design-consultation

Researches a product's design landscape and generates a complete design system as DESIGN.md.

Updated Mar 26, 2026
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/LGJ-Jonathan/Jonathan_Global_Claude_Skills --skill design-consultation-lgj-jonathan
Or copy as Structured Prompt for Agent
Please help me install this Agent Skill.
Skill: design-consultation
Source: https://github.com/LGJ-Jonathan/Jonathan_Global_Claude_Skills/tree/main/gstack/design-consultation
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/LGJ-Jonathan/Jonathan_Global_Claude_Skills --skill design-consultation-lgj-jonathan

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

What problem does it solve? Starting a new project's UI without a design system leads to inconsistent typography, ad-hoc colors, and generic-looking interfaces. This Skill acts as a design consultant that understands your product, researches competitors, and produces a coherent design system saved as DESIGN.md, your project's design source of truth. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Product context gathering: Reads your README, package.json, and codebase structure to infer what you're building, then confirms direction through a conversational Q&A. - Competitive design research: Uses WebSearch and an optional headless browse binary to screenshot and analyze top products in your space, synthesizing table-stakes patterns, trends, and first-principles departures. - Complete design system output: Proposes aesthetic direction, typography, color palette, layout, spacing, and motion, then writes DESIGN.md and generates font/color preview pages or AI mockups when the design binary is available. - Use Case: You're starting a new SaaS dashboard with no brand guidelines. Run the consultation, answer a few questions about your users, and receive a DESIGN.md with specific fonts, hex colors, and layout rules plus a visual preview page. ## Quick Start Ask the assistant to create a design system and DESIGN.md for your new project, and answer the product context questions it asks.

Frequently Asked Questions about design-consultation

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

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How do I create a design system for a new web project?

Run the design consultation, which gathers product context from your codebase, optionally researches competitors via WebSearch and screenshots, then proposes typography, colors, layout, and motion. The result is written to DESIGN.md as your project's design source of truth.

What is DESIGN.md and how is it generated?

DESIGN.md is a markdown file capturing a project's full design system: aesthetic direction, font stack, color palette with hex values, spacing, and motion rules. The skill generates it after a consultation phase and optional competitive research.

Can I use this if my project already has a design system?

If a DESIGN.md already exists, the skill asks whether you want to update it, start fresh, or cancel. For inferring a design system from an existing live site, use the plan-design-review skill instead.

Does the design research require a browser or internet access?

No. Visual research via the browse binary and WebSearch is optional. If neither is available, the skill falls back to built-in design knowledge and still produces a complete design system.

Where are generated design mockups and preview files stored?

All design artifacts such as mockups, comparison boards, and approval files are saved to ~/.gstack/projects/<slug>/designs/, never in project directories. They persist across branches and workspaces as user data.