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-maxskill 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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