Taste Engine Classic
The original rule set behind Taste Engine, for projects built on it.
What it does
The original v1 taste-engine, preserved for projects depending on its exact behavior. The current default is taste-engine (v2 experimental), which is a substantial rewrite. Use this v1 install name only if you need exact backward compatibility.
Install in under a minute
Mac or Linux, after you download
unzip taste-engine-classic.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/Windows PowerShell
Expand-Archive taste-engine-classic.zip -DestinationPath $HOME\.claude\skills- Start a new Claude Code session so it sees the skill.
- Ask in plain words, for example: "Use Taste Engine Classic on this project."
- Unzip the download, then zip just the taste-engine-classic folder if your computer added an extra folder.
- In Claude.ai, open Settings, then Capabilities, and upload it under Skills.
- Turn the skill on and ask Claude to use it.
Taste Engine Classic uses the open SKILL.md format, so it also works in agents like Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and Codex. Copy the taste-engine-classic folder into that agent's skills folder, for example .cursor/skills/ or .github/skills/ in your project.
What's inside
The 10 main sections of the SKILL.md, in order.
- Active baseline configuration
- Default architecture & conventions
- Design engineering directives
- Creative proactivity
- Performance guardrails
- Technical reference
- AI tells
- The creative arsenal
- The "motion-engine" bento paradigm
- Final pre-flight check
In the download: LICENSE, NOTICE.md, SKILL.md
Credit and license
Taste Engine Classic is a renamed, packaged copy of taste-skill-v1 by Leonxlnx (github.com/leonxlnx/taste-skill), used under the MIT license. The license and a list of changes ship inside the download.
Questions
Does Taste Engine Classic work in Claude.ai, not just Claude Code?
Yes. In Claude.ai, upload the taste-engine-classic folder as a zip in Settings under Capabilities. It also works in other agents that support Agent Skills, like Cursor, Gemini CLI and GitHub Copilot.
What do I get?
A zip with the taste-engine-classic folder: its SKILL.md (3,406 words) and its license files. One payment, instant download.
Who made Taste Engine Classic?
It's a renamed, packaged copy of taste-skill-v1 by Leonxlnx, used under the MIT license. The license and a list of changes ship inside the download.