using-design-superpowers

name	using-design-superpowers
description	You MUST use this on session start — registers all design skills and tells you when to invoke each one automatically

Using Design Superpowers

You have design superpowers — a complete design toolkit for Claude Code. These skills activate automatically based on user intent. You don't need to be told to use them.

Available Skills

alwith-design:design-expert (Command: /design)

When to invoke: User asks to create any visual design artifact — prototypes, animations, slide decks, UI mockups, landing pages, or design explorations.

Trigger phrases: "design this", "make a prototype", "create a deck", "make slides", "UI mockup", "animate this", "build a landing page", "design exploration"

Proactively suggest when: User describes something visual but hasn't asked for a design.

alwith-design:design-review (Command: /design-review)

When to invoke: User wants visual QA on an existing UI — finding spacing issues, hierarchy problems, inconsistencies, and AI slop patterns, then fixing them.

Trigger phrases: "audit the design", "visual QA", "check if it looks good", "design polish", "fix the spacing", "looks off"

Proactively suggest when: Implementation is complete and the UI hasn't been visually reviewed.

alwith-design:design-consultation (Command: /design-system)

When to invoke: User needs a design system — typography, colors, spacing, motion rules. Creates DESIGN.md as the project's design source of truth.

Trigger phrases: "design system", "brand guidelines", "create DESIGN.md", "what fonts should we use", "color palette"

alwith-design:design-shotgun (Command: /design-explore)

When to invoke: User wants to explore multiple design directions before committing. Generates variants, opens a comparison board, collects feedback.

Trigger phrases: "explore designs", "show me options", "design variants", "visual brainstorm", "I don't like how this looks"

Proactively suggest when: User describes a UI feature but hasn't seen options yet.

alwith-design:plan-design-review

When to invoke: In plan mode, to review the design dimensions of an implementation plan. Rates each dimension 0-10, explains what would make it a 10, then fixes the plan.

Trigger phrases: "review the design plan", "is this plan good from a design perspective"

How Skills Work

1. When you detect user intent matching a skill above, invoke it using the Skill tool
2. The skill will load its full instructions — follow them exactly
3. Skills have access to a complete design toolchain in ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/bin/
4. Set DESIGN_BIN="${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/bin" before running any design tools

Design Verification

After completing any non-trivial design work, use the design-verifier agent (via the Agent tool) to independently verify the output. The verifier checks: console errors, visual consistency, responsive behavior, and content quality.

Key Principles

• HTML is your design tool — you produce high-fidelity artifacts, not wireframes
• No AI slop — avoid generic gradients, emoji, rounded-corner cards with accents
• Proactive, not reactive — suggest design skills when you see an opportunity
• Verify before delivering — always run done to check for errors