--- name: generative-ui description: Designing interfaces where AI generates UI components dynamically. --- # Generative UI Generative UI is when the AI creates interface elements on the fly — forms, cards, charts, layouts — rather than responding with plain text. The interface itself becomes a model output. ## What Generative UI Changes Traditional UI is designed ahead of time. Generative UI is created in the moment: - **Static UI**: Designer creates all possible screens. Developer builds them. User navigates between them. - **Generative UI**: The AI creates interface elements in response to user needs. No screen was pre-designed. This shifts the designer's role from designing screens to designing the rules, constraints, and patterns the AI uses to generate screens. ## Design Constraints for Generated UI The AI needs guardrails for what it generates: - **Component library**: A defined set of components the AI can compose (cards, tables, forms, charts, buttons) - **Layout rules**: Grid systems, spacing, hierarchy rules the AI must follow - **Style boundaries**: Colour, typography, and visual style the AI must stay within - **Interaction patterns**: How generated elements behave (clickable, editable, dismissible) - **Accessibility requirements**: Generated UI must meet accessibility standards automatically ## When to Use Generative UI Generative UI is powerful when: - The output is structured data that benefits from visual presentation (tables, charts, comparisons) - The user's request implies an interface (e.g., "show me a dashboard of...") - Interactive elements would be more useful than text (e.g., forms, selectors, toggles) - The content is highly variable and can't be pre-designed for every case ## When Not to Use It - When plain text is clearer and simpler - When the generated UI could be confusing or inconsistent - When accessibility cannot be guaranteed - When the user expects a predictable, stable interface ## Design Artefacts - Generative UI component libraries (what the AI can use) - Generation rules and constraints specification - Quality criteria for generated interfaces - Fallback designs for when generation fails --- Source attribution: Owl-Listener Original project: https://github.com/Owl-Listener/ai-design-skills/blob/f41b650435b62dec6d5b1dc3598ac4679f8b7ae7/gemini-extension/model-interaction-design/skills/generative-ui/SKILL.md License: MIT License information: https://opensource.org/license/mit Original upstream instructions; downloaded from Dave AI. ## Upstream license notice MIT License Copyright (c) 2026 MC Dean Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. # Dave AI resource metadata Creator / publisher: Owl-Listener Original project: https://github.com/Owl-Listener/ai-design-skills/blob/f41b650435b62dec6d5b1dc3598ac4679f8b7ae7/gemini-extension/model-interaction-design/skills/generative-ui/SKILL.md Attribution basis: Source repository record Fields of work: Design, Development & Engineering, Product Management Roles: Design System Lead, Frontend Developer, Growth Product Manager, Product Designer, UX Designer Specialties: Cross Platform, Design, Frontend Tools: Tool not specified Country applicability: Country not specified Classification basis: Source catalog labels Instruction SHA-256: f7bf39e92952d4ee3498b1be4e7405f924f98dbee4a4e36c82e72d71962f324d