Overview
Enforce design system rigor by guiding teams through translating discovery learnings into actionable UI specs. This Skill codifies AiDesigner’s front-end template, component governance, and accessibility checklists.
When to Use
- •Preparing UI deliverables after completing discovery and inspiration sessions.
- •Auditing an existing interface against the Nano Banana design system.
- •Onboarding new designers to the project’s component library and rationale.
Workflow
- •Review discovery inputs
- •Import journey insights and tokens generated by the Discovery Journey Skill.
- •Map user needs to interface surfaces and interaction models.
- •Define experience pillars
- •Document guiding principles, tonal direction, and key flows using
aidesigner-core/templates/front-end-spec-tmpl.yaml. - •Align with product and engineering stakeholders before moving to components.
- •Document guiding principles, tonal direction, and key flows using
- •Component mapping
- •Audit existing components in your project's component library for reuse.
- •Define new variants or patterns only when gaps exist, capturing rationale in the component inventory table.
- •Ensure accessibility requirements (WCAG AA minimum) are documented per component.
- •Interaction and state detail
- •Capture responsive breakpoints, error/empty/loading states, and motion cues.
- •Link to supporting prototypes or Figma files where available.
- •Validate copy and localization guidance.
- •Handoff package
- •(Note:
bin/aidesigner ui exportis planned but not yet implemented) - •Export the UI spec to your project's documentation directory.
- •Notify engineering teams and pair with Architecture QA for implementation planning.
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Checklists
- • Principles and experience pillars confirmed with stakeholders.
- • Component inventory updated with reuse decisions.
- • Accessibility acceptance criteria documented.
- • Interaction states covered across responsive breakpoints.
- • Handoff bundle attached to tracking ticket or sprint board.
Tips
- •Reference the Architecture QA & Tech Stack Governance Skill to align component decisions with technical constraints.
- •Invite QA early to validate accessibility and localization impacts.
- •Maintain a changelog for component updates to inform future Skills.
Next Steps
Transition to the Architecture QA & Tech Stack Governance Skill to verify the implementation plan preserves the design system commitments captured here.