picasso-skill 2.3.0 → 2.3.1
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## Phase 0: The
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## Phase 0: The Visual Discovery Process (First Invocation)
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When Picasso is invoked for the first time on a project (no `.picasso.md` exists), or when the user runs `/picasso`,
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When Picasso is invoked for the first time on a project (no `.picasso.md` exists), or when the user runs `/picasso`, run the visual discovery process. Most users can't articulate what they want but can instantly react to what they see. So: show, don't ask.
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If the user says "just fix X" -- skip discovery entirely and go directly to the fix.
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### The Core Principle
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**Users react to visuals, not specifications.** Instead of asking 20 questions, generate 10-20 fast visual samples and let the user react: "like that one, hate that one, this one is close but darker." Their reactions tell you more than any questionnaire.
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### Step 1: Crawl (Silent -- No User Interaction)
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- "Who is this for? (developers, consumers, enterprise, creative professionals, kids, etc.)"
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- "What's the single most important thing a user should do on this site?"
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- "Is there a site you love the look of? Drop a URL or name and I'll match that energy."
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1. **Read the codebase** -- understand what the app does, the tech stack, existing design patterns, current colors/fonts/layout
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2. **Identify the product type** -- SaaS dashboard, marketing site, e-commerce, portfolio, internal tool, mobile app
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3. **Identify the audience** -- who uses this? developers, lawyers, consumers, enterprise buyers
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4. **Study 2-3 real competitors** in the same space -- what do actual products in this industry look like?
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5. **Load `references/style-presets.md`** -- find the 8-12 presets most relevant to this product type
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| "New project" | **Full Design** | Generate DESIGN.md, set up tokens, build from scratch |
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| "Redesign" | **Overhaul** | Audit everything, propose new direction, rebuild systematically |
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| "Polish" | **Refinement** | Audit, fix issues, preserve existing intent |
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### Step 2: Quick Context (2-3 Questions Max)
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- "What's the one thing users should do on this site?" (if not obvious from the UI)
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- "Any existing brand colors or fonts I should keep?" (if not in the code)
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- "Any site you love the look of?" (optional -- gives you a reference to /steal from)
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That's it. Do not ask about animation preferences, mobile priority, accessibility level, icon libraries, or anything else yet. Get to visuals as fast as possible.
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This is what makes Picasso different from every other design tool. Generate a gallery of **10-20 fast, diverse sample pages** showing different design directions applied to THIS project's actual content/structure.
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1. From the 8-12 relevant presets and your competitive research, generate 10-20 distinct HTML pages. Each one is a quick, self-contained page showing:
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- A representative content area (dashboard, listing, form -- whatever the app's primary screen is)
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2. Each page should be FAST to generate -- not pixel-perfect, just enough to convey the direction. Think 30 seconds per page, not 5 minutes. Use the templates from `references/visual-preview.md` but vary them significantly. The goal is VOLUME and DIVERSITY, not polish.
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| Minimal/clean | Satoshi | DM Sans | slate-700 | white | 4px |
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5. Also generate a single `/tmp/picasso-gallery/index.html` that shows a thumbnail grid of all samples -- each as a small card (200px wide) with the sample number and the key differentiator (font name + primary color + one-word mood).
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7. Present: "Here are {N} directions for your app. React to what you see -- which ones do you like? Which do you hate? Anything close but needs tweaking? You can also open `/tmp/picasso-gallery/index.html` in your browser to browse them all."
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