looks-expensive

Full-stack design methodology that makes any website look like a $150k agency build. Nine gated phases: positioning, research, design contract, screen spec, build, subtraction, audit, hardening, handoff. Includes illustration system, animation tiers, 12 hero patterns, 16 section layouts, UX writing guide, icon system, and 73 anti-pattern rules, bento grid patterns, CSS mockup library, real photography (Unsplash/Picsum URLs), non-card layout patterns, plus navigation, footer, dark-mode, product-UI, WebGL/3D, and editorial-typography systems. One skill, zero external dependencies. Trigger on: "design this", "make this look expensive", "looks expensive", "full design pass", "design from scratch", "premium design", "redesign this".

Updates the /looks-expensive design skill to the latest version published on GitHub. Auto-detects Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex, updates the skill in each tool it finds, and shows the old → new version per tool. Trigger on: "update looks-expensive", "looks-expensive update", "upgrade looks-expensive", "check for looks-expensive updates", "is there a new version of looks-expensive".