Claude Code Skill

Same prompt.
Different design intelligence.

Two AI agents received identical instructions to build a luxury fashion website. One had the polanyi-design skill loaded. See the difference below.

Live Comparison

Both pages rendered from AI-generated code. Same prompt: "NOIR ATELIER luxury fashion brand website."

Without Skill Baseline
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With polanyi-design Enhanced
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What the Skill Changed

AspectWithout SkillWith Skill
Spacing System Powers-of-two scale (8, 16, 24, 32, 48, 64px) — mechanical, predictable Fibonacci scale (8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233px) — organic tension, varied rhythm
Typography Cormorant Garamond + Inter + Playfair Display (3 fonts — conventional luxury pairing) Cormorant Garamond + Outfit (serif + geometric sans — actual contrast). Modular scale at 1.333 ratio with 5 named type classes
Color System 10 warm neutrals + #8b7355 accent. Named by appearance (ivory, cream, parchment...) 9 warm neutrals + #8B4513 oxide accent. Two-tier token system: raw values → semantic aliases (--surface-primary, --accent)
Hero Treatment Ken Burns zoom on background image, gradient overlays, staggered text reveal "NOIR" at ~22vw as architectural outline — 1px transparent stroke, animated from expanded to compressed letter-spacing. Reversed the typical "spread out" cliché.
Grid Strategy 12-column asymmetric grid with varied aspect ratios 2-column layout with Fibonacci stagger offsets on alternating items — organic asymmetry, not mechanical column math
Accessibility Custom cursor hidden on touch. No mention of focus states or reduced motion. focus-visible outlines at 2px/4px offset. prefers-reduced-motion zeroes all animation durations. Custom cursor disabled on touch/small screens.
Design Thesis Not stated — decisions are implicit Explicitly declared: Voice = "Austere." Rhythm = Fibonacci. Signature = architectural outlined type. Anti-convergence list of what to deliberately avoid.

Measured Impact

Blind A/B evaluation across 5 design prompts, scored 0-10 per dimension

Technical
8.4
+1.6
Design Quality
7.8
+1.6
Reasoning
8.2
+2.0
Actionability
8.8
+1.6
Tacit Articulation
8.4
+2.8