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5 Claude Skills I Really Use as a Product Designer
Our workflow as designers is very liquid these days, but for now these are the skills I am using, maybe it will inspire someone out there to create something. Who knows?
Oh and before you pour the hate; I know we can design without AI and we don't need Claude at all. But I honestly think that as long as you have the expertise to be a good designer with or without AI, it is not a crime to use tech for your advantage. Relax.
Design-Project-Setup (by me)
For new projects:
creates a new figma file.
asks about project type: web app, iOS or android app and decides the stack it will use.
builds the basic UI from brief
starts a local server with figma capture enabled to allow editing via remote MCP.
When a figma design url is provided (resuming work)
opens up the existing figma file & local server with capture enabled.
UX Designer (by me)
audits exiting designs against Nielsen’s heuristics.
does a competitive benchmarking analysis against local, regional and international competition.
suggests flow & layout for new designs based on brief and the benchmarking results.
Frontend design (marketplace)
when I need to create a quick working POC based on brief while also avoiding generic AI design patterns like typography and color theme choices. I always make my changes later with remote MCP but it’s a pretty solid start tbh.
Figma (marketplace)
create design system rules, implement design, builds component code library.
Figma Plugin Maker (by me)
I am really sick of having to enter an API key for every half-there plugin there is. And sometimes you need to do something for a specific case. So this skill asks a couple of questions and creates a plugin that is either project specific or global for all my projects and saves it to the correct directory.
What about you? how are you using AI in your design workflow?
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