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Taste Skill is a 4.5KB markdown file with 7,896 GitHub stars. Sailop is a CLI + MCP server + skill with 200+ rules and a procedural generator. Different scopes, different ceilings, both raise the floor on AI-generated UI.
| Capability | Sailop | Taste Skill |
|---|---|---|
| Form factor | CLI + MCP server + skill | Markdown skill (4.5KB) |
| Scanner / scoring | 200+ rules, 7 dimensions, grade A-F | None — rules only inform generation |
| Procedural generator | 6+ variants × 9 archetypes (~2.5M structural combos) | 7 named style variants |
| MCP server | Yes — 18 tools | No |
| CI / pre-commit | Yes — sailop ci, sailop scan --staged | No |
| Transform / autofix | Yes (Pro) | No |
| Multi-framework output | HTML, Next.js, Vue, Svelte, Astro from one brief | Whatever the agent outputs |
| Pricing | Free CLI · €39 one-time Pro · €49-299/mo API | Free / MIT |
| Best at | End-to-end scanner+generator+library | Lifting the floor on agent defaults |
| GitHub stars | Pre-launch | 7,896 (Feb 2026) |
Pick Taste Skill if you want a 30-second drop-in to bias your AI agent away from defaults, you do not need scanning or CI integration, and you are happy living entirely inside Cursor / Claude Code / Codex.
Pick Sailop if you also want to scan existing repos, fail PRs that ship slop, generate brand-coherent design systems on demand, or call the procedural composer from your build pipeline. The CLI is free; Pro adds transform + autotune.
Use both if you have a real production app: Taste Skill biases generation at the agent, Sailop catches what slips through and runs in CI. They do not conflict.
npx sailop install · then sailop scan ./src --report
Taste Skill is an open-source markdown skill (4.5KB file) that injects opinionated design rules into Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and similar AI coding agents. Created February 2026 by Andrew Pierno, it has 7,896 GitHub stars and ships in 7 variants: taste, redesign, soft, output, minimalist, brutalist, stitch. It is rules-only — no scanner, no programmatic generator, no MCP server.
Sailop ships three things: (1) a 200+ rule scanner with grading and findings, (2) a procedural generator with 6+ variants per section (hero, features, pricing, nav, footer) and 9 archetypes, (3) an MCP server exposing 18 tools to any agent. Taste Skill is purely the rules in markdown. Both raise the floor; Sailop also gives you a programmatic library you can call from CI, build pipelines, or other tools.
Use Taste Skill if you only want better Cursor / Claude Code defaults and never need to scan existing code, automate fixes, or generate from a brief. Use Sailop if you want all of that PLUS a CLI for CI/CD, an MCP server for agentic workflows, and a programmatic generator for build-time uniqueness. They can also coexist — Taste Skill at the agent layer, Sailop at the CLI / CI layer.
The Sailop scanner CLI is free forever, including the 200+ rules, MCP server, design system generator (composePage), and Claude Code skill. The Pro tier (€39 one-time) adds the transform engine, autotune loop, brand-aware composition, and lifetime v1.x updates. Taste Skill is open source / MIT.
Yes. Taste Skill is rules in markdown — drop into your skills folder. Sailop is an MCP server you add to .mcp.json. The agent reads both: Taste Skill biases generation, Sailop scans the result and offers structurally varied alternatives. Belt and braces.