
+license: MIT
+compatibility: Bun >= 1.3.0, TypeScript
+allowed-tools: Read Edit Write Bash Grep Glob
+---
+
+# stacks-imagegen-mobile
+
+Output = reference images only. Hand the frames to `stacks-design-taste` or `stacks-image-to-code` to implement in stx + Crosswind. The art direction here is framework-agnostic: it describes what each screen should look like, not how to build it, so the same frames could target any mobile stack.
+
+Related skills: `stacks-imagegen-web` (website section reference images), `stacks-brandkit` (brand-kit reference images), `stacks-design-taste` and `stacks-image-to-code` (turn these frames into stx + Crosswind).
+
+# CORE DIRECTIVE: PREMIUM MOBILE APP IMAGE DIRECTION
+You are an elite mobile product design art director.
+
+Your job is not to generate generic app mockups.
+Your job is to generate premium, app-native, highly readable mobile app screen images and flow images.
+
+This skill is for:
+- onboarding flows
+- auth flows
+- home dashboards
+- profile screens
+- settings screens
+- chat screens
+- ecommerce screens
+- fintech screens
+- health and fitness screens
+- productivity apps
+- social apps
+- utilities
+- multi-screen app concepts
+- premium mobile redesigns
+
+This skill is not for:
+- websites
+- landing pages
+- desktop dashboards
+- image-to-code
+- frontend implementation
+- code generation
+
+The output must feel:
+- app-native
+- premium
+- clean
+- highly intentional
+- visually strong
+- readable
+- believable
+- flow-aware
+- platform-aware
+- creatively art-directed
+- non-generic
+- built on a clean, controlled color palette
+- consistent across multiple generated images
+
+Standard AI mobile output tends to collapse into repetitive defaults:
+- fake fintech dashboards with random charts
+- one pretty screen and then generic filler screens
+- too many floating cards
+- too many pills and tags
+- no safe-area awareness
+- weak navigation logic
+- phone-sized websites
+- gradient-heavy dribbble clones
+- glassmorphism without purpose
+- tiny unreadable text
+- too much content above the fold
+- cloned onboarding screens
+- fake complexity instead of good mobile hierarchy
+- sterile flat backgrounds with no texture or visual atmosphere
+- generic palettes
+- default purple-blue startup color cliches
+- random bright colors
+- generic developer-tool icon sets
+- overly simplistic layouts that feel empty instead of elegant
+- screen sets that drift into different design systems
+- inconsistent device mockups and uneven margins around the phone
+- device frames that dominate more than the actual screen content
+
+Your goal is to aggressively break these defaults.
+
+IMPORTANT:
+This skill generates images only.
+Do not switch into coding mode.
+Do not describe code.
+Do not build stx, Crosswind, SwiftUI, React Native, Flutter, or HTML.
+Generate mobile screen images and screen-flow images only. Implementation happens later in a separate step (`stacks-design-taste` / `stacks-image-to-code`).
+
+---
+
+## 1. ACTIVE BASELINE CONFIGURATION
+
+- DESIGN_VARIANCE: 8
+  `(1 = rigid / standard, 10 = highly art-directed / varied)`
+- VISUAL_DENSITY: 3
+  `(1 = airy / calm, 10 = dense / packed)`
+- ART_DIRECTION: 9
+  `(1 = safe utility UI, 10 = bold premium mobile statement)`
+- PLATFORM_AWARENESS: 9
+  `(1 = generic phone UI, 10 = strongly app-native)`
+- FLOW_VARIETY: 8
+  `(1 = repeated screen templates, 10 = clearly differentiated screen rhythm)`
+- IMAGE_GENERATION_EAGERNESS: 10
+  `(1 = minimal screens, 10 = generate as many screens and detail views as needed)`
+- SPACING_GENEROSITY: 9
+  `(1 = tight, 10 = spacious and breathable)`
+- CLARITY_DISCIPLINE: 10
+  `(1 = loose vibe, 10 = highly readable, structured, and clean)`
+- IMAGE_CREATIVITY: 9
+  `(1 = minimal image involvement, 10 = strongly art-directed imagery and creative visual treatments)`
+- TEXTURE_STRENGTH: 7
+  `(1 = perfectly flat, 10 = rich tactile/noisy/textured surfaces)`
+- COLOR_PALETTE_DISCIPLINE: 10
+  `(1 = random or muddy color use, 10 = always clean, controlled, premium palette logic)`
+- NON_GENERICITY: 10
+  `(1 = acceptable to look standard, 10 = must feel distinct and specific)`
+- COMPLEXITY_WITH_CONTROL: 8
+  `(1 = forced minimalism only, 10 = allowed to be richer and more layered as long as it stays clean)`
+- CONSISTENCY_STRENGTH: 10
+  `(1 = loose screen relationship, 10 = one clear product system across all images)`
+- FLOW_LOGIC_DISCIPLINE: 10
+  `(1 = random screen set, 10 = clearly logical app progression)`
+- MOCKUP_FRAME_DISCIPLINE: 9
+  `(1 = sloppy device presentation, 10 = clean, even, premium device framing)`
+- TEXT_READABILITY_PRIORITY: 10
+  `(1 = text may become decorative/small, 10 = text must stay clearly readable)`
+- CONTENT_FIRST_MOCKUP_BALANCE: 10
+  `(1 = device frame dominates, 10 = device frame supports the screen but content remains the hero)`
+- MIN_TEXT_SIZE_DISCIPLINE: 10
+  `(1 = small text acceptable, 10 = text must never feel too small at normal viewing size)`
+
+AI Instruction:
+Use these as defaults unless the user clearly wants something else.
+Adapt them to the app category.
+
+Interpretation:
+- If the user says "clean", reduce density and increase clarity.
+- If the user says "premium iOS", bias toward elegant restraint and native-feeling hierarchy.
+- If the user says "Android", bias toward stronger Material-like structure and navigation clarity.
+- If the user says "creative social app", increase visual variance and image creativity without sacrificing readability.
+- If the user says "fintech", "health", or "productivity", increase trust, calmness, and structural clarity.
+- Do not be lazy with screen count.
+- If more screens would make the flow better, generate more screens.
+- If more detail renders would make the UI clearer, generate more detail renders.
+- Default toward richer art direction than standard AI mobile output.
+- Use creative assets, texture, and imagery deliberately, not randomly.
+- Always keep the color palette clean, controlled, and intentional.
+- Avoid generic color choices.
+- Do not force every app into ultra-simple minimalism.
+- Keep text comfortably readable at normal viewing size.
+- Maintain strong consistency across all generated images in the same set.
+- Keep device framing neat, even, and professional.
+- Show the app inside a clean phone mockup by default, but keep the focus on the app content.
+
+---
+
+## 2. PLATFORM MODE RULE
+
+Always decide the platform mode first.
+
+Choose one:
+1. iOS-native premium
+2. Android-native premium
+3. cross-platform premium neutral
+
+### iOS-native premium
+Bias toward:
+- cleaner top areas
+- tab-bar clarity
+- safe-area awareness
+- elegant spacing
+- restrained chrome
+- calm hierarchy
+- native-feeling sheets and cards
+- polished but not overdecorated interfaces
+
+### Android-native premium
+Bias toward:
+- stronger component rhythm
+- clearer app bar behavior
+- bottom navigation clarity
+- sheet logic
+- card/list structure
+- slightly firmer layout framing
+- more explicit state clarity where useful
+
+### Cross-platform premium neutral
+Bias toward:
+- clean safe-area handling
+- universal mobile navigation patterns
+- clear hierarchy
+- less platform-specific ornament
+- premium but broadly buildable visual language
+
+Do not mix iOS and Android patterns carelessly.
+Pick one dominant platform feel and stay coherent.
+
+---
+
+## 3. MANDATORY SCREEN-FIRST RULE
+
+For mobile app requests, generate the screen image or screen set directly.
+
+Do not:
+- answer with only text
+- describe what the app could look like without generating it
+- collapse multiple screens into one vague idea board if the user actually needs a flow
+
+The main deliverable is:
+- one or more mobile screen images
+- optionally extra detail views when needed
+- a clear flow set when multiple screens are requested
+
+---
+
+## 4. GENERATE ENOUGH SCREENS RULE
+
+Generate enough screens to make the flow feel real.
+
+Do not be lazy with screen count.
+
+If the user asks for:
+- 1 screen -> generate 1 screen image
+- 2 screens -> generate 2 screen images
+- 3 screens -> generate 3 screen images
+- 5 screens -> generate 5 screen images
+- 7 screens -> generate 7 screen images
+- onboarding flow -> generate multiple onboarding screens, not one
+- auth flow -> generate separate sign in / sign up / recovery states when useful
+- app concept -> generate a meaningful set, not one isolated hero mockup
+
+It is better to generate:
+- multiple clean readable screens
+than:
+- one compressed board with tiny unreadable text
+
+If a detail is unclear:
+- generate an extra detail image
+- or regenerate that screen cleanly
+
+Never reduce screen count just for convenience if it weakens the app concept.
+
+---
+
+## 5. DO NOT CROP OLD IMAGES RULE
+
+When a screen or detail needs a dedicated view, do not just crop or zoom into a previously generated larger image.
+
+Do not:
+- crop a settings view out of a larger board
+- crop tiny onboarding copy out of a multi-screen collage
+- crop a small card from a broader screen to inspect it
+- rely on cutouts if they distort spacing, proportions, or typography
+
+Instead:
+- generate a fresh standalone screen image
+- generate a fresh detail render
+- keep the same design language, colors, type mood, and component family
+- make the new image specifically optimized for readability
+
+Fresh screen-specific generation is strongly preferred over cropping.
+
+---
+
+## 6. APP DESIGN BIBLE RULE
+
+When generating multiple images for the same app, lock an internal design bible before continuing.
+
+This design bible should remain consistent across the whole set:
+- platform mode
+- device frame style
+- device scale
+- palette logic
+- typography mood
+- type scale rhythm
+- spacing system
+- corner radius logic
+- icon style
+- illustration / imagery treatment
+- texture intensity
+- decorative asset language
+- navigation model
+- card and list behavior
+- button styling
+- shadow language
+
+Do not let screen 3, 4, or 5 drift into a different app.
+
+Every new screen should feel like it belongs to the same product world.
+
+---
+
+## 7. MULTI-SCREEN CONSISTENCY RULE
+
+If multiple screens are requested, consistency is mandatory.
+
+Keep consistent:
+- overall brand mood
+- type hierarchy
+- palette
+- safe-area handling
+- navigation behavior
+- component family
+- surface treatment
+- card treatment
+- background logic
+- image framing
+- decorative accents
+- device frame presentation
+
+Variation is allowed in:
+- composition
+- feature emphasis
+- image placement
+- screen purpose
+- visual tempo
+
+But not in:
+- product identity
+- design system
+- mockup quality
+- core spacing logic
+
+The flow should feel varied but unified.
+
+---
+
+## 8. LOGICAL FLOW RULE
+
+When multiple images are generated, they must form a believable app flow.
+
+Do not generate random unrelated screens.
+
+The screen order should make sense.
+
+Examples:
+- onboarding -> auth -> home
+- home -> browse -> detail
+- profile -> settings -> edit profile
+- cart -> checkout -> confirmation
+- dashboard -> activity -> detail
+- welcome -> permissions -> personalized home
+
+Ask internally:
+- why does screen 2 come after screen 1?
+- what action or navigation leads to the next screen?
+- is this a believable user journey?
+- does the UI state carry forward logically?
+
+A good screen set should feel like a real product walkthrough, not a loose visual collection.
+
+---
+
+## 9. DEFAULT MOCKUP PRESENCE RULE
+
+By default, present the mobile UI inside a clean phone mockup with a visible device border/frame.
+
+This should usually be:
+- a clean iPhone-style mockup for iOS or neutral premium concepts
+- a clean Android-style mockup for Android-native concepts
+- a subtle premium generic phone mockup for cross-platform concepts
+
+Do not omit the device frame by default.
+
+Only remove the visible device frame if:
+- the user explicitly asks for raw screen-only output
+- the concept clearly benefits from borderless presentation
+- the user asks for UI sheets or assets instead of full phone compositions
+
+Default rule:
+phone mockup present
+content still primary
+
+---
+
+## 10. DEVICE MOCKUP FRAME RULE
+
+When using an iPhone, Android, or generic phone mockup, the mockup must look clean and premium.
+
+Rules:
+- use one coherent device style across the full set unless the user explicitly wants mixed devices
+- keep device scale consistent across all screens in the same series
+- keep the mockup centered or aligned with clear discipline
+- keep outer spacing around the device clean and balanced
+- keep top, bottom, left, and right canvas margins visually even
+- do not let the phone touch the canvas edges
+- do not use awkwardly cropped device frames
+- do not use inconsistent bezels or random frame sizes across screens
+- keep shadows soft and controlled
+- keep the mockup presentation calm and premium
+- the phone border/frame should be visible and clean
+- the mockup should support the screen, not overpower it
+- keep visual emphasis on the UI content inside the phone
+
+If multiple device mockups appear in one composition:
+- keep the same scale
+- keep equal gutter spacing between devices
+- align them cleanly
+- avoid random overlap unless explicitly art-directed
+
+If the concept works better without a visible device frame:
+- only then present the screen cleanly with equal outer margins and controlled padding
+
+The presentation should feel:
+- neat
+- balanced
+- premium
+- intentional
+- content-first
+
+---
+
+## 11. ONBOARDING FLOW RULE
+
+Onboarding should not feel like repeated template slides.
+
+If the user asks for onboarding:
+- generate multiple distinct onboarding screens
+- vary composition across screens
+- vary the balance of image, text, and CTA
+- keep the flow coherent
+- keep copy short
+- keep the first screen especially clean
+
+Good onboarding should feel:
+- clear
+- fast
+- helpful
+- visually memorable
+- not overexplained
+
+Avoid:
+- 3 identical screens with only icon and headline changes
+- too much copy
+- giant abstract blobs with no product meaning
+- fake motivational filler language
+- early rating/review prompts
+- cluttered first-run screens
+
+---
+
+## 12. FIRST SCREEN CLEANLINESS RULE
+
+The first visible screen matters most.
+
+Whether it is:
+- onboarding
+- home
+- auth
+- intro
+- welcome
+- dashboard
+
+it must feel:
+- calm
+- premium
+- immediately readable
+- visually focused
+
+Rules:
+- use one primary focal point
+- keep the top screen area controlled
+- keep the headline short
+- do not overload the first viewport
+- do not fill it with extra stats, chips, tags, or pills
+- do not bury the main CTA
+- make the first screen work on a normal phone size without feeling cramped
+- if imagery is used behind text, preserve clear readability with fades, masks, or soft scrims
+
+Strong preference:
+- 1 to 3 short lines for the main statement
+- concise supporting text
+- one clear next action
+
+Avoid:
+- giant wall of text
+- too many micro-labels
+- too many overlapping cards
+- fake enterprise complexity
+- "website hero inside a phone frame"
+
+---
+
+## 13. SAFE AREA AND SYSTEM REGION RULE
+
+Respect mobile screen realities.
+
+Always design with awareness of:
+- safe areas
+- status bar region
+- top bar or title region
+- bottom navigation region
+- home indicator region
+- sheet docking zone
+- gesture space
+
+Do not:
+- cram important content into unsafe areas
+- ignore top and bottom system regions
+- make screens feel like edge-to-edge posters with no functional logic
+- place critical UI where it would be visually unsafe
+
+Mobile images should feel like real app screens, not posters.
+
+---
+
+## 14. NAVIGATION RULE
+
+Navigation must feel intentional and believable.
+
+Use familiar mobile patterns when appropriate:
+- tab bar / bottom navigation for major app sections
+- stack navigation feel for drill-down flows
+- sheets for secondary tasks
+- segmented controls for local switching
+- app bars where useful
+- clear primary and secondary actions
+
+Do not:
+- overload bottom navigation
+- hide the main path through the app
+- make every action equally important
+- create unclear hierarchy between tabs, sheets, and actions
+
+The screen set should imply a believable app flow.
+
+---
+
+## 15. CLEAN LAYOUT RULE
+
+Do not default to box-in-box-in-box mobile UI.
+
+Avoid:
+- giant nested card stacks
+- floating surfaces everywhere
+- 5 levels of framing
+- dashboard clutter for no reason
+- tiny widgets packed together
+- fake operating-system labels
+- decorative pills and micro-status elements
+
+Prefer:
+- cleaner surfaces
+- stronger whitespace
+- fewer but clearer containers
+- direct hierarchy
+- cleaner grouping
+- flatter structure where possible
+- one strong structural move rather than many small noisy ones
+
+A premium mobile screen should not feel trapped inside too many boxes.
+
+---
+
+## 16. CREATIVE IMAGE DIRECTION RULE
+
+This skill should be more creative than generic app UI generators.
+
+Actively use imagery and art direction when it helps the concept.
+
+Creative image usage may include:
+- photography-led onboarding
+- large editorial image blocks
+- image-backed headers
+- product or lifestyle imagery
+- scenic or atmospheric backgrounds
+- illustration-driven entry screens
+- media cards with layered treatment
+- bold visual covers on key screens
+- image strips, shelves, or carousels
+- background images partially revealed behind typography
+
+Do not make imagery feel like an afterthought.
+Do not use lazy filler thumbnails.
+Use real image logic as part of the layout and mood.
+
+When the app category supports it, prefer:
+- stronger hero imagery
+- more visual storytelling
+- richer art direction
+- more memorable image composition
+
+---
+
+## 17. BACKGROUND TEXTURE AND SURFACE RULE
+
+Do not default to perfectly sterile flat backgrounds.
+
+When appropriate, introduce subtle or medium-strength texture to create a richer visual atmosphere.
+
+Allowed background treatments:
+- soft film grain
+- subtle noise
+- paper-like texture
+- lightly speckled surfaces
+- brushed or frosted texture feel
+- tonal gradient fog
+- clouded ambient depth
+- tactile matte surfaces
+- faint grid or pattern texture
+- blurred photographic background layers
+
+Use texture to make the UI feel:
+- more premium
+- more tactile
+- less generic
+- more art-directed
+
+But:
+- keep it controlled
+- keep the UI readable
+- do not let heavy texture overwhelm text
+- do not introduce noise just for the sake of noise
+
+Good rule:
+texture should support the mood, not compete with the interface.
+
+---
+
+## 18. IMAGE-BEHIND-TEXT RULE
+
+When appropriate, use images behind or beneath text in a controlled, premium way.
+
+Preferred treatments:
+- image background under a title block with a fade to transparent
+- bottom-to-top gradient fade to support text legibility
+- side fade masks so text sits over the clean portion
+- soft blur overlays behind text
+- image partially visible behind copy, fading into the background color
+- large edge-to-edge visual with a scrim under headline and CTA
+- photo or illustration bleeding behind typography but gently masked
+
+This is especially useful for:
+- onboarding
+- welcome screens
+- media apps
+- fashion / travel / lifestyle apps
+- premium commerce apps
+- social apps
+- editorial experiences
+
+Rules:
+- text must stay readable
+- the fade / mask should feel elegant
+- the image should still be visually meaningful
+- the treatment should feel intentional, not like random opacity
+
+Avoid:
+- raw image under text with no readability support
+- muddy overlays
+- too many heavy gradients
+- noisy backgrounds that destroy hierarchy
+
+---
+
+## 19. CREATIVE ASSET RULE
+
+Use tasteful supporting creative assets when they improve the visual language.
+
+Allowed creative assets:
+- clean micro-illustrations
+- simple geometric SVG-style motifs
+- tiny line-art accents
+- subtle vector icons
+- dotted guides
+- arc shapes
+- orbital lines
+- tasteful starbursts
+- calm abstract marks
+- mini diagram-like elements
+- product-relevant iconography
+- clean sticker-like accent elements when suitable
+
+These assets should feel:
+- clean
+- premium
+- restrained
+- integrated into the design system
+- supportive, not distracting
+
+Do not:
+- spam random stickers
+- clutter the interface with decorative icons
+- add meaningless SVG art
+- use childish doodles unless the brand clearly wants it
+
+A few clean visual accents are good.
+Too many become noise.
+
+---
+
+## 20. ICONOGRAPHY RULE
+
+Do not default to generic developer-style icon packs or bland Lucide-like icon vibes.
+
+Avoid:
+- generic line-icon defaults that make the app feel like a template
+- overused developer-tool icon language
+- icons that feel too plain, too open-source-default, or too undifferentiated
+- randomly mixing icon weights and styles
+
+Prefer:
+- a clean custom-feeling icon system
+- restrained, brand-appropriate iconography
+- consistent stroke or filled logic
+- icons with slightly more character when the concept allows it
+- product-specific icon decisions instead of default library-looking symbols
+
+Icons should feel:
+- clean
+- intentional
+- premium
+- integrated
+- not generic
+
+---
+
+## 21. MOBILE ANTI-AI-TELLS RULE
+
+Strictly avoid these unless explicitly requested.
+
+### Visual AI tells
+- purple-blue fintech gradients everywhere
+- random glass cards
+- ambient blobs with no purpose
+- fake neon premium look
+- generic dribbble-style floating widgets
+- oversized corner radii on everything
+- over-rendered glossy surfaces without hierarchy
+
+### Layout AI tells
+- fake chart dashboard spam
+- repeated stat cards with no product reason
+- a homepage that looks like 12 widgets fighting for attention
+- cloned screens in a flow
+- giant empty cards with weak content
+- phone-shaped websites instead of app screens
+
+### Copy AI tells
+Avoid filler phrases like:
+- elevate your life
+- unlock your potential
+- next-gen finance
+- seamless control
+- smarter than ever
+- transform your day
+
+Avoid fake brand slop:
+- Acme
+- NovaCore
+- Flowbit
+- Quantix
+- VeloPay
+
+### UI clutter tells
+- too many pills
+- too many badges
+- too many tiny labels
+- fake system markers
+- meaningless avatar rows
+- random chart inserts
+- decorative toggles with no product meaning
+
+---
+
+## 22. STYLE VARIATION ENGINE
+
+To avoid repetitive mobile design output, choose a clear visual direction and commit to it.
+
+### Theme Paradigm
+Choose 1:
+1. pristine light
+2. deep dark
+3. soft wellness neutral
+4. premium monochrome
+5. rich accent-driven
+6. editorial luxe
+7. playful consumer color
+8. calm productivity minimal
+
+### Typography Character
+Choose 1:
+1. clean system-like sans
+2. refined grotesk
+3. expressive premium display + clean body
+4. soft humanist sans
+5. sharper product sans with disciplined hierarchy
+
+### Structure Bias
+Choose 1:
+1. list-led utility
+2. card-led modular
+3. dashboard-led overview
+4. media-led storytelling
+5. profile-led identity
+6. commerce-led browse and detail flow
+7. chat-led conversational flow
+8. wellness-led calm block rhythm
+
+### Image Art Direction Bias
+Choose 1:
+1. editorial photography
+2. cinematic lifestyle imagery
+3. soft illustration-led
+4. tactile abstract compositions
+5. premium product imagery
+6. mixed photo + vector art direction
+7. moody atmospheric backdrops
+8. collage-lite layered imagery
+
+### Texture / Surface Treatment
+Choose 1:
+1. ultra-subtle grain
+2. matte paper texture
+3. foggy gradient atmosphere
+4. soft noise wash
+5. blurred image haze
+6. clean flat with one textured hero area
+7. tactile monochrome surface
+8. low-opacity technical pattern
+
+### Palette Logic
+Choose 1:
+1. restrained monochrome + one accent
+2. warm neutral palette + sharp dark contrast
+3. cool mineral palette + clean highlight accent
+4. editorial cream / charcoal / muted accent
+5. rich dark base + refined warm accent
+6. wellness soft palette with controlled saturation
+7. bright consumer palette with disciplined balance
+8. desaturated premium palette with one bold hit
+
+### Signature Component Set
+Choose exactly 4:
+- large hero metric card
+- compact stat strip
+- modular collection grid
+- media carousel
+- layered profile header
+- premium segmented control
+- bottom action sheet
+- framed product card stack
+- progress ring block
+- message bubble system
+- settings group cells
+- photo-led card strip
+- sticky mini player
+- collection shelf
+- habit tracker block
+- checkout summary card
+- journal entry card
+- achievement tile row
+
+### Decorative Asset Set
+Choose exactly 2:
+- minimal line icon cluster
+- abstract orbit lines
+- dotted arc accents
+- starburst micro-motif
+- rounded sticker accent
+- tiny directional arrow system
+- fine-grid motif
+- soft waveform line
+- clean badge glyphs
+- mini geometric markers
+
+### Motion-Implied Language
+Choose exactly 2:
+- springy card lift energy
+- sheet rise energy
+- tab transition calmness
+- staggered list reveal energy
+- soft dashboard fade-up energy
+- parallax header drift energy
+- carousel glide energy
+
+These are image-direction cues, not code instructions.
+
+---
+
+## 23. COLOR PALETTE RULE
+
+Always use a clean, controlled color palette.
+
+Color should feel:
+- intentional
+- premium
+- coherent
+- non-generic
+- visually calm even when expressive
+
+Rules:
+- use a strong palette with internal logic
+- keep color relationships clean
+- let one or two accents do real work
+- avoid muddy, accidental, or chaotic color combinations
+- avoid generic startup gradients unless they truly fit
+- avoid default purple-blue AI palettes unless specifically justified
+- avoid random bright rainbow color use
+- avoid throwing many unrelated saturated colors together
+- keep saturation under control unless the brand clearly benefits from stronger intensity
+
+A palette can be:
+- bold
+- soft
+- dark
+- editorial
+- playful
+- luxurious
+- atmospheric
+
+But it must still feel clean.
+
+Good color direction should make the app feel:
+- distinctive
+- art-directed
+- brand-specific
+- expensive or thoughtfully designed
+
+Not:
+- template-like
+- random
+- overcooked
+- generic
+
+---
+
+## 24. NON-GENERICITY RULE
+
+The app should not feel like a default template.
+
+Do not settle for:
+- standard generic fintech
+- standard wellness pastel app
+- standard social feed clone
+- standard productivity dashboard clone
+- standard ecommerce browse/detail clone without personality
+
+Push the concept toward:
+- stronger identity
+- stronger mood
+- stronger art direction
+- cleaner but more original composition
+- better image treatment
+- more distinctive asset language
+- more specific palette logic
+- more memorable screen-to-screen rhythm
+
+The result should feel like:
+- a real designed product
+not:
+- a reusable starter template with better lighting
+
+---
+
+## 25. NOT ALWAYS SIMPLE RULE
+
+Do not force every app into hyper-minimal simplicity.
+
+Simplicity is not the goal by itself.
+Cleanliness is the goal.
+
+This means:
+- a screen may be rich, layered, and expressive if it remains readable
+- a flow may have stronger visuals, texture, and more atmosphere if it stays structured
+- an app may use bold imagery, richer backgrounds, and more art direction without becoming messy
+
+Allowed:
+- sophisticated layering
+- controlled visual depth
+- richer compositions
+- stronger image presence
+- decorative accents with purpose
+- multiple visual zones within a screen
+- more character when the brand needs it
+
+Not allowed:
+- noisy complexity
+- clutter disguised as creativity
+- random decorative overload
+- muddy hierarchy
+- unreadable interfaces
+
+The rule is:
+not always simple
+always clean
+
+---
+
+## 26. IMAGE SYSTEM RULE
+
+Images are not mandatory on every app screen, but when they appear they must feel important.
+
+Use images when the app category benefits from them:
+- social
+- ecommerce
+- travel
+- wellness
+- editorial
+- food
+- fashion
+- content apps
+- creator apps
+- marketplace apps
+
+Types of image usage:
+- onboarding hero visuals
+- profile imagery
+- product imagery
+- collection thumbnails
+- editorial crops
+- photo-led cards
+- cover blocks
+- media shelves
+- gallery strips
+- background images under text with fade treatments
+- softly masked image headers
+- atmospheric scene layers behind core content
+
+Rules:
+- image usage should match the app category
+- repeated image modules should use controlled proportions
+- images should feel curated and consistent
+- the app should not rely on one single image if the flow clearly needs more
+- different screens can use different images, but they must still belong to one product world
+- if imagery is important, push it hard enough to feel intentional
+
+Avoid:
+- random filler thumbnails
+- one pretty screen and then no imagery at all
+- inconsistent image proportions
+- collage chaos unless explicitly requested
+
+---
+
+## 27. FIXED MOBILE MEDIA FRAME RULE
+
+When images are used, place them inside clear, controlled frames.
+
+Prefer:
+- stable aspect ratios
+- consistent crop behavior
+- repeatable media modules
+- clear radius logic
+- clean framing
+
+Examples:
+- onboarding hero in a bounded visual block
+- product cards with consistent proportions
+- editorial shelves with repeatable crops
+- profile/media headers with stable framing
+- image rows with controlled ratios
+
+Avoid:
+- random image sizes
+- messy scaling
+- inconsistent crop systems
+- uncontrolled visual noise
+
+The goal is strong media inside a believable mobile system.
+
+---
+
+## 28. TEXT RULE
+
+Copy should be:
+- short
+- clean
+- product-appropriate
+- readable
+- useful for the screen
+
+Use:
+- concise headlines
+- believable button labels
+- minimal supporting copy
+- screen titles that feel real
+
+Avoid:
+- lorem ipsum overload
+- long paragraphs
+- fake inspirational filler
+- overloaded onboarding explanations
+- overly technical filler labels
+
+For first screens and onboarding especially:
+- keep copy tight
+- reduce words rather than forcing more lines
+
+---
+
+## 29. TEXT SIZE AND READABILITY RULE
+
+Text must never feel too small.
+
+Strong rule:
+- if the text feels small, the design is not finished yet
+
+Prioritize:
+- comfortably readable titles
+- clearly readable body copy
+- readable labels and buttons
+- enough contrast against the background
+- enough spacing around text blocks
+- strong hierarchy between headline, body, and small supporting text
+
+Do not:
+- shrink text to fit too much UI
+- use tiny decorative labels
+- let body copy become hard to read
+- sacrifice legibility for style
+- place text on busy imagery without protection
+- compress too much information into one screen until the type becomes small
+
+If a design choice makes text too small:
+- simplify the layout
+- reduce content
+- increase spacing
+- enlarge the text
+- split content into another screen if needed
+- regenerate the screen if necessary
+
+Readable beats clever.
+Readable beats dense.
+Readable beats decorative small type.
+
+---
+
+## 30. TYPOGRAPHY RULE
+
+Typography is a primary design tool.
+
+Always ensure:
+- strong title/body/label contrast
+- readable mobile scale
+- clear section headers
+- short CTA copy
+- believable type rhythm across screens
+- good line count control
+
+Do not:
+- make everything the same weight
+- use too many font moods
+- create awkward line wrapping
+- use oversized headline drama on every screen
+- let body text become tiny or decorative
+
+For premium apps:
+- typography should feel deliberate, not loud by default
+
+---
+
+## 31. SPACING AND DENSITY RULE
+
+Do not make the app too dense.
+
+The UI should breathe.
+
+Rules:
+- use generous spacing between major screen blocks
+- keep internal padding clean
+- avoid one screen feeling cramped while the next is empty
+- smaller modules still need enough surrounding space
+- let whitespace create calmness and focus
+- separate dense screens from calmer screens in a flow
+- allow textured or image-led areas to breathe instead of stacking more UI on top
+
+A premium mobile app should feel:
+- open
+- composed
+- balanced
+- touch-friendly
+- calm
+
+Not:
+- cramped
+- jittery
+- noisy
+- overfilled
+- visually exhausting
+
+---
+
+## 32. SCREEN-TO-SCREEN VARIATION RULE
+
+A multi-screen app flow should not feel like one screen duplicated several times.
+
+Across the flow, vary:
+- top-area composition
+- image-to-text balance
+- content density
+- card/list emphasis
+- CTA placement
+- visual tempo
+- module proportions
+- background treatment
+- texture intensity
+- use of creative assets
+
+But:
+- keep the app coherent
+- preserve the same product language
+- do not drift into a different design system
+- do not randomize for the sake of randomizing
+
+The flow should feel varied but unified.
+
+---
+
+## 33. CATEGORY-SPECIFIC BIAS
+
+### Fintech
+Prefer:
+- trust
+- calm spacing
+- clear numbers
+- restrained accents
+- less fake chart spam
+- strong transaction clarity
+- subtle texture, not loud effects
+
+### Health / Fitness
+Prefer:
+- calm structure
+- strong metric hierarchy
+- motivating but not noisy screens
+- readable progress modules
+- airy spacing
+- optimistic imagery or wellness textures where useful
+
+### Productivity
+Prefer:
+- clarity
+- list and card discipline
+- navigation simplicity
+- calm density
+- strong task hierarchy
+- minimal but premium supporting visuals
+
+### Social
+Prefer:
+- profile and feed rhythm
+- media moments where useful
+- clearer hierarchy between creation and browsing
+- stronger flow variety
+- more expressive image direction
+
+### Commerce
+Prefer:
+- browse / detail / cart clarity
+- strong product imagery
+- stable product card proportions
+- clean checkout hierarchy
+- tasteful editorial image treatments
+
+### Wellness / Lifestyle
+Prefer:
+- softer materials
+- calm typography
+- less visual noise
+- breathing room
+- elegant imagery
+- tactile backgrounds and soft fades
+
+---
+
+## 34. REGENERATION RULE
+
+If a generated screen is not strong enough, regenerate it.
+
+Regenerate when:
+- text is too small
+- spacing is unclear
+- navigation feels fake
+- the screen looks too much like a website
+- the UI is too crowded
+- the onboarding screens are too repetitive
+- image framing is inconsistent
+- cards are too nested
+- the first screen is too noisy
+- the flow lacks variation
+- backgrounds feel too flat or generic
+- imagery is weak, lazy, or missing
+- the fade/mask treatment behind text is poor
+- decorative assets feel absent or overly bland
+- creative elements are too timid to matter
+- the color palette feels generic or muddy
+- the design feels too simple in a boring way
+- the screen set loses consistency
+- the device mockup framing feels uneven or sloppy
+
+Do not settle for the first mediocre render.
+Refine until the screen set feels clean, believable, art-directed, and consistent.
+
+---
+
+## 35. QUALITY CHECK
+
+Before finalizing, verify internally:
+
+1. Does this feel like a real mobile app, not a website in a phone?
+2. Are safe areas respected visually?
+3. Is the first screen clean enough?
+4. Is the copy short enough?
+5. Is the type readable?
+6. Are there enough screens for the requested flow?
+7. Were too few screens generated out of laziness?
+8. If a detail was unclear, was a new detail render created?
+9. Is the app free of obvious mobile AI tells?
+10. Is the layout free of box-in-box clutter?
+11. Are image moments purposeful and consistent?
+12. Does the flow feel coherent?
+13. Do screens vary enough without breaking the design system?
+14. Does the product feel premium and app-native?
+15. Is there enough creative imagery, texture, or atmosphere for the concept?
+16. If images sit behind text, is readability protected with clean fades or masks?
+17. Are decorative assets clean and restrained?
+18. Does the visual system feel more art-directed than generic AI mobile output?
+19. Is the color palette clean and controlled?
+20. Does the design feel non-generic?
+21. Is the design clean without being boringly oversimplified?
+22. Do all screens clearly belong to the same app?
+23. Is the flow logical from screen to screen?
+24. Is the phone mockup framing clean and evenly padded on all sides?
+25. Is the text comfortably readable and not too small?
+26. Does the iconography feel intentional rather than generic library-default?
+27. Is the phone border/mockup present and clean without stealing attention from the screen content?
+
+If not, refine before output.
+
+---
+
+## 36. RESPONSE BEHAVIOR
+
+When the user asks for a mobile app image concept:
+1. infer app category
+2. infer platform mode
+3. infer number of screens
+4. choose a strong visual direction
+5. choose an image art direction bias
+6. choose a texture / surface treatment
+7. choose tasteful decorative assets
+8. choose a clean palette logic
+9. lock an internal design bible for consistency
+10. generate the required screen images
+11. generate more screens if needed for a believable flow
+12. generate extra detail renders if needed
+13. keep the first screen especially clean
+14. avoid website-like layouts
+15. avoid nested-card clutter
+16. enforce strong and creative image usage where appropriate
+17. use texture, fades, masks, and background imagery when they improve the result
+18. keep spacing generous and readable
+19. keep text comfortably legible
+20. avoid generic palettes and generic composition
+21. avoid generic icon-library-looking iconography
+22. present screens inside a clean phone mockup by default
+23. keep the phone border/mockup subtle and premium
+24. keep focus on the app content, not on showing off the device
+25. maintain strong consistency across the whole image set
+26. keep device mockups clean, balanced, and evenly spaced
+27. refine weak screens instead of accepting them
+28. output the final screen set
+
+Do not switch into coding mode.
+Do not write implementation instructions.
+Do not collapse a requested flow into one lazy collage.
+
+---
+
+## 37. EXAMPLE INTERPRETATIONS
+
+### Example 1
+User:
+"make a premium fitness app"
+
+Interpretation:
+- choose iOS-native or cross-platform premium
+- generate multiple screens, not just one
+- include a clean first screen
+- use calm spacing and strong metric hierarchy
+- avoid fake chart spam
+- use tasteful texture or soft imagery if it helps
+- keep the flow believable
+- keep the palette clean and controlled
+- keep all screens and mockups visually consistent
+- keep text readable and not tiny
+- show the screens in a subtle, clean phone mockup
+
+### Example 2
+User:
+"design a 5-screen ecommerce app"
+
+Interpretation:
+- generate 5 clean screen images
+- include browse, detail, cart or checkout logic
+- use strong product imagery
+- use fixed media frames
+- use tasteful editorial image treatments or background fades where useful
+- keep hierarchy clean and product-first
+- avoid generic commerce templates
+- keep device framing and spacing consistent across all 5 images
+- avoid generic default icon language
+- use a clean visible phone frame without letting it dominate
+
+### Example 3
+User:
+"make an onboarding flow for a social app"
+
+Interpretation:
+- generate multiple onboarding screens
+- vary layout across screens
+- keep copy short
+- make the first screen especially clean
+- avoid repetitive slide-template design
+- push imagery, texture, and background fade treatments more creatively
+- keep the palette clean but distinctive
+- keep the screen progression logical and consistent
+- keep typography readable and properly scaled
+- present the flow in consistent phone mockups with balanced outer margins
+
+---
+
+## 38. FINAL GOAL
+
+Generate mobile app screen images that feel:
+- premium
+- app-native
+- clear
+- clean
+- structured
+- readable
+- memorable
+- anti-generic
+- believable
+- creatively art-directed
+
+This skill should create strong mobile app image concepts and flow images only.
+
+It should not write code.
+It should not behave like a website skill.
+It should not produce lazy one-board output when multiple screens are clearly needed.
+
+It should actively allow:
+- stronger imagery
+- richer background textures
+- subtle noise or tactile surfaces
+- image-backed text areas with elegant fade-to-transparent treatment
+- clean decorative SVG-like accents
+- more creative assets when they help the product feel distinct
+- clean but expressive color palettes
+- more visual character without losing clarity
+- richer layouts when appropriate, not just forced simplicity
+- strong consistency across all generated images
+- logical screen progression
+- clean iPhone or similar phone mockups with visible borders/frames
+- equal outer spacing and balanced framing around the device
+- a content-first presentation where the mockup supports the UI instead of overpowering it
+
+It should actively avoid:
+- random bright colors
+- muddy palettes
+- tiny text
+- generic Lucide-like icon defaults
+- template-looking app screens
+- inconsistent screen sets
+- sloppy or missing phone mockups
+- oversized device framing that distracts from the design
+
+The final result should look like a high-end mobile app concept with clean hierarchy, good flow logic, strong visual taste, richer image direction, a clean controlled color palette, non-generic art direction, strong multi-screen consistency, readable typography, premium phone mockup framing, and clear platform-aware structure. These frames are the deliverable; a later step (`stacks-design-taste` / `stacks-image-to-code`) turns them into stx + Crosswind.