What it does

Hue is a Claude Code / Codex skill that ingests a brand reference — URL, name, or screenshot — and spits out a complete design system as a reusable skill. Install it once, and your AI assistant stops defaulting to that same blue-gray SaaS template it’s been shipping since 2023.

The interesting bit

The trick isn’t the generation; it’s the persistence. Most AI coding sessions forget everything between chats. Hue bakes the design language into a skill file, so “make a landing page” in March and “add a settings panel” in June actually look like they came from the same universe. The README claims this works across “two different sessions” — a low bar, but one most AI tools currently fail.

Key highlights

• Seventeen example brands in examples/, from “ivory engineering” to “cyberpunk holographic shader engine” — mostly fictional one-shots, plus one real brand (mymind-design)
• Output includes color tokens, typography, spacing, components, light/dark mode, hero recipes, and icon kit selection
• Trigger phrases are pleasantly casual: “make a design skill from cursor.com”
• MIT license, explicitly invites forking and remixing

Caveats

• The “works on Codex” claim is there, but the install path has two alternatives with a “cli installer compatible” note — suggests some friction or recent tooling churn
• Only three of seventeen examples include non-landing-page files (app screen, component library); most outputs may be thin
• No actual screenshots or rendered previews in the repo itself — you visit hueapp.io or open local HTML files blind

Verdict

Worth a clone if you’re tired of manually correcting AI-generated color palettes. Skip it if you already have a design system and discipline; this solves the “my assistant has no taste” problem, not the “I have no taste” problem.