design-discovery

To create a design brief and align stakeholders, this skill guides you through a structured discovery process. It clarifies intent, constraints, users, and context, then outputs an approved design brief to gate subsequent UI work.

The design discovery process is a structured method to define project intent and context before design execution. You need it to prevent premature design decisions and misaligned outcomes by enforcing stakeholder alignment early.

To run a quick discovery workflow for fast tasks, the skill asks a few essential questions conversationally. It then immediately generates the design brief and creates a design-state document to track constraints.

Yes, you can enforce design gatekeeping by requiring explicit approvals. The skill gates subsequent work behind these approvals and automatically creates a design-state.md document to ensure alignment and traceability.

Yes, the discovery workflow supports staged handoffs to strategy or writing tasks. After approval, it prepares the design state for the next skill, ensuring seamless integration and governance across the workflow.

The best way to document design state is through a full discovery workflow. It explores project context and intent thoroughly, then outputs a design-state.md file that prepares the project for downstream strategy and writing tasks.