Design Harness system map

The roles, skills, gates, memory, and review loops around one assistant.

Orchestrator

reads the request, routing table, project memory, and required checks first

GateApprove the brief before new work builds

GateApprove direction when choices are ambiguous

GateReview before share, publish, or handoff

Five perspectives, one assistant

Researcher

Discovery sweeps, source checks, assumption mapping, findings, synthesis.

Product Designer

Solution framing, UI direction, prototypes, variants, design rationale.

Content Designer

Voice, copy, naming, localisation, article and lesson drafts.

Craft Reviewer

Design-system, accessibility, interaction, visual QA, pre-share checks.

Design Ops

Routing accuracy, logs, handoff, publishing, retros, harness improvements.

Skills and modules, mapped to what they do

design-kickoff

Front door for anything new. Research first, brief second, approval before build.

used by: Researcher · gates: Product Designer

assumption-mapper

Separates sourced knowns from unsourced beliefs before research or build starts.

used by: Researcher · feeds kickoff

research-agent

Deep discovery or lightweight gap-fill from named sources and project folders.

used by: Researcher

research-question-sharpener

Turns shallow stakeholder questions into questions someone can actually study.

used by: Researcher

usability-test-guide

Builds quant or qual test guides against an existing prototype or approved task.

feeds: research and validation

research-synthesis

Turns sessions, notes, and evidence into patterns, findings, and decisions.

feeds: insight writing

insight-writer

Writes key learning, why it matters, consequence, and so-what checks.

used by: Researcher

source-trust

Marks what is sourced, assumed, missing, or too weak to build on.

used by: all roles

ui-agent

Builds real screens from the approved brief, real tokens, and components.

used by: Product Designer

design-system

Token, component, spacing, typography, and pattern compliance checks.

rides with: UI work

mobile-shell

Applies consistent phone-frame chrome and mobile preview structure.

used by: Product Designer

interaction-review

Checks states, transitions, affordances, breakpoints, and reduced-motion rules.

used by: Craft Reviewer

content

Reviews copy, tone, labels, hierarchy, naming, and page/article voice.

used by: Content Designer

writing

Turns real build notes and lessons into drafts, always grounded in evidence.

used by: Content Designer

deck-builder

Creates workshop, stakeholder, case-study, or launch decks from the record.

used by: Design Ops

ticket-create

Drafts lean work orders from the decision record. Creates only when told.

used by: any role

audit

Mandatory pre-share check for design system, accessibility, copy, sources.

used by: Craft Reviewer

session-handoff

Compacts the current state for a fresh agent without losing the project thread.

used by: Design Ops

publish-project

Publishes a chosen artifact only after audit passes and the user opts in.

used by: Design Ops

harness-audit

Reviews routing logs and failures so the Harness improves instead of repeating misses.

used by: Design Ops

What stays a person's call

Ask, do not guess

Never infer approval from enthusiasm

Private context stays private

Taste is reviewed, not automated

Every miss updates the Harness

Project memory

brief.mdfindings.mddecisions.mdlog.mdscreens/

Orchestrator / source of truth Role lens Human gate Protocol / person call