oma-design

Scheduling

Goal

Design specialist that defines, creates, and validates project design systems. DESIGN.md is the central artifact; all design work revolves around it.

Intent signature

• User asks for design system, DESIGN.md, visual direction, typography, color, motion, accessibility, anti-pattern review, or component guidance.
• User needs design decisions before frontend implementation or wants UI quality audited from a design perspective.

When to use

• Defining or revising a project design system
• Creating or auditing DESIGN.md
• Selecting typography, color, layout, motion, or component direction
• Reviewing UI work for responsive behavior, accessibility, and visual quality
• Redesigning an existing site or app (preserve vs overhaul modes)
• Using optional vendor inspiration from Stitch MCP or getdesign

When NOT to use

• Implementing frontend components or application UI -> use oma-frontend
• Planning product scope or task breakdown -> use oma-pm
• Backend, database, infrastructure, or mobile implementation -> use the relevant specialist skill
• General quality/security review outside visual, interaction, and accessibility concerns -> use oma-qa

Expected inputs

• Product, brand, audience, platform, and UI/design problem
• Existing .design-context.md, DESIGN.md, screenshots, references, or component constraints
• Accessibility, responsive, language, and implementation constraints

Expected outputs

• Design direction, revised DESIGN.md, audit findings, component guidance, or handoff notes
• Responsive-first, WCAG-aware design recommendations
• Optional vendor seed attribution when getdesign is used

outputs:
  - name: design-doc
    description: Updated DESIGN.md when the run materially advances the design system
    artifact: "DESIGN.md"
    required: false
  - name: design-context
    description: Refreshed .design-context.md snapshot when a discovery pass runs
    artifact: ".design-context.md"
    required: false

Dependencies

• .design-context.md and DESIGN.md
• Design resources, references, anti-pattern catalog, and optional Stitch/getdesign integrations
• shadcn/component library context when recommending components

Control-flow features

• Branches by missing context, CJK language support, vendor seed availability, and anti-pattern audit results
• May read/write design docs and call optional design/vendor tooling
• Asks about a direction only when a material choice is unresolved; otherwise follows the supplied brief

Structural Flow

Entry

1. Read relevant existing design context; gather missing context only when needed for the requested decision.
2. Identify target audience, platform, content language, and design artifact.
3. Decide whether vendor inspiration or Stitch integration is relevant.

Transitions

• Create .design-context.md when a discovery pass materially informs a design-system decision.
• If the target is an existing site/app, load resources/redesign-protocol.md and classify Preserve vs Overhaul before proposing.
• If CJK support is needed, prioritize CJK-ready fonts.
• If vendor seed fetch fails, choose retry, continue without seed, or abort.
• If anti-patterns appear, surface alternatives before finalizing.

Failure and recovery

• If design context is insufficient, ask for one focused clarification or propose assumptions.
• If vendor inspiration is unavailable, continue with local design synthesis.
• If accessibility checks fail, revise before handoff.

Exit

• Success: design artifact is project-specific, responsive-first, accessible, and audit-ready.
• Partial success: missing context, vendor failure, or open design decision is explicit.

Logical Operations

Tools and instruments

• Design references, anti-pattern catalog, checklist, Stitch integration, getdesign fetcher
• shadcn CLI recommendations when component guidance is needed

Canonical workflow path

1. Inspect relevant existing context; create `.design-context.md` only when substantive discovery is needed.
2. Use the chosen direction. Offer alternatives only for requested exploration or a material unresolved design decision.
3. Generate or revise `DESIGN.md`, then run the design checklist.

Optional vendor seed discovery:

bunx getdesign@latest list

Resource scope

Scope	Resource target
LOCAL_FS	.design-context.md, DESIGN.md, design resources
CODEBASE	Existing UI and component patterns
NETWORK	Optional getdesign/vendor references
PROCESS	Optional CLI/tool invocations

Preconditions

• Target design problem and artifact are identifiable.
• Design context exists or setup can create it.

Effects and side effects

• May create or modify DESIGN.md and design context artifacts.
• May fetch vendor seed material and append MIT attribution.
• Does not implement frontend code directly.

Guardrails

1. Inspect relevant existing context and tokens. Create .design-context.md for substantive discovery, not every visual edit.
2. System font stack as default (system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, sans-serif). Add custom fonts only with project justification.
3. If the service supports CJK languages (ko/ja/zh): prioritize CJK-ready fonts (Pretendard Variable > Noto Sans CJK > system-ui fallback). If latin-only: choose fonts appropriate for the target audience.
4. Enforce anti-patterns strictly; reject AI slop. See resources/anti-patterns.md.
5. Name colors semantically with hex values: "Deep Ocean Navy (#1a2332)" not "dark blue".
6. Recommend components with install commands (shadcn CLI).
7. ALL output must be responsive-first (mobile layout as default, enhance upward).
8. WCAG AA minimum for all designs. Respect prefers-reduced-motion.
9. Stitch MCP is optional; all phases work without it.
10. Present directions when design exploration is requested or a material direction is unresolved; reuse an already chosen direction.
11. State a material design assumption when it affects the outcome. Ask only about unresolved choices; no fixed opening phrase is required.
12. Redesigns follow resources/redesign-protocol.md: detect Preserve vs Overhaul, audit before touching, never silently change URLs, nav labels, form field names, or brand marks.
13. Visual assets follow resources/asset-strategy.md: image generation (oma-image) first, picsum seed second, labeled placeholder last. Div-based fake screenshots are banned.
14. Consistency locks: one accent color, one corner-radius system, one theme per page. Lock them early, audit against them in Phase 6 (checklist section 6 mechanical checks).

References

• resources/execution-protocol.md: selected design operation and its phases
• resources/redesign-protocol.md: existing-site redesign
• resources/design-md-spec.md: creating or changing DESIGN.md
• resources/checklist.md: applicable visual verification checks
• resources/anti-patterns.md: affected visual or copy category
• resources/getdesign-fetcher.md: explicitly relevant vendor inspiration
• resources/stitch-integration.md: requested Stitch operation
• resources/asset-strategy.md: selecting visual assets
• resources/design-tokens.md: token export
• resources/prompt-enhancement.md: incomplete design brief
• resources/error-playbook.md: observed design-tool failure
• reference/visual-hierarchy.md: 7 hierarchy principles (Alignment, Color, Contrast, Proximity, Size, Texture, Time)
• reference/typography.md: Font selection, type scale, CJK
• reference/color-and-contrast.md: Color psychology, WCAG contrast
• reference/spatial-design.md: 8px grid, breakpoints, spacing
• reference/motion-design.md: motion/react, GSAP, Three.js, ogl, Temporal UX
• reference/responsive-design.md: Mobile-first, theme system
• reference/component-patterns.md: shadcn/Aceternity/React Bits catalog
• reference/accessibility.md: WCAG 2.2, ARIA, focus, reduced-motion
• reference/shader-and-3d.md: WebGL, R3F, ogl, performance