Skill Reference
Reference for all available skills in the Design plugin.
Design Plugin Skills
| Skill | Command | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Empathize | /design:empathize <name> | Research user needs, context, and existing patterns |
| Define | /design:define-component <name> | Create a component contract with specs and constraints |
| Ideate | /design:ideate <name> | Explore multiple design approaches |
| Prototype | /design:prototype <name> | Build the component in Figma via MCP |
| Test | /design:test <name> | Validate against WCAG and component contract |
| Export Tokens | /design:export-tokens | Export design tokens to CSS, Tailwind, or JSON |
| A11y Audit | /design:a11y-audit | Run comprehensive WCAG accessibility audit |
| Design Review | /design:design-review <name> | Generate Figma Slides presentation from design phases |
| System Overview | /design:system-overview | High-level design system summary |
Common Arguments
All design skills accept a component name as the primary argument:
/design:<phase> <component-name>The component name is used to namespace artifacts in .metapowers/design/<component-name>/.
Flags
--skip-checks
Skip the phase-gate hook's prerequisite check for this run. Before writing the artifact, the skill appends an entry to .metapowers/design/<component-name>/skip-log.md naming the file it's about to write; the PreToolUse hook allows exactly that write once the entry exists.
/design:define-component button --skip-checksEnvironment Variables
FIGMA_ACCESS_TOKEN
Your Figma personal access token, used by the Figma MCP server to write components to your canvas in the prototype phase.
- Claude Code: not needed. Claude Code asks for the Figma access token when you enable the design plugin; you can set or change it later from the plugin's configuration in the
/pluginmenu. - Codex, OpenCode, Cursor, or a standalone MCP server: set
FIGMA_ACCESS_TOKENin the environment that starts the Figma MCP server.
METAPOWERS_SKIP_CHECKS
Set to 1 to globally disable the phase-gate hook for all skills.
export METAPOWERS_SKIP_CHECKS=1