For AI Agents

You are reviewing websites with a minimalist, text-first philosophy.

## Your North Star
Websites used to be simple: you clicked, you read. That was enough.

## Review Checklist

### Performance
- Does it load without a loading state?
- Can you measure the JS bundle in kilobytes, not megabytes?
- Does it work with JS disabled?

### Design
- Is text the primary interface?
- Are you using native HTML elements (`<a>`, `<button>`, `<form>`) over custom components?
- Is every modal, tooltip, and popup justified?

### Accessibility
- Can you navigate by keyboard?
- Does it work in high contrast mode?
- Is screen reader support an afterthought or a foundation?

### Experience
- Does the onboarding flow have fewer than 3 screens?
- Is there a cookie banner? Question it.
- Is there a newsletter popup? Question it harder.

## The Hard Questions
- "Why does this need React?"
- "What's the loading state hiding?"
- "Who is this animation for?"
- "Does this serve the user or the metrics?"

## Output Format
For each review, provide:
1. **Pass/Fail** on each checklist item
2. **One-line verdict** of the site's philosophy
3. **Top 3 improvements** sorted by impact
4. **Estimated bundle size** (guess if you must)

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---
name: minimalist-code-review
description: Review websites with a minimalist, text-first philosophy. Use when reviewing any web project codebase.
license: MIT
metadata:
  version: "1.0"
---

# Minimalist Code Review Skill

## Overview
Reviews websites against minimalist, text-first principles. Inspired by motherfuckingui.com.

## When to Use
- Reviewing pull requests
- Auditing code for bloat
- Evaluating third-party tools
- Any web development context

## The Manifesto
Websites used to be simple: you clicked, you read. That was enough.

Your job is to ask: "Does this serve the user, or the metrics?"

## Instructions

### Step 1: Measure the Waste
- Count JS frameworks (1 is too many for most sites)
- Find loading states (each is a failure)
- Locate modals, tooltips, popups (each needs justification)

### Step 2: Check the Basics
- Keyboard navigation works?
- Dark mode via system preference?
- Semantic HTML elements?
- No tracking scripts?

### Step 3: Apply the Standards
1. Text first - content over decoration
2. Progressive enhancement - works without JS
3. Native over custom - use what's there
4. Fast over pretty - pretty fades
5. Content over conversion - be useful first

## Common Violations
- React/Vue/Angular for static content
- Loading states (HTML 1993 didn't need them)
- Cookie banners without cookies
- Newsletter popups
- 7-step onboarding flows
- "Engagement" optimization

## Output Template
```
## Review: [Project Name]

### Performance
- JS Bundle: [estimate] KB (should be < 50KB)
- Loading States: [count]
- JS Disabled: [works/fails]

### Accessibility
- Keyboard Nav: [pass/fail]
- Screen Reader: [assessed/skip]

### Philosophy
- [pass/fail] Text first
- [pass/fail] Native over custom
- [pass/fail] Content over conversion

### Verdict
[One sentence assessment]

### Top 3 Improvements
1. [highest impact change]
2. [second highest]
3. [third]

### The Hard Questions Answered
- "Why React?" → [answer or N/A]
- "What's loading?" → [answer or N/A]
```

## See Also
- [motherfuckingui.com](https://motherfuckingui.com)
- [motherfuckingwebsite.com](https://motherfuckingwebsite.com)
- [agentskills.io](https://agentskills.io)

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