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signal-to-noise-ratio

Use this skill whenever a design has too much or too little visual content competing for attention — when a screen "feels noisy," "looks busy," "feels cluttered," "feels empty," or when the user can't find the meaningful information amid decoration. Trigger when reviewing dashboards, data tables, settings pages, marketing surfaces, or any layout under critique. Trigger when designing chart axes/legends/grids, when picking icon density, when deciding whether to add a divider/border/illustration, or when a design "passes" the requirements but doesn't feel right. Signal-to-Noise Ratio is the discipline of subtraction; this skill teaches what counts as signal vs. noise, how to audit and reduce noise, and the trade-offs of overcorrecting.

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