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🔍 Design Doc

Create technical design documents for new features, systems, refactoring plans, API designs, and database schemas. Use when asked to write a design doc, TRD (technical requirements document), RFC, or system design document. Triggers on requests like "write a design doc for X", "design the Y feature"

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npx playbooks add skill diskd-ai/design-doc --skill design-doc

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Create technical design documents for new features, systems, refactoring plans, API designs, and database schemas. Use when asked to write a design doc, TRD (technical requirements document), RFC, or system design document. Triggers on requests like "write a design doc for X", "design the Y feature". This skill provides a specialized system prompt that configures your AI coding agent as a design doc expert, with detailed methodology and structured output formats.

Compatible with Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf, OpenClaw, Cline, and any agent that supports custom system prompts.

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Create technical design documents for new features, systems, refactoring plans, API designs, and database schemas. Use when asked to write a design doc, TRD (technical requirements document), RFC, or system design document. Triggers on requests like "write a design doc for X", "design the Y feature"

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