Level 2: Applied AI Design Systems & Skills · Playground

Try the prompts.

A low-stakes place to grab a starter prompt from this program and run it in your own AI. Copy one, paste it into Claude, Gemini, or NotebookLM, and see what comes back. Each one lives in full (with steps and checks) inside its module.

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Practice out loud with the Voice Simulator

Copying prompts is one way to practice. Speaking is another. Rehearse a hard conversation by voice with an AI partner, then get a debrief.

Open Voice Simulator

Turn a Context Doc into a Brand System (DESIGN.md)

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You have a brand brief or a Level 1 context doc, but every design and every campaign still comes out looking a little different. You need a single source of truth: brand principles plus a reusable DESIGN.md with color roles, a type scale, components, and clear do/dont rules. AI drafts the structure and fills the tokens fast. You stay the art director who decides what the brand actually is and signs off on every choice.

I am building a brand system from my own context. I will paste a brief and any existing assets.

Hard rules, confirm before I paste anything:
- Use ONLY what I give you. Invent no brand values, colors, or fonts I did not provide or approve.
- If something a real brand system needs is missing, list it under GAPS. Do not fill it in.
- You draft and structure. I decide what the brand is and approve every choice.
- Plain labels, no jargon I would have to look up.

Confirm these rules in your own words.

Audit a Design Skill Against the Three Gates

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You found (or wrote) an AI design "skill" and you want to know if it is actually good before you leverage it on real work. You audit it against three gates: description quality, methodology completeness, and agent-readiness. AI helps you score it fast and surface the gaps. You stay the art director who decides whether it passes and what to fix first.

I am auditing an AI design skill against three gates. Confirm the rubric before I paste the skill:

GATE 1, DESCRIPTION QUALITY: Is it clear what the skill does, when to use it, and when NOT to? Would the right person know to reach for it?
GATE 2, METHODOLOGY COMPLETENESS: Does it lay out real steps, inputs, and outputs? Could someone follow it and get a consistent result, or is it hand-wavy?
GATE 3, AGENT-READINESS: Could an AI assistant actually run this end to end? Are inputs, outputs, and guardrails explicit, or does it assume a human fills gaps?

Score each gate PASS / PARTIAL / FAIL with a one-line reason. Do not invent strengths it does not have.

Confirm the rubric, then I will paste the skill.

Turn a Brief into a Clickable Prototype Plan

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You have a brief for a small app or landing flow and you need a clickable prototype, not a wall of text. You plan the screens, the states, and the wired interactions so it can be clicked through and tested. AI structures the prototype plan fast. You stay the art director who decides what the experience should feel like and what gets cut.

Here is my brief:
[PASTE THE BRIEF]

Here is my DESIGN.md (or brand principles + tokens):
[PASTE YOUR DESIGN.md]

Before any screens: in one sentence each, tell me back the ONE job this prototype must do and the ONE success moment the user should reach. If the brief is trying to do more than one job, say so and recommend what to cut for a first clickable prototype.

Capstone: Build a Brand System, Then Audit a UI Against It

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This is the Level 2 proof. You build a brand-principles system, then audit and refine a sample UI against it, and export the artifact. You run the full art-director loop: set the standard, critique against it, and iterate until the UI is on-brand. AI assists at every step; you own the standard and the final call.

Here is my brand system:
[PASTE YOUR DESIGN.md]

This is the STANDARD I am holding a UI to. Confirm you understand it by listing back, in one line each:
- The three brand principles
- The color roles
- The three rules from my Do / Dont you think are easiest to violate

Every critique you give later must cite a principle, a token, or a do/dont rule. No opinions that are not tied to my standard.

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