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These skills turn messy transcripts and workflow sketches into structured artifacts: affordance tables, framing documents, and kickoff references. The shaping methodology iterates on problem definition and solution options, while breadboarding makes the resulting parts map explicit. Breadboard analysis then checks the map against code for naming resistance, hidden stores, and incoherent wiring. The audience includes product designers, technical leads, and project shapers who need to keep design decisions visible and testable.
WHO IT'S FOR
Product Managers and Product Designers
shaping product solutions and mapping system interactions
Software Architects and Engineers
mapping existing systems and analyzing design smells
UX Researchers and Design Researchers
creating framing documents from conversation transcripts
Project Managers and Team Leads
documenting shaped project kickoffs for builder reference
Compatible AgentsThe repository documents support for these agents. The skills may also work with other agents that can load SKILL.md files, but they may need some setup or small changes.
Follow the documented setup, then try a first task.
Claude Code symlink installation
Installs: Documented Shaping Skills bundle containing framing-doc, kickoff-doc, breadboarding, and shaping; symlinks keep the installed skills updatable with git pull. · Claude Code
Before you start
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Run this complete block in a terminal. It clones the repository to `~/.local/share/shaping-skills` and symlinks each documented skill as a direct child of `~/.claude/skills/`.
# Clone the repo, then symlink each skill into your Claude Code skills directory
git clone https://github.com/rjs/shaping-skills.git ~/.local/share/shaping-skills
ln -s ~/.local/share/shaping-skills/framing-doc ~/.claude/skills/framing-doc
ln -s ~/.local/share/shaping-skills/kickoff-doc ~/.claude/skills/kickoff-doc
ln -s ~/.local/share/shaping-skills/breadboarding ~/.claude/skills/breadboarding
ln -s ~/.local/share/shaping-skills/shaping ~/.claude/skills/shaping
Use the framing-doc skill to create a framing document from the conversation transcripts at `<TRANSCRIPT_PATHS>`, read in the order listed. The topic area is `<TOPIC_AREA>`. Capture attributed source quotes, the options that surfaced and their signals, and the case for which problem should be pursued now without dismissing the other options permanently.
Use the kickoff-doc skill on `<KICKOFF_TRANSCRIPT_PATH>` to produce a reference document for `<PRIMARY_AUDIENCE>`. Also consider the supporting visuals, screenshots, mockups, or breadboards at `<SUPPORTING_INPUT_PATHS>`. Organize the document by the territory being built, with Frame and Shape sections, and keep every claim grounded in what participants said or clearly meant.
Use the breadboarding skill to map the existing system in `<CODE_REPOSITORY_PATH>` for this operator-facing workflow: `<WORKFLOW_DESCRIPTION>`. Produce UI Affordances and Code Affordances tables showing controls, wires out, and returns-to relationships. If the workflow crosses multiple applications, represent the full story in one breadboard and label each system.
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