Claude · Design 03 · Kenya Hara · 2026

A skill.
Claude, quietly designing.

A portable Claude skill that turns the model into a senior designer — grounded in real context, committed to a visual system, refusing to make AI-slop.

Emptiness is the most generous container.

— What it installs

A SKILL.md, a set of references, a different default.

Claude Design is a small thing. A file Claude reads when your request sounds like a design task.

It does not add features. It removes unhelpful defaults — the reach for a gradient, the silhouette of a product, the invented stat. In their place, it asks Claude to pause and gather what is real.

— 01

Verify before assuming.

When a product is named, a ten-second search precedes any design work. This is small and not optional.

— 02

Gather real assets.

Logo. Product photograph. UI screenshot. These arrive before colour and typography, not after.

— 03

Offer directions; wait.

When the brief is vague, three ways are proposed. Claude does not choose for you.

— Install
npx skills add jiji262/claude-design-skill -g