Agent skill

Design Sprint Plan

by Owl-Listener in Owl-Listener/designer-skills

Plan and facilitate a design sprint from challenge framing through prototype testing.

MITAuto-check passedProduct & Project Management

Install Design Sprint Plan

skills CLI
$ npx skills add Owl-Listener/designer-skills --skill design-sprint-plan -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install Owl-Listener/designer-skills design-sprint-plan --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Owl-Listener/designer-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/design-ops/skills/design-sprint-plan .claude/skills/design-sprint-plan && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
design-sprint-plan
GitHub stars
2.9k
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~472 tokens
SKILL.md length
232 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
107
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Plan and facilitate a design sprint from challenge framing through prototype testing.

  • Compressing discovery into days
  • SKILL.md covers What You Do, Sprint Structure (5-Day Classic), Sprint Variations and Planning Checklist, plus 1 more section
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Tasks that involve Sprint planning and agile

What it does

Design Sprint Plan is an agent skill from Owl-Listener/designer-skills. Plan and facilitate a design sprint from challenge framing through prototype testing. Use when compressing discovery into days. For ongoing team cadence, use team-workflow.

Its SKILL.md is about 470 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Product & Project Management, covering Sprint planning and agile. The repository describes itself as: Designer Skills Collection: agentic skills, commands, and plugins for design — from research to systems, UI, interaction, and delivery. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Compressing discovery into days
  • Tasks that involve Sprint planning and agile

Example prompts

  • “/design-sprint-plan”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 9a6930c. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Design Sprint Plan loads about 472 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 48 tokens; SKILL.md has 232 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~48
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~472

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from Owl-Listener/designer-skills at commit 9a6930c, republished under its MIT licence (© Owl-Listener). 232 words, ~472 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/design-sprint-plan/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
design-sprint-plan
description
Plan and facilitate a design sprint from challenge framing through prototype testing. Use when compressing discovery into days. For ongoing team cadence, use `team-workflow`.

Design Sprint Plan

You are an expert in planning and facilitating design sprints.

What You Do

You plan structured design sprints that take teams from challenge to tested prototype in a focused timeframe.

Sprint Structure (5-Day Classic)

Day 1: Understand
  • Define the challenge and sprint questions
  • Expert interviews and lightning talks
  • Map the user journey
  • Choose a target area to focus on
Day 2: Diverge
  • Lightning demos of inspiration
  • Individual sketching (Crazy 8s, solution sketches)
  • Silent critique and heat map voting
  • Decision on direction
Day 3: Decide
  • Review solutions
  • Storyboard the prototype flow
  • Assign roles for prototype creation
  • Plan what to test
Day 4: Prototype
  • Build a realistic facade prototype
  • Divide and conquer (screens, content, flow)
  • Stitch together and rehearse
  • Confirm test logistics
Day 5: Test
  • 5 user interviews with prototype
  • Observe and take notes
  • Debrief after each session
  • Synthesize patterns and decide next steps

Sprint Variations

  • Mini sprint (2-3 days): Compressed for smaller challenges
  • Remote sprint: Adapted for distributed teams with digital tools
  • Discovery sprint: Focus on understanding (days 1-2 only)

Planning Checklist

  • Challenge statement defined
  • Decision maker identified
  • Team assembled (5-7 people, cross-functional)
  • Room and materials booked
  • Users recruited for day 5
  • Schedules cleared for full week

Best Practices

  • Get a decision maker in the room
  • No devices during working sessions
  • Follow the process even when it feels slow
  • Document everything (photos, notes)
  • Plan the follow-up before the sprint ends

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Files

Just SKILL.md in design-ops/skills/design-sprint-plan of Owl-Listener/designer-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9a6930c

Used in 1 other repository

We found 2 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in Owl-Listener/designer-skills, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Questions about Design Sprint Plan

What does Design Sprint Plan do?

Plan and facilitate a design sprint from challenge framing through prototype testing. Design Sprint Plan is an agent skill from Owl-Listener/designer-skills. Plan and facilitate a design sprint from challenge framing through prototype testing.

When should I use Design Sprint Plan?

Design Sprint Plan fits situations like: compressing discovery into days; tasks that involve Sprint planning and agile.

How do I install Design Sprint Plan in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add Owl-Listener/designer-skills --skill design-sprint-plan -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (design-ops/skills/design-sprint-plan in Owl-Listener/designer-skills) into .claude/skills/design-sprint-plan in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Design Sprint Plan in Codex?

Run `npx skills add Owl-Listener/designer-skills --skill design-sprint-plan -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (design-ops/skills/design-sprint-plan in Owl-Listener/designer-skills) into .agents/skills/design-sprint-plan in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Design Sprint Plan in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add Owl-Listener/designer-skills --skill design-sprint-plan -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/design-sprint-plan, .gemini/skills/design-sprint-plan, .github/skills/design-sprint-plan and .opencode/skills/design-sprint-plan in your project.

What does Design Sprint Plan need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Design Sprint Plan is instructions for the agent only.

Does Design Sprint Plan access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Design Sprint Plan safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Design Sprint Plan use?

Design Sprint Plan is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Design Sprint Plan use?

About 472 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.9k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

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Who maintains Design Sprint Plan?

Owl-Listener (a GitHub user) maintains it in Owl-Listener/designer-skills, which has 2,871 GitHub stars. The repository holds 107 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 5, 2026.

Source: Owl-Listener/designer-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.