design-decision-council

Provides read-only second opinions on major product and design trade-offs using first-principles reasoning.

Updated Aug 13, 2026
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npx skills add https://github.com/Mjlike123/ui-prototype-workbench --skill design-decision-council-mjlike123
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Skill: design-decision-council
Source: https://github.com/Mjlike123/ui-prototype-workbench/tree/main/.agents/skills/monkren-design/skills/advisors/design-decision-council
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/Mjlike123/ui-prototype-workbench --skill design-decision-council-mjlike123

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What problem does it solve? High-stakes product and design decisions often suffer from unchallenged requirements, hidden assumptions, and unclear priorities. This Skill gives you a structured, read-only second opinion that questions requirements, separates facts from assumptions, and produces one unified verdict with a reversible experiment plan. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Requirement Challenge and Subtraction: Classifies each candidate requirement as keep, delete, or defer based on whether it directly supports a one-sentence product promise. - Fixed-Priority Conflict Resolution: Adjudicates trade-offs in a fixed order: safety and truthfulness, core user value, technical feasibility, end-to-end experience consistency, then speed and cost. - Reversible Experiment Design: Outputs a minimal prototype with target users, timebox, pass criteria, and stop conditions for the next validation step. - Use Case: Before committing to an expensive, hard-to-reverse architecture or brand decision, ask for a second opinion to get a unified verdict, one engineering objection, one experience objection, and the smallest experiment to de-risk the direction. ## Quick Start Ask the agent to review your product direction with first-principles and product taste, and return a unified decision, objections, and the next reversible experiment.

Frequently Asked Questions about design-decision-council

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How do I get a second opinion on a product design decision?

Describe the target user, core task, candidate directions, and known constraints, then ask for a first-principles review. The Skill returns one unified verdict, a keep/delete/defer list, engineering and experience objections, and a minimal reversible experiment.

What decision framework does this design advisor use?

It combines first-principles requirement questioning with product focus principles, following a fixed sequence: challenge requirements, delete, identify hard constraints, check end-to-end experience, allocate quality, and design reversible experiments.

When should I use a design decision review versus a visual design review?

Use it for major direction choices, high-cost implementations, hard-to-reverse architecture or brand decisions, and conflicting fix proposals. It is not intended for routine visual tweaks, small confirmed fixes, or pure execution tasks.

Can this advisor modify files or implement the decision?

No, it is strictly read-only. It analyzes, adjudicates, and proposes experiments, then hands confirmed conclusions back to the appropriate creation, prototyping, review, or improvement stage for implementation.

How are conflicts between speed, cost, and user value resolved?

Conflicts are resolved by a fixed priority order: safety and truthfulness first, then core user value, technical feasibility, end-to-end experience consistency, and finally speed and cost. Reversible low-risk choices favor fast experiments.