Getting Started

What is Metapowers?

Metapowers is a collection of LLM plugins that bring structured, repeatable workflows to digital production domains. Each plugin adds a set of slash commands that guide you through a proven methodology.

The first plugin — Design — implements a five-phase design thinking process for building UI components, writing artifacts to Figma via MCP.

Quick Start

Install metapowers:

npx create-metapowers

Then start a design workflow:

/design:empathize button

This kicks off the empathize phase for a "button" component, creating research artifacts in .metapowers/design/button/.

How It Works

Each domain plugin provides:

• Phases — ordered steps in a methodology (e.g., empathize → define → ideate → prototype → test)
• Skills — slash commands that execute each phase with structured prompts
• Quality gates — checks that enforce phase ordering and artifact completeness
• Artifacts — markdown files generated at each phase, stored in a .metapowers/design/ (or domain-specific) directory

Next Steps

• Installation — detailed setup instructions
• Design Domain Guide — walk through all five design phases
• Architecture — understand how the plugin system works