What It Does
Design Thinking Skills transforms Claude into a human-centered design coach and artifact generator. It guides teams through six interconnected phases—Empathize, Define, Ideate, Prototype, Test, and Implement—with structured methods, ready-to-use templates, and facilitation scripts tailored to your role and timeline.
Ask Claude what phase you’re in and what you need. It adapts instantly: empathy map templates, POV statements, ideation methods, prototype briefs, usability test scripts, or implementation guidance.
How It Works
The skill embeds the complete Design Thinking methodology with 20+ anti-patterns, 7 artifact templates, and 4 facilitation scripts. It’s role-aware: it responds differently to product designers, entrepreneurs validating ideas, and business leaders running innovation workshops. Each phase includes core questions, output artifacts, and non-linear loop-back guidance.
Use Cases
- Plan and run empathy interviews, then synthesize insights into problem statements
- Facilitate 90-minute remote ideation sessions with structured brainstorming methods
- Choose prototype fidelity and build low-cost learning artifacts
- Prepare usability test scripts with task scenarios and facilitator prompts
- Run 3-day innovation sprints or strategy workshops
- Validate startup ideas before building
Who Benefits
Product designers, UX researchers, service designers, entrepreneurs, and business leaders balancing methodology depth with sprint velocity. Founders use it for pre-launch validation. Executives use it to reframe business problems as human-centered opportunities.