Overview
critique is an open-source frontend skill for Claude Code and compatible agents, published by nexu-io. Its author describes it as: “Run a 5-dimension expert design review on any HTML artifact in the project — Philosophy / Visual hierarchy / Detail / Functionality / Innovation, each scored 0–10. Outputs a single self-contained HTML report with a ra…”. The project has 97k stars on GitHub and is available under the Apache-2.0 license. Add it to your setup with `/plugin marketplace add nexu-io/open-design`.
What critique does
Produce a single-file HTML "design review report" that scores any artifact across 5 dimensions and proposes actionable fixes. Inspired by the *huashu-design* expert-critique flow.
What’s inside
The SKILL.md for critique is organised into these sections:
- When to use
- What you produce
- The 5 dimensions
- 1. Philosophy consistency · 哲学一致性
- 2. Visual hierarchy · 视觉层级
- 3. Detail execution · 细节执行
- 4. Functionality · 功能性
- 5. Innovation · 创新性
- Scoring discipline (read before you score)
- Workflow
- Step 1 — Acquire the artifact
- Step 2 — Read enough to score
Installation
Add critique to your agent with:
/plugin marketplace add nexu-io/open-designReview a skill’s source before installing it — skills can instruct your agent to run commands. This command comes from the skill’s public repository, which is the source of truth for setup steps. New to skills? Read how to install Claude Code skills.
Supported agents
- Claude Code — ships a claude code plugin marketplace
License
critique is published under the Apache-2.0 license.
Strengths
- Clear Apache-2.0 license — safe to read and adapt within its terms
- Ships in nexu-io/open-design, an established project with 97,402 GitHub stars
- Works with Claude Code
- Actively maintained — repository updated in the last 30 days
- Its repository gained 14,577 GitHub stars over the last 52 days
Author
Topics
Frequently asked questions
- What does critique do?
- Run a 5-dimension expert design review on any HTML artifact in the project — Philosophy / Visual hierarchy / Detail / Functionality / Innovation, each scored 0–10. Outputs a single self-contained HTML report with a radar chart, evidence-backed scores, and three lists: Keep / Fix / Quick-wins. Use when the brief asks for a "design review", "design critique", "5 维度评审", "design audit", or "what's wrong with my design".
- How do I install critique?
- Run /plugin marketplace add nexu-io/open-design in your agent, then reload your skills. Review the source at https://github.com/nexu-io/open-design before installing.
- Is critique free to use?
- Yes. critique is free and open source under the Apache-2.0 license, so you can read, run, and adapt it within that license's terms.
- Which agents does critique work with?
- critique lists Claude Code — named in its SKILL.md, its plugin marketplace or its repository topics. Skills use the portable SKILL.md format, so other agents that read that format may load it too.
- Where does critique come from?
- critique ships inside nexu-io/open-design, a repository that contains 61 catalogued skills in total. The repository's 97,402 GitHub stars apply to that whole collection, not to this skill on its own.