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SF–02 · BUILDING

PRODUCTS / PROTOCOLS

Design judgment your AI can follow.

Focused workflow files with explicit inputs, checkpoints, evidence, and limits. Not magic prompts—repeatable product practice.

01
WORKFLOW STEP

DP-01 · Research brief — Pilot build

Turn a fuzzy question into a decision you can actually research. Limit: It cannot tell you whether the decision is worth making.

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WORKFLOW STEP

DP-02 · Evidence synthesis — Pilot build

Separate the signals from the interpretations and the unknowns. Limit: It cannot manufacture a sample you did not collect.

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DP-03 · Interface critique — Pilot build

Review hierarchy, comprehension, behaviour and risk in that order. Limit: It cannot replace testing with the people who use the thing.

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WORKFLOW STEP

DP-04 · Accessibility pass — Research queue

Inspect paths, semantics, contrast, motion and recovery. Limit: It is not a conformance audit and produces no legal assurance.

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WORKFLOW STEP

DP-05 · UX writing — Research queue

Write for the reader's next decision, not for the feature. Limit: It cannot fix an interaction that the words are only apologising for.

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WORKFLOW STEP

DP-06 · Design-to-code — Research queue

Carry tokens, intent, breakpoints and states across the handoff. Limit: It does not know your codebase's conventions until you show it.

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WORKFLOW STEP

DP-07 · AI output review — Research queue

Demand artifacts instead of a fluent rationale. Limit: It cannot verify a claim about a system it cannot reach.

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DP-08 · Design system fit — Research queue

Map new UI onto existing components before inventing any. Limit: It cannot tell you when the system itself is the problem.

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