knowledge-work-design

---
name: knowledge-work-design
description: Use when running design workflows — critique, design-system management, UX writing, accessibility audits, research synthesis, and dev handoff — standalone or connected to Figma.
source: https://github.com/anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins/tree/main/design
generated: 2026-07-02T18:42:15.451Z
category: design
audience: design
---

## When to use

- Getting structured design feedback on usability, visual hierarchy, and consistency
- Auditing, documenting, or extending a design system — components, tokens, patterns
- Generating developer handoff specs — measurements, tokens, states, and edge cases
- Running a WCAG accessibility audit for contrast, screen reader, and keyboard navigation

## Key concepts

### Commands vs skills

Commands are explicit slash workflows (/critique, /design-system, /handoff, /ux-copy, /accessibility, /research-synthesis); skills are domain knowledge Claude applies automatically.

### design-critique skill

Evaluates designs for usability, visual hierarchy, consistency, and adherence to design principles, backing the /critique command.

### design-system-management skill

Manages design tokens, component libraries, and pattern documentation behind the /design-system command.

### accessibility-review skill

Audits designs and code for WCAG 2.1 AA compliance, driving the /accessibility workflow.

### ux-writing and user-research

ux-writing produces clear, brand-aligned microcopy; user-research plans, conducts, and synthesizes interviews, surveys, and usability tests.

### design-handoff skill

Creates comprehensive developer handoff documentation from designs, behind the /handoff command.

## API reference

```
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins
```

Add Anthropic's knowledge-work plugin marketplace (one-time).

```
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins
```

```
/plugin install design@knowledge-work-plugins
```

Install the Design plugin.

```
/plugin install design@knowledge-work-plugins
```

## Gotchas

- Primarily designed for Cowork, Anthropic's agentic desktop app, though it also works in Claude Code
- Commands run standalone from a screenshot or description but are supercharged when you connect Figma
- It's a plugin bundling seven skills, not a single skill; skills fire automatically while commands are invoked explicitly
- /critique needs a Figma link, screenshot, or description — it won't invent the design under review
- accessibility-review targets WCAG 2.1 AA specifically, not arbitrary or custom compliance levels

---
Generated by SkillMake from https://github.com/anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins/tree/main/design on 2026-07-02T18:42:15.451Z.
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File: ~/.claude/skills/knowledge-work-design/SKILL.md