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Design example library and prompts for steering AI agents toward better UI.

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Handy when you need concrete examples to show an AI what "good" looks like. The curation is decent, but it is still a reference gallery with prompts — not components you drop into a repo.

Strengths

  • Curated design examples that help steer AI agents toward better UI.
  • Prompts and reference gallery for showing what 'good' looks like.
  • Useful when you need concrete references before writing components.

Known limitations

  • Most useful examples sit behind a paywall.
  • Not a build tool; you still translate ideas into your own stack.
  • Coverage is uneven across categories.

Use it when

  • Teams that want visual references before building components.
  • Early design exploration where examples matter more than a component library.

Skip it when

  • You need drop-in components that ship straight into a repo.
  • The category you care about has thin coverage.
  • The most useful examples sit behind the paywall.

Buy-check

  • ·Price — freemium, free browse; paid plans unlock full library as of 2026-08-19. Open the pricing page, not a screenshot.
  • ·Free tier — Free tier exists — burn it first.
  • ·Cancel fallout — What happens to your data/projects on cancel — check the ToS, not the FAQ.
  • ·Seat math — Per-seat pricing multiplies quietly. Count seats before the annual plan.
  • ·Who skips it — Also skipped when: You need drop-in components that ship straight into a repo.; The category you care about has thin coverage..

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pricing
freemium1
price note
free browse; paid plans unlock full library
free tier
yes
open source
no
api
no
self-host
no
category
design
evidence
source-verified

Sources

  1. 1styles.refero.design[snapshot]
  2. 2refero.design/pricing[snapshot]

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