designer-skills

Interaction design skills: micro-interactions, animation principles, state machines, gesture patterns, error handling UX, and feedback patterns.

22 skills · 5 commands

UI design skills: color palettes, typography systems, layout grids, responsive breakpoints, dark mode specs, visual hierarchy, and brand alignment.

19 skills · 5 commands

User research skills for designers: personas, empathy maps, journey maps, interview scripts, usability testing, card sorting, behavioural analytics, and reconciling data with research.

14 skills · 4 commands

Prototyping and testing skills: wireframe specs, usability heuristics, heuristic evaluations, accessibility audits, A/B test design, and benchmark analysis.

10 skills · 5 commands

UX strategy skills: information architecture, content strategy, navigation patterns, user flows, task analysis, and competitive UX audits.

12 skills · 3 commands

Design system skills: component specs, design tokens, naming conventions, spacing and grid systems, accessibility standards, and documentation.

11 skills · 3 commands

Design operations skills: handoff specs, design critique facilitation, design sprint planning, team workflows, QA checklists, and design debt audits.

9 skills · 3 commands

Alignment reasoning and harm anticipation translated into practitioner design skills.

8 skills · 3 commands

Design for how people actually think: cognitive load, plain language, wayfinding, focus, memory, error recovery.

11 skills

Designer utility skills: design rationale, case study structure, design presentations, UX writing, design system adoption, and design negotiation — plus the /start-here router.

7 skills · 4 commands

Interaction patterns for AI products: mixed-initiative flow, handoff protocols, error personality.

8 skills · 3 commands

Structure content that works for screen readers, cognitive differences, and diverse literacy levels.

10 skills

Design how agents collaborate, hand off, and stay legible to people.

7 skills · 3 commands

Evaluate agentic experiences: behaviour evals, trust calibration, failure analysis.

7 skills · 3 commands

Multi-modal interactions that adapt to how people move, perceive, and communicate.

10 skills

Structure prompts and context as a design material, not an afterthought.

7 skills · 3 commands

Shape system behaviour: defaults, guardrails, refusals, and behavioural contracts.

7 skills · 3 commands

Document, communicate, and maintain accessibility decisions across teams and time.

9 skills

Design systems that respect user preferences and adapt to individual needs.

9 skills

User stories, personas, and scenarios that include disability from the start.

9 skills

Visual critique skills: hierarchy analysis, brand consistency checks against mood/voice/tokens, composition evaluation, and typography audits — with a /critique-screen command that compiles a prioritised fix list.

7 skills · 2 commands

1:1s, feedback, growth plans, performance reviews, career ladders, difficult conversations.

6 skills · 2 commands

Hiring loops, job specs, portfolio review, onboarding, team topology, psychological safety.

6 skills · 2 commands

Intake, decision logs, working agreements, RACI, and OKR linkage across functions.

5 skills · 2 commands

Cycle orchestration, risk registers, blocker triage, launch readiness, retrospectives.

5 skills · 2 commands

Design vision, strategy docs, org-level principles, investment cases, portfolio prioritisation.

5 skills · 2 commands

Self-leadership, change leadership, conflict resolution, mentorship, leadership ethics.

5 skills · 2 commands

Program health: KPIs, dashboards, research ops, design ops metrics, impact reporting.

5 skills · 2 commands

Design reviews at scale, planning cadence, decision frameworks, delegation, operating rhythm.

5 skills · 2 commands

Executive narrative, influence mapping, advocacy, securing resources, managing up.

5 skills · 2 commands

How the team works: workflows, governance, rituals, scaling playbooks, retrospectives.

5 skills · 2 commands

Plan and scope UX programs: roadmaps, dependency maps, capacity planning, prioritisation.

5 skills · 2 commands

Stakeholder mapping, status reporting, executive updates, alignment workshops, escalation.

5 skills · 2 commands