📋 Design First Dev
This skill helps you apply design-led thinking to build coherent, polished user experiences by focusing on states, craft, and storytelling.
npx playbooks add skill menkesu/awesome-pm-skills --skill design-first-dev
About Design First Dev
The Design First Dev skill assists developers in creating coherent and polished user experiences by applying design-led thinking, focusing on key elements such as states, craft, and storytelling. This skill enables developers to prioritize design principles in their workflow, resulting in more user-friendly and engaging applications. Developers would use this skill when they want to ensure their code is guided by a strong design foundation, leading to more effective and intuitive user experiences.
The 20-word prompt provides structured developer workflow guidance — covering detailed methodology and consistent output formats. Install it in one command.
Use Cases
- Streamlining git workflows and commit conventions
- Setting up CI/CD pipelines and deployment scripts
- Managing monorepos and multi-package projects
- Automating release notes and changelogs
Example Prompts
System Prompt (20 words)
This skill helps you apply design-led thinking to build coherent, polished user experiences by focusing on states, craft, and storytelling.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Design First Dev?
Design First Dev is a free developer workflow skill for AI coding agents. This skill helps you apply design-led thinking to build coherent, polished user experiences by focusing on states, craft, and storytelling.. It provides a specialized system prompt that configures your agent with developer workflow expertise.
How do I use Design First Dev with Claude Code?
Run npx playbooks add skill menkesu/awesome-pm-skills --skill design-first-dev in your terminal to install Design First Dev into your Claude Code session. It works immediately after installation.
Which AI coding agents work with Design First Dev?
Design First Dev is compatible with Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf, OpenClaw, Cline, and any AI agent that supports custom system prompts or .cursorrules files.
Is Design First Dev free to use?
Yes, Design First Dev is completely free and open source. The full source is available on GitHub at https://github.com/menkesu/awesome-pm-skills/tree/main/design-first-dev. You only need a subscription to the AI agent you use it with.
