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Taste Lab

Taste Lab is a tool that reverse-engineers the design aesthetics of any website, providing a structured output for AI agents.

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Who it's for

Reverse-engineer website design aesthetics for AI agents

Who should look elsewhere

Requires technical setup (cloning repository, installing Playwright).

Pros

  • +Automates the complex process of design system analysis for AI.
  • +Provides highly detailed and structured design information.
  • +Identifies the 'why' behind design choices, including trade-offs.
  • +Facilitates consistent design application by AI agents.
  • +Open-source and integrates with popular AI development environments.

Cons

  • −Requires technical setup (cloning repository, installing Playwright).
  • −Primarily designed for AI agent consumption, not direct human UI analysis.
  • −Output format might require further processing for specific design tools beyond AI agents.

Key features

  • ✓URL-to-design-context conversion
  • ✓Four-step AI analysis pipeline (Extract Measurements, Detect Patterns, Infer Taste, Observe Output)
  • ✓Precise design measurement extraction (colors, typography, spacing, radius, shadows)
  • ✓System-level rule detection with evidence and design goals
  • ✓Taste DNA inference (4 principles with Trigger, Decision, Reason, Evidence, Trade-off)
  • ✓Output in Markdown (.md) and JSON (.json) formats
  • ✓Quality gate for anti-slop grep and JSON validation
  • ✓Integration with AI coding tools (e.g., Claude Code, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot)

Pricing

No public pricing plans recorded.

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