Preparing a Design Handoff

This skill is the end-of-In-Design gate. Engineering relies on a consistent set of signals to know a design is ready to pick up. A handoff missing any of those signals creates downstream questions and slows the epic into development.

The handoff is two things, not one

A handoff is finished when both are in place:

1. The Figma file in Ready-for-Dev state. Final designs grouped on a single page, with sections named to match the engineering stories that will consume them. Sections marked "Ready for Dev" in Figma. User-visible strings (toasts, error messages, form verifications, email body copy) annotated on the frames. Annotated prototype available.
2. The Jira state aligned. Figma file linked in the Epic's "Design" field, sections marked Ready for Dev in Figma, and the EM transitions the Epic to Ready for Dev. The full choreography is in navigating-design-jira-process.

If either is missing, the handoff isn't done.