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name: design-brief description: | Generate structured design briefs from loose requirements and product context. Turns vague ideas into actionable design specs: goals, constraints, audience, success metrics, and scope boundaries. triggers:

• "design brief"
• "project brief"
• "design spec"
• "design requirements"
• "brief from requirements" das: category: design-review upstream: "https://github.com/nexu-io/open-design" upstream_path: "skills/design-brief/SKILL.md" version: latest install: true

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design-brief

Catalogue stub — full skill: nexu-io/open-design

Decision tree

1. Is the full skill already installed? Check whether the skill at this location still has a das: block:

   • Global: grep -q "^das:" ~/.agents/skills/design-brief/SKILL.md 2>/dev/null && echo "pointer" || echo "installed"
   • Project: grep -q "^das:" .agents/skills/design-brief/SKILL.md 2>/dev/null && echo "pointer" || echo "installed"
   • No das: block → full skill installed, invoke it and proceed
   • das: block present → go to step 2

2. Detect scope, then install:

   To detect scope:

   [ -e ~/.agents/skills/design-brief ] && echo "global" || echo "project"
   

   Global (installed with -g):

   npx skills add nexu-io/open-design --skill design-brief -g -y
   

   Project (installed without -g):

   npx skills add nexu-io/open-design --skill design-brief -y
   

   Claude Code: send either command as a chat message starting with ! to run it without leaving the conversation.

Invoke after install

• Skill name: design-brief
• Trigger phrases: "design brief", "project brief", "design spec"

What it does

Generates structured design briefs from loose requirements and product context. Turns a rough idea or a vague ask into a clear design document: goals, target audience, success metrics, constraints, and scope. Prevents misaligned design work by establishing shared intent before any UI work begins.