| name | prototype |
| description | Move an idea up the fidelity ladder (content-first → wireframe → low-fi → high-fi → code) with a validation plan at each level, plus user-journey mapping and usability-testing scripts. Use when the user wants to prototype, wireframe, map a user flow, or plan/run usability testing. |
Skill: Prototype & Research
Guide work through the right fidelity level with validation.
Steps
- Read
workflows/prototyping.md (5-level fidelity ladder, journey mapping template, usability-testing script, sample data).
- Identify the current need and pick the lowest fidelity that answers it — never skip levels:
- Content-first (info needs) → Wireframe (layout/nav) → Low-fi (task completion) → High-fi (visual/a11y) → Code (feasibility/perf).
- For flows: produce a user-journey map with decision points, error paths, and edge cases.
- For validation: define the usability test (tasks, success criteria, 5-user rule) using the script.
- High-fi/code steps pull tokens (
tokens/*), components (components/*), taste (taste/*), and a11y (accessibility/*).
Output
The artifact at the chosen fidelity + an explicit "what we validate next" plan.
Verification (before declaring done)
- The fidelity matches the question being answered — no level skipped.
- Flows include decision points, error paths, and edge cases (empty/loading/overflow), not just the happy path.
- A concrete validation step is named (tasks + success criteria), not "test later".
- High-fi/code artifacts pass the same token + a11y bar as
design-code (no hardcoded values, contrast, states).
