# Bureau – BUREAU – an agent skill that designs like a studio

> Source: <https://acf1210.github.io/bureau/>
> Published: 2026-10-27 23:58:08+00:00

**Job: BUREAU** v7.10.0, MITLine guide of 2026-10-27Agent skill for Claude Code, Codex, Antigravity, Hermes

# Brief to launch,ten gates thatcan say no.

**BUREAU gives a coding model the workflow of a design bureau:** concept, art direction, type, motion, accessibility, and a review circuit. Every page rides the same line, and the Tribunal can send it back.

- pattern rules in the detector
- 32
- project checks beside them
- 21
- gates before a Tribunal
- 10
- hosts, one skill folder
- 4

Proof

## Every page gets a proof.

The detector marks a generic generated page in red pencil, with the same rules the command line runs. Flip to the reviewed version, or proof this page.

Argument

## A model draws the average. An editor marks it.

Asked for a page with no direction, a model returns the centre of everything it has seen. That is not a prompt problem; it is a missing idea, a missing point of view and a missing review.

**Concept before pixels.** Three directions that truly differ, each a blend of three designers on three axes, built from a survey of five verified references. No code before an idea, an emotional target and a world.

**Craft with limits you can check.** Type, colour, composition and motion each have a reference and a budget; scripts measure what can be measured, from contrast and overflow to fingerprint divergence.

**A review that can refuse.** Ten gates in order, evidence on every line, a ten-minute jury and a Tribunal in a fresh context. Invented proof, fake sends and hidden content fail whatever the score.

Circuit

## Ten gates. One Tribunal.

Each gate scores 0 to 5 against its weight; any gate under 3.5, any P0 or any missing evidence fails the release. Changing a source file makes every later gate stale.

**90+** Award Track

**82–89** Pass

**72–81** Conditional

**< 72** Fail

**Judge before you measure.** The design review is written before anyone reads the detector's output.

**The builder is the weakest reviewer.** The Tribunal reads the work in a fresh context, or the run is declared degraded and cannot reach Award Track.

**Ten minutes for the jury.** Ten to fifteen independent reviewers vote on every gate and every Law of UX; the best round inside the time box stands.

Commands

## Call it by what you need.

Type `/bureau` and a command, or ask in plain language; the router picks the command and loads only the references it needs.

| Command | What it does | Leaves on disk | 
|---|---|---|
| /bureau init | Writes the brief: audience, offer, sourced proof, non-goals. | `BUREAU.md` ,`config.json` | 
| /bureau concept | Five-source survey, three directions, a blend for each, three comps. | `survey.json` ,`decision.md` | 
| /bureau direction | Normative tokens, type specimen, colour in context. | `DESIGN.md` | 
| /bureau build | The real page, then seven refinement passes. | `refinement.md` | 
| /bureau motion | Five awarded motion references, then the grammar. | `MOTION.md` | 
| /bureau qa | Screenshots, contrast, overflow, fold and performance at five widths. | `.bureau/qa/` | 
| /bureau slop | The detector you are watching, with fixes. | `audit.json` | 
| /bureau review | Ten gates, Delivery Gate, jury, Tribunal. | `scorecard.html` | 
| /bureau figma | Variables and frames to code, or an honest fallback. | `tokens` | 
| /bureau ship | Copy and claims check, metadata, launch list. | `launch-checklist.md` | 
| /bureau auto | All of it, stopping at three human checkpoints. | everything above | 

ShowCase

## Four studios that do not exist.

Each was built with the skill from a blend of three designers and given a phone composition of its own. [Open the ShowCase ↗](showcase/index.html)

[Mountain observatory](showcase/observatory/index.html)

### Cerro Lumen

**Gerstner × Moholy-Nagy × Eames.** Scroll from the dome to the galaxy, one power of ten at a time.

[Perfume house](showcase/perfumery/index.html)

### Maison Orvé

**Ruder × Greiman × Munari.** Compose top, heart and base; watch them move through water.

[Ocean institute](showcase/ocean/index.html)

### Maré

**Sutnar × Wyman × Kare.** Contours radiate from the name; raise the wind and the sea builds.

[Type foundry](showcase/foundry/index.html)

### Glifo

**A. Albers × Scher × Cooper.** Pull five axes by hand, weave a field of letters, open one in depth.

Install

## One folder, four hosts.

Preview with a dry run, restart the agent, then call `/bureau`. Node 20 or later; Playwright and Figma are optional and degrade honestly.

The installer copies the skill folder into the host's skills directory and marks it, so uninstalling removes only what it placed.

Windows: `installers/install.ps1`. [Installation guide](en/install.html).

```
git clone https://github.com/acf1210/bureau.git
cd bureau
bash installers/install.sh --agent claude --scope user
git clone https://github.com/acf1210/bureau.git
cd bureau
bash installers/install.sh --agent codex --scope user
git clone https://github.com/acf1210/bureau.git
cd bureau
bash installers/install.sh --agent antigravity --scope user
git clone https://github.com/acf1210/bureau.git
cd bureau
bash installers/install.sh --agent hermes --scope user
```
Every host at once: `bash installers/install.sh --agent all --scope user --dry-run`

Docs

## Read it in your language.

Nine pages per locale, identical in structure: overview, quickstart, architecture, workflow, circuit, commands, anti-slop, visual language, install.