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The Design Exploration skill transforms vague ideas into concrete technical plans by enforcing a 'design first' methodology within Claude Code. It prevents wasted effort and technical debt by guiding the developer through a structured five-phase process: understanding context, clarifying intent with focused questions, exploring multiple architectural approaches with trade-offs, presenting modular design sections, and documenting the final agreement. By prioritizing YAGNI principles and requiring explicit design validation, it ensures that every line of code written has a clear purpose and architectural fit.
