- name
- design-ship
- license
- MIT
- compatibility
- Claude Code 2.1.277+. Requires: design-import skill, claude-design-orchestrator agent. Composes: cover, expect, create-pr.
- description
- One-shot pipeline turning a claude.ai/design link into a pull request: scaffold via /ork:design-import, stories and specs via /ork:cover, browser verification via /ork:expect, then open the PR. Use when a design link should come back as a PR with no intermediate steps; if all you need is the components written to disk, run /ork:design-import instead.
- argument-hint
- <handoff-url | path-to-bundle.json>
- context
- fork
- background
- false
- user-invocable
- true
- effort
- high
- model
- sonnet
- agent
- claude-design-orchestrator
- allowed-tools
- Read Write Edit Glob Grep Bash WebFetch AskUserQuestion Agent TaskCreate TaskUpdate TaskList
- skills
- ["design-import","cover","expect","remember","memory"]
- metadata
- {"category":"workflow-automation","version":"1.0.0","author":"OrchestKit","complexity":"complex","tags":"claude-design, design-ship, end-to-end, pr, handoff, ship-it, frontend"}
- paths
- ["src/components/**/*.{tsx,css}","**/*.stories.{ts,tsx}","tests/e2e/**",".claude/design-handoffs/**"]
# Design Ship
One command: Claude Design handoff URL → reviewable GitHub PR.
```bash
design-ship https://claude.ai/design/abc123 # From handoff URL
design-ship /tmp/handoff-bundle.json # From local file
```
## When to use
You have a Claude Design handoff URL (or file) and want a PR opened against the current branch. No intermediate steps, no manual test generation, no manual PR drafting.
For just-the-import (no tests, no PR), use `design-import` instead.
## Pipeline
```
Handoff bundle (URL or file)
│
▼
┌──────────────────────────────┐
│ 1. design-import │ Scaffold components, write provenance
│ (delegates to orchestrator │ Tokens reconciled
│ for parse + dedup) │ Components written or reused
└──────────┬───────────────────┘
│
▼
┌──────────────────────────────┐
│ 2. cover │ Storybook stories per new component
│ (Storybook + Playwright) │ Playwright E2E for new routes/views
└──────────┬───────────────────┘
│
▼
┌──────────────────────────────┐
│ 3. expect │ Diff-aware browser verification
│ (CDP + ARIA-tree-first) │ Screenshots saved for PR body
└──────────┬───────────────────┘
│
▼
┌──────────────────────────────┐
│ 4. create-pr │ PR opened with:
│ │ - Claude Design URL link
│ │ - Before/after screenshots
│ │ - Component scaffold list
│ │ - Coverage delta
│ │ - Label: claude-design
└──────────┬───────────────────┘
│
▼
┌──────────────────────────────┐
│ 5. UPDATE PROVENANCE │ Patch .claude/design-handoffs/<id>.json
│ │ with the opened PR number + URL
└──────────────────────────────┘
```
## Pre-flight
Before starting the pipeline, verify the working tree is clean enough to ship:
```python
status = Bash("git status --porcelain")
if status:
AskUserQuestion(questions=[{
"question": "Working tree has uncommitted changes. How to proceed?",
"header": "Pre-flight",
"options": [
{"label": "Commit them first", "description": "Run commit, then proceed with ship"},
{"label": "Stash and restore", "description": "Stash now, restore after PR opens"},
{"label": "Include in this PR", "description": "Risky — only if changes are related"},
{"label": "Cancel", "description": "Abort design-ship"}
],
"multiSelect": False
}])
current_branch = Bash("git branch --show-current")
if current_branch in ("main", "master", "dev"):
AskUserQuestion(questions=[{
"question": f"You're on {current_branch}. Create a feature branch?",
"header": "Branch",
"options": [
{"label": "Yes — feat/design-ship-<bundle-id>", "description": "Recommended"},
{"label": "Cancel", "description": "Switch branch yourself first"}
],
"multiSelect": False
}])
```
## Phase 1 — Import
Delegate to `design-import` with the bundle argument. Capture its output (the import manifest) — it includes the bundle_id, list of components written, and the provenance file path.
If import fails, **stop**. Do NOT proceed to test generation against partially-imported components.
## Phase 2 — Cover
Run `cover` scoped to the components written by phase 1:
```python
component_paths = [c["path"] for c in import_result["components"] if c["decision"] != "reuse"]
Agent(
subagent_type="ork:test-generator",
description="Cover the freshly-imported components",
prompt=f"""Use the cover skill to generate tests for these components (scoped — do not regenerate suites for unrelated files):
{component_paths}
Tiers needed:
- Storybook stories per component (mandatory)
- Playwright E2E if any new route was registered (check src/app or src/pages)
- Unit tests if the components include non-trivial logic (skip for pure-presentation)
"""
)
```
## Phase 3 — Expect
Run `expect` to do diff-aware browser verification. This produces the screenshots that go into the PR body:
```python
Agent(
subagent_type="ork:expect-agent",
description="Diff-aware verification of imported components",
prompt=f"""Use the expect skill on the current diff.
Extra: capture before/after screenshots for each new component
and save them to .claude/design-handoffs/{bundle_id}/screenshots/.
These will be uploaded to the PR body.
If verification fails, do not block — report findings and continue.
Failures will surface in the PR review.
"""
)
```
## Phase 4 — Create PR
Use `create-pr` with a body templated from the bundle and verification results:
```python
pr_body = f"""## Summary
Generated from Claude Design handoff: {bundle_url}
Bundle ID: `{bundle_id}` · Provenance: `.claude/design-handoffs/{bundle_id}.json`
## Components
| Decision | Component | Path |
|---|---|---|
{table_from(import_result['components'])}
## Tokens
- Added: {len(token_diff['added'])}
- Modified: {len(token_diff['modified'])}
- Conflicts (resolved): {len(token_diff['conflicts'])}
## Verification (`expect`)
{expect_summary}
## Coverage delta (`cover`)
{coverage_delta}
## Screenshots
{screenshot_table}
---
🤖 Opened by `design-ship` · Closes: (none — link issues manually)
"""
Bash(f"gh pr create --title '{pr_title}' --body @- <<< '{pr_body}' --label claude-design")
```
## Phase 5 — Update provenance
Patch the provenance file with the opened PR number and URL:
```python
provenance = Read(f".claude/design-handoffs/{bundle_id}.json")
provenance["pr"] = {"number": pr_number, "url": pr_url, "opened_at": now()}
Write(f".claude/design-handoffs/{bundle_id}.json", provenance)
```
## Failure modes
| Phase | Failure | Behavior |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-flight | Dirty tree, on main | AskUserQuestion, do not proceed silently |
| 1. Import | Schema deviation, token conflict | `design-import` already prompts; if user cancels, abort |
| 2. Cover | Test generation fails | Continue to expect — tests are recoverable in PR review |
| 3. Expect | Browser verification fails | Continue to PR — failures noted in PR body |
| 4. Create PR | `gh` not authenticated | Stop, surface auth error |
| 5. Provenance | File not writable | Warn but do not fail (PR is already open) |
## Composition
| Skill | Role |
|---|---|
| `design-import` | Phase 1 — scaffold components |
| `cover` | Phase 2 — Storybook + Playwright |
| `expect` | Phase 3 — diff-aware browser verification |
| `create-pr` | Phase 4 — open PR with templated body |
| `remember` / `memory` | Provenance updates |
## NOT this skill's job
| Concern | Owned by |
|---|---|
| Parsing bundles | `claude-design-orchestrator` agent (called by `design-import`) |
| Component dedup | Orchestrator agent (called by `design-import`) |
| Test execution (CI) | GitHub Actions — this skill only generates tests |
| Merging the PR | Human reviewer — never auto-merge |
## Limitations
- **No auto-merge**: this skill opens the PR; humans review and merge.
- **No iteration loop**: if the PR review surfaces design changes, you currently re-export from Claude Design and re-run `design-ship`. The reverse-path (live UI drift → refinement prompt for claude.ai/design) is tracked in M124 — Claude Design Drift Sync (Bet B): #1391 (PR hook), #1393 (`design-iterate`), #1395 (design-drift-detector agent).
- **Single-bundle scope**: one invocation, one bundle, one PR. Multi-bundle batches are not supported.
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