What problem does it solve?
Translate research and approved goals into a concrete architecture and phased implementation plan that proves end-to-end vertical slices, preventing horizontal-only decompositions and unclear phase boundaries.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Interactive design discussion: Lead a conversational design process that proposes 2-3 approaches, highlights trade-offs, and records key decisions.
- Vertical slice and phase definition: Define explicit vertical slices, a PoC phase that proves the full stack, and replan gates for multi-phase work.
- Review orchestration and artifact synthesis: Synthesize design.md via a subagent, run Claude and optional Codex review rounds, write reviews/design-review.md, and gate progression on human approval.
- Use case: When research/summary.md and goals.md are approved, use this Skill to produce an approved design.md that guides implementation and testing.
Quick Start
Ask the agent to run the design skill to synthesize a draft design.md after goals.md and research/summary.md are approved.