Two design skills · both proven

prototype vs vercel-composition-patterns

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.

prototype

Build a throwaway prototype to answer a design question. Use when the user wants to sanity-check whether a state model or logic feels right, or explore what a UI should look like.

Category: Design
Source: mattpocock/skills
License: MIT
Proof model: claude-opus-5-5
Brief: “We are designing the order state model for a food delivery app. An order can be placed, accepted by the restaurant, being prepared, ready for pickup, picked up by a courier, and delivered. The customer can cancel until the restaurant starts preparing; the restaurant can cancel at any time before pickup; a cancellation after payment triggers a refund, partial if food was already prepared. We are not sure this logic is right. Build a throwaway prototype as a single HTML page that lets someone on the team drive an order through these states and see where the rules break or get confusing.”
Skill commit: 5beb35b

Without the skillWith prototype

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Without, runWith prototype, run3 independent runs per side, none selected by hand.

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vercel-composition-patterns

React composition patterns that scale. Use when refactoring components with boolean prop proliferation, building flexible component libraries, or designing reusable APIs. Triggers on tasks involving compound components, render props, context providers, or component architecture. Includes React 19 API changes.

Category: Design
Source: vercel-labs/agent-skills
License: Not stated
Proof model: claude-opus-5-5
Brief: “Refactor this React Modal component. It currently takes fourteen props, including isConfirm, isDanger, showFooter, footerAlign, hideClose, title, subtitle, icon, primaryLabel, secondaryLabel, onPrimary, onSecondary, size and children, and a dozen screens pass different combinations of them. Present the refactor as a single HTML page with the new API, the implementation, three call sites rewritten before and after, and a short note on why the new shape scales.”
Skill commit: 063bee9

Without the skillWith vercel-composition-patterns

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Without, runWith vercel-composition-patterns, run3 independent runs per side, none selected by hand.

Download the with-skill page

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 prototype or alternatives to vercel-composition-patterns.