Research

30 focused chapters, 414 research rules, and 7 comparative studies. The calls we actually ship live on Rules.

Craft, without another costume

26 references from Chánh Đại's bookmark collection, reviewed 2026-09-06. Motion restraint, explicit component states, stable typography, truthful feedback, and better agent review—translated into the eleven existing Thorbis skill owners.

Public articles, public previews, and unavailable contents are labeled separately. No paid lesson or inaccessible article is presented as completed research.

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Research chapters

Open the chapter that matches the decision in front of you.

Focused studies

Comparative evidence stays separate from Thorbis law.

Research consensusThe constraints that recur across the strongest systems we studied.Linear deep studyOperational grammar, density, hierarchy, and interaction patterns.Xbox ecosystemPlatform consistency, resilient input, focus, and living-room distance.Vercel and GeistDocumentation clarity, composable primitives, and restrained visual systems.Shopify PolarisCommerce states, content, accessibility, and consequence-aware actions.Cloudflare formsDense operational forms, validation, and progressive disclosure.Web typographyProduct UI, display, editorial, monospace, licensing, and delivery tradeoffs.

Applied bookmark research

Reviewed 2026-09-06. These examples reinforce the existing owners; they do not introduce another visual style or claim the product behavior is implemented. Read the 26-source review and access limits.

Close the loop with evidence, not the word polished

Vague design requests produce repeated subjective revisions and hide which parts of the result were actually checked.

A review records the person and task, the observed defect, the owning rule, the smallest correction, and its verification. Preserve source access limits. Turn repeated feedback into a better existing default rather than another detached instruction file.

Thorbis example. Instead of make the button premium, record that its pending state moves the label, identify the UI owner, compare the corrected state under the same content, and attach the relevant checks and remaining uncertainty.

Verify. Separate a source that was read from a demo that was exercised. Separate a passing content test from a browser check, and a committed branch from a deployed release. Report failed and skipped checks explicitly.

Do not import. No fabricated research, inferred paid lesson content, unmeasured uplift claim, or declaring work live because a commit exists.

Open the tracking skill · Evidence: Agents with Taste; Train Your Judgement; Developing Taste; How we think about design; Design Engineer Principles