Design documentation

Skill Dragoon0x/everything-design-taste/skills/design-documentation

Documenting design decisions, maintaining design docs, and design knowledge management.From its SKILL.md

Install

npx -y skills add Dragoon0x/everything-design-taste --skill design-documentation

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Design Documentation

What to Document

Document	Purpose	Update Frequency
Design principles	Guide decisions	Rarely
Design system docs	Component reference	Per release
Design decision records	Why we chose X over Y	Per decision
User research findings	Evidence base	Per study
Competitive analysis	Market awareness	Quarterly
Pattern library	Reusable solutions	As patterns emerge

Design Decision Record (DDR)

## DDR-[number]: [Title]

Date: [date]
Status: Proposed / Accepted / Deprecated / Superseded
Deciders: [who decided]

### Context
What situation prompted this decision?

### Decision
What we decided and why.

### Alternatives Considered
What else was considered and why it was rejected.

### Consequences
Positive and negative implications.

Rules

Write for your future self (you'll forget context in 6 months)
Include the WHY, not just the WHAT
Link to evidence (research, data, user quotes)
Keep it findable (same tool as everything else, searchable)
Update or archive, never leave stale docs

What ships with it

Read from the repository

Just SKILL.md. No reference files, no scripts.