visual-design-principles
Research-backed visual design principles for websites, presentations, documents, and any visual medium — grounded in VisAWI, Gestalt psychology, and empirical aesthetics research
Plugin bundle · by Dr. Oliver Borchers
About
visual-design-principles is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Dr. Oliver Borchers. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). The last change we recorded was on 2026-11-02. As of our marketplace pass on 2026-11-05.
What it asks for
- Installs as a plugin bundle
- Hooks: 1
What it declares, asks for and runs, in full
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Works with
- Claude Code
From the marketplaces that list it and the MCP transport it declares, as each client documents them. We do not test plugins.
Connect
Commands and configs built only from what its marketplaces declare. We do not run them for you and do not test plugins.
As a Claude Code plugin
Built from what Community GitHub marketplaces declares.
/plugin marketplace add oborchers/fractional-cto
/plugin install visual-design-principles@fractional-ctoWhere it is published
| Marketplace | Status | Version | Figures | Verified | First seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace oborchers/fractional-cto (Open the source on GitHub) | Listed | 1.0.1 | Forks (GitHub): 3 Stars (GitHub): 36 |
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Each figure is the marketplace's own and is never added up across marketplaces. A marketplace that publishes no figure shows none: no number is not zero.
Listed in one community marketplace
| Marketplace | Repository | Stars (GitHub) |
|---|---|---|
| fractional-cto | oborchers/fractional-cto | 36 |
How its figures have moved
- 2026-11-0236
- 2026-11-0536
Each dot is a day we read a different number; flat stretches are days the number did not move. Figures of different marketplaces are never added up.
What the bundle contains
As published on Community GitHub marketplaces.
Skills: 12
accessibility-inclusive-designcolor-theory-applicationconsistency-design-systemscraftsmanship-polishdesign-evaluation-scoringlayout-spatial-structureresponsive-designtypographyusing-visual-design-principlesvisual-hierarchyvisual-interest-expressionwhitespace-density
Commands: 1
design-review
Agents: 1
visual-design-reviewer
Hooks: 1
SessionStart
What changed
- Became a product we track
- Community GitHub marketplaces: appeared
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