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audit-ai-frontend

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Audit AI-generated, AI-shaped, or AI-looking frontend code, UI screenshots, and design diffs. Use for prompts like "audit AI frontend", "de-slop UI", "componentize this screen", "parameterize this React/Tailwind/shadcn UI", "make it responsive/accessible", or "review design-system drift"; check component APIs, reusable props/data models, modular composition, shared primitives/tokens, responsive resilience, accessibility, copy quality, hard-coded fixture screens, one-off CSS piles, and generic cards/gradients/fonts.

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  3. Review the proposed files and risks before you approve installation.
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AI Frontend Audit

Use

Audit or repair frontend UI/code that looks generically AI-generated, while preserving existing product structure unless the user asks for a redesign.

Review in this order:

  1. Establish the local contract.

    • Read components, routes/pages, CSS/theme tokens, existing primitives, design-system conventions, copy style, and data/state patterns.
    • If runnable, invoke $playwright or $playwright-interactive and follow that skill's SKILL.md; this skill decides what to inspect, not browser mechanics.
    • If screenshot-only, review visuals but label implementation risks as Inferred.

  2. Inspect data flow and component shape before styling.

    • Check whether repeated UI is parameterized through props/data or hard-coded as a fixture screen.
    • Look for reusable primitives, narrow component APIs, stable variants, shared state/data models, and realistic loading/empty/error/long-content cases.
    • Flag duplicated JSX, one-off CSS piles, brittle utility strings, boolean-mode soup, over-broad components, and visual constants that should be tokens.

  3. Load only the reference you need.

    • references/patterns.md for concrete AI-tell and code-smell fixes.
    • references/rubric.md for broad UX/a11y/component/design audits.
    • references/workflows.md for code-structure, Playwright QA, reference-packet, and brief-lock loops.

  4. Preserve local system intent while removing accidental defaults.

    • Keep copy/order/IA and known product tokens unless the user asks for a redesign.
    • Keep a common-looking font/card/palette only if adjacent screens or documented tokens already use it; replace it when the style exists only in the generated screen.
    • If references are missing, derive one explicit design contract from product domain + user job + existing primitives; do not fabricate named reference sites.

  5. Fix in this order.

    • P0: keyboard, labels, contrast, touch targets, mobile overflow, missing loading/empty/error states.
    • P1: hard-coded fixture screens, weak data models, duplicated markup/styles, brittle component APIs, token drift, boolean-mode soup.
    • P1: generic SaaS layout, card overuse, icon-pill repetition, Inter/Roboto/system defaults, purple/indigo/cyan gradient/glass tropes, vague CTA/copy.
    • P2: spacing rhythm, token consistency, one memorable visual rule, reduced-motion and state polish.

  6. Re-verify in browser after edits whenever possible.

Output

For each finding, include:

  • Issue
  • Evidence
  • Class (P0, P1, P2)
  • Root cause (Component/API, Data/state, Responsive/a11y, Design-system, Copy, Visual default)
  • Why it matters / why it reads as generic
  • Possible non-AI explanation
  • Smallest fix
  • Acceptance check
  • Confidence (High, Medium, Low)
  • File/line when code is available

Return only the top 5-8 findings and merge repeated symptoms under one root cause. End with one line: If I had to change only one thing: ...

For implementation asks, patch the code directly. Prefer the smallest local abstraction that makes the next screen/state easier: typed data, props, variants, slots/children, existing primitives, or tokens. Summarize only meaningful component/design changes and remaining risk.

Guardrails

  • Treat "AI-looking" as a quality smell, not a provenance claim.
  • Prefer objective defects over taste opinions.
  • Prefer local idiom over a new abstraction. Componentize only when it removes duplication, supports real states/data, or matches established primitives.
  • When auditing shadcn/ui projects, preserve semantic component usage and tokens. Use the shadcn skill if component APIs, registry install/update, or shadcn-specific composition rules are part of the fix.
  • Avoid anti-slop overcorrection: no random ornaments, novelty fonts, or one-off visual chaos.
  • Anchor each finding in code, screenshots, DOM/a11y snapshots, or browser behavior, and separate fact from inference.

Resource

  • references/patterns.md: checklist of AI-frontend tells, code smells, and repair patterns.
  • references/rubric.md: compact UX/a11y/component/design-quality rubric for broader audits.
  • references/workflows.md: code-structure audit, Playwright QA, reference-packet, and brief-lock loops; delegates browser mechanics to $playwright and $playwright-interactive.
  • references/sources.md: research basis and links for periodic prompt refreshes.
  • Use $playwright and $playwright-interactive directly for browser execution workflows.