# quick-design

Writes a short design spec for tuning tweaks and minor mechanics, skipping the full GDD. The spec embeds into stories.

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- Author: Donchitos
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios/tree/HEAD/.claude/skills/quick-design/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-19
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## What it does

The skill classifies a change into one of four buckets first: Tuning, Tweak, Addition or New Small System. Then it scans context — the matching GDD under `design/gdd/`, `systems-index.md`, and earlier specs in `design/quick-specs/` — so the new spec does not contradict what is already written. Output lands in `design/quick-specs/[name]-[date].md`.

Format follows the category. Tuning gets a parameter table with old value, new value and rationale, plus a check against the documented Tuning Knob range. Tweak and Addition get a design delta: the current rule quoted from the GDD, the replacement text, a table of affected systems and acceptance criteria. Before drafting, the skill runs `yaml-helper.sh resolve_config` to read the automation and workflow settings.

Anything past roughly a week of implementation, or a system with heavy cross-system dependencies, gets sent to `/design-system` instead. That redirect is the point — quick-design is not a shortcut for large features. At `workflow: minimal`, where no GDD exists, the brief and the story serve as the design record.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios --skill quick-design -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios --skill quick-design -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios --skill quick-design -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios quick-design
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios --skill quick-design -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios --path .claude/skills/quick-design
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios --skill quick-design -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/Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios/tree/HEAD/.claude/skills/quick-design/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- document a balance value change without a full GDD
- capture a small mechanic next to its story
- check a new value against the GDD tuning range
- spot conflicts with earlier quick specs
- catch an oversized change and route it to `/design-system`

## Example prompts
- /quick-design raise jump height from 5 to 6 units
- /quick-design add a parry window to the block mechanic
- /quick-design make dash invincible on frame 1

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: quick-design
description: "Lightweight spec for small changes — tuning adjustments, minor mechanics. Embeds directly into stories; skips full GDD."
argument-hint: "[brief description of the change]"
user-invocable: true
allowed-tools: Read, Glob, Grep, Write, Edit, AskUserQuestion, Bash(bash "*/.claude/skills/quick-design/../../hooks/yaml-helper.sh" resolve_config *)
model: sonnet
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!`bash "${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../hooks/yaml-helper.sh" resolve_config --keys automation,workflow`



# Quick Design

This is the **lightweight design path** for changes that don't need a full GDD.
Full GDD authoring via `/design-system` is the heavyweight path. Use this skill
for work under about one week of implementation — tuning adjustments, minor
behavioral tweaks, small additions to existing systems, or standalone features too
small to warrant a full document. Most tweaks are hours; the one-week ceiling is
the limit for a New Small System (see the categories below).

**Output:** `design/quick-specs/[name]-[date].md`

**When to run:** Anytime a change is too small for `/design-system` but too
meaningful to implement without a written rationale.

---

Every `AskUserQuestion` call follows `.claude/docs/automation-modes.md`
(collaborative asks always · guided major-only · autonomous logs and proceeds;
`automation_always_ask` categories always prompt).

## 1. Classify the Change

First, read the argument and determine which category this change falls into:

- **Tuning** — changing numbers or balance values in an existing system with no
  behavioral change (most minimal path). Example: "increase jump height from 5
  to 6 units", "reduce enemy patrol speed by 10%".
- **Tweak** — a small behavioral change to an existing system that introduces no
  new states, branches, or systems. Example: "make dash invincible on frame 1",
  "allow combo to cancel into roll".
- **Addition** — adding a small mechanic to an existing system that may introduce
  1-2 new states or interactions. Example: "add a parry window to the block
  mechanic", "add a charge variant to the basic attack".
- **New Small System** — a standalone feature small enough that it has no
  existing GDD and is under approximately one week of implementation work.
  Example: "achievement popup system", "simple day/night visual cycle".

If the change does NOT fit these categories — it introduces a new system with
significant cross-system dependencies, requires more than one week of
implementation, or fundamentally alters an existing system's core rules — stop
and redirect to `/design-system` instead. Verdict: **REDIRECTED** — use
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