design-first-dev
Design-Led Development: Craft Quality Standards
When This Skill Activates
Claude uses this skill when:
- Building user-facing features or interfaces
- Making UI/UX decisions
- Deciding between quick prototype vs polished experience
- Creating onboarding, core flows, or key moments
- Determining if "details matter" for this feature
Core Frameworks
1. Airbnb's Design-Led Process (Source: Brian Chesky, CEO of Airbnb)
Leaders in the Details:
"There's a difference between micromanagement and being in the details. If you don't know the details, how do you know people are doing a good job? I made sure I was in the details."
The Approach:
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