# Lessons: getting good UI from AI agents

> Practical rules that made agent-built UIs look designed instead of generated.

- Give the agent a short DESIGN brief with a "never" list before any code.
- Ask for several directions, choose one, then lock tokens.
- Load one direction skill, one craft skill, one audit skill; more causes conflicts.
- Require real copy; lorem ipsum hides hierarchy problems.
- Make the agent screenshot light/dark/mobile and look at them before saying "done".