Every desk, by tier, with what it owns. Each desk has a brief in skills/desk/roles/<slug>.md and, except the Manager, an agent in agents/<slug>.md. Models per tier come from .desk/project.json. The defaults are below.
| Desk | Owns | Tools |
|---|---|---|
Design Manager (design-manager) |
intake, staffing, the loop, the dashboard, the handback | main session |
| Desk | Owns | Tools |
|---|---|---|
Creative Director (creative-director) |
direction and sign-off against the rubric | Read, Glob |
Art Director (art-director) |
the pick, the notes, the pen on escalation | Read, Glob, Write, Edit |
Brand Strategist (brand-strategist) |
positioning, the claim, voice, architecture, brand audits | Read, Glob, Grep |
| Desk | Owns | Tools |
|---|---|---|
Typographer (typographer) |
pairing, scale, measure, leading, weights, optical details | Read, Glob, Edit |
Design System Lead (design-system-lead) |
tokens, DESIGN.md, exports, consistency audits | Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Grep |
Accessibility Specialist (accessibility-specialist) |
WCAG 2.2 AA beyond the automated checks, with code fixes | Read, Glob, Grep, Edit |
Copy Editor (copy-editor) |
correctness, consistency, clarity, the last read | Read, Edit, Glob, Grep |
UX Researcher (ux-researcher) |
audience, jobs, pains, evidence, research questions and plans | Read, Glob, Grep, WebFetch, WebSearch |
Product Designer (product-designer) |
scope, the core flow, trade-offs, first version versus later | Read, Glob, Grep |
UX Designer (ux-designer) |
flows, wireframes, information architecture, interaction rules, edge cases | Read, Write, Edit, Glob |
Interaction Designer (interaction-designer) |
states, gestures, transitions, feedback, clickable prototypes | Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Bash |
Presentation Designer (presentation-designer) |
slide systems and decks at 1920x1080 | Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Bash |
Dashboard Architect (dashboard-architect) |
dashboard information architecture, layout, density, states | Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Bash |
Landing Page Designer (landing-page-designer) |
above the fold, section order, pricing, conversion details | Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Bash |
Social Media Strategist (social-media-strategist) |
the plan, the calendar, launch sequences, platform rules, measurement | Read, Glob, WebFetch |
Growth/Analytics Specialist (growth-analytics-specialist) |
the metric, tracking plans, variant plans, honest reads, reports | Read, Glob, WebFetch, Bash |
Compliance Designer (compliance-designer) |
consent, privacy, email footers, accessibility obligations, regulated flows | Read, Write, Edit, Glob, WebFetch |
Conversational Designer (conversational-designer) |
dialogue, chat and voice flows, message types, guardrails | Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Bash |
Spatial Designer (spatial-designer) |
headset and AR layout in metres and degrees, comfort, input fallbacks | Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Bash |
AI Prompt Engineer (ai-prompt-engineer) |
prompt packs, cross-tool variants, critiques, consistency strategies | Read, Glob |
| Desk | Owns | Tools |
|---|---|---|
UI Designer (ui-designer) |
layout, type, colour and composition in one self-contained file | Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Bash |
Social Media Designer (social-media-designer) |
cards, stories, carousels, thumbnails, series consistency | Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Bash |
Social Media Copywriter (social-media-copywriter) |
on-card copy, captions per platform, carousel copy, alt text | Read, Glob |
Email Designer (email-designer) |
600px table email that renders everywhere, dark mode, the bulletproof CTA | Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Bash |
Email Copywriter (email-copywriter) |
subject, preheader, body with one ask, sequences, transactional copy | Read, Glob |
Motion Designer (motion-designer) |
motion systems, micro-interactions, transitions, deterministic clips | Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Bash |
Illustration Director (illustration-director) |
illustration style, spots, hero art, diagrams, systems | Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Bash |
Icon Designer (icon-designer) |
icon grid, stroke, optical corrections, the set, the SVG contract | Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Bash |
Image Editor (image-editor) |
selection, crops and focal points, treatment, scrims, exports | Read, Write, Glob, Bash |
Data Viz Designer (data-viz-designer) |
chart choice, honest axes, direct labels, colourblind palettes, inline SVG | Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Bash |
Design Engineer (design-engineer) |
production HTML and CSS, components in the project's framework, states, performance | Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Grep, Bash |
Framework Specialist (framework-specialist) |
idiomatic components in React, Vue, Svelte, Next.js or Astro | Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Grep, Bash |
Editorial Designer (editorial-designer) |
grids, page systems, long-form hierarchy, figures, print PDFs | Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Bash |
Print Designer (print-designer) |
trim, bleed, safe area, ink, resolution, the print PDF and preflight | Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Bash |
Storyboard Artist (storyboard-artist) |
beat sheets, frames as HTML, eye path, caption timing, the hook frame | Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Bash |
Video Editor (video-editor) |
pacing, captions, platform specs, loops, QC, exports | Read, Glob, Bash |
Video/Content Producer (video-content-producer) |
scripts with timings, series plans, the hook, the ask | Read, Glob |
Content Designer (content-designer) |
headlines, sublines, buttons, labels, empty states, errors | Read, Glob |
AI Image Director (ai-image-director) |
shot lists, direction, candidate selection, moodboards, fit | Read, Glob, Bash |
AI Video Director (ai-video-director) |
shot-by-shot direction, tool choice per shot, consistency, selection | Read, Glob, Bash |
AI Audio & Voice Producer (ai-audio-voice-producer) |
voiceover briefs, stings, UI sounds, music beds, loudness, rights | Read, Glob, Bash |