Distinctiveness Mandate
Every designed artifact must pass the AI-slop test before ship: show the interface to someone who knows design tools and say 'AI made this.…
$ aoe install @community/constraint-distinctiveness-mandateProjection
Always in _index.xml · the agent never has to ask for this.
DistinctivenessMandate [constraint] v1.0.0
Every designed artifact must pass the AI-slop test before ship: show the interface to someone who knows design tools and say 'AI made this.' If they believe you immediately — the design has failed the distinctiveness mandate.
Loaded when retrieval picks the atom as adjacent / supporting.
DistinctivenessMandate [constraint] v1.0.0
Every designed artifact must pass the AI-slop test before ship: show the interface to someone who knows design tools and say 'AI made this.' If they believe you immediately — the design has failed the distinctiveness mandate.
Meta
- License: Apache-2.0
- License Provenance: package-authorship-claim
Severity
critical
Target
- any AI-generated or AI-assisted frontend before public launch
Values
- Required: Font choice is not Inter, Plus Jakarta Sans, DM Sans, Roboto, or Arial
- Required: Primary color is not in the 240–300° hue range (Tailwind purple/violet/indigo default)
- Required: Border radius is applied per persona intent — not rounded-2xl universally
- Required: Page structure is not the generic hero→3-column features→testimonials→CTA template
- Required: At least one design choice would make a designer ask 'how did they do that?' rather than 'which AI made this?'
Loaded when retrieval picks the atom as a focal / direct hit.
DistinctivenessMandate [constraint] v1.0.0
Every designed artifact must pass the AI-slop test before ship: show the interface to someone who knows design tools and say 'AI made this.' If they believe you immediately — the design has failed the distinctiveness mandate.
Meta
- License: Apache-2.0
- License Provenance: package-authorship-claim
Severity
critical
Target
- any AI-generated or AI-assisted frontend before public launch
Values
- Required: Font choice is not Inter, Plus Jakarta Sans, DM Sans, Roboto, or Arial
- Required: Primary color is not in the 240–300° hue range (Tailwind purple/violet/indigo default)
- Required: Border radius is applied per persona intent — not rounded-2xl universally
- Required: Page structure is not the generic hero→3-column features→testimonials→CTA template
- Required: At least one design choice would make a designer ask 'how did they do that?' rather than 'which AI made this?'
Relations
related: [@impeccable/principle-distinctiveness, @community/fact-ai-fingerprint-detection, @community/method-anti-ai-slop-checklist]
Rationale
The distinctiveness mandate operationalizes @impeccable/principle-distinctiveness as a hard gate. A design that passes casual AI detection has not merely failed aesthetically — it has failed to communicate brand identity, which is a functional failure.
Source
aoe-engine/examples/frontend-design/primes/compiled/@community/constraint-distinctiveness-mandate/atom.yaml