Design -- Domain Dispatcher

Office: CPO | Lead: product-strategist Sub-skills: 5 | Frameworks: Atomic Design, Double Diamond, Nielsen Heuristics, Gestalt Principles

Purpose

UX design, interaction design, user journeys, accessibility auditing, onboarding flows, and visual design execution. This is the "how users think and flow through an interface" domain -- distinct from design-system (tokens/components) and ui-styling (CSS implementation). Every design output is validated against behavioral science triggers and WCAG 2.1 AA as the minimum accessibility baseline.

Sub-Skill Routing

Task Signal	Routes To	SKILL.md Path
UI design, visual design, component design, visual storytelling	ui-designer	ui-designer/SKILL.md
UX research, user journey mapping, usability testing, generative research	ux-researcher	ux-researcher/SKILL.md
onboarding flow, first-run experience, activation journey	onboarding-designer	(routed via design domain)
WCAG audit, inclusive design, screen reader, assistive technology	accessibility-auditor	(routed via design domain)
delight, whimsy, micro-interactions, personality in UI	Whimsy Layer (mode)	whimsy-injector/SKILL.md

Activation

This domain activates when:

• User invokes /mxm-design
• Task contains keywords: design, UI, UX, interface, wireframe, mockup, prototype, user experience, user journey, usability, accessibility, onboarding flow, visual design, WCAG, information architecture
• Executive router detects design, user experience, or interface signals
• Escalates to ui-ux-pro-max skill when task spans multiple design sub-domains simultaneously

Behavioral Layer

• Confidence: 🟢 HIGH (Maxim skill + external knowledge merged)
• Compliance: reads project-manifest.json before decisions
• Handoff: writes .mxm-skills/agents-handoff.md on completion
• Frameworks: Atomic Design, Double Diamond, Nielsen Heuristics (10 usability heuristics), Gestalt Principles, Fitts's Law, Hick's Law, Jakob's Law
• Auto-loops: behavior-science-persuasion (UX behavioral triggers), design-system (token/component governance), ui-styling (CSS/Tailwind implementation), accessibility-auditor (WCAG compliance on all UI outputs)
• Compliance auto-loop: compliance skill triggered when design decisions involve user data collection

External Sources

• Primary: community-packs/claude-skills-library/product-team/ (UX research templates, user journey frameworks, accessibility audit patterns)
• Secondary: community-packs/ui-ux-pro-max/.claude/skills/design/ (advanced UI/UX execution patterns, interaction design references)
• VoltAgent: community-packs/voltagent-subagents/ (design specialists)
• Conflict resolution: Maxim ALWAYS WINS

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