AI Design Skills - Interview with an Agent
João Ventura
Product Designer @Maven
Teach AI how you think - in one conversation
Skill files are the secret weapon of Claude Code power users. They're instruction files that tell AI exactly how you approach specific types of work - writing UX copy, structuring design systems, running critiques, building prototypes. The problem? Writing good skill files is tedious. You have to articulate things you do intuitively. This agent does it for you. It asks you smart questions about how you work, then generates production-ready skill.md files you can use immediately.
From interview to skill files in 20 minutes
What's included
The Interview Agent — A Claude Code agent (markdown file) that runs a structured interview about your design expertise. It knows what questions to ask and how to dig deeper on the answers that matter. Drop it into Claude Code and start the conversation.
Auto-generated skill files — Based on your interview, the agent generates 3-5 skill.md files covering your core competencies. Each file includes your methodology, your preferences, your common patterns, and specific instructions for AI to follow when helping you with that type of work.
The skill file template — A blank template with documentation so you can create additional skills manually. Includes examples of what good vs. mediocre skill files look like.
Setup guide — How to install the agent, where to put your skill files, and how to activate them in Claude Code projects.
What a generated skill file looks like
The difference skill files make
Without skill files, Claude Code is smart but generic. It writes UX copy like a copywriter who's never met you. It structures components like someone who's never seen your design system. It gives feedback based on general best practices, not your specific standards.
With skill files, it's like having a junior designer who's studied your entire portfolio, read all your design docs, and internalized how you think. The gap between "useful AI assistant" and "AI design partner" is context — and skill files are how you give it that context.
Built for Claude Code users
This is for designers who:
Already use Claude Code (or plan to start)
Want their AI to match their specific standards and process
Have expertise they want to encode but don't want to write
documentation from scratch
Value consistency across projects
You don't need to be technical - if you can run Claude Code, you can use this agent.