What is mies?

This is a design-taste skill for Claude Code, a command-line AI coding assistant. Installing the skill adds a /mies command that you can invoke whenever you are designing, building, or reviewing a screen or interface. The name refers to Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, an architect whose career became defined by removing everything unnecessary from a structure until only the essential remained. The skill applies the same instinct to digital interfaces: it asks of every element why it is there, removes what cannot justify itself, and then refines what survives. When you type /mies in Claude Code, it runs a sequence of steps depending on what you are doing. For new work it moves through three phases: Frame, which decides what you are actually building and why before any code is written, Set, which establishes the visual foundation covering type, color, spacing, and design tokens, and Compose, which builds or rebuilds the screen to match how it is actually used. For an existing screen it can switch to Inspect mode to identify the worst problems first, or Refine mode to cut and polish what is already there. Other modes handle more specific concerns. Move covers animation and transitions, but only when they make a state change clearer rather than just decorating the interface. Word handles interface copy, with a focus on warmth and plainness and an explicit instruction to avoid overexplaining and what the README calls AI tells. The skill is structured as a main routing file and a set of reference documents covering copy, critique, design systems, motion, patterns, and workflow. Installing it requires one npm command. The project is MIT-licensed and was created by Dee Kargaev as an independent homage to Mies van der Rohe, with no affiliation to the van der Rohe estate.