A Three-Step Workflow for Claude Code's Design Skill

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Summary

A three-step workflow for getting more out of Claude Code’s /design skill instead of jumping straight to a one-shot prompt: feed it visual inspiration first, stack it with other design skills, then iterate at both the whole-design and individual-component level using the properties panel and prompt-driven tweaks.

Key Insight

• The failure mode being called out: typing /design plus a text prompt with no reference material produces generic output. Inspiration has to be supplied up front, not implied.
• Step 1, inspiration: pull screenshots of the target style or aesthetic from Pinterest, Dribbble, Landbook, or Twitter and feed them to Claude Code before prompting.
• Step 2, skill stacking: /design isn’t used alone. It’s combined with other front-end and design skills in the same request, stacking multiple skills for one generation.
• Step 3, iteration: ask for several different versions of the output, not just one. Clicking any component surfaces a properties panel for granular editing, plus a separate tweaks section where you prompt for adjustments like background color or font size that get turned into sliders, speeding up iteration.
• The workflow is framed as a repeating cycle of inspiration, skills, and iteration, applied not just once at the project level but again at the individual component level.