Quiet editorialWarm paper · deliberate type
✓ ReferenceGloss is working
Distilling your
visual system.
We’re interpreting your references, anti-references, and product context into a set of visual tensions you can calibrate.
Reading the visual signalsIdentifying useful contrastsPreparing calibration prompts
Calibrate
Test the judgment
in its real context.
Adjust a few shared theme lenses, then compare the underlying direction. Save the principle that still feels right, not a single frozen screen.
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What Gloss knows so far. Gloss helps AI builders turn visual judgment into instructions their coding agent can follow. The landing page should feel considered, useful, and human, not like a generic SaaS product.
Shared theme lenses
Test both directions.
These controls apply to A and B together, so you can separate a durable decision from a styling preference.
Tension 01 · proof versus mood
How should Gloss make its value clear?
01 / 03
Pick the direction that feels more like Gloss.Both options use the same story. Only the presentation changes.
One decision onlyEach choice you save becomes a rule your agent follows on future screens.
Project context
Start with what you’re building.
What Gloss knows
Gloss marketing site
Product summary
Design memory for AI buildersA visual-system plugin that turns references and judgment into instructions an implementation agent can use.
Target users
AI-native buildersPeople with visual taste who are building real products but do not have design vocabulary or a system yet.
Landing-page job
Make the loop believableExplain curate → calibrate → commit, then invite a builder to bring in their own project.
✓ Constraints: desktop first · no existing brand system · value needs to be clear before it becomes aesthetic
Representative product moments
Which screen should define the visual system?
Choose the representative screen Gloss should use for exploration.
Curation · visual evidence
Collect the signals
you want the AI to keep.
Reference images tell Gloss what to carry forward. Anti-references are equally useful: they name a direction the visual system should deliberately avoid.
3 references · 1 anti-reference
Include at least two references and one anti-reference to continue.
Curation · style gallery
See the style.
Choose the signal.
Every card applies a different visual language to the same Gloss landing-page moment. Mark what to carry forward, and what to avoid.
5 references · 2 anti-references
Include at least two references and one anti-reference to enter the working area.
Ready to commit
Give your agent
a durable brief.
Your final output includes a token bundle, decision memory, and agent-ready rules. Nothing is exported until you choose to commit it.