Task-first field guides
Practical guides for choosing and verifying UI patterns.
Start with observable interface behavior, move through nearby alternatives, and finish with requirements a coding agent and reviewer can test.
Guide library
Identify the pattern before you choose the component
The library stays deliberately small until a new guide can answer a distinct task without duplicating a pattern or comparison page.
Core guide · 12 minute read
How to identify UI patterns you cannot name
Learn how to turn visual clues into behavior evidence, compare semantics and presentation, eliminate near matches, document uncertainty, and create an implementation brief with observable checks.
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Why there is only one guide today
Pattern pages already answer definitions
Each of the 20 pattern pages covers one reviewed concept, its behavior contract, common mistakes, related terms, sources, implementation brief, and acceptance checks. A separate article that only repeats “what is a Tooltip” would split the same intent across two pages.
Comparison pages already answer choices
Each of the six comparison pages handles one high-ambiguity decision. New guides are added only when they serve a broader workflow, such as identifying an unknown component before the user knows which pattern or comparison page to open.