| name | galactic-design-validation |
| description | Critiques a Galactic UX/UI spec before engineering handoff. Use when you need a structured validation pass focused on clarity, trust, compatibility risk, edge cases, and whether the design actually serves Galactic's target users. |
| allowed-tools | Read, Grep, Glob |
Galactic Design Validation
Use this skill to pressure-test a Galactic design before it becomes handoff material.
Required Context
Read these first:
../references/galactic-product-foundation.md
README.md
- The latest
Solution Brief
- The latest
UX/UI Spec
Inspect relevant implementation only when needed to verify compatibility or surface mismatch.
Workflow
- Re-state the primary user and dominant pain.
- Check whether the design solves that problem cleanly.
- Look for technical leakage, vague states, unsupported promises, and trust gaps.
- Evaluate tool and workflow compatibility concerns likely to matter to Galactic users.
- Check edge cases and degraded states.
- Decide whether the design passes or requires revision.
Hard Rules
- Findings come first. Do not lead with a summary.
- Be specific about why a design is risky for Galactic's users.
- Flag any place where the design overpromises beyond current product capability.
- Treat trust and proof gaps as first-class design failures when the audience requires them.
- If the design is acceptable, still name residual risks instead of pretending it is perfect.
Output
Return exactly this Markdown structure:
# Design Validation Report
## Findings
| Severity | Finding | Why It Matters |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blocking / Major / Minor | | |
## Clarity Risks
- Risk:
## Trust Risks
- Risk:
## Tool And Workflow Compatibility Risks
- Risk:
## Edge Cases
- Case:
## Accessibility And Comprehension Checks
- Check:
## Required Revisions
- Revision:
## Decision
- Pass or revise:
- Reason:
If the decision is Revise, hand back to $galactic-ux-ui-feature-design. If the decision is Pass, hand off to $galactic-design-handoff.