/design-first
Guide structured design thinking through 5 progressive levels before any code is written. Levels: Capabilities, Components, Interactions, Contracts, Implementation. Use when building new features, refactoring significant code, designing modules, or when the user says 'design
$ npx -y skills add techygarg/lattice --skill design-first --agent claude-codeHow it fires
How this skill gets triggered: by you, by Claude, or both.
- Fires itselfAuto-invocation. Claude auto-loads it when your prompt matches the work.
- You can call itInvoke it directly when you want it.
- Slash command
/design-first
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Guide structured design thinking through 5 progressive levels before any code is written. Levels: Capabilities, Components, Interactions, Contracts, Implementation. Use when building new features, refactoring significant code, designing modules, or when the user says 'design
Composable AI skills that teach assistants structured thinking — design-first, context-aware, and architecture-guided.
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