| name | design-directions |
|---|---|
| description | Run a structured design-direction round for any product surface (website, SaaS app, desktop or mobile app, greenfield or an update to an existing design). Grounding sweep, then 3-6 named directions in words, then comparable rendered mood boards, then live prototypes, with the founder culling between every stage. Use when the user invokes /design-directions, asks for branding or design directions, a redesign, a visual identity, mood boards, "design options", or says to run the design rounds. |
A formulaic version of a design process with a checkpoint structure as its primary mechanism: words, cull, boards, cull, prototypes, cull, harden. The user decides at every gate. Never hand-design the main visuals solo; the discussion is the deliverable, and execution follows decision. Skipping a cull to