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83 changes: 65 additions & 18 deletions apps/desktop/src/renderer/styles.css
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.settingsNavItem[data-active="true"] {
/* PR-SETTINGS-NAV-FOCUS-0 (round 14/15): bump the active state from
the muted `--settings-nav-row-selected-bg` token to a slightly
more visible 6.5% foreground overlay + 500 weight. The previous
fill was reading as "muted disabled" against the now-bigger
nav row typography. */
more visible 6.5% foreground overlay + 500 weight.
PR-SETTINGS-MOTION-TYPO-TOKENS-0 (round 15/15): add 3px inset
accent bar on the LEFT edge — Redesign-Skill recipe. Carries
brand into the most-used surface without recoloring the fill.
Inset shadow (not actual border) so the 38px row geometry stays. */
background: oklch(from var(--foreground) l c h / 0.065);
color: var(--foreground);
font-weight: 500;
box-shadow: none !important;
box-shadow: inset 3px 0 0 var(--accent) !important;
}

.settingsNavItem:focus-visible {
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}

.settingsPageHeader h2 {
/* PR-SETTINGS-PAGE-HEADER-POLISH-0 (round 12/15, WAWQAQ msg
`f7e9d166`): tighten the h2 with negative tracking + slightly
softer weight. 28 / 700 was too loud; 26 / 650 reads as
authoritative without shouting. Add a touch of `-0.012em`
tracking like reference's display face. */
/* PR-SETTINGS-PAGE-HEADER-POLISH-0 (round 12/15): tighten the h2
with negative tracking + slightly softer weight.
PR-SETTINGS-MOTION-TYPO-TOKENS-0 (round 15/15): `text-wrap:
balance` so 1-2 word titles don't orphan on long pages and
2-word titles like 「记忆与回顾」don't break across an awkward
line. */
margin: 0;
color: var(--foreground);
font-size: 26px;
font-weight: 650;
letter-spacing: -0.012em;
line-height: 1.2;
text-wrap: balance;
}

/* PR-SETTINGS-PAGE-SUBTITLE-0 (round 4/15): one-line page description
below the h2 — matches reference's per-tab meta line.
PR-SETTINGS-PAGE-HEADER-POLISH-0 (round 12/15): cap width so long
descriptions don't span the full 768px column — caps at 56ch which
keeps the meta-line readable. */
/* PR-SETTINGS-PAGE-SUBTITLE-0 (round 4/15) + round 12/15 cap +
round 15/15 `text-wrap: pretty` so the last line isn't a single
orphan word (per baseline-ui typography rule). */
.settingsPageHeaderDescription {
margin: 0;
max-width: 56ch;
color: var(--foreground-55);
font-size: 13px;
line-height: 1.45;
font-size: 14px;
line-height: 1.5;
text-wrap: pretty;
}

.settingsPageContent {
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padding: 40px 24px 64px;
}

/* PR-SETTINGS-MOTION-TYPO-TOKENS-0 (round 15/15, WAWQAQ msg
`f7e9d166` + UI-skill deep read 2026-06-23): shared motion tokens
for the settings surface so timing/easing stay consistent across
nav rows, form rows, switches, and inputs. `--motion-fast` is the
default for state changes; `--motion-ease-out` is the cubic-bezier
recommended by Taste-Skill + 12-principles. */
.settingsSurface,
.settingsMainPane,
.settingsSidebar {
--motion-fast: 160ms;
--motion-ease-out: cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1);
}

/* PR-SETTINGS-NO-PANE-BORDER-0 (WAWQAQ msg `d0e7dfb3`): nested
card-in-card was the previous problem — `.settingsStructuredPage`
was a card AND it contained `<SettingsRows>` cards AND orphan
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background: oklch(from var(--foreground) l c h / 0.025);
}

/* PR-SETTINGS-MOTION-TYPO-TOKENS-0 (round 15/15) — tactile press
feedback. 12-principles `physics-active-state` + Taste-Skill +
UIDB all converge on `:active { scale(0.98) }` as the cheapest way
to make UI feel handled vs simulated. Applied only when reduced-
motion is not preferred — the @media block above already strips
transition; here we keep `transform` declarations so the
`:active` *snap* still fires (it's instant, not animated). */
.settingsFormRow:active,
.settingsRow:active,
.settingsBackButton:active,
.settingsNavItem:active {
transform: scale(0.985);
transition: transform 100ms var(--motion-ease-out, cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1));
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
.settingsFormRow:active,
.settingsRow:active,
.settingsBackButton:active,
.settingsNavItem:active {
transform: none;
}
}

/* PR-SETTINGS-A11Y-POLISH-0 (round 11/15) — keyboard-only focus ring
on settings rows + inputs. Reference's settings cards use a 2px
ring on focus-visible; maka had no visible affordance. Use the
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display: block;
margin-top: 6px;
color: var(--foreground-55);
font-size: 13px;
line-height: 1.45;
/* PR-SETTINGS-MOTION-TYPO-TOKENS-0 (round 15/15): 13 → 14 to clear
the 14px legibility floor cited by baseline-ui + UIDB + Impeccable
`/typeset`. Hint is the most-read body text on the page. */
font-size: 14px;
line-height: 1.5;
}

.settingsFieldWarning {
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}

.settingsRow > span {
/* PR-SETTINGS-MOTION-TYPO-TOKENS-0 (round 15/15): `tabular-nums` so
numeric values (version strings, model IDs, counts) align cleanly
when stacked vertically. baseline-ui + /typeset both require this
for any numeric data. */
min-width: 0;
color: var(--foreground-60);
font-size: 13px;
font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
overflow-wrap: anywhere;
text-align: right;
}
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# UI Skills Deep Read — 2026-06-23 (yuejing)

3 parallel Explore agents deep-read 5 design-skill collections per WAWQAQ
ask `f424c6b5`. Synthesis below — converged rules + maka delta + 1 final
ship list.

## Sources

| Source | Type | Repo |
|--------|------|------|
| Impeccable | 26 commands + 44-rule SLOP catalog | github.com/pbakaus/impeccable |
| UI Skills | 15-skill collection (baseline-ui, fixing-a11y, fixing-motion-performance, 12-principles-of-animation, fixing-metadata, etc.) | github.com/ibelick/ui-skills + github.com/raphaelsalaja/skill |
| Taste-Skill | taste / redesign / soft variants | github.com/Leonxlnx/taste-skill |
| UI Design Brain | 60+ component best practices | github.com/carmahhawwari/ui-design-brain |
| Better Icons | MCP + skill, 200k icons | github.com/better-auth/better-icons |

## Convergent rules across all 5 sources

These showed up in **3+ sources** independently. Highest signal.

| Rule | Sources | Maka delta |
|------|---------|-----------|
| Body text ≥ 14-16px, weights 400/500/600 with semantic contrast | Impeccable /typeset, baseline-ui, Taste-Skill, UIDB | hint 13px → 14, no display face |
| **Tactile :active = `scale(0.98)` or `translateY(1px)`** | Taste-Skill, UIDB, 12-principles | rows/nav/back have no `:active` |
| Compositor-only motion (`transform`/`opacity` only, ≤ 200ms) | baseline-ui, fixing-motion-perf, Impeccable /animate | Maka may transition `background-color` on hover (paint) — acceptable but verify nothing animates layout |
| Reduced-motion guards | All 5 | ✅ done round 11 |
| Single accent, saturation < 80%, OKLCH neutrals tinted toward brand | Taste-Skill, Impeccable /colorize | maka uses raw `%foreground` overlays, no brand tint |
| 8px grid; double whitespace as redesign default | Taste-Skill, UIDB, Impeccable /layout | row padding 20/24 off-grid (should be 16/24 or 24/24) |
| Toggle/touch target ≥ 44px hit area | Taste-Skill, UIDB | switch 26×46 visual, no hit padding |
| Sidebar primary nav 5-7 items, distinct active state | UIDB, Taste-Skill | maka has more than 7 in "AI 与集成" group — could collapse; active state is light-fill, no accent bar |
| One CSS variable for all motion timings (no scattered ms values) | 12-principles "timing-consistent" | Maka has scattered 150ms values, no `--motion-fast` token |
| `text-balance` on heading, `text-pretty` on body | baseline-ui | not used |
| `tabular-nums` on data/numeric labels | baseline-ui, Impeccable /typeset | not used; value cells `已启用 / zai-live` would benefit |
| No display tracking modification unless explicit | baseline-ui | h2 has `-0.012em` (intentional, OK) |
| Em-dash ban | Taste-Skill, redesign | grep needed |
| Inter/system as default font flagged as "AI tell" | Taste-Skill, redesign, soft | maka is system-ui default — flagged |
| Lucide-as-default flagged | Taste-Skill | maka is lucide-react — flagged, Better Icons proposed |
| Card OR border, not both | Impeccable rule 36, UIDB, Taste-Skill | mostly ✅ (.settingsRows is border-only) but `.settingsConnectionRow` still has border + shadow |
| Visible focus ring (`:focus-visible` 2px) | fixing-a11y, Impeccable /audit | ✅ done round 11 |
| Page header height 56-72px | UIDB | maka uses padding stack, not a true bar — partial |

## Anti-patterns triggered by maka today

- **Impeccable rule 11 (card overuse / nested cards):** every settings page renders multiple `.settingsRows` blocks stacked, each with own card chrome. Could be one card with section dividers (per /distill).
- **Impeccable rule 25 (raw neutrals not tinted toward brand):** `.settingsRows` border is `oklch(from var(--foreground) l c h / 0.08)`. Tinting toward `--accent` at 0.005-0.01 chroma would carry brand into chrome.
- **Taste-Skill banned: border-b on every row.** ❌ — wait, maka DOES use `border-bottom` hairlines between rows. WAWQAQ asked for this explicitly in PR-GROUPED-CARD-0 ("内容紧密、用分隔线划开"), so this disagreement stays unresolved between Taste-Skill and WAWQAQ. Defer to WAWQAQ.

## 10 highest-value action items for maka

Ranked by impact / effort:

1. **Tactile `:active` scale** on rows, nav items, back button.
- `.settingsFormRow:active, .settingsRow:active, .settingsNavItem:active, .settingsBackButton:active { transform: scale(0.985); transition: transform 100ms cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1); }`
- Reduced-motion gate already in place — fires inside the `@media (no-preference)` branch.

2. **Sidebar active accent bar** (Redesign-Skill).
- `.settingsNavItem[data-active="true"] { box-shadow: inset 3px 0 0 var(--accent); }`
- Carries brand into the most-used surface.

3. **`tabular-nums` on value cells**.
- `.settingsRow > span { font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums; }`
- Numeric values like `zai-live`, version strings, counts align cleanly.

4. **`text-balance` / `text-pretty`** on page header.
- `.settingsPageHeader h2 { text-wrap: balance; }`
- `.settingsPageHeaderDescription { text-wrap: pretty; }`

5. **Hint floor 13 → 14px**.
- `.settingsFormRow small, .settingsField small { font-size: 14px; }` (currently 13)
- Crosses the 14px legibility floor that baseline-ui + UIDB + Impeccable converge on.

6. **Switch hit-area shim**: 44×44 invisible hit target around the 26×46 visual.
- Wrap `<Switch>` in a `min-width:44px; min-height:44px;` flex container.

7. **One motion token**.
- `--motion-fast: 160ms` + `--motion-ease-out: cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1)`.
- Reuse across nav / row / switch / input transitions.

8. **OKLCH brand tint on settings chrome**.
- `.settingsRows` border from `from var(--foreground) ... / 0.08` to `oklch(from var(--accent) l c h / 0.08)`.
- Subtle brand carry without changing perceived neutrality.

9. **Em-dash + AI-slop copy grep**.
- Audit `apps/desktop/src/renderer/settings/SettingsModal.tsx` for `—`, "Seamless", "Elevate", "Unleash".
- Quick mechanical cleanup.

10. **Better Icons MCP install (deferred ship)**.
- Add to `.mcp.json`. Don't migrate icons in this lane — let it learn preferred families per surface first. Lucide stays default for now.

## Defer / out-of-lane

- **Font swap** (Geist/Cabinet Grotesk/Satoshi instead of system-ui): meaningful but needs font files in the bundle, license check, and broad visual regression. Worth its own PR.
- **Nav consolidation to ≤7 in big group**: would re-split AI 与集成. Defer; WAWQAQ already approved 3 groups in round 7.
- **Card overuse / merge stacked cards**: contradicts WAWQAQ's grouped-card direction. Don't change.

## Round 15 (final) PR plan

Bundle action items 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 (highest-impact, single-CSS-file). Skip 6 (component wrap), 8 (brand tint risk), 9 (audit), 10 (config) — those need their own PRs.

PR-SETTINGS-MOTION-TYPO-TOKENS-0:
- `:active` scale on rows/nav/back (item 1)
- accent bar on active nav (item 2)
- tabular-nums on row value (item 3)
- text-balance / text-pretty on header (item 4)
- hint 13→14 (item 5)
- shared `--motion-fast` token (item 7)
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.settingsNavItem[data-active="true"] {
 /* PR-SETTINGS-NAV-FOCUS-0 (round 14/15): bump the active state from
 the muted `--settings-nav-row-selected-bg` token to a slightly
 more visible 6.5% foreground overlay + 500 weight. The previous
 fill was reading as "muted disabled" against the now-bigger
 nav row typography. */
 more visible 6.5% foreground overlay + 500 weight.
 PR-SETTINGS-MOTION-TYPO-TOKENS-0 (round 15/15): add 3px inset
 accent bar on the LEFT edge — Redesign-Skill recipe. Carries
 brand into the most-used surface without recoloring the fill.
 Inset shadow (not actual border) so the 38px row geometry stays. */
 background: oklch(from var(--foreground) l c h / 0.065);
 color: var(--foreground);
 font-weight: 500;
 box-shadow: none !important;
 box-shadow: inset 3px 0 0 var(--accent) !important;
}

.settingsNavItem:focus-visible {
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}

.settingsPageHeader h2 {
 /* PR-SETTINGS-PAGE-HEADER-POLISH-0 (round 12/15, WAWQAQ msg
 `f7e9d166`): tighten the h2 with negative tracking + slightly
 softer weight. 28 / 700 was too loud; 26 / 650 reads as
 authoritative without shouting. Add a touch of `-0.012em`
 tracking like reference's display face. */
 /* PR-SETTINGS-PAGE-HEADER-POLISH-0 (round 12/15): tighten the h2
 with negative tracking + slightly softer weight.
 PR-SETTINGS-MOTION-TYPO-TOKENS-0 (round 15/15): `text-wrap:
 balance` so 1-2 word titles don't orphan on long pages and
 2-word titles like 「记忆与回顾」don't break across an awkward
 line. */
 margin: 0;
 color: var(--foreground);
 font-size: 26px;
 font-weight: 650;
 letter-spacing: -0.012em;
 line-height: 1.2;
 text-wrap: balance;
}

/* PR-SETTINGS-PAGE-SUBTITLE-0 (round 4/15): one-line page description
 below the h2 — matches reference's per-tab meta line.
 PR-SETTINGS-PAGE-HEADER-POLISH-0 (round 12/15): cap width so long
 descriptions don't span the full 768px column — caps at 56ch which
 keeps the meta-line readable. */
/* PR-SETTINGS-PAGE-SUBTITLE-0 (round 4/15) + round 12/15 cap +
 round 15/15 `text-wrap: pretty` so the last line isn't a single
 orphan word (per baseline-ui typography rule). */
.settingsPageHeaderDescription {
 margin: 0;
 max-width: 56ch;
 color: var(--foreground-55);
 font-size: 13px;
 line-height: 1.45;
 font-size: 14px;
 line-height: 1.5;
 text-wrap: pretty;
}

.settingsPageContent {
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 padding: 40px 24px 64px;
}

/* PR-SETTINGS-MOTION-TYPO-TOKENS-0 (round 15/15, WAWQAQ msg
 `f7e9d166` + UI-skill deep read 2026-06-23): shared motion tokens
 for the settings surface so timing/easing stay consistent across
 nav rows, form rows, switches, and inputs. `--motion-fast` is the
 default for state changes; `--motion-ease-out` is the cubic-bezier
 recommended by Taste-Skill + 12-principles. */
.settingsSurface,
.settingsMainPane,
.settingsSidebar {
 --motion-fast: 160ms;
 --motion-ease-out: cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1);
}

/* PR-SETTINGS-NO-PANE-BORDER-0 (WAWQAQ msg `d0e7dfb3`): nested
 card-in-card was the previous problem — `.settingsStructuredPage`
 was a card AND it contained `<SettingsRows>` cards AND orphan
Expand DownExpand Up@@ -7484,6 +7500,29 @@ button:active {
 background: oklch(from var(--foreground) l c h / 0.025);
}

/* PR-SETTINGS-MOTION-TYPO-TOKENS-0 (round 15/15) — tactile press
 feedback. 12-principles `physics-active-state` + Taste-Skill +
 UIDB all converge on `:active { scale(0.98) }` as the cheapest way
 to make UI feel handled vs simulated. Applied only when reduced-
 motion is not preferred — the @media block above already strips
 transition; here we keep `transform` declarations so the
 `:active` *snap* still fires (it's instant, not animated). */
.settingsFormRow:active,
.settingsRow:active,
.settingsBackButton:active,
.settingsNavItem:active {
 transform: scale(0.985);
 transition: transform 100ms var(--motion-ease-out, cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1));
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
 .settingsFormRow:active,
 .settingsRow:active,
 .settingsBackButton:active,
 .settingsNavItem:active {
 transform: none;
 }
}

/* PR-SETTINGS-A11Y-POLISH-0 (round 11/15) — keyboard-only focus ring
 on settings rows + inputs. Reference's settings cards use a 2px
 ring on focus-visible; maka had no visible affordance. Use the
Expand DownExpand Up@@ -7566,8 +7605,11 @@ button:active {
 display: block;
 margin-top: 6px;
 color: var(--foreground-55);
 font-size: 13px;
 line-height: 1.45;
 /* PR-SETTINGS-MOTION-TYPO-TOKENS-0 (round 15/15): 13 → 14 to clear
 the 14px legibility floor cited by baseline-ui + UIDB + Impeccable
 `/typeset`. Hint is the most-read body text on the page. */
 font-size: 14px;
 line-height: 1.5;
}

.settingsFieldWarning {
Expand DownExpand Up@@ -9907,9 +9949,14 @@ button:active {
}

.settingsRow > span {
 /* PR-SETTINGS-MOTION-TYPO-TOKENS-0 (round 15/15): `tabular-nums` so
 numeric values (version strings, model IDs, counts) align cleanly
 when stacked vertically. baseline-ui + /typeset both require this
 for any numeric data. */
 min-width: 0;
 color: var(--foreground-60);
 font-size: 13px;
 font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
 overflow-wrap: anywhere;
 text-align: right;
}
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# UI Skills Deep Read — 2026-06-23 (yuejing)

3 parallel Explore agents deep-read 5 design-skill collections per WAWQAQ
ask `f424c6b5`. Synthesis below — converged rules + maka delta + 1 final
ship list.

## Sources

| Source | Type | Repo |
|--------|------|------|
| Impeccable | 26 commands + 44-rule SLOP catalog | github.com/pbakaus/impeccable |
| UI Skills | 15-skill collection (baseline-ui, fixing-a11y, fixing-motion-performance, 12-principles-of-animation, fixing-metadata, etc.) | github.com/ibelick/ui-skills + github.com/raphaelsalaja/skill |
| Taste-Skill | taste / redesign / soft variants | github.com/Leonxlnx/taste-skill |
| UI Design Brain | 60+ component best practices | github.com/carmahhawwari/ui-design-brain |
| Better Icons | MCP + skill, 200k icons | github.com/better-auth/better-icons |

## Convergent rules across all 5 sources

These showed up in **3+ sources** independently. Highest signal.

| Rule | Sources | Maka delta |
|------|---------|-----------|
| Body text ≥ 14-16px, weights 400/500/600 with semantic contrast | Impeccable /typeset, baseline-ui, Taste-Skill, UIDB | hint 13px → 14, no display face |
| **Tactile :active = `scale(0.98)` or `translateY(1px)`** | Taste-Skill, UIDB, 12-principles | rows/nav/back have no `:active` |
| Compositor-only motion (`transform`/`opacity` only, ≤ 200ms) | baseline-ui, fixing-motion-perf, Impeccable /animate | Maka may transition `background-color` on hover (paint) — acceptable but verify nothing animates layout |
| Reduced-motion guards | All 5 | ✅ done round 11 |
| Single accent, saturation < 80%, OKLCH neutrals tinted toward brand | Taste-Skill, Impeccable /colorize | maka uses raw `%foreground` overlays, no brand tint |
| 8px grid; double whitespace as redesign default | Taste-Skill, UIDB, Impeccable /layout | row padding 20/24 off-grid (should be 16/24 or 24/24) |
| Toggle/touch target ≥ 44px hit area | Taste-Skill, UIDB | switch 26×46 visual, no hit padding |
| Sidebar primary nav 5-7 items, distinct active state | UIDB, Taste-Skill | maka has more than 7 in "AI 与集成" group — could collapse; active state is light-fill, no accent bar |
| One CSS variable for all motion timings (no scattered ms values) | 12-principles "timing-consistent" | Maka has scattered 150ms values, no `--motion-fast` token |
| `text-balance` on heading, `text-pretty` on body | baseline-ui | not used |
| `tabular-nums` on data/numeric labels | baseline-ui, Impeccable /typeset | not used; value cells `已启用 / zai-live` would benefit |
| No display tracking modification unless explicit | baseline-ui | h2 has `-0.012em` (intentional, OK) |
| Em-dash ban | Taste-Skill, redesign | grep needed |
| Inter/system as default font flagged as "AI tell" | Taste-Skill, redesign, soft | maka is system-ui default — flagged |
| Lucide-as-default flagged | Taste-Skill | maka is lucide-react — flagged, Better Icons proposed |
| Card OR border, not both | Impeccable rule 36, UIDB, Taste-Skill | mostly ✅ (.settingsRows is border-only) but `.settingsConnectionRow` still has border + shadow |
| Visible focus ring (`:focus-visible` 2px) | fixing-a11y, Impeccable /audit | ✅ done round 11 |
| Page header height 56-72px | UIDB | maka uses padding stack, not a true bar — partial |

## Anti-patterns triggered by maka today

- **Impeccable rule 11 (card overuse / nested cards):** every settings page renders multiple `.settingsRows` blocks stacked, each with own card chrome. Could be one card with section dividers (per /distill).
- **Impeccable rule 25 (raw neutrals not tinted toward brand):** `.settingsRows` border is `oklch(from var(--foreground) l c h / 0.08)`. Tinting toward `--accent` at 0.005-0.01 chroma would carry brand into chrome.
- **Taste-Skill banned: border-b on every row.** ❌ — wait, maka DOES use `border-bottom` hairlines between rows. WAWQAQ asked for this explicitly in PR-GROUPED-CARD-0 ("内容紧密、用分隔线划开"), so this disagreement stays unresolved between Taste-Skill and WAWQAQ. Defer to WAWQAQ.

## 10 highest-value action items for maka

Ranked by impact / effort:

1. **Tactile `:active` scale** on rows, nav items, back button. 
 - `.settingsFormRow:active, .settingsRow:active, .settingsNavItem:active, .settingsBackButton:active { transform: scale(0.985); transition: transform 100ms cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1); }`
 - Reduced-motion gate already in place — fires inside the `@media (no-preference)` branch.

2. **Sidebar active accent bar** (Redesign-Skill).
 - `.settingsNavItem[data-active="true"] { box-shadow: inset 3px 0 0 var(--accent); }`
 - Carries brand into the most-used surface.

3. **`tabular-nums` on value cells**.
 - `.settingsRow > span { font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums; }`
 - Numeric values like `zai-live`, version strings, counts align cleanly.

4. **`text-balance` / `text-pretty`** on page header.
 - `.settingsPageHeader h2 { text-wrap: balance; }`
 - `.settingsPageHeaderDescription { text-wrap: pretty; }`

5. **Hint floor 13 → 14px**.
 - `.settingsFormRow small, .settingsField small { font-size: 14px; }` (currently 13)
 - Crosses the 14px legibility floor that baseline-ui + UIDB + Impeccable converge on.

6. **Switch hit-area shim**: 44×44 invisible hit target around the 26×46 visual.
 - Wrap `<Switch>` in a `min-width:44px; min-height:44px;` flex container.

7. **One motion token**.
 - `--motion-fast: 160ms` + `--motion-ease-out: cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1)`.
 - Reuse across nav / row / switch / input transitions.

8. **OKLCH brand tint on settings chrome**.
 - `.settingsRows` border from `from var(--foreground) ... / 0.08` to `oklch(from var(--accent) l c h / 0.08)`.
 - Subtle brand carry without changing perceived neutrality.

9. **Em-dash + AI-slop copy grep**.
 - Audit `apps/desktop/src/renderer/settings/SettingsModal.tsx` for `—`, "Seamless", "Elevate", "Unleash".
 - Quick mechanical cleanup.

10. **Better Icons MCP install (deferred ship)**.
 - Add to `.mcp.json`. Don't migrate icons in this lane — let it learn preferred families per surface first. Lucide stays default for now.

## Defer / out-of-lane

- **Font swap** (Geist/Cabinet Grotesk/Satoshi instead of system-ui): meaningful but needs font files in the bundle, license check, and broad visual regression. Worth its own PR.
- **Nav consolidation to ≤7 in big group**: would re-split AI 与集成. Defer; WAWQAQ already approved 3 groups in round 7.
- **Card overuse / merge stacked cards**: contradicts WAWQAQ's grouped-card direction. Don't change.

## Round 15 (final) PR plan

Bundle action items 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 (highest-impact, single-CSS-file). Skip 6 (component wrap), 8 (brand tint risk), 9 (audit), 10 (config) — those need their own PRs.

PR-SETTINGS-MOTION-TYPO-TOKENS-0:
- `:active` scale on rows/nav/back (item 1)
- accent bar on active nav (item 2)
- tabular-nums on row value (item 3)
- text-balance / text-pretty on header (item 4)
- hint 13→14 (item 5)
- shared `--motion-fast` token (item 7)

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Expand Up@@ -7068,13 +7068,15 @@ button:active {
.settingsNavItem[data-active="true"] {
 /* PR-SETTINGS-NAV-FOCUS-0 (round 14/15): bump the active state from
 the muted `--settings-nav-row-selected-bg` token to a slightly
 more visible 6.5% foreground overlay + 500 weight. The previous
 fill was reading as "muted disabled" against the now-bigger
 nav row typography. */
 more visible 6.5% foreground overlay + 500 weight.
 PR-SETTINGS-MOTION-TYPO-TOKENS-0 (round 15/15): add 3px inset
 accent bar on the LEFT edge — Redesign-Skill recipe. Carries
 brand into the most-used surface without recoloring the fill.
 Inset shadow (not actual border) so the 38px row geometry stays. */
 background: oklch(from var(--foreground) l c h / 0.065);
 color: var(--foreground);
 font-weight: 500;
 box-shadow: none !important;
 box-shadow: inset 3px 0 0 var(--accent) !important;
}

.settingsNavItem:focus-visible {
Expand DownExpand Up@@ -7342,30 +7344,31 @@ button:active {
}

.settingsPageHeader h2 {
 /* PR-SETTINGS-PAGE-HEADER-POLISH-0 (round 12/15, WAWQAQ msg
 `f7e9d166`): tighten the h2 with negative tracking + slightly
 softer weight. 28 / 700 was too loud; 26 / 650 reads as
 authoritative without shouting. Add a touch of `-0.012em`
 tracking like reference's display face. */
 /* PR-SETTINGS-PAGE-HEADER-POLISH-0 (round 12/15): tighten the h2
 with negative tracking + slightly softer weight.
 PR-SETTINGS-MOTION-TYPO-TOKENS-0 (round 15/15): `text-wrap:
 balance` so 1-2 word titles don't orphan on long pages and
 2-word titles like 「记忆与回顾」don't break across an awkward
 line. */
 margin: 0;
 color: var(--foreground);
 font-size: 26px;
 font-weight: 650;
 letter-spacing: -0.012em;
 line-height: 1.2;
 text-wrap: balance;
}

/* PR-SETTINGS-PAGE-SUBTITLE-0 (round 4/15): one-line page description
 below the h2 — matches reference's per-tab meta line.
 PR-SETTINGS-PAGE-HEADER-POLISH-0 (round 12/15): cap width so long
 descriptions don't span the full 768px column — caps at 56ch which
 keeps the meta-line readable. */
/* PR-SETTINGS-PAGE-SUBTITLE-0 (round 4/15) + round 12/15 cap +
 round 15/15 `text-wrap: pretty` so the last line isn't a single
 orphan word (per baseline-ui typography rule). */
.settingsPageHeaderDescription {
 margin: 0;
 max-width: 56ch;
 color: var(--foreground-55);
 font-size: 13px;
 line-height: 1.45;
 font-size: 14px;
 line-height: 1.5;
 text-wrap: pretty;
}

.settingsPageContent {
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 padding: 40px 24px 64px;
}

/* PR-SETTINGS-MOTION-TYPO-TOKENS-0 (round 15/15, WAWQAQ msg
 `f7e9d166` + UI-skill deep read 2026-06-23): shared motion tokens
 for the settings surface so timing/easing stay consistent across
 nav rows, form rows, switches, and inputs. `--motion-fast` is the
 default for state changes; `--motion-ease-out` is the cubic-bezier
 recommended by Taste-Skill + 12-principles. */
.settingsSurface,
.settingsMainPane,
.settingsSidebar {
 --motion-fast: 160ms;
 --motion-ease-out: cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1);
}

/* PR-SETTINGS-NO-PANE-BORDER-0 (WAWQAQ msg `d0e7dfb3`): nested
 card-in-card was the previous problem — `.settingsStructuredPage`
 was a card AND it contained `<SettingsRows>` cards AND orphan
Expand DownExpand Up@@ -7484,6 +7500,29 @@ button:active {
 background: oklch(from var(--foreground) l c h / 0.025);
}

/* PR-SETTINGS-MOTION-TYPO-TOKENS-0 (round 15/15) — tactile press
 feedback. 12-principles `physics-active-state` + Taste-Skill +
 UIDB all converge on `:active { scale(0.98) }` as the cheapest way
 to make UI feel handled vs simulated. Applied only when reduced-
 motion is not preferred — the @media block above already strips
 transition; here we keep `transform` declarations so the
 `:active` *snap* still fires (it's instant, not animated). */
.settingsFormRow:active,
.settingsRow:active,
.settingsBackButton:active,
.settingsNavItem:active {
 transform: scale(0.985);
 transition: transform 100ms var(--motion-ease-out, cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1));
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
 .settingsFormRow:active,
 .settingsRow:active,
 .settingsBackButton:active,
 .settingsNavItem:active {
 transform: none;
 }
}

/* PR-SETTINGS-A11Y-POLISH-0 (round 11/15) — keyboard-only focus ring
 on settings rows + inputs. Reference's settings cards use a 2px
 ring on focus-visible; maka had no visible affordance. Use the
Expand DownExpand Up@@ -7566,8 +7605,11 @@ button:active {
 display: block;
 margin-top: 6px;
 color: var(--foreground-55);
 font-size: 13px;
 line-height: 1.45;
 /* PR-SETTINGS-MOTION-TYPO-TOKENS-0 (round 15/15): 13 → 14 to clear
 the 14px legibility floor cited by baseline-ui + UIDB + Impeccable
 `/typeset`. Hint is the most-read body text on the page. */
 font-size: 14px;
 line-height: 1.5;
}

.settingsFieldWarning {
Expand DownExpand Up@@ -9907,9 +9949,14 @@ button:active {
}

.settingsRow > span {
 /* PR-SETTINGS-MOTION-TYPO-TOKENS-0 (round 15/15): `tabular-nums` so
 numeric values (version strings, model IDs, counts) align cleanly
 when stacked vertically. baseline-ui + /typeset both require this
 for any numeric data. */
 min-width: 0;
 color: var(--foreground-60);
 font-size: 13px;
 font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
 overflow-wrap: anywhere;
 text-align: right;
}
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# UI Skills Deep Read — 2026-06-23 (yuejing)

3 parallel Explore agents deep-read 5 design-skill collections per WAWQAQ
ask `f424c6b5`. Synthesis below — converged rules + maka delta + 1 final
ship list.

## Sources

| Source | Type | Repo |
|--------|------|------|
| Impeccable | 26 commands + 44-rule SLOP catalog | github.com/pbakaus/impeccable |
| UI Skills | 15-skill collection (baseline-ui, fixing-a11y, fixing-motion-performance, 12-principles-of-animation, fixing-metadata, etc.) | github.com/ibelick/ui-skills + github.com/raphaelsalaja/skill |
| Taste-Skill | taste / redesign / soft variants | github.com/Leonxlnx/taste-skill |
| UI Design Brain | 60+ component best practices | github.com/carmahhawwari/ui-design-brain |
| Better Icons | MCP + skill, 200k icons | github.com/better-auth/better-icons |

## Convergent rules across all 5 sources

These showed up in **3+ sources** independently. Highest signal.

| Rule | Sources | Maka delta |
|------|---------|-----------|
| Body text ≥ 14-16px, weights 400/500/600 with semantic contrast | Impeccable /typeset, baseline-ui, Taste-Skill, UIDB | hint 13px → 14, no display face |
| **Tactile :active = `scale(0.98)` or `translateY(1px)`** | Taste-Skill, UIDB, 12-principles | rows/nav/back have no `:active` |
| Compositor-only motion (`transform`/`opacity` only, ≤ 200ms) | baseline-ui, fixing-motion-perf, Impeccable /animate | Maka may transition `background-color` on hover (paint) — acceptable but verify nothing animates layout |
| Reduced-motion guards | All 5 | ✅ done round 11 |
| Single accent, saturation < 80%, OKLCH neutrals tinted toward brand | Taste-Skill, Impeccable /colorize | maka uses raw `%foreground` overlays, no brand tint |
| 8px grid; double whitespace as redesign default | Taste-Skill, UIDB, Impeccable /layout | row padding 20/24 off-grid (should be 16/24 or 24/24) |
| Toggle/touch target ≥ 44px hit area | Taste-Skill, UIDB | switch 26×46 visual, no hit padding |
| Sidebar primary nav 5-7 items, distinct active state | UIDB, Taste-Skill | maka has more than 7 in "AI 与集成" group — could collapse; active state is light-fill, no accent bar |
| One CSS variable for all motion timings (no scattered ms values) | 12-principles "timing-consistent" | Maka has scattered 150ms values, no `--motion-fast` token |
| `text-balance` on heading, `text-pretty` on body | baseline-ui | not used |
| `tabular-nums` on data/numeric labels | baseline-ui, Impeccable /typeset | not used; value cells `已启用 / zai-live` would benefit |
| No display tracking modification unless explicit | baseline-ui | h2 has `-0.012em` (intentional, OK) |
| Em-dash ban | Taste-Skill, redesign | grep needed |
| Inter/system as default font flagged as "AI tell" | Taste-Skill, redesign, soft | maka is system-ui default — flagged |
| Lucide-as-default flagged | Taste-Skill | maka is lucide-react — flagged, Better Icons proposed |
| Card OR border, not both | Impeccable rule 36, UIDB, Taste-Skill | mostly ✅ (.settingsRows is border-only) but `.settingsConnectionRow` still has border + shadow |
| Visible focus ring (`:focus-visible` 2px) | fixing-a11y, Impeccable /audit | ✅ done round 11 |
| Page header height 56-72px | UIDB | maka uses padding stack, not a true bar — partial |

## Anti-patterns triggered by maka today

- **Impeccable rule 11 (card overuse / nested cards):** every settings page renders multiple `.settingsRows` blocks stacked, each with own card chrome. Could be one card with section dividers (per /distill).
- **Impeccable rule 25 (raw neutrals not tinted toward brand):** `.settingsRows` border is `oklch(from var(--foreground) l c h / 0.08)`. Tinting toward `--accent` at 0.005-0.01 chroma would carry brand into chrome.
- **Taste-Skill banned: border-b on every row.** ❌ — wait, maka DOES use `border-bottom` hairlines between rows. WAWQAQ asked for this explicitly in PR-GROUPED-CARD-0 ("内容紧密、用分隔线划开"), so this disagreement stays unresolved between Taste-Skill and WAWQAQ. Defer to WAWQAQ.

## 10 highest-value action items for maka

Ranked by impact / effort:

1. **Tactile `:active` scale** on rows, nav items, back button. 
 - `.settingsFormRow:active, .settingsRow:active, .settingsNavItem:active, .settingsBackButton:active { transform: scale(0.985); transition: transform 100ms cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1); }`
 - Reduced-motion gate already in place — fires inside the `@media (no-preference)` branch.

2. **Sidebar active accent bar** (Redesign-Skill).
 - `.settingsNavItem[data-active="true"] { box-shadow: inset 3px 0 0 var(--accent); }`
 - Carries brand into the most-used surface.

3. **`tabular-nums` on value cells**.
 - `.settingsRow > span { font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums; }`
 - Numeric values like `zai-live`, version strings, counts align cleanly.

4. **`text-balance` / `text-pretty`** on page header.
 - `.settingsPageHeader h2 { text-wrap: balance; }`
 - `.settingsPageHeaderDescription { text-wrap: pretty; }`

5. **Hint floor 13 → 14px**.
 - `.settingsFormRow small, .settingsField small { font-size: 14px; }` (currently 13)
 - Crosses the 14px legibility floor that baseline-ui + UIDB + Impeccable converge on.

6. **Switch hit-area shim**: 44×44 invisible hit target around the 26×46 visual.
 - Wrap `<Switch>` in a `min-width:44px; min-height:44px;` flex container.

7. **One motion token**.
 - `--motion-fast: 160ms` + `--motion-ease-out: cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1)`.
 - Reuse across nav / row / switch / input transitions.

8. **OKLCH brand tint on settings chrome**.
 - `.settingsRows` border from `from var(--foreground) ... / 0.08` to `oklch(from var(--accent) l c h / 0.08)`.
 - Subtle brand carry without changing perceived neutrality.

9. **Em-dash + AI-slop copy grep**.
 - Audit `apps/desktop/src/renderer/settings/SettingsModal.tsx` for `—`, "Seamless", "Elevate", "Unleash".
 - Quick mechanical cleanup.

10. **Better Icons MCP install (deferred ship)**.
 - Add to `.mcp.json`. Don't migrate icons in this lane — let it learn preferred families per surface first. Lucide stays default for now.

## Defer / out-of-lane

- **Font swap** (Geist/Cabinet Grotesk/Satoshi instead of system-ui): meaningful but needs font files in the bundle, license check, and broad visual regression. Worth its own PR.
- **Nav consolidation to ≤7 in big group**: would re-split AI 与集成. Defer; WAWQAQ already approved 3 groups in round 7.
- **Card overuse / merge stacked cards**: contradicts WAWQAQ's grouped-card direction. Don't change.

## Round 15 (final) PR plan

Bundle action items 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 (highest-impact, single-CSS-file). Skip 6 (component wrap), 8 (brand tint risk), 9 (audit), 10 (config) — those need their own PRs.

PR-SETTINGS-MOTION-TYPO-TOKENS-0:
- `:active` scale on rows/nav/back (item 1)
- accent bar on active nav (item 2)
- tabular-nums on row value (item 3)
- text-balance / text-pretty on header (item 4)
- hint 13→14 (item 5)
- shared `--motion-fast` token (item 7)

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Expand Up@@ -7068,13 +7068,15 @@ button:active {
.settingsNavItem[data-active="true"] {
 /* PR-SETTINGS-NAV-FOCUS-0 (round 14/15): bump the active state from
 the muted `--settings-nav-row-selected-bg` token to a slightly
 more visible 6.5% foreground overlay + 500 weight. The previous
 fill was reading as "muted disabled" against the now-bigger
 nav row typography. */
 more visible 6.5% foreground overlay + 500 weight.
 PR-SETTINGS-MOTION-TYPO-TOKENS-0 (round 15/15): add 3px inset
 accent bar on the LEFT edge — Redesign-Skill recipe. Carries
 brand into the most-used surface without recoloring the fill.
 Inset shadow (not actual border) so the 38px row geometry stays. */
 background: oklch(from var(--foreground) l c h / 0.065);
 color: var(--foreground);
 font-weight: 500;
 box-shadow: none !important;
 box-shadow: inset 3px 0 0 var(--accent) !important;
}

.settingsNavItem:focus-visible {
Expand DownExpand Up@@ -7342,30 +7344,31 @@ button:active {
}

.settingsPageHeader h2 {
 /* PR-SETTINGS-PAGE-HEADER-POLISH-0 (round 12/15, WAWQAQ msg
 `f7e9d166`): tighten the h2 with negative tracking + slightly
 softer weight. 28 / 700 was too loud; 26 / 650 reads as
 authoritative without shouting. Add a touch of `-0.012em`
 tracking like reference's display face. */
 /* PR-SETTINGS-PAGE-HEADER-POLISH-0 (round 12/15): tighten the h2
 with negative tracking + slightly softer weight.
 PR-SETTINGS-MOTION-TYPO-TOKENS-0 (round 15/15): `text-wrap:
 balance` so 1-2 word titles don't orphan on long pages and
 2-word titles like 「记忆与回顾」don't break across an awkward
 line. */
 margin: 0;
 color: var(--foreground);
 font-size: 26px;
 font-weight: 650;
 letter-spacing: -0.012em;
 line-height: 1.2;
 text-wrap: balance;
}

/* PR-SETTINGS-PAGE-SUBTITLE-0 (round 4/15): one-line page description
 below the h2 — matches reference's per-tab meta line.
 PR-SETTINGS-PAGE-HEADER-POLISH-0 (round 12/15): cap width so long
 descriptions don't span the full 768px column — caps at 56ch which
 keeps the meta-line readable. */
/* PR-SETTINGS-PAGE-SUBTITLE-0 (round 4/15) + round 12/15 cap +
 round 15/15 `text-wrap: pretty` so the last line isn't a single
 orphan word (per baseline-ui typography rule). */
.settingsPageHeaderDescription {
 margin: 0;
 max-width: 56ch;
 color: var(--foreground-55);
 font-size: 13px;
 line-height: 1.45;
 font-size: 14px;
 line-height: 1.5;
 text-wrap: pretty;
}

.settingsPageContent {
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 padding: 40px 24px 64px;
}

/* PR-SETTINGS-MOTION-TYPO-TOKENS-0 (round 15/15, WAWQAQ msg
 `f7e9d166` + UI-skill deep read 2026-06-23): shared motion tokens
 for the settings surface so timing/easing stay consistent across
 nav rows, form rows, switches, and inputs. `--motion-fast` is the
 default for state changes; `--motion-ease-out` is the cubic-bezier
 recommended by Taste-Skill + 12-principles. */
.settingsSurface,
.settingsMainPane,
.settingsSidebar {
 --motion-fast: 160ms;
 --motion-ease-out: cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1);
}

/* PR-SETTINGS-NO-PANE-BORDER-0 (WAWQAQ msg `d0e7dfb3`): nested
 card-in-card was the previous problem — `.settingsStructuredPage`
 was a card AND it contained `<SettingsRows>` cards AND orphan
Expand DownExpand Up@@ -7484,6 +7500,29 @@ button:active {
 background: oklch(from var(--foreground) l c h / 0.025);
}

/* PR-SETTINGS-MOTION-TYPO-TOKENS-0 (round 15/15) — tactile press
 feedback. 12-principles `physics-active-state` + Taste-Skill +
 UIDB all converge on `:active { scale(0.98) }` as the cheapest way
 to make UI feel handled vs simulated. Applied only when reduced-
 motion is not preferred — the @media block above already strips
 transition; here we keep `transform` declarations so the
 `:active` *snap* still fires (it's instant, not animated). */
.settingsFormRow:active,
.settingsRow:active,
.settingsBackButton:active,
.settingsNavItem:active {
 transform: scale(0.985);
 transition: transform 100ms var(--motion-ease-out, cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1));
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
 .settingsFormRow:active,
 .settingsRow:active,
 .settingsBackButton:active,
 .settingsNavItem:active {
 transform: none;
 }
}

/* PR-SETTINGS-A11Y-POLISH-0 (round 11/15) — keyboard-only focus ring
 on settings rows + inputs. Reference's settings cards use a 2px
 ring on focus-visible; maka had no visible affordance. Use the
Expand DownExpand Up@@ -7566,8 +7605,11 @@ button:active {
 display: block;
 margin-top: 6px;
 color: var(--foreground-55);
 font-size: 13px;
 line-height: 1.45;
 /* PR-SETTINGS-MOTION-TYPO-TOKENS-0 (round 15/15): 13 → 14 to clear
 the 14px legibility floor cited by baseline-ui + UIDB + Impeccable
 `/typeset`. Hint is the most-read body text on the page. */
 font-size: 14px;
 line-height: 1.5;
}

.settingsFieldWarning {
Expand DownExpand Up@@ -9907,9 +9949,14 @@ button:active {
}

.settingsRow > span {
 /* PR-SETTINGS-MOTION-TYPO-TOKENS-0 (round 15/15): `tabular-nums` so
 numeric values (version strings, model IDs, counts) align cleanly
 when stacked vertically. baseline-ui + /typeset both require this
 for any numeric data. */
 min-width: 0;
 color: var(--foreground-60);
 font-size: 13px;
 font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
 overflow-wrap: anywhere;
 text-align: right;
}
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# UI Skills Deep Read — 2026-06-23 (yuejing)

3 parallel Explore agents deep-read 5 design-skill collections per WAWQAQ
ask `f424c6b5`. Synthesis below — converged rules + maka delta + 1 final
ship list.

## Sources

| Source | Type | Repo |
|--------|------|------|
| Impeccable | 26 commands + 44-rule SLOP catalog | github.com/pbakaus/impeccable |
| UI Skills | 15-skill collection (baseline-ui, fixing-a11y, fixing-motion-performance, 12-principles-of-animation, fixing-metadata, etc.) | github.com/ibelick/ui-skills + github.com/raphaelsalaja/skill |
| Taste-Skill | taste / redesign / soft variants | github.com/Leonxlnx/taste-skill |
| UI Design Brain | 60+ component best practices | github.com/carmahhawwari/ui-design-brain |
| Better Icons | MCP + skill, 200k icons | github.com/better-auth/better-icons |

## Convergent rules across all 5 sources

These showed up in **3+ sources** independently. Highest signal.

| Rule | Sources | Maka delta |
|------|---------|-----------|
| Body text ≥ 14-16px, weights 400/500/600 with semantic contrast | Impeccable /typeset, baseline-ui, Taste-Skill, UIDB | hint 13px → 14, no display face |
| **Tactile :active = `scale(0.98)` or `translateY(1px)`** | Taste-Skill, UIDB, 12-principles | rows/nav/back have no `:active` |
| Compositor-only motion (`transform`/`opacity` only, ≤ 200ms) | baseline-ui, fixing-motion-perf, Impeccable /animate | Maka may transition `background-color` on hover (paint) — acceptable but verify nothing animates layout |
| Reduced-motion guards | All 5 | ✅ done round 11 |
| Single accent, saturation < 80%, OKLCH neutrals tinted toward brand | Taste-Skill, Impeccable /colorize | maka uses raw `%foreground` overlays, no brand tint |
| 8px grid; double whitespace as redesign default | Taste-Skill, UIDB, Impeccable /layout | row padding 20/24 off-grid (should be 16/24 or 24/24) |
| Toggle/touch target ≥ 44px hit area | Taste-Skill, UIDB | switch 26×46 visual, no hit padding |
| Sidebar primary nav 5-7 items, distinct active state | UIDB, Taste-Skill | maka has more than 7 in "AI 与集成" group — could collapse; active state is light-fill, no accent bar |
| One CSS variable for all motion timings (no scattered ms values) | 12-principles "timing-consistent" | Maka has scattered 150ms values, no `--motion-fast` token |
| `text-balance` on heading, `text-pretty` on body | baseline-ui | not used |
| `tabular-nums` on data/numeric labels | baseline-ui, Impeccable /typeset | not used; value cells `已启用 / zai-live` would benefit |
| No display tracking modification unless explicit | baseline-ui | h2 has `-0.012em` (intentional, OK) |
| Em-dash ban | Taste-Skill, redesign | grep needed |
| Inter/system as default font flagged as "AI tell" | Taste-Skill, redesign, soft | maka is system-ui default — flagged |
| Lucide-as-default flagged | Taste-Skill | maka is lucide-react — flagged, Better Icons proposed |
| Card OR border, not both | Impeccable rule 36, UIDB, Taste-Skill | mostly ✅ (.settingsRows is border-only) but `.settingsConnectionRow` still has border + shadow |
| Visible focus ring (`:focus-visible` 2px) | fixing-a11y, Impeccable /audit | ✅ done round 11 |
| Page header height 56-72px | UIDB | maka uses padding stack, not a true bar — partial |

## Anti-patterns triggered by maka today

- **Impeccable rule 11 (card overuse / nested cards):** every settings page renders multiple `.settingsRows` blocks stacked, each with own card chrome. Could be one card with section dividers (per /distill).
- **Impeccable rule 25 (raw neutrals not tinted toward brand):** `.settingsRows` border is `oklch(from var(--foreground) l c h / 0.08)`. Tinting toward `--accent` at 0.005-0.01 chroma would carry brand into chrome.
- **Taste-Skill banned: border-b on every row.** ❌ — wait, maka DOES use `border-bottom` hairlines between rows. WAWQAQ asked for this explicitly in PR-GROUPED-CARD-0 ("内容紧密、用分隔线划开"), so this disagreement stays unresolved between Taste-Skill and WAWQAQ. Defer to WAWQAQ.

## 10 highest-value action items for maka

Ranked by impact / effort:

1. **Tactile `:active` scale** on rows, nav items, back button. 
 - `.settingsFormRow:active, .settingsRow:active, .settingsNavItem:active, .settingsBackButton:active { transform: scale(0.985); transition: transform 100ms cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1); }`
 - Reduced-motion gate already in place — fires inside the `@media (no-preference)` branch.

2. **Sidebar active accent bar** (Redesign-Skill).
 - `.settingsNavItem[data-active="true"] { box-shadow: inset 3px 0 0 var(--accent); }`
 - Carries brand into the most-used surface.

3. **`tabular-nums` on value cells**.
 - `.settingsRow > span { font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums; }`
 - Numeric values like `zai-live`, version strings, counts align cleanly.

4. **`text-balance` / `text-pretty`** on page header.
 - `.settingsPageHeader h2 { text-wrap: balance; }`
 - `.settingsPageHeaderDescription { text-wrap: pretty; }`

5. **Hint floor 13 → 14px**.
 - `.settingsFormRow small, .settingsField small { font-size: 14px; }` (currently 13)
 - Crosses the 14px legibility floor that baseline-ui + UIDB + Impeccable converge on.

6. **Switch hit-area shim**: 44×44 invisible hit target around the 26×46 visual.
 - Wrap `<Switch>` in a `min-width:44px; min-height:44px;` flex container.

7. **One motion token**.
 - `--motion-fast: 160ms` + `--motion-ease-out: cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1)`.
 - Reuse across nav / row / switch / input transitions.

8. **OKLCH brand tint on settings chrome**.
 - `.settingsRows` border from `from var(--foreground) ... / 0.08` to `oklch(from var(--accent) l c h / 0.08)`.
 - Subtle brand carry without changing perceived neutrality.

9. **Em-dash + AI-slop copy grep**.
 - Audit `apps/desktop/src/renderer/settings/SettingsModal.tsx` for `—`, "Seamless", "Elevate", "Unleash".
 - Quick mechanical cleanup.

10. **Better Icons MCP install (deferred ship)**.
 - Add to `.mcp.json`. Don't migrate icons in this lane — let it learn preferred families per surface first. Lucide stays default for now.

## Defer / out-of-lane

- **Font swap** (Geist/Cabinet Grotesk/Satoshi instead of system-ui): meaningful but needs font files in the bundle, license check, and broad visual regression. Worth its own PR.
- **Nav consolidation to ≤7 in big group**: would re-split AI 与集成. Defer; WAWQAQ already approved 3 groups in round 7.
- **Card overuse / merge stacked cards**: contradicts WAWQAQ's grouped-card direction. Don't change.

## Round 15 (final) PR plan

Bundle action items 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 (highest-impact, single-CSS-file). Skip 6 (component wrap), 8 (brand tint risk), 9 (audit), 10 (config) — those need their own PRs.

PR-SETTINGS-MOTION-TYPO-TOKENS-0:
- `:active` scale on rows/nav/back (item 1)
- accent bar on active nav (item 2)
- tabular-nums on row value (item 3)
- text-balance / text-pretty on header (item 4)
- hint 13→14 (item 5)
- shared `--motion-fast` token (item 7)

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var trackingParams = ['utm_source', 'utm_medium', 'utm_campaign', 'utm_term', 'utm_content',
'fbclid', 'gclid', 'dclid', 'msclkid', 'yclid',
'ref', 'ref_src', 'source', 'medium', 'campaign'];
function cleanUrl(url) {
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var changed = false;
trackingParams.forEach(function(p) {
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changed = true;
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} catch (e) {
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node.querySelectorAll('a[href]').forEach(function(a) {
var clean = cleanUrl(a.href);
if (clean !== a.href) a.href = clean;
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.settingsNavItem[data-active="true"] {
 /* PR-SETTINGS-NAV-FOCUS-0 (round 14/15): bump the active state from
 the muted `--settings-nav-row-selected-bg` token to a slightly
 more visible 6.5% foreground overlay + 500 weight. The previous
 fill was reading as "muted disabled" against the now-bigger
 nav row typography. */
 more visible 6.5% foreground overlay + 500 weight.
 PR-SETTINGS-MOTION-TYPO-TOKENS-0 (round 15/15): add 3px inset
 accent bar on the LEFT edge — Redesign-Skill recipe. Carries
 brand into the most-used surface without recoloring the fill.
 Inset shadow (not actual border) so the 38px row geometry stays. */
 background: oklch(from var(--foreground) l c h / 0.065);
 color: var(--foreground);
 font-weight: 500;
 box-shadow: none !important;
 box-shadow: inset 3px 0 0 var(--accent) !important;
}

.settingsNavItem:focus-visible {
Expand DownExpand Up@@ -7342,30 +7344,31 @@ button:active {
}

.settingsPageHeader h2 {
 /* PR-SETTINGS-PAGE-HEADER-POLISH-0 (round 12/15, WAWQAQ msg
 `f7e9d166`): tighten the h2 with negative tracking + slightly
 softer weight. 28 / 700 was too loud; 26 / 650 reads as
 authoritative without shouting. Add a touch of `-0.012em`
 tracking like reference's display face. */
 /* PR-SETTINGS-PAGE-HEADER-POLISH-0 (round 12/15): tighten the h2
 with negative tracking + slightly softer weight.
 PR-SETTINGS-MOTION-TYPO-TOKENS-0 (round 15/15): `text-wrap:
 balance` so 1-2 word titles don't orphan on long pages and
 2-word titles like 「记忆与回顾」don't break across an awkward
 line. */
 margin: 0;
 color: var(--foreground);
 font-size: 26px;
 font-weight: 650;
 letter-spacing: -0.012em;
 line-height: 1.2;
 text-wrap: balance;
}

/* PR-SETTINGS-PAGE-SUBTITLE-0 (round 4/15): one-line page description
 below the h2 — matches reference's per-tab meta line.
 PR-SETTINGS-PAGE-HEADER-POLISH-0 (round 12/15): cap width so long
 descriptions don't span the full 768px column — caps at 56ch which
 keeps the meta-line readable. */
/* PR-SETTINGS-PAGE-SUBTITLE-0 (round 4/15) + round 12/15 cap +
 round 15/15 `text-wrap: pretty` so the last line isn't a single
 orphan word (per baseline-ui typography rule). */
.settingsPageHeaderDescription {
 margin: 0;
 max-width: 56ch;
 color: var(--foreground-55);
 font-size: 13px;
 line-height: 1.45;
 font-size: 14px;
 line-height: 1.5;
 text-wrap: pretty;
}

.settingsPageContent {
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 padding: 40px 24px 64px;
}

/* PR-SETTINGS-MOTION-TYPO-TOKENS-0 (round 15/15, WAWQAQ msg
 `f7e9d166` + UI-skill deep read 2026-06-23): shared motion tokens
 for the settings surface so timing/easing stay consistent across
 nav rows, form rows, switches, and inputs. `--motion-fast` is the
 default for state changes; `--motion-ease-out` is the cubic-bezier
 recommended by Taste-Skill + 12-principles. */
.settingsSurface,
.settingsMainPane,
.settingsSidebar {
 --motion-fast: 160ms;
 --motion-ease-out: cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1);
}

/* PR-SETTINGS-NO-PANE-BORDER-0 (WAWQAQ msg `d0e7dfb3`): nested
 card-in-card was the previous problem — `.settingsStructuredPage`
 was a card AND it contained `<SettingsRows>` cards AND orphan
Expand DownExpand Up@@ -7484,6 +7500,29 @@ button:active {
 background: oklch(from var(--foreground) l c h / 0.025);
}

/* PR-SETTINGS-MOTION-TYPO-TOKENS-0 (round 15/15) — tactile press
 feedback. 12-principles `physics-active-state` + Taste-Skill +
 UIDB all converge on `:active { scale(0.98) }` as the cheapest way
 to make UI feel handled vs simulated. Applied only when reduced-
 motion is not preferred — the @media block above already strips
 transition; here we keep `transform` declarations so the
 `:active` *snap* still fires (it's instant, not animated). */
.settingsFormRow:active,
.settingsRow:active,
.settingsBackButton:active,
.settingsNavItem:active {
 transform: scale(0.985);
 transition: transform 100ms var(--motion-ease-out, cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1));
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
 .settingsFormRow:active,
 .settingsRow:active,
 .settingsBackButton:active,
 .settingsNavItem:active {
 transform: none;
 }
}

/* PR-SETTINGS-A11Y-POLISH-0 (round 11/15) — keyboard-only focus ring
 on settings rows + inputs. Reference's settings cards use a 2px
 ring on focus-visible; maka had no visible affordance. Use the
Expand DownExpand Up@@ -7566,8 +7605,11 @@ button:active {
 display: block;
 margin-top: 6px;
 color: var(--foreground-55);
 font-size: 13px;
 line-height: 1.45;
 /* PR-SETTINGS-MOTION-TYPO-TOKENS-0 (round 15/15): 13 → 14 to clear
 the 14px legibility floor cited by baseline-ui + UIDB + Impeccable
 `/typeset`. Hint is the most-read body text on the page. */
 font-size: 14px;
 line-height: 1.5;
}

.settingsFieldWarning {
Expand DownExpand Up@@ -9907,9 +9949,14 @@ button:active {
}

.settingsRow > span {
 /* PR-SETTINGS-MOTION-TYPO-TOKENS-0 (round 15/15): `tabular-nums` so
 numeric values (version strings, model IDs, counts) align cleanly
 when stacked vertically. baseline-ui + /typeset both require this
 for any numeric data. */
 min-width: 0;
 color: var(--foreground-60);
 font-size: 13px;
 font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
 overflow-wrap: anywhere;
 text-align: right;
}
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# UI Skills Deep Read — 2026-06-23 (yuejing)

3 parallel Explore agents deep-read 5 design-skill collections per WAWQAQ
ask `f424c6b5`. Synthesis below — converged rules + maka delta + 1 final
ship list.

## Sources

| Source | Type | Repo |
|--------|------|------|
| Impeccable | 26 commands + 44-rule SLOP catalog | github.com/pbakaus/impeccable |
| UI Skills | 15-skill collection (baseline-ui, fixing-a11y, fixing-motion-performance, 12-principles-of-animation, fixing-metadata, etc.) | github.com/ibelick/ui-skills + github.com/raphaelsalaja/skill |
| Taste-Skill | taste / redesign / soft variants | github.com/Leonxlnx/taste-skill |
| UI Design Brain | 60+ component best practices | github.com/carmahhawwari/ui-design-brain |
| Better Icons | MCP + skill, 200k icons | github.com/better-auth/better-icons |

## Convergent rules across all 5 sources

These showed up in **3+ sources** independently. Highest signal.

| Rule | Sources | Maka delta |
|------|---------|-----------|
| Body text ≥ 14-16px, weights 400/500/600 with semantic contrast | Impeccable /typeset, baseline-ui, Taste-Skill, UIDB | hint 13px → 14, no display face |
| **Tactile :active = `scale(0.98)` or `translateY(1px)`** | Taste-Skill, UIDB, 12-principles | rows/nav/back have no `:active` |
| Compositor-only motion (`transform`/`opacity` only, ≤ 200ms) | baseline-ui, fixing-motion-perf, Impeccable /animate | Maka may transition `background-color` on hover (paint) — acceptable but verify nothing animates layout |
| Reduced-motion guards | All 5 | ✅ done round 11 |
| Single accent, saturation < 80%, OKLCH neutrals tinted toward brand | Taste-Skill, Impeccable /colorize | maka uses raw `%foreground` overlays, no brand tint |
| 8px grid; double whitespace as redesign default | Taste-Skill, UIDB, Impeccable /layout | row padding 20/24 off-grid (should be 16/24 or 24/24) |
| Toggle/touch target ≥ 44px hit area | Taste-Skill, UIDB | switch 26×46 visual, no hit padding |
| Sidebar primary nav 5-7 items, distinct active state | UIDB, Taste-Skill | maka has more than 7 in "AI 与集成" group — could collapse; active state is light-fill, no accent bar |
| One CSS variable for all motion timings (no scattered ms values) | 12-principles "timing-consistent" | Maka has scattered 150ms values, no `--motion-fast` token |
| `text-balance` on heading, `text-pretty` on body | baseline-ui | not used |
| `tabular-nums` on data/numeric labels | baseline-ui, Impeccable /typeset | not used; value cells `已启用 / zai-live` would benefit |
| No display tracking modification unless explicit | baseline-ui | h2 has `-0.012em` (intentional, OK) |
| Em-dash ban | Taste-Skill, redesign | grep needed |
| Inter/system as default font flagged as "AI tell" | Taste-Skill, redesign, soft | maka is system-ui default — flagged |
| Lucide-as-default flagged | Taste-Skill | maka is lucide-react — flagged, Better Icons proposed |
| Card OR border, not both | Impeccable rule 36, UIDB, Taste-Skill | mostly ✅ (.settingsRows is border-only) but `.settingsConnectionRow` still has border + shadow |
| Visible focus ring (`:focus-visible` 2px) | fixing-a11y, Impeccable /audit | ✅ done round 11 |
| Page header height 56-72px | UIDB | maka uses padding stack, not a true bar — partial |

## Anti-patterns triggered by maka today

- **Impeccable rule 11 (card overuse / nested cards):** every settings page renders multiple `.settingsRows` blocks stacked, each with own card chrome. Could be one card with section dividers (per /distill).
- **Impeccable rule 25 (raw neutrals not tinted toward brand):** `.settingsRows` border is `oklch(from var(--foreground) l c h / 0.08)`. Tinting toward `--accent` at 0.005-0.01 chroma would carry brand into chrome.
- **Taste-Skill banned: border-b on every row.** ❌ — wait, maka DOES use `border-bottom` hairlines between rows. WAWQAQ asked for this explicitly in PR-GROUPED-CARD-0 ("内容紧密、用分隔线划开"), so this disagreement stays unresolved between Taste-Skill and WAWQAQ. Defer to WAWQAQ.

## 10 highest-value action items for maka

Ranked by impact / effort:

1. **Tactile `:active` scale** on rows, nav items, back button. 
 - `.settingsFormRow:active, .settingsRow:active, .settingsNavItem:active, .settingsBackButton:active { transform: scale(0.985); transition: transform 100ms cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1); }`
 - Reduced-motion gate already in place — fires inside the `@media (no-preference)` branch.

2. **Sidebar active accent bar** (Redesign-Skill).
 - `.settingsNavItem[data-active="true"] { box-shadow: inset 3px 0 0 var(--accent); }`
 - Carries brand into the most-used surface.

3. **`tabular-nums` on value cells**.
 - `.settingsRow > span { font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums; }`
 - Numeric values like `zai-live`, version strings, counts align cleanly.

4. **`text-balance` / `text-pretty`** on page header.
 - `.settingsPageHeader h2 { text-wrap: balance; }`
 - `.settingsPageHeaderDescription { text-wrap: pretty; }`

5. **Hint floor 13 → 14px**.
 - `.settingsFormRow small, .settingsField small { font-size: 14px; }` (currently 13)
 - Crosses the 14px legibility floor that baseline-ui + UIDB + Impeccable converge on.

6. **Switch hit-area shim**: 44×44 invisible hit target around the 26×46 visual.
 - Wrap `<Switch>` in a `min-width:44px; min-height:44px;` flex container.

7. **One motion token**.
 - `--motion-fast: 160ms` + `--motion-ease-out: cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1)`.
 - Reuse across nav / row / switch / input transitions.

8. **OKLCH brand tint on settings chrome**.
 - `.settingsRows` border from `from var(--foreground) ... / 0.08` to `oklch(from var(--accent) l c h / 0.08)`.
 - Subtle brand carry without changing perceived neutrality.

9. **Em-dash + AI-slop copy grep**.
 - Audit `apps/desktop/src/renderer/settings/SettingsModal.tsx` for `—`, "Seamless", "Elevate", "Unleash".
 - Quick mechanical cleanup.

10. **Better Icons MCP install (deferred ship)**.
 - Add to `.mcp.json`. Don't migrate icons in this lane — let it learn preferred families per surface first. Lucide stays default for now.

## Defer / out-of-lane

- **Font swap** (Geist/Cabinet Grotesk/Satoshi instead of system-ui): meaningful but needs font files in the bundle, license check, and broad visual regression. Worth its own PR.
- **Nav consolidation to ≤7 in big group**: would re-split AI 与集成. Defer; WAWQAQ already approved 3 groups in round 7.
- **Card overuse / merge stacked cards**: contradicts WAWQAQ's grouped-card direction. Don't change.

## Round 15 (final) PR plan

Bundle action items 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 (highest-impact, single-CSS-file). Skip 6 (component wrap), 8 (brand tint risk), 9 (audit), 10 (config) — those need their own PRs.

PR-SETTINGS-MOTION-TYPO-TOKENS-0:
- `:active` scale on rows/nav/back (item 1)
- accent bar on active nav (item 2)
- tabular-nums on row value (item 3)
- text-balance / text-pretty on header (item 4)
- hint 13→14 (item 5)
- shared `--motion-fast` token (item 7)

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Expand Up@@ -7068,13 +7068,15 @@ button:active {
.settingsNavItem[data-active="true"] {
 /* PR-SETTINGS-NAV-FOCUS-0 (round 14/15): bump the active state from
 the muted `--settings-nav-row-selected-bg` token to a slightly
 more visible 6.5% foreground overlay + 500 weight. The previous
 fill was reading as "muted disabled" against the now-bigger
 nav row typography. */
 more visible 6.5% foreground overlay + 500 weight.
 PR-SETTINGS-MOTION-TYPO-TOKENS-0 (round 15/15): add 3px inset
 accent bar on the LEFT edge — Redesign-Skill recipe. Carries
 brand into the most-used surface without recoloring the fill.
 Inset shadow (not actual border) so the 38px row geometry stays. */
 background: oklch(from var(--foreground) l c h / 0.065);
 color: var(--foreground);
 font-weight: 500;
 box-shadow: none !important;
 box-shadow: inset 3px 0 0 var(--accent) !important;
}

.settingsNavItem:focus-visible {
Expand DownExpand Up@@ -7342,30 +7344,31 @@ button:active {
}

.settingsPageHeader h2 {
 /* PR-SETTINGS-PAGE-HEADER-POLISH-0 (round 12/15, WAWQAQ msg
 `f7e9d166`): tighten the h2 with negative tracking + slightly
 softer weight. 28 / 700 was too loud; 26 / 650 reads as
 authoritative without shouting. Add a touch of `-0.012em`
 tracking like reference's display face. */
 /* PR-SETTINGS-PAGE-HEADER-POLISH-0 (round 12/15): tighten the h2
 with negative tracking + slightly softer weight.
 PR-SETTINGS-MOTION-TYPO-TOKENS-0 (round 15/15): `text-wrap:
 balance` so 1-2 word titles don't orphan on long pages and
 2-word titles like 「记忆与回顾」don't break across an awkward
 line. */
 margin: 0;
 color: var(--foreground);
 font-size: 26px;
 font-weight: 650;
 letter-spacing: -0.012em;
 line-height: 1.2;
 text-wrap: balance;
}

/* PR-SETTINGS-PAGE-SUBTITLE-0 (round 4/15): one-line page description
 below the h2 — matches reference's per-tab meta line.
 PR-SETTINGS-PAGE-HEADER-POLISH-0 (round 12/15): cap width so long
 descriptions don't span the full 768px column — caps at 56ch which
 keeps the meta-line readable. */
/* PR-SETTINGS-PAGE-SUBTITLE-0 (round 4/15) + round 12/15 cap +
 round 15/15 `text-wrap: pretty` so the last line isn't a single
 orphan word (per baseline-ui typography rule). */
.settingsPageHeaderDescription {
 margin: 0;
 max-width: 56ch;
 color: var(--foreground-55);
 font-size: 13px;
 line-height: 1.45;
 font-size: 14px;
 line-height: 1.5;
 text-wrap: pretty;
}

.settingsPageContent {
Expand DownExpand Up@@ -7397,6 +7400,19 @@ button:active {
 padding: 40px 24px 64px;
}

/* PR-SETTINGS-MOTION-TYPO-TOKENS-0 (round 15/15, WAWQAQ msg
 `f7e9d166` + UI-skill deep read 2026-06-23): shared motion tokens
 for the settings surface so timing/easing stay consistent across
 nav rows, form rows, switches, and inputs. `--motion-fast` is the
 default for state changes; `--motion-ease-out` is the cubic-bezier
 recommended by Taste-Skill + 12-principles. */
.settingsSurface,
.settingsMainPane,
.settingsSidebar {
 --motion-fast: 160ms;
 --motion-ease-out: cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1);
}

/* PR-SETTINGS-NO-PANE-BORDER-0 (WAWQAQ msg `d0e7dfb3`): nested
 card-in-card was the previous problem — `.settingsStructuredPage`
 was a card AND it contained `<SettingsRows>` cards AND orphan
Expand DownExpand Up@@ -7484,6 +7500,29 @@ button:active {
 background: oklch(from var(--foreground) l c h / 0.025);
}

/* PR-SETTINGS-MOTION-TYPO-TOKENS-0 (round 15/15) — tactile press
 feedback. 12-principles `physics-active-state` + Taste-Skill +
 UIDB all converge on `:active { scale(0.98) }` as the cheapest way
 to make UI feel handled vs simulated. Applied only when reduced-
 motion is not preferred — the @media block above already strips
 transition; here we keep `transform` declarations so the
 `:active` *snap* still fires (it's instant, not animated). */
.settingsFormRow:active,
.settingsRow:active,
.settingsBackButton:active,
.settingsNavItem:active {
 transform: scale(0.985);
 transition: transform 100ms var(--motion-ease-out, cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1));
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
 .settingsFormRow:active,
 .settingsRow:active,
 .settingsBackButton:active,
 .settingsNavItem:active {
 transform: none;
 }
}

/* PR-SETTINGS-A11Y-POLISH-0 (round 11/15) — keyboard-only focus ring
 on settings rows + inputs. Reference's settings cards use a 2px
 ring on focus-visible; maka had no visible affordance. Use the
Expand DownExpand Up@@ -7566,8 +7605,11 @@ button:active {
 display: block;
 margin-top: 6px;
 color: var(--foreground-55);
 font-size: 13px;
 line-height: 1.45;
 /* PR-SETTINGS-MOTION-TYPO-TOKENS-0 (round 15/15): 13 → 14 to clear
 the 14px legibility floor cited by baseline-ui + UIDB + Impeccable
 `/typeset`. Hint is the most-read body text on the page. */
 font-size: 14px;
 line-height: 1.5;
}

.settingsFieldWarning {
Expand DownExpand Up@@ -9907,9 +9949,14 @@ button:active {
}

.settingsRow > span {
 /* PR-SETTINGS-MOTION-TYPO-TOKENS-0 (round 15/15): `tabular-nums` so
 numeric values (version strings, model IDs, counts) align cleanly
 when stacked vertically. baseline-ui + /typeset both require this
 for any numeric data. */
 min-width: 0;
 color: var(--foreground-60);
 font-size: 13px;
 font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
 overflow-wrap: anywhere;
 text-align: right;
}
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# UI Skills Deep Read — 2026-06-23 (yuejing)

3 parallel Explore agents deep-read 5 design-skill collections per WAWQAQ
ask `f424c6b5`. Synthesis below — converged rules + maka delta + 1 final
ship list.

## Sources

| Source | Type | Repo |
|--------|------|------|
| Impeccable | 26 commands + 44-rule SLOP catalog | github.com/pbakaus/impeccable |
| UI Skills | 15-skill collection (baseline-ui, fixing-a11y, fixing-motion-performance, 12-principles-of-animation, fixing-metadata, etc.) | github.com/ibelick/ui-skills + github.com/raphaelsalaja/skill |
| Taste-Skill | taste / redesign / soft variants | github.com/Leonxlnx/taste-skill |
| UI Design Brain | 60+ component best practices | github.com/carmahhawwari/ui-design-brain |
| Better Icons | MCP + skill, 200k icons | github.com/better-auth/better-icons |

## Convergent rules across all 5 sources

These showed up in **3+ sources** independently. Highest signal.

| Rule | Sources | Maka delta |
|------|---------|-----------|
| Body text ≥ 14-16px, weights 400/500/600 with semantic contrast | Impeccable /typeset, baseline-ui, Taste-Skill, UIDB | hint 13px → 14, no display face |
| **Tactile :active = `scale(0.98)` or `translateY(1px)`** | Taste-Skill, UIDB, 12-principles | rows/nav/back have no `:active` |
| Compositor-only motion (`transform`/`opacity` only, ≤ 200ms) | baseline-ui, fixing-motion-perf, Impeccable /animate | Maka may transition `background-color` on hover (paint) — acceptable but verify nothing animates layout |
| Reduced-motion guards | All 5 | ✅ done round 11 |
| Single accent, saturation < 80%, OKLCH neutrals tinted toward brand | Taste-Skill, Impeccable /colorize | maka uses raw `%foreground` overlays, no brand tint |
| 8px grid; double whitespace as redesign default | Taste-Skill, UIDB, Impeccable /layout | row padding 20/24 off-grid (should be 16/24 or 24/24) |
| Toggle/touch target ≥ 44px hit area | Taste-Skill, UIDB | switch 26×46 visual, no hit padding |
| Sidebar primary nav 5-7 items, distinct active state | UIDB, Taste-Skill | maka has more than 7 in "AI 与集成" group — could collapse; active state is light-fill, no accent bar |
| One CSS variable for all motion timings (no scattered ms values) | 12-principles "timing-consistent" | Maka has scattered 150ms values, no `--motion-fast` token |
| `text-balance` on heading, `text-pretty` on body | baseline-ui | not used |
| `tabular-nums` on data/numeric labels | baseline-ui, Impeccable /typeset | not used; value cells `已启用 / zai-live` would benefit |
| No display tracking modification unless explicit | baseline-ui | h2 has `-0.012em` (intentional, OK) |
| Em-dash ban | Taste-Skill, redesign | grep needed |
| Inter/system as default font flagged as "AI tell" | Taste-Skill, redesign, soft | maka is system-ui default — flagged |
| Lucide-as-default flagged | Taste-Skill | maka is lucide-react — flagged, Better Icons proposed |
| Card OR border, not both | Impeccable rule 36, UIDB, Taste-Skill | mostly ✅ (.settingsRows is border-only) but `.settingsConnectionRow` still has border + shadow |
| Visible focus ring (`:focus-visible` 2px) | fixing-a11y, Impeccable /audit | ✅ done round 11 |
| Page header height 56-72px | UIDB | maka uses padding stack, not a true bar — partial |

## Anti-patterns triggered by maka today

- **Impeccable rule 11 (card overuse / nested cards):** every settings page renders multiple `.settingsRows` blocks stacked, each with own card chrome. Could be one card with section dividers (per /distill).
- **Impeccable rule 25 (raw neutrals not tinted toward brand):** `.settingsRows` border is `oklch(from var(--foreground) l c h / 0.08)`. Tinting toward `--accent` at 0.005-0.01 chroma would carry brand into chrome.
- **Taste-Skill banned: border-b on every row.** ❌ — wait, maka DOES use `border-bottom` hairlines between rows. WAWQAQ asked for this explicitly in PR-GROUPED-CARD-0 ("内容紧密、用分隔线划开"), so this disagreement stays unresolved between Taste-Skill and WAWQAQ. Defer to WAWQAQ.

## 10 highest-value action items for maka

Ranked by impact / effort:

1. **Tactile `:active` scale** on rows, nav items, back button. 
 - `.settingsFormRow:active, .settingsRow:active, .settingsNavItem:active, .settingsBackButton:active { transform: scale(0.985); transition: transform 100ms cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1); }`
 - Reduced-motion gate already in place — fires inside the `@media (no-preference)` branch.

2. **Sidebar active accent bar** (Redesign-Skill).
 - `.settingsNavItem[data-active="true"] { box-shadow: inset 3px 0 0 var(--accent); }`
 - Carries brand into the most-used surface.

3. **`tabular-nums` on value cells**.
 - `.settingsRow > span { font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums; }`
 - Numeric values like `zai-live`, version strings, counts align cleanly.

4. **`text-balance` / `text-pretty`** on page header.
 - `.settingsPageHeader h2 { text-wrap: balance; }`
 - `.settingsPageHeaderDescription { text-wrap: pretty; }`

5. **Hint floor 13 → 14px**.
 - `.settingsFormRow small, .settingsField small { font-size: 14px; }` (currently 13)
 - Crosses the 14px legibility floor that baseline-ui + UIDB + Impeccable converge on.

6. **Switch hit-area shim**: 44×44 invisible hit target around the 26×46 visual.
 - Wrap `<Switch>` in a `min-width:44px; min-height:44px;` flex container.

7. **One motion token**.
 - `--motion-fast: 160ms` + `--motion-ease-out: cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1)`.
 - Reuse across nav / row / switch / input transitions.

8. **OKLCH brand tint on settings chrome**.
 - `.settingsRows` border from `from var(--foreground) ... / 0.08` to `oklch(from var(--accent) l c h / 0.08)`.
 - Subtle brand carry without changing perceived neutrality.

9. **Em-dash + AI-slop copy grep**.
 - Audit `apps/desktop/src/renderer/settings/SettingsModal.tsx` for `—`, "Seamless", "Elevate", "Unleash".
 - Quick mechanical cleanup.

10. **Better Icons MCP install (deferred ship)**.
 - Add to `.mcp.json`. Don't migrate icons in this lane — let it learn preferred families per surface first. Lucide stays default for now.

## Defer / out-of-lane

- **Font swap** (Geist/Cabinet Grotesk/Satoshi instead of system-ui): meaningful but needs font files in the bundle, license check, and broad visual regression. Worth its own PR.
- **Nav consolidation to ≤7 in big group**: would re-split AI 与集成. Defer; WAWQAQ already approved 3 groups in round 7.
- **Card overuse / merge stacked cards**: contradicts WAWQAQ's grouped-card direction. Don't change.

## Round 15 (final) PR plan

Bundle action items 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 (highest-impact, single-CSS-file). Skip 6 (component wrap), 8 (brand tint risk), 9 (audit), 10 (config) — those need their own PRs.

PR-SETTINGS-MOTION-TYPO-TOKENS-0:
- `:active` scale on rows/nav/back (item 1)
- accent bar on active nav (item 2)
- tabular-nums on row value (item 3)
- text-balance / text-pretty on header (item 4)
- hint 13→14 (item 5)
- shared `--motion-fast` token (item 7)

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if (el.style.position === 'fixed' || el.style.position === 'sticky' || getComputedStyle(el).position === 'fixed' || getComputedStyle(el).position === 'sticky') {
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Expand Up@@ -7068,13 +7068,15 @@ button:active {
.settingsNavItem[data-active="true"] {
 /* PR-SETTINGS-NAV-FOCUS-0 (round 14/15): bump the active state from
 the muted `--settings-nav-row-selected-bg` token to a slightly
 more visible 6.5% foreground overlay + 500 weight. The previous
 fill was reading as "muted disabled" against the now-bigger
 nav row typography. */
 more visible 6.5% foreground overlay + 500 weight.
 PR-SETTINGS-MOTION-TYPO-TOKENS-0 (round 15/15): add 3px inset
 accent bar on the LEFT edge — Redesign-Skill recipe. Carries
 brand into the most-used surface without recoloring the fill.
 Inset shadow (not actual border) so the 38px row geometry stays. */
 background: oklch(from var(--foreground) l c h / 0.065);
 color: var(--foreground);
 font-weight: 500;
 box-shadow: none !important;
 box-shadow: inset 3px 0 0 var(--accent) !important;
}

.settingsNavItem:focus-visible {
Expand DownExpand Up@@ -7342,30 +7344,31 @@ button:active {
}

.settingsPageHeader h2 {
 /* PR-SETTINGS-PAGE-HEADER-POLISH-0 (round 12/15, WAWQAQ msg
 `f7e9d166`): tighten the h2 with negative tracking + slightly
 softer weight. 28 / 700 was too loud; 26 / 650 reads as
 authoritative without shouting. Add a touch of `-0.012em`
 tracking like reference's display face. */
 /* PR-SETTINGS-PAGE-HEADER-POLISH-0 (round 12/15): tighten the h2
 with negative tracking + slightly softer weight.
 PR-SETTINGS-MOTION-TYPO-TOKENS-0 (round 15/15): `text-wrap:
 balance` so 1-2 word titles don't orphan on long pages and
 2-word titles like 「记忆与回顾」don't break across an awkward
 line. */
 margin: 0;
 color: var(--foreground);
 font-size: 26px;
 font-weight: 650;
 letter-spacing: -0.012em;
 line-height: 1.2;
 text-wrap: balance;
}

/* PR-SETTINGS-PAGE-SUBTITLE-0 (round 4/15): one-line page description
 below the h2 — matches reference's per-tab meta line.
 PR-SETTINGS-PAGE-HEADER-POLISH-0 (round 12/15): cap width so long
 descriptions don't span the full 768px column — caps at 56ch which
 keeps the meta-line readable. */
/* PR-SETTINGS-PAGE-SUBTITLE-0 (round 4/15) + round 12/15 cap +
 round 15/15 `text-wrap: pretty` so the last line isn't a single
 orphan word (per baseline-ui typography rule). */
.settingsPageHeaderDescription {
 margin: 0;
 max-width: 56ch;
 color: var(--foreground-55);
 font-size: 13px;
 line-height: 1.45;
 font-size: 14px;
 line-height: 1.5;
 text-wrap: pretty;
}

.settingsPageContent {
Expand DownExpand Up@@ -7397,6 +7400,19 @@ button:active {
 padding: 40px 24px 64px;
}

/* PR-SETTINGS-MOTION-TYPO-TOKENS-0 (round 15/15, WAWQAQ msg
 `f7e9d166` + UI-skill deep read 2026-06-23): shared motion tokens
 for the settings surface so timing/easing stay consistent across
 nav rows, form rows, switches, and inputs. `--motion-fast` is the
 default for state changes; `--motion-ease-out` is the cubic-bezier
 recommended by Taste-Skill + 12-principles. */
.settingsSurface,
.settingsMainPane,
.settingsSidebar {
 --motion-fast: 160ms;
 --motion-ease-out: cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1);
}

/* PR-SETTINGS-NO-PANE-BORDER-0 (WAWQAQ msg `d0e7dfb3`): nested
 card-in-card was the previous problem — `.settingsStructuredPage`
 was a card AND it contained `<SettingsRows>` cards AND orphan
Expand DownExpand Up@@ -7484,6 +7500,29 @@ button:active {
 background: oklch(from var(--foreground) l c h / 0.025);
}

/* PR-SETTINGS-MOTION-TYPO-TOKENS-0 (round 15/15) — tactile press
 feedback. 12-principles `physics-active-state` + Taste-Skill +
 UIDB all converge on `:active { scale(0.98) }` as the cheapest way
 to make UI feel handled vs simulated. Applied only when reduced-
 motion is not preferred — the @media block above already strips
 transition; here we keep `transform` declarations so the
 `:active` *snap* still fires (it's instant, not animated). */
.settingsFormRow:active,
.settingsRow:active,
.settingsBackButton:active,
.settingsNavItem:active {
 transform: scale(0.985);
 transition: transform 100ms var(--motion-ease-out, cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1));
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
 .settingsFormRow:active,
 .settingsRow:active,
 .settingsBackButton:active,
 .settingsNavItem:active {
 transform: none;
 }
}

/* PR-SETTINGS-A11Y-POLISH-0 (round 11/15) — keyboard-only focus ring
 on settings rows + inputs. Reference's settings cards use a 2px
 ring on focus-visible; maka had no visible affordance. Use the
Expand DownExpand Up@@ -7566,8 +7605,11 @@ button:active {
 display: block;
 margin-top: 6px;
 color: var(--foreground-55);
 font-size: 13px;
 line-height: 1.45;
 /* PR-SETTINGS-MOTION-TYPO-TOKENS-0 (round 15/15): 13 → 14 to clear
 the 14px legibility floor cited by baseline-ui + UIDB + Impeccable
 `/typeset`. Hint is the most-read body text on the page. */
 font-size: 14px;
 line-height: 1.5;
}

.settingsFieldWarning {
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}

.settingsRow > span {
 /* PR-SETTINGS-MOTION-TYPO-TOKENS-0 (round 15/15): `tabular-nums` so
 numeric values (version strings, model IDs, counts) align cleanly
 when stacked vertically. baseline-ui + /typeset both require this
 for any numeric data. */
 min-width: 0;
 color: var(--foreground-60);
 font-size: 13px;
 font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
 overflow-wrap: anywhere;
 text-align: right;
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# UI Skills Deep Read — 2026-06-23 (yuejing)

3 parallel Explore agents deep-read 5 design-skill collections per WAWQAQ
ask `f424c6b5`. Synthesis below — converged rules + maka delta + 1 final
ship list.

## Sources

| Source | Type | Repo |
|--------|------|------|
| Impeccable | 26 commands + 44-rule SLOP catalog | github.com/pbakaus/impeccable |
| UI Skills | 15-skill collection (baseline-ui, fixing-a11y, fixing-motion-performance, 12-principles-of-animation, fixing-metadata, etc.) | github.com/ibelick/ui-skills + github.com/raphaelsalaja/skill |
| Taste-Skill | taste / redesign / soft variants | github.com/Leonxlnx/taste-skill |
| UI Design Brain | 60+ component best practices | github.com/carmahhawwari/ui-design-brain |
| Better Icons | MCP + skill, 200k icons | github.com/better-auth/better-icons |

## Convergent rules across all 5 sources

These showed up in **3+ sources** independently. Highest signal.

| Rule | Sources | Maka delta |
|------|---------|-----------|
| Body text ≥ 14-16px, weights 400/500/600 with semantic contrast | Impeccable /typeset, baseline-ui, Taste-Skill, UIDB | hint 13px → 14, no display face |
| **Tactile :active = `scale(0.98)` or `translateY(1px)`** | Taste-Skill, UIDB, 12-principles | rows/nav/back have no `:active` |
| Compositor-only motion (`transform`/`opacity` only, ≤ 200ms) | baseline-ui, fixing-motion-perf, Impeccable /animate | Maka may transition `background-color` on hover (paint) — acceptable but verify nothing animates layout |
| Reduced-motion guards | All 5 | ✅ done round 11 |
| Single accent, saturation < 80%, OKLCH neutrals tinted toward brand | Taste-Skill, Impeccable /colorize | maka uses raw `%foreground` overlays, no brand tint |
| 8px grid; double whitespace as redesign default | Taste-Skill, UIDB, Impeccable /layout | row padding 20/24 off-grid (should be 16/24 or 24/24) |
| Toggle/touch target ≥ 44px hit area | Taste-Skill, UIDB | switch 26×46 visual, no hit padding |
| Sidebar primary nav 5-7 items, distinct active state | UIDB, Taste-Skill | maka has more than 7 in "AI 与集成" group — could collapse; active state is light-fill, no accent bar |
| One CSS variable for all motion timings (no scattered ms values) | 12-principles "timing-consistent" | Maka has scattered 150ms values, no `--motion-fast` token |
| `text-balance` on heading, `text-pretty` on body | baseline-ui | not used |
| `tabular-nums` on data/numeric labels | baseline-ui, Impeccable /typeset | not used; value cells `已启用 / zai-live` would benefit |
| No display tracking modification unless explicit | baseline-ui | h2 has `-0.012em` (intentional, OK) |
| Em-dash ban | Taste-Skill, redesign | grep needed |
| Inter/system as default font flagged as "AI tell" | Taste-Skill, redesign, soft | maka is system-ui default — flagged |
| Lucide-as-default flagged | Taste-Skill | maka is lucide-react — flagged, Better Icons proposed |
| Card OR border, not both | Impeccable rule 36, UIDB, Taste-Skill | mostly ✅ (.settingsRows is border-only) but `.settingsConnectionRow` still has border + shadow |
| Visible focus ring (`:focus-visible` 2px) | fixing-a11y, Impeccable /audit | ✅ done round 11 |
| Page header height 56-72px | UIDB | maka uses padding stack, not a true bar — partial |

## Anti-patterns triggered by maka today

- **Impeccable rule 11 (card overuse / nested cards):** every settings page renders multiple `.settingsRows` blocks stacked, each with own card chrome. Could be one card with section dividers (per /distill).
- **Impeccable rule 25 (raw neutrals not tinted toward brand):** `.settingsRows` border is `oklch(from var(--foreground) l c h / 0.08)`. Tinting toward `--accent` at 0.005-0.01 chroma would carry brand into chrome.
- **Taste-Skill banned: border-b on every row.** ❌ — wait, maka DOES use `border-bottom` hairlines between rows. WAWQAQ asked for this explicitly in PR-GROUPED-CARD-0 ("内容紧密、用分隔线划开"), so this disagreement stays unresolved between Taste-Skill and WAWQAQ. Defer to WAWQAQ.

## 10 highest-value action items for maka

Ranked by impact / effort:

1. **Tactile `:active` scale** on rows, nav items, back button. 
 - `.settingsFormRow:active, .settingsRow:active, .settingsNavItem:active, .settingsBackButton:active { transform: scale(0.985); transition: transform 100ms cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1); }`
 - Reduced-motion gate already in place — fires inside the `@media (no-preference)` branch.

2. **Sidebar active accent bar** (Redesign-Skill).
 - `.settingsNavItem[data-active="true"] { box-shadow: inset 3px 0 0 var(--accent); }`
 - Carries brand into the most-used surface.

3. **`tabular-nums` on value cells**.
 - `.settingsRow > span { font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums; }`
 - Numeric values like `zai-live`, version strings, counts align cleanly.

4. **`text-balance` / `text-pretty`** on page header.
 - `.settingsPageHeader h2 { text-wrap: balance; }`
 - `.settingsPageHeaderDescription { text-wrap: pretty; }`

5. **Hint floor 13 → 14px**.
 - `.settingsFormRow small, .settingsField small { font-size: 14px; }` (currently 13)
 - Crosses the 14px legibility floor that baseline-ui + UIDB + Impeccable converge on.

6. **Switch hit-area shim**: 44×44 invisible hit target around the 26×46 visual.
 - Wrap `<Switch>` in a `min-width:44px; min-height:44px;` flex container.

7. **One motion token**.
 - `--motion-fast: 160ms` + `--motion-ease-out: cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1)`.
 - Reuse across nav / row / switch / input transitions.

8. **OKLCH brand tint on settings chrome**.
 - `.settingsRows` border from `from var(--foreground) ... / 0.08` to `oklch(from var(--accent) l c h / 0.08)`.
 - Subtle brand carry without changing perceived neutrality.

9. **Em-dash + AI-slop copy grep**.
 - Audit `apps/desktop/src/renderer/settings/SettingsModal.tsx` for `—`, "Seamless", "Elevate", "Unleash".
 - Quick mechanical cleanup.

10. **Better Icons MCP install (deferred ship)**.
 - Add to `.mcp.json`. Don't migrate icons in this lane — let it learn preferred families per surface first. Lucide stays default for now.

## Defer / out-of-lane

- **Font swap** (Geist/Cabinet Grotesk/Satoshi instead of system-ui): meaningful but needs font files in the bundle, license check, and broad visual regression. Worth its own PR.
- **Nav consolidation to ≤7 in big group**: would re-split AI 与集成. Defer; WAWQAQ already approved 3 groups in round 7.
- **Card overuse / merge stacked cards**: contradicts WAWQAQ's grouped-card direction. Don't change.

## Round 15 (final) PR plan

Bundle action items 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 (highest-impact, single-CSS-file). Skip 6 (component wrap), 8 (brand tint risk), 9 (audit), 10 (config) — those need their own PRs.

PR-SETTINGS-MOTION-TYPO-TOKENS-0:
- `:active` scale on rows/nav/back (item 1)
- accent bar on active nav (item 2)
- tabular-nums on row value (item 3)
- text-balance / text-pretty on header (item 4)
- hint 13→14 (item 5)
- shared `--motion-fast` token (item 7)

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var enabled = true;
function applyDarkMode() {
if (!enabled) return;
// Create style element if it doesn't exist
var style = document.getElementById('universal-dark-mode-style');
if (!style) {
style = document.createElement('style');
style.id = 'universal-dark-mode-style';
document.head.appendChild(style);
}
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filter: invert(1) hue-rotate(180deg) !important;
background: #1a1a2e !important;
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filter: invert(1) hue-rotate(180deg) !important;
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.markdown-body pre, .markdown-body pre *,
.highlight, .highlight *,
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/* Fix common UI elements */
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filter: invert(1) hue-rotate(180deg) !important;
background: #2d2d44 !important;
border-color: #444 !important;
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/* Scrollbars */
::-webkit-scrollbar { background: #1a1a2e !important; }
::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb { background: #444 !important; }
::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb:hover { background: #555 !important; }
/* Selection */
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::-moz-selection { background: #4ecdc4 !important; color: #1a1a2e !important; }
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var style = document.getElementById('universal-dark-mode-style');
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console.log('[Universal Dark Mode] Disabled');
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if (enabled && !document.getElementById('universal-dark-mode-style')) {
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});
observer.observe(document.head, { childList: true });
console.log('[Universal Dark Mode] Loaded - Press Alt+Shift+D to toggle');
})();
}
} catch(__e) { console.warn('[Userscript:Universal Dark Mode]', __e); }
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.settingsNavItem[data-active="true"] {
 /* PR-SETTINGS-NAV-FOCUS-0 (round 14/15): bump the active state from
 the muted `--settings-nav-row-selected-bg` token to a slightly
 more visible 6.5% foreground overlay + 500 weight. The previous
 fill was reading as "muted disabled" against the now-bigger
 nav row typography. */
 more visible 6.5% foreground overlay + 500 weight.
 PR-SETTINGS-MOTION-TYPO-TOKENS-0 (round 15/15): add 3px inset
 accent bar on the LEFT edge — Redesign-Skill recipe. Carries
 brand into the most-used surface without recoloring the fill.
 Inset shadow (not actual border) so the 38px row geometry stays. */
 background: oklch(from var(--foreground) l c h / 0.065);
 color: var(--foreground);
 font-weight: 500;
 box-shadow: none !important;
 box-shadow: inset 3px 0 0 var(--accent) !important;
}

.settingsNavItem:focus-visible {
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}

.settingsPageHeader h2 {
 /* PR-SETTINGS-PAGE-HEADER-POLISH-0 (round 12/15, WAWQAQ msg
 `f7e9d166`): tighten the h2 with negative tracking + slightly
 softer weight. 28 / 700 was too loud; 26 / 650 reads as
 authoritative without shouting. Add a touch of `-0.012em`
 tracking like reference's display face. */
 /* PR-SETTINGS-PAGE-HEADER-POLISH-0 (round 12/15): tighten the h2
 with negative tracking + slightly softer weight.
 PR-SETTINGS-MOTION-TYPO-TOKENS-0 (round 15/15): `text-wrap:
 balance` so 1-2 word titles don't orphan on long pages and
 2-word titles like 「记忆与回顾」don't break across an awkward
 line. */
 margin: 0;
 color: var(--foreground);
 font-size: 26px;
 font-weight: 650;
 letter-spacing: -0.012em;
 line-height: 1.2;
 text-wrap: balance;
}

/* PR-SETTINGS-PAGE-SUBTITLE-0 (round 4/15): one-line page description
 below the h2 — matches reference's per-tab meta line.
 PR-SETTINGS-PAGE-HEADER-POLISH-0 (round 12/15): cap width so long
 descriptions don't span the full 768px column — caps at 56ch which
 keeps the meta-line readable. */
/* PR-SETTINGS-PAGE-SUBTITLE-0 (round 4/15) + round 12/15 cap +
 round 15/15 `text-wrap: pretty` so the last line isn't a single
 orphan word (per baseline-ui typography rule). */
.settingsPageHeaderDescription {
 margin: 0;
 max-width: 56ch;
 color: var(--foreground-55);
 font-size: 13px;
 line-height: 1.45;
 font-size: 14px;
 line-height: 1.5;
 text-wrap: pretty;
}

.settingsPageContent {
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 padding: 40px 24px 64px;
}

/* PR-SETTINGS-MOTION-TYPO-TOKENS-0 (round 15/15, WAWQAQ msg
 `f7e9d166` + UI-skill deep read 2026-06-23): shared motion tokens
 for the settings surface so timing/easing stay consistent across
 nav rows, form rows, switches, and inputs. `--motion-fast` is the
 default for state changes; `--motion-ease-out` is the cubic-bezier
 recommended by Taste-Skill + 12-principles. */
.settingsSurface,
.settingsMainPane,
.settingsSidebar {
 --motion-fast: 160ms;
 --motion-ease-out: cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1);
}

/* PR-SETTINGS-NO-PANE-BORDER-0 (WAWQAQ msg `d0e7dfb3`): nested
 card-in-card was the previous problem — `.settingsStructuredPage`
 was a card AND it contained `<SettingsRows>` cards AND orphan
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 background: oklch(from var(--foreground) l c h / 0.025);
}

/* PR-SETTINGS-MOTION-TYPO-TOKENS-0 (round 15/15) — tactile press
 feedback. 12-principles `physics-active-state` + Taste-Skill +
 UIDB all converge on `:active { scale(0.98) }` as the cheapest way
 to make UI feel handled vs simulated. Applied only when reduced-
 motion is not preferred — the @media block above already strips
 transition; here we keep `transform` declarations so the
 `:active` *snap* still fires (it's instant, not animated). */
.settingsFormRow:active,
.settingsRow:active,
.settingsBackButton:active,
.settingsNavItem:active {
 transform: scale(0.985);
 transition: transform 100ms var(--motion-ease-out, cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1));
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
 .settingsFormRow:active,
 .settingsRow:active,
 .settingsBackButton:active,
 .settingsNavItem:active {
 transform: none;
 }
}

/* PR-SETTINGS-A11Y-POLISH-0 (round 11/15) — keyboard-only focus ring
 on settings rows + inputs. Reference's settings cards use a 2px
 ring on focus-visible; maka had no visible affordance. Use the
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 display: block;
 margin-top: 6px;
 color: var(--foreground-55);
 font-size: 13px;
 line-height: 1.45;
 /* PR-SETTINGS-MOTION-TYPO-TOKENS-0 (round 15/15): 13 → 14 to clear
 the 14px legibility floor cited by baseline-ui + UIDB + Impeccable
 `/typeset`. Hint is the most-read body text on the page. */
 font-size: 14px;
 line-height: 1.5;
}

.settingsFieldWarning {
Expand DownExpand Up@@ -9907,9 +9949,14 @@ button:active {
}

.settingsRow > span {
 /* PR-SETTINGS-MOTION-TYPO-TOKENS-0 (round 15/15): `tabular-nums` so
 numeric values (version strings, model IDs, counts) align cleanly
 when stacked vertically. baseline-ui + /typeset both require this
 for any numeric data. */
 min-width: 0;
 color: var(--foreground-60);
 font-size: 13px;
 font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
 overflow-wrap: anywhere;
 text-align: right;
}
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# UI Skills Deep Read — 2026-06-23 (yuejing)

3 parallel Explore agents deep-read 5 design-skill collections per WAWQAQ
ask `f424c6b5`. Synthesis below — converged rules + maka delta + 1 final
ship list.

## Sources

| Source | Type | Repo |
|--------|------|------|
| Impeccable | 26 commands + 44-rule SLOP catalog | github.com/pbakaus/impeccable |
| UI Skills | 15-skill collection (baseline-ui, fixing-a11y, fixing-motion-performance, 12-principles-of-animation, fixing-metadata, etc.) | github.com/ibelick/ui-skills + github.com/raphaelsalaja/skill |
| Taste-Skill | taste / redesign / soft variants | github.com/Leonxlnx/taste-skill |
| UI Design Brain | 60+ component best practices | github.com/carmahhawwari/ui-design-brain |
| Better Icons | MCP + skill, 200k icons | github.com/better-auth/better-icons |

## Convergent rules across all 5 sources

These showed up in **3+ sources** independently. Highest signal.

| Rule | Sources | Maka delta |
|------|---------|-----------|
| Body text ≥ 14-16px, weights 400/500/600 with semantic contrast | Impeccable /typeset, baseline-ui, Taste-Skill, UIDB | hint 13px → 14, no display face |
| **Tactile :active = `scale(0.98)` or `translateY(1px)`** | Taste-Skill, UIDB, 12-principles | rows/nav/back have no `:active` |
| Compositor-only motion (`transform`/`opacity` only, ≤ 200ms) | baseline-ui, fixing-motion-perf, Impeccable /animate | Maka may transition `background-color` on hover (paint) — acceptable but verify nothing animates layout |
| Reduced-motion guards | All 5 | ✅ done round 11 |
| Single accent, saturation < 80%, OKLCH neutrals tinted toward brand | Taste-Skill, Impeccable /colorize | maka uses raw `%foreground` overlays, no brand tint |
| 8px grid; double whitespace as redesign default | Taste-Skill, UIDB, Impeccable /layout | row padding 20/24 off-grid (should be 16/24 or 24/24) |
| Toggle/touch target ≥ 44px hit area | Taste-Skill, UIDB | switch 26×46 visual, no hit padding |
| Sidebar primary nav 5-7 items, distinct active state | UIDB, Taste-Skill | maka has more than 7 in "AI 与集成" group — could collapse; active state is light-fill, no accent bar |
| One CSS variable for all motion timings (no scattered ms values) | 12-principles "timing-consistent" | Maka has scattered 150ms values, no `--motion-fast` token |
| `text-balance` on heading, `text-pretty` on body | baseline-ui | not used |
| `tabular-nums` on data/numeric labels | baseline-ui, Impeccable /typeset | not used; value cells `已启用 / zai-live` would benefit |
| No display tracking modification unless explicit | baseline-ui | h2 has `-0.012em` (intentional, OK) |
| Em-dash ban | Taste-Skill, redesign | grep needed |
| Inter/system as default font flagged as "AI tell" | Taste-Skill, redesign, soft | maka is system-ui default — flagged |
| Lucide-as-default flagged | Taste-Skill | maka is lucide-react — flagged, Better Icons proposed |
| Card OR border, not both | Impeccable rule 36, UIDB, Taste-Skill | mostly ✅ (.settingsRows is border-only) but `.settingsConnectionRow` still has border + shadow |
| Visible focus ring (`:focus-visible` 2px) | fixing-a11y, Impeccable /audit | ✅ done round 11 |
| Page header height 56-72px | UIDB | maka uses padding stack, not a true bar — partial |

## Anti-patterns triggered by maka today

- **Impeccable rule 11 (card overuse / nested cards):** every settings page renders multiple `.settingsRows` blocks stacked, each with own card chrome. Could be one card with section dividers (per /distill).
- **Impeccable rule 25 (raw neutrals not tinted toward brand):** `.settingsRows` border is `oklch(from var(--foreground) l c h / 0.08)`. Tinting toward `--accent` at 0.005-0.01 chroma would carry brand into chrome.
- **Taste-Skill banned: border-b on every row.** ❌ — wait, maka DOES use `border-bottom` hairlines between rows. WAWQAQ asked for this explicitly in PR-GROUPED-CARD-0 ("内容紧密、用分隔线划开"), so this disagreement stays unresolved between Taste-Skill and WAWQAQ. Defer to WAWQAQ.

## 10 highest-value action items for maka

Ranked by impact / effort:

1. **Tactile `:active` scale** on rows, nav items, back button. 
 - `.settingsFormRow:active, .settingsRow:active, .settingsNavItem:active, .settingsBackButton:active { transform: scale(0.985); transition: transform 100ms cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1); }`
 - Reduced-motion gate already in place — fires inside the `@media (no-preference)` branch.

2. **Sidebar active accent bar** (Redesign-Skill).
 - `.settingsNavItem[data-active="true"] { box-shadow: inset 3px 0 0 var(--accent); }`
 - Carries brand into the most-used surface.

3. **`tabular-nums` on value cells**.
 - `.settingsRow > span { font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums; }`
 - Numeric values like `zai-live`, version strings, counts align cleanly.

4. **`text-balance` / `text-pretty`** on page header.
 - `.settingsPageHeader h2 { text-wrap: balance; }`
 - `.settingsPageHeaderDescription { text-wrap: pretty; }`

5. **Hint floor 13 → 14px**.
 - `.settingsFormRow small, .settingsField small { font-size: 14px; }` (currently 13)
 - Crosses the 14px legibility floor that baseline-ui + UIDB + Impeccable converge on.

6. **Switch hit-area shim**: 44×44 invisible hit target around the 26×46 visual.
 - Wrap `<Switch>` in a `min-width:44px; min-height:44px;` flex container.

7. **One motion token**.
 - `--motion-fast: 160ms` + `--motion-ease-out: cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1)`.
 - Reuse across nav / row / switch / input transitions.

8. **OKLCH brand tint on settings chrome**.
 - `.settingsRows` border from `from var(--foreground) ... / 0.08` to `oklch(from var(--accent) l c h / 0.08)`.
 - Subtle brand carry without changing perceived neutrality.

9. **Em-dash + AI-slop copy grep**.
 - Audit `apps/desktop/src/renderer/settings/SettingsModal.tsx` for `—`, "Seamless", "Elevate", "Unleash".
 - Quick mechanical cleanup.

10. **Better Icons MCP install (deferred ship)**.
 - Add to `.mcp.json`. Don't migrate icons in this lane — let it learn preferred families per surface first. Lucide stays default for now.

## Defer / out-of-lane

- **Font swap** (Geist/Cabinet Grotesk/Satoshi instead of system-ui): meaningful but needs font files in the bundle, license check, and broad visual regression. Worth its own PR.
- **Nav consolidation to ≤7 in big group**: would re-split AI 与集成. Defer; WAWQAQ already approved 3 groups in round 7.
- **Card overuse / merge stacked cards**: contradicts WAWQAQ's grouped-card direction. Don't change.

## Round 15 (final) PR plan

Bundle action items 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 (highest-impact, single-CSS-file). Skip 6 (component wrap), 8 (brand tint risk), 9 (audit), 10 (config) — those need their own PRs.

PR-SETTINGS-MOTION-TYPO-TOKENS-0:
- `:active` scale on rows/nav/back (item 1)
- accent bar on active nav (item 2)
- tabular-nums on row value (item 3)
- text-balance / text-pretty on header (item 4)
- hint 13→14 (item 5)
- shared `--motion-fast` token (item 7)