# design-studio

Coordinates agent roles for UI workflows, design audits, and paginated documents with blind evaluation based on rendered evidence.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 501 installs · ★ 10
- Author: George-RD
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/George-RD/design-studio/tree/HEAD/skills/design-studio/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-09-29
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/design-studio

## What it does

The skill isolates design responsibilities across distinct roles. The Planner sets scope, the Visual Director sets visual direction without seeing markup or CSS, the Builder writes the code, and the Evaluator scores only the rendered output. Workflow decisions stay strictly with the Orchestrator. Work routes into three dedicated lanes: Studio for UI surfaces, Review for polish, and Document for multi-page artifacts like invoices.

Execution relies on structured files such as `design-intent-contract.json` and `method-router.json`. The router verifies design intent before loading leaves, keeping light CSS fixes away from full studio cycles. Successful results store confirmed truths in `DESIGN.md` and `PRODUCT.md`, while `events.jsonl` provides recovery tracking.

Interactive visual decisions require a runnable browser target; without one, Studio executes one build step and halts without selecting a winning direction.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add George-RD/design-studio --skill design-studio -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/design-studio/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/design-studio/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add George-RD/design-studio --skill design-studio -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/design-studio/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add George-RD/design-studio --skill design-studio -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/design-studio/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install George-RD/design-studio design-studio
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/design-studio/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add George-RD/design-studio --skill design-studio -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/George-RD/design-studio --path skills/design-studio
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/design-studio/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add George-RD/design-studio --skill design-studio -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/George-RD/design-studio/tree/HEAD/skills/design-studio/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- separate visual art direction from frontend implementation details
- evaluate UI layouts blindly using rendered visual evidence
- structure paginated reports and invoices via dedicated document lanes
- record accepted design system standards in DESIGN.md

## Example prompts
- Run design-studio to overhaul the checkout flow layout.
- Audit the settings modal in Review lane and generate fix evidence.
- Prepare a paginated PDF invoice layout using the Document lane.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: design-studio
description: >-
  Portable design-engineering Agent Skill for Studio, Review and paginated Document work. Separates
  product framing, source-blind visual direction and evaluation, implementation and deterministic evidence.
version: 1.7.0
---

# Design Studio

## Role boundaries

| Role | Source | Prior scores | Owns |
|---|---:|---:|---|
| Planner | yes | no | scope and success criteria |
| Visual Director | no | no | visual directions and selected visual contract |
| Builder | yes | no | implementation fidelity |
| Evaluator | no | no | rendered observations and scores |
| Orchestrator | as needed | yes | SELECT / REFINE / PIVOT / SHIP / ESCALATE / HALT |

- Visual Director never receives HTML, CSS, JSX, selectors, implementation diffs, document source/renderer metadata or the unattended assignment index.
- Evaluator never receives source, implementation effort, full design description or prior scores. Document evaluation also excludes renderer identity/build metadata.
- Builder implements the selected direction; it may not quietly replace it with a safer one.
- Orchestrator is the sole decision owner. Evaluators/reviewers provide evidence, not workflow decisions.

## Load and route

For Studio, Review and Document requests:

1. Load `invocation.md`, `design-intent-contract.json`, `references/design-intent.md`, `runtime-contract.md`, `references/context.md` and `references/runtime-integrity.md`. These are the universal input, authority, source/evidence, recovery, degradation and acceptance guards, not lane procedures.
2. Map host input and current authority evidence to one Design Intent and validate it before loading `workflow.yaml`, a Review/Document procedure or any specialist leaf. Invalid classification blocks lane loading as well as execution.
3. Map the validated result to the existing `task`, `surface`, `interaction` and `evidence` signals, then read `method-router.json`. Keep task signals within the selected lane and current stage; supplementary copy or evidence signals do not change that lane.
4. Resolve the canonical `selectedProcedures` even when no specialist route matches. Every populated signal dimension on a route is required. Before loading, check that every matched route's `procedure` agrees with Design Intent; conflicting signals block until corrected. Then load the selected procedure and the union of matching `leaves`, deduplicating paths.
5. Execute the selected procedure after its required context is loaded. It discloses stage-specific role instructions and references when needed. Never load the full specialist catalog by default.
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