update-design

To capture design decisions and update a design doc, this Skill extracts dialogue from your current conversation and appends a dated changelog entry directly into DESIGN.md. It reads existing content and modifies sections like Overview and Architecture to maintain consistency.

Maintaining cross-reference consistency in a DESIGN.md file involves linking related sections such as Architecture, Implementation Plan, and TODOs. This Skill automatically aligns these sections when recording new design decisions from your active conversation.

Tracking architectural decision history in markdown documentation is done by appending dated changelog entries. This Skill automatically extracts decisions from your dialogue and adds timestamped records to DESIGN.md for accurate historical tracking.

Yes, you can update implementation plans and TODOs directly from chat dialogue. This Skill processes your conversation, identifies relevant decisions, and reflects them across the corresponding sections within your DESIGN.md file.

Updating a changelog manually risks missing cross-reference consistency between sections like Architecture and TODOs. Using a design doc automation tool ensures dated changelog entries and implementation plans are systematically extracted and synchronized from conversations.

Your DESIGN.md loses cross-reference consistency after team collaboration when decisions are not systematically recorded. This Skill prevents this by extracting dialogue decisions and aligning the Overview, Architecture, and Implementation Plan sections automatically.