Two design skills · both proven

frontend-design vs ui-ux-pro-max

Both skills were run through Claude twice: once on a fixed brief without the skill, once with it. The briefs differ because each is written for the job the skill claims to do, so compare each skill against its own baseline, then decide which difference matters for your work.

frontend-design

Guidance for distinctive, intentional visual design when building new UI or reshaping an existing one. Helps with aesthetic direction, typography, and making choices that don't read as templated defaults.

Category: Design
Source: anthropics/skills · 181,998 stars
License: Not stated
Proof model: claude-opus-5-5
Brief: “Build the marketing landing page for Halcyon, a calm AI calendar app for busy founders. Include a hero with a product mockup of the app, a short row of customer logos, three feature sections that each show the product, a customer quote, a pricing teaser, and a footer. Draw any illustrations or product shots with inline SVG and CSS.”
Skill commit: dbd4588

ui-ux-pro-max

UI/UX design intelligence for web, mobile, and desktop. This skill should be used when designing, building, reviewing, or fixing interfaces, including pages, components, design systems, accessibility, interaction, responsive layout, typography, color, charts, and stack-specific UI implementation. Searchable local data: 79 searchable styles (50 active), 192 product palettes and reasoning profiles…

Category: Design
Source: nextlevelbuilder/ui-ux-pro-max-skill · 137,240 stars
License: MIT
Proof model: claude-sonnet-5-5
Brief: “Build a dashboard home screen for a personal finance app showing balance, recent transactions, and a monthly spending chart.”
Skill commit: 56ea9cf

We don’t pick a winner for you: the pages are the evidence. Both proofs can be repeated with the brief, model and commit shown above. See alternatives to frontend-design or alternatives to ui-ux-pro-max.