| name | woos-idea-to-design |
| description | Entry-point product workflow from raw idea to validated product design artifacts. Stops at reviewed PRD readiness and does not include engineering implementation. |
| version | 4.0.0 |
| author | Hermes Profile |
| license | MIT |
| metadata | {"hermes":{"tags":["idea","prd","design","review","workflow","product"],"related_skills":["woos-idea-capture","woos-product-discovery","woos-problem-validation","woos-product-research","woos-roadmap-authoring","woos-roadmap-review-gate","woos-architecture-overview","woos-architecture-review-gate","woos-product-design-flow","woos-requirement-contract","woos-prd-authoring","woos-product-prd-review-gate","woos-ui-design-brief","woos-ui-brief-review","woos-prd-consistency-audit","woos-version-integration-audit"]}} |
Idea-to-Design
Purpose
Transform a raw idea into validated product design artifacts.
This is the product-side entry skill. It stops at reviewed product outputs and does not include engineering implementation.
Key Boundary
| Concern | Owned By | Examples |
|---|
| WHAT to build | Research agent | User stories, acceptance criteria, UI flows, success metrics |
| WHY to build it | Research agent | Problem statement, user pain, business value |
| High-level solution shape | Research agent | Version-level architecture, major components, boundaries, key integration points |
| Detailed implementation design | Downstream engineering workflow | Data model, API design, code structure, tech stack choices |
The product side produces requirements, user experience direction, and a high-level architecture recommendation during Discovery. Detailed technical design happens later, outside this skill.
Execution Tiers
Lite: Capture → Lightweight PRD Package
Standard: Capture → Discovery → Product Design Flow
Strict: Capture → Discovery → Product Design Flow
Tier Selection — Two Decision Points
Capture
↓
Trivially simple? → Lite
Otherwise → Discovery
Discovery approved?
→ Single feature → Standard
→ Multi-feature / UX-heavy / high-risk → Strict
Phase Definitions
Phase 1 — Capture
Skill: woos-idea-capture
Output: ideas/<slug>/00-idea-capture.md
Next: Lite if trivially simple and approved; otherwise continue to Discovery.
Phase 2 — Product Discovery
Skill: woos-product-discovery
Output: docs/product/<project>-roadmap.md + docs/product/<project>-architecture.md
Next: Wait for explicit human approval before PRD work begins.
Phase 3 — Product Design Flow
Skill: woos-product-design-flow
Output: docs/prd/<version>/<feature-id>.md
Optional Output: docs/design/<version>/<feature-id>-ui-brief.md
Interface Summary: docs/prd/<version>/<feature-id>-interface.md (Strict only)
Completion
This skill is complete when the selected scope has finished the product-design flow for its mode:
- Lite → PRD ready
- Standard → PRD review passed
- Strict → all features pass analyze gate and required integration audit passes
Skill Dependency Map
idea-to-design entry skill
├── Phase 1: woos-idea-capture
├── Phase 2: woos-product-discovery
│ ├── woos-problem-validation
│ ├── woos-product-research
│ ├── woos-roadmap-authoring
│ ├── woos-roadmap-review-gate
│ ├── woos-architecture-overview
│ └── woos-architecture-review-gate
└── Phase 3: woos-product-design-flow
├── woos-requirement-contract
├── woos-prd-authoring
├── woos-product-prd-review-gate
├── woos-ui-design-brief
├── woos-ui-brief-review
├── woos-prd-consistency-audit
└── woos-version-integration-audit