Design Brief

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design-brief

Turns a structured visual design brief (I-Lang format or plain language) into a concrete DESIGN.md spec plus an HTML preview. Forces the vague parts of a request ("make it professional") into explicit dimensions: palette, accent, typography, layout, mood, density, constraints. Built for OpenDesign; works standalone.

Overview

Publisher	podo
Repository	`design-agent-skills`
Skill name	`design-brief`
Stars	27
Forks	3
Bundled files	1
License	MIT
Links	Skill source Repository Homepage

Markdown instructions
A SKILL.md file the model loads on demand, so it only costs tokens when a request actually matches.
Works with any LLM
AI skills are plain Markdown, not provider-specific code, so this works with GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, or a local model.
1 bundled files
Scripts, templates, and references the model can read while it works. Files are read-only and never executed.
Open source
Published by podo on GitHub. Read the source before you install it.

Installation

Install the Design Brief AI skill in TypingMind to use it with any LLM, or drop it into another agent that reads SKILL.md.

Install in TypingMind

TypingMind installs a skill straight from its GitHub folder — it reads SKILL.md, bundles the resource files, and stores the result locally.

Open the app and go to Plugins → Skills.
Choose "Install from GitHub".
Paste the skill folder URL below and confirm.
https://github.com/podo/design-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/design-brief
Enable the skill in any chat where you want it available.

Plugins → Skills → Add skill → From GitHub URL, then paste the folder URL and press Continue.

Install in another agent

Any agent that reads the Agent Skills format can use this skill — copy the folder into that agent's skills directory.

Claude Code — .claude/skills

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/podo/design-agent-skills.git /tmp/design-agent-skills
mkdir -p .claude/skills
cp -r /tmp/design-agent-skills/skills/design-brief .claude/skills/design-brief

Restart Claude Code after copying so it picks up the new skill.

Use it in TypingMind

Enable Design Brief in any TypingMind chat and the model takes it from there. Its name and description sit in the system prompt, and the moment a request matches, the model loads the full instructions itself — you never invoke it by hand, and it costs no tokens until it is actually used.

The model loads Design Brief on its own as soon as a request matches it.

Works with any AI model

AI skills are plain Markdown instructions rather than provider-specific code, so Design Brief is not tied to the model it was written for. Install it once in TypingMind and use it with GPT-5, Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, Mistral, Llama, or a local model you run yourself — all on your own API keys.

Loaded only when it is needed
The system prompt carries just the name and description. The instructions are fetched on the first matching request, so an idle skill costs nothing.
Switch models mid-chat
Because the skill is instructions rather than code, changing model does not break it — the next model reads the same SKILL.md.

Skill instructions

This is the SKILL.md content the model loads. Read it before installing — a skill is instructions your model will follow.

design-brief

Catalogue stub — full skill: nexu-io/open-design

Decision tree

Is the full skill already installed?
- Global: f=~/.agents/skills/design-brief/SKILL.md; [ -f "$f" ] && ! grep -q "^das:" "$f" && echo "installed" || echo "pointer"
- Project: f=.agents/skills/design-brief/SKILL.md; [ -f "$f" ] && ! grep -q "^das:" "$f" && echo "installed" || echo "pointer"
- installed → the skill is installed as design-brief, invoke it and proceed
- pointer → go to step 2

Detect scope, then install:

bash
[ -e ~/.agents/skills/design-brief ] && echo "global" || echo "project"

Global:

bash
npx skills add https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nexu-io/open-design/main/skills/design-brief/SKILL.md -g -y

Project:

bash
npx skills add https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nexu-io/open-design/main/skills/design-brief/SKILL.md -y

Claude Code: send a command as a chat message starting with ! to run it without leaving the conversation.

Heads-up

License: Apache-2.0
Name collision: design-brief is also written by designer-skills (its install or its catalogue pointer); installing both overwrites the earlier one.

Invoke after install

Skill name: design-brief
Trigger phrases: "design brief", "visual brief", "I-Lang brief", "structured brief"

What it does

Takes a design brief either as an I-Lang structured block ([PLAN:@DESIGN|type=saas_landing] |palette=navy_and_white |accent=coral ...) or as natural language ("clean, minimal, dark-mode landing page for a developer tool, Inter, no animations"), maps it onto eight visual dimensions (palette, accent, body and display typography, layout model, mood, density, exclusions), fills unspecified dimensions with mood-compatible defaults, and writes a DESIGN.md with concrete tokens plus a brief-preview.html preview. Asks before overwriting an existing DESIGN.md.

This is a visual-direction brief, not a product brief: there is no audience, goals or success-metrics content. The frontmatter carries an OpenDesign-specific block that other agents ignore; the skill itself is a single self-contained file.

When NOT to use

A product or project brief with goals, audience, success criteria and scope: the designer-skills package has a design-brief skill that writes exactly that. It installs into the same design-brief directory as this one, so choose one of the two
Building a full design system with a consultation process (use design-consultation)
When the visual direction is already fixed in an existing DESIGN.md

Bundled files

The model reads these on demand while the skill is loaded. They are exposed as readable files and are never executed.

stub.yaml1 KB

Frequently asked questions

What does the Design Brief AI skill do?

Why use Design Brief on TypingMind?

Because you install it once and use it with any model. Design Brief is plain Markdown rather than provider-specific code, so the same skill runs on GPT-5, Claude, Gemini, Grok, or a local model — and you can switch model mid-chat without it breaking. TypingMind runs on your own API keys, so you pay providers directly instead of a per-seat subscription, and your skills and chats stay in your own storage.

How do I install Design Brief in TypingMind?

Open Plugins → Skills → Install from GitHub in TypingMind and paste https://github.com/podo/design-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/design-brief. TypingMind reads its SKILL.md and bundles its files and installs it as a skill you can enable per chat.

Which AI models can use Design Brief?

Any model you connect in TypingMind. AI skills are plain Markdown instructions rather than provider-specific code, so GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, and local models can all load this skill when a request matches it.

How many AI models can I use with Design Brief?

As many as you like. As long as a model supports skills, you can use Design Brief with it — GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, Mistral, Llama and more — all on TypingMind with your own API keys.

Is the Design Brief AI skill free?

Yes. It is published on GitHub by podo under the MIT license. You only pay your own AI provider for the tokens you use.

What are AI skills?

An AI skill is a reusable instruction bundle that teaches an AI model how to do one specific task. It follows the open Agent Skills format: a SKILL.md file with a name and description, plus any scripts, templates or reference files the model may need. The model reads the instructions only when your request matches the skill, so an installed skill costs nothing until it is used.

How are AI skills different from plugins or MCP servers?

A plugin or MCP server gives a model new tools to call — code that runs somewhere and returns a result. An AI skill gives the model knowledge and process instead: how to approach a task, which steps to follow, what good output looks like. Skills are plain Markdown, so they need no server, no API key and no runtime, and they work with any model.

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Overview

Installation

Install in TypingMind

Install in another agent

Use it in TypingMind

Works with any AI model

Skill instructions

design-brief

Decision tree

Invoke after install

What it does

When NOT to use

Bundled files

Frequently asked questions

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