shape
MANDATORY PREPARATION
Invoke /impeccable, which contains design principles, anti-patterns, and the Context Gathering Protocol. Follow the protocol before proceeding. If no design context exists yet, you MUST run /impeccable teach first.
Shape the UX and UI for a feature before any code is written. This skill produces a design brief: a structured artifact that guides implementation through discovery, not guesswork.
Scope: Design planning only. This skill does NOT write code. It produces the thinking that makes code good.
Output: A design brief that can be handed off to /impeccable craft, /impeccable, or any other implementation skill.
Philosophy
Most AI-generated UIs fail not because of bad code, but because of skipped thinking. They jump to "here's a card grid" without asking "what is the user trying to accomplish?" This skill inverts that: understand deeply first, so implementation is precise.
Phase 1: Discovery Interview
Do NOT write any code or make any design decisions during this phase. Your only job is to understand the feature deeply enough to make excellent design decisions later.
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