design

Generate a design atlas and scaffolded repository from product requirements and patterns.

Updated Mar 15, 2026
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/Kord96/kordinate --skill design-kord96
Or copy as Structured Prompt for Agent
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Skill: design
Source: https://github.com/Kord96/kordinate/tree/main/agents/augur/skills/design
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/Kord96/kordinate --skill design-kord96

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

What problem does it solve?

Provide a repeatable, agent-driven workflow to convert high-level requirements into a prescribed architecture, pattern recommendations, a machine-readable design atlas, human-readable stories and narratives, and an optional scaffolded repository for developer handoff and deployment orchestration.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Pattern recommendation: Top-down selection from a concept catalog across architecture, domain model, communication, resilience, storage, and cross-cutting concerns.
  • Design atlas generation: Produce a design-atlas.json (v4) with components, flows, external dependencies, failure modes, domain model, detected patterns, and metadata.status draft.
  • Stories & narratives: Write root and child stories plus onboarding narratives to explain components, flows, and design decisions.
  • Approve & scaffold: Lock a draft atlas to approved status and optionally generate a repository scaffold with component stubs and test templates derived from concept semantics.
  • Use case: Rapidly design a new microservice or workload contract with patterns mapped to infra capabilities and detector assets for monitoring and validation.

Quick Start

Use the design skill to recommend patterns for a new project named 'orders'.

Frequently Asked Questions about design

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

FAQPage Schema
How do I generate a design atlas from product requirements?

To generate a design atlas from product requirements, the skill reads your infra atlas and concept catalog to produce a design-atlas.json containing components, flows, failure modes, and pattern recommendations across architecture and storage domains.

What is the best way to recommend architecture patterns for a new microservice?

Recommending architecture patterns for a new microservice involves top-down selection from a concept catalog across domain model, communication, resilience, and storage categories to map patterns to infra capabilities.

Can I automatically scaffold a repository with test stubs derived from concept semantics?

Yes, you can automatically scaffold a repository with test stubs by locking the draft atlas to approved status, which generates component stubs and test templates derived from concept semantics.

How do I create human-readable stories and narratives for project handoff?

To create human-readable stories and narratives for project handoff, the skill generates root and child stories alongside onboarding narratives that explain components, flows, and design decisions.

Does generating a design atlas require an existing infra atlas?

Yes, generating a design atlas requires an existing infra atlas and concept catalog as input, which it reads to produce the design-atlas.json and subsequent project scaffold with monitoring detectors.

What are the limitations of using a design atlas for evolving services?

A limitation of using a design atlas for evolving services is that the metadata.status remains in draft until explicitly locked to approved, meaning pattern recommendations and failure modes require validation before deployment orchestration.