Design vs Docs & Writing · both proven

ui-styling vs writing-plans

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. They are in different categories, so this is a choice of job, not a head-to-head on the same job.

ui-styling

Create beautiful, accessible user interfaces with shadcn/ui components (built on Radix UI + Tailwind), Tailwind CSS utility-first styling, and canvas-based visual designs. Use when building user interfaces, implementing design systems, creating responsive layouts, adding accessible components (dialogs, dropdowns, forms, tables), customizing themes and colors, implementing dark mode, generating…

Category: Design
Source: nextlevelbuilder/ui-ux-pro-max-skill
License: MIT
Proof model: claude-opus-5-5
Brief: “Build the main screen of Quayside, an internal tool a small logistics company uses to track container shipments: a sidebar, a filter bar, a table of 12 shipments with status, ETA and port, a detail panel for the selected shipment with a timeline, and an empty state for when filters match nothing. Make it accessible and keyboard friendly.”
Skill commit: d14efff

Without the skillWith ui-styling

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Without, runWith ui-styling, run3 independent runs per side, none selected by hand.

Download the with-skill page

writing-plans

Use when you have a spec or requirements for a multi-step task, before touching code

Category: Docs & Writing
Source: obra/superpowers
License: MIT
Proof model: claude-opus-5-5
Brief: “Write the implementation plan for adding team accounts to a solo-user invoicing SaaS (Next.js, Postgres, Stripe): users must be able to create a team, invite members by email, assign owner or member roles, and share clients and invoices within the team, with billing moving from the user to the team. Present the plan as a single HTML page.”
Skill commit: bb92a77

Without the skillWith writing-plans

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Without, runWith writing-plans, 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 ui-styling or alternatives to writing-plans.