Styleseed skill

StyleSeed

Use the user's goal to choose one first workflow below. This is the only registered core skill; the 22 workflows and their executable dependencies ship inside this directory. Read only the selected workflow, then references needed for that task.

Registry-first artifact boundary

When .styleseed/project.json and .styleseed/artifacts/index.json exist, resolve the requested artifact first. Read its .styleseed/bundles/<artifact-id>.md and manifest. A partial or invalid registry is an error; never fall back to the global legacy bundle. Legacy projects may use .styleseed/effective-rules.md only when no registry exists.

Before the first workflow in a project/task session, follow the update preflight.

Working contract

• Preserve approved project design choices. Support expert judgment; a score is not human acceptance.
• Resolve the current artifact first. For multiple plausible artifacts, ask one bounded clarification question.
• Never fan out to run every workflow. Choose exactly one first workflow; it may call the required gates.
• Honor the user's authorized scope. Audit, score, verify, and status requests do not authorize edits. Workflow metadata records the intended tool/scope boundary even though it is not host registration metadata.
• Paths in workflow files are relative to those files. Resolve installed scripts from this skill's actual directory, never assume a particular agent folder or download a missing sibling skill.
• In older instructions, /ss-build, $ss-build, and other ss-* names mean the corresponding internal workflow. Read workflows/<name>/WORKFLOW.md; do not invoke an unregistered skill. Users may say StyleSeed build, $styleseed build, or the old workflow name in natural language.
• Learning is an optional extension, not part of the core install. Only for explicit learning capture, use separately installed ss-learn; if absent, report that dependency and never auto-install it.

Choose exactly one first workflow

Request	Read
Build or redesign a screen, page, or component	build
First setup or missing design lock	setup
Explore creative directions; direction not yet selected	studio
Use screenshot, URL, Figma export, or existing UI as a reference	reference
What is wrong with this screen; UX critique	audit
Review implementation against project design rules	review
Score implementation or run code/evidence gates	score
Inspect rendered output, screenshot, or spacing in pixels	verify
Change spacing/density or another single design axis	dial
Apply an aesthetic profile	restyle
Brand color, semantic palette, or design tokens	tokens
Named animation or motion treatment	motion
Specifically scaffold a page	page
Specifically generate a reusable component	component
Compose existing primitives into a UI pattern	pattern
Accessibility audit and requested fixes	a11y
Quick design lint	lint
Navigation and user flows	flow
UX microcopy	copy
Loading, empty, success, or error states	feedback
Update installation or consolidate old skill entries	update
Compile rules, inspect local install/bundle/evidence health	resolve

For status-only requests use resolve's read-only scripts/styleseed-doctor.mjs; do not update, recompile, or visually inspect instead. For vague requests infer the first step from project state and the user's goal; ask only when an unresolved choice materially changes the work.