Playbooks

How I work, written down. I use each playbook the same way on every project, and each one can be handed straight to an AI agent.

AI SETUP · STANDARD AI Project Setup Rules → Brief → Memory → Checks
Setting up AI

AI Project Setup

The six things I set up before an AI works on a project, in order: rules for every project, a written brief, rules for this project, memory for corrections, checks that stop a bad deploy, and commands for long sessions. Each one is there because something went wrong without it.

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AI OPERATING MODEL · STANDARD AI Operating System Guide → Standard → Final call
Working with AI

AI Operating System

How I work with AI once a project is running: the seven ways AI work drifts, the rules that keep it on track, the phases I work through, and the checks every output has to pass.

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PROMPTS · LIBRARY Prompt Library Brief → Discover → Define → Explore
Prompts for design

Prompt Library

The prompts I keep for design work, in the order the work happens: a project brief the model reads first, then prompts for discovery, defining the problem, designing, and checking the result. Each one says when to use it and what to check before you trust the answer.

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DISCOVERY · PROCESS Discovery to Scope Discover · Define · Develop · Deliver
Request to plan

Discovery to Scope

How I turn a vague request into a plan a team can build. I use Jobs to be Done to find what the customer is trying to get done, the Double Diamond to explore and then decide, and a scope document that names the problem, the bet, how success is measured, and what is left out.

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DESIGN OPS · REFERENCE Figma Operating System Generate → Curate → Refine → Guarantee
Figma with AI

Figma Operating System

How I run Figma with an AI agent working in the file: naming, status glyphs, tokens, versions, handoff, and the context the agent needs so its work matches the design system.

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A CONTENT DESIGN · STANDARD Interface Content System Perspective → Voice → Framing → Vocabulary
Writing UI copy

Interface Content System

How I write the words on every screen. Write from the person's side, name buttons for what they do and keep that name, and make errors say what to do next. Every rule is shown as a before and an after.

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DESIGN SYSTEMS · PROCESS Design System Migration Stock → Map → Bridge → Move → Retire
Old to new

Design System Migration

How I move a product to a new design system while feature work keeps shipping. Take stock of what is in use, keep old names working through the token library, let Storybook say when each component is done, track it every sprint, and retire the old system on a published date.

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