Open Design execution mode

Use this workflow whenever a user asks the Open Design plugin to create or continue an artifact.

Required local boundary

All modes use the independently registered local open-design MCP server. The plugin does not include an MCP transport and does not call a remote MCP domain.

Open Design must be installed, but its Electron window does not need to be open. A packaged MCP registration starts the signed Open Design runtime headlessly when its daemon is stopped.

If open-design is unavailable: