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Two design skills · both proven

improve-codebase-architecture vs vercel-react-view-transitions

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.

improve-codebase-architecture

Scan a codebase for deepening opportunities, present them as a visual HTML report, then grill through whichever one you pick.

Category
Design
Source
mattpocock/skills
License
MIT
Proof model
claude-opus-5-5
Brief
“Here is the orders module of a small Express app. ```js // orders.js const db = require("./db"); const stripe = require("stripe")(process.env.STRIPE_KEY); const mailer = require("./mailer"); async function createOrder(req, res) { const { items, couponCode } = req.body; if (!req.user) return res.status(401).end(); let total = 0; for (const i of items) { const p = await db.query("select price, stock from products where id = $1", [i.id]); if (p.rows[0].stock < i.qty) return res.status(409).json({ error: "out of stock" }); total += p.rows[0].price * i.qty; } if (couponCode) { const c = await db.query("select pct, expires from coupons where code = $1", [couponCode]); if (c.rows[0] && new Date(c.rows[0].expires) > new Date()) total = total * (1 - c.rows[0].pct / 100); } const charge = await stripe.paymentIntents.create({ amount: Math.round(total * 100), currency: "usd", customer: req.user.stripeId, confirm: true }); const o = await db.query("insert into orders (user_id, total, status) values ($1, $2, $3) returning id", [req.user.id, total, charge.status]); for (const i of items) await db.query("update products set stock = stock - $1 where id = $2", [i.qty, i.id]); await mailer.send(req.user.email, "Order " + o.rows[0].id, "Thanks! Total: $" + total.toFixed(2)); res.json({ id: o.rows[0].id, total }); } module.exports = { createOrder }; ``` The team keeps breaking checkout when they change coupons or stock rules, and the code is hard to test. Review the architecture and present your findings as a single HTML report: the problems you see, the changes you recommend in order of value, and what the code would look like after the most important change.”
Skill commit
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Without the skillWith improve-codebase-architecture
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Without, runWith improve-codebase-architecture, run3 independent runs per side, none selected by hand.

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vercel-react-view-transitions

Guide for implementing smooth, native-feeling animations using React's View Transition API (`<ViewTransition>` component, `addTransitionType`, and CSS view transition pseudo-elements). Use this skill whenever the user wants to add page transitions, animate route changes, create shared element animations, animate enter/exit of components, animate list reorder, implement directional (forward/back)…

Category
Design
Source
vercel-labs/agent-skills
License
Not stated
Proof model
claude-opus-5-5
Brief
“Build a photo gallery for a small travel photographer as a single HTML page using React from a CDN: a grid of twelve photos drawn with inline SVG or CSS gradients, where clicking a photo smoothly expands it into a detail view with a caption and location, and going back animates it into its place in the grid. Filtering the grid by country should animate the reordering too.”
Skill commit
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Without the skillWith vercel-react-view-transitions
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Without, runWith vercel-react-view-transitions, run3 independent runs per side, none selected by hand.

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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 improve-codebase-architecture or alternatives to vercel-react-view-transitions.