Ideo Method Cards — Design skill for Claude Code

IDEO Design Method Cards for Claude Code

A Claude Code skill that brings IDEO's 51 Design Method Cards to your terminal. Get smart, context-aware method recommendations, step-by-step facilitation guides, and workshop planning — all without leaving your workflow.

What It Does

• Quick Recommendation — Describe your challenge, get 3-5 methods with rationale
• Deep Dive — Pick a method, get a complete facilitation playbook
• Workshop Planning — Build a timed agenda with method sequences and materials lists
• Random Inspiration — Draw a card for a fresh perspective on your current work

Install

Option 1: Symlink (recommended for development)

ln -s /path/to/ideo-method-cards ~/.claude/skills/ideo-method-cards

Option 2: Copy

cp -r /path/to/ideo-method-cards ~/.claude/skills/ideo-method-cards

Option 3: Install from GitHub

git clone https://github.com/bayramannakov/ideo-method-cards.git ~/.claude/skills/ideo-method-cards

Usage

Slash Command

/ideo-method-cards

Natural Language (Auto-Trigger)

The skill activates when you mention design methods, user research, workshop planning, design sprints, or related topics:

• "I need to plan user research for our new feature"
• "What design method should I use to understand our users?"
• "Help me plan a 3-hour workshop for my team"
• "Draw a random design method card"

The 51 Methods

Organized across four categories:

Category	Count	Focus
LEARN	12	Analysis and synthesis of existing information
LOOK	11	Observation of people and contexts
ASK	14	Engaging with people directly
TRY	14	Prototyping and simulation

Examples

See the `examples/` directory for sample outputs:

• discovery-sprint.md — A 3-day discovery sprint plan
• quick-validation-session.md — A 2-hour validation session

License

MIT