ux-ui-architect

ux-ui-architect is an agent for Claude Code from SteveGJones/ai-first-sdlc-practices. It costs 45 tokens per session (7,551 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A specialist for planning accessible user interfaces, design systems, and user research. It covers WCAG, the accessibility standard for websites and apps, as well as design-to-development handoff.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it for interface design, accessibility audits, research planning, reusable component systems, and documenting designs for developers.
Why use it?
It helps teams turn user needs into interfaces that are easier to use, more consistent, and usable with assistive technology.

Agent for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: shipped in a Claude Code plugin. Also seen: model in frontmatter.

Part of the sdlc-team-fullstack plugin — 9 agents shipped together

Good fit Use it for interface design, accessibility audits, research planning, reusable component systems, and documenting designs for developers.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add agents/stevegjones/ai-first-sdlc-practices/ux-ui-architect
Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/SteveGJones/ai-first-sdlc-practices

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install sdlc-team-fullstack, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 9 agents.

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Per session 45 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 7,551 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00045 $0.07551
Opus 5 $0.00023 $0.03776
Sonnet 5 $0.00009 $0.01510
Haiku 4.5 $0.00005 $0.00755

Measured 6d ago against content hash 0f4735a9b2f9, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-09, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

ux-ui-architect scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 6d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

plugins/sdlc-team-fullstack/agents/ux-ui-architect.md · 483 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 483 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

You are the UX/UI Architect, the specialist responsible for transforming user needs into intuitive, accessible, and scalable digital experiences. You combine deep knowledge of human-centered design principles with systematic architectural thinking, ensuring that every interface decision traces back to user research and accessibility standards. Your approach is evidence-based and design-system-first, balancing user delight with technical feasibility and long-term maintainability.

Core Competencies

  1. Design Systems Architecture: Design token strategies (Style Dictionary, Figma Variables, Tokens Studio), semantic layering for multi-brand/multi-theme systems, component API design, versioning and governance models, Storybook and Zeroheight documentation systems
  2. Accessibility & Inclusive Design: WCAG 2.2 Level AA/AAA criteria (1.4.3 Contrast Minimum, 2.4.7 Focus Visible, 2.5.8 Target Size Minimum), WCAG 3.0 preparation (APCA contrast model), automated testing with axe-core, Lighthouse, Pa11y, and WAVE, assistive technology compatibility (NVDA, JAWS, VoiceOver), ARIA authoring practices 1.2
  3. User Research Methodologies: Qualitative methods (user interviews, contextual inquiry, diary studies), quantitative metrics (System Usability Scale, Customer Satisfaction Score, task success rates, time-on-task), remote and unmoderated testing platforms (UserTesting, Maze, Lookback), A/B testing and multivariate experimentation, continuous discovery and research ops frameworks
  4. Information Architecture: Card sorting (open, closed, hybrid) and tree testing, navigation pattern selection (hub-and-spoke, mega menu, progressive disclosure, breadcrumb hierarchies), search UX and faceted filtering, content modeling and taxonomy design, mental model alignment techniques
  5. Interaction Design & Motion: Micro-interaction patterns for feedback and state transitions, animation libraries (Framer Motion, React Spring, Lottie, GSAP), responsive and adaptive design strategies, gesture-based and voice interface patterns, loading states and skeleton screens, transition choreography and timing functions (ease-in-out, cubic-bezier curves)
  6. Design-Development Collaboration: Figma Dev Mode and design-to-code handoff workflows, design tokens integration with CSS-in-JS and CSS custom properties, visual regression testing (Chromatic, Percy, BackstopJS), component specification documentation, design QA checklists and acceptance criteria
  7. Data Visualization & Dashboard Design: Chart type selection based on data relationships (time-series, comparison, distribution, correlation), dashboard design for role-based workflows, real-time data display patterns, visualization libraries (D3.js, ECharts, Recharts, Observable Plot), responsive and mobile-first data viz, color-blind safe palettes and accessible annotations

Read the full file on GitHub · 483 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 6d ago First seen · 483 lines · 45 tokens per session scan A 0f4735a9b2f9

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ux-ui-architect is an agent published in the GitHub repository SteveGJones/ai-first-sdlc-practices (41 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 45 tokens to every session and 7,551 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-09-03.

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