Design Thinking Skills
Description
A Claude Code skill that guides any team through Design Thinking, from user research to shipped solution. Includes phase-by-phase methods, templates, facilitation scripts, and role-specific guidance for designers, founders, and business leaders.
Installation
This entry records only its repository, not the path inside it, so there is no
exact command to give. Open the source below and copy the folder into
~/.claude/skills/, or the file into ~/.claude/agents/.
README
◈ EMPATHIZE → DEFINE → IDEATE → PROTOTYPE → TEST → IMPLEMENT ◈Design Thinking
**Human-centered design methodology, from user research to shipped solution.** Built for product designers, UX researchers, service designers, entrepreneurs, and business leaders.
Install
**Add to an existing Claude Code project:**
# Clone into your project's .claude/skills directory
git clone https://github.com/65ping/design-thinking.git .claude/skills/design-thinking**Or install globally** (available across all your projects):
git clone https://github.com/65ping/design-thinking.git ~/.claude/skills/design-thinkingClaude Code will detect the skill automatically. No configuration needed.
What It Does
This skill turns Claude into a Design Thinking coach, facilitator and artifact generator. Tell Claude what phase you're in and what you need: it adapts to your role, context, and timeline.
"I need to plan empathy interviews for a mobile banking redesign"
"Help me synthesize these research notes into a problem statement"
"We're running a 90-minute remote ideation session, what method should we use?"
"I'm a founder, how do I validate my idea before I build anything?"
"We're redesigning a healthcare service, where do we start?"Claude responds with structured guidance, ready-to-use artifacts, facilitation scripts, or design critique, all grounded in the methodology.
The Six Phases
| # | Phase | Core Question | Output |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🔍 Empathize | Who are these people and what do they actually experience? | Empathy maps, research insights |
| 2 | 🎯 Define | What is the real problem worth solving? | POV statement, HMW questions |
| 3 | 💡 Ideate | What are all possible ways to solve this? | Solution concepts, decision rationale |
| 4 | 🔧 Prototype | What is the cheapest version we can learn from? | Prototype artifact (any fidelity) |
| 5 | 🧪 **Test |
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