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# Design Thinking

Design Thinking coaching identity, quality constraints, and methodology skills for AI-enhanced design thinking across nine methods

> **🔍 Preview** — This collection is in preview. Core features are complete and functional but refinements may follow.

## Overview

Coaching identity, quality constraints, and methodology skills for AI-enhanced design thinking across nine methods. The collection supports the HVE Design Thinking pyramid structure spanning Problem, Solution, and Implementation spaces.

> Preview: Core features are complete and functional. Suitable for adoption with the understanding that refinements may follow.

## Included Artifacts

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### Chat Agents

| Name                  | Description                                                                                                |
|-----------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| **dt-coach**          | Design Thinking coach guiding teams through the 9-method HVE framework with Think/Speak/Empower philosophy |
| **dt-learning-tutor** | Design Thinking learning tutor providing structured curriculum, comprehension checks, and adaptive pacing  |

### Prompts

| Name                                | Description                                                                                                        |
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| **dt-canonical-deck**               | Canonical deck workflow: opt-in offer, snapshot generation/refresh, and optional customer-card PowerPoint build    |
| **dt-figma-export**                 | Export Design Thinking artifacts to a FigJam board or Figma Design file via the Figma MCP server                   |
| **dt-handoff-implementation-space** | Compiles DT Methods 7-9 outputs into an RPI-ready handoff artifact targeting Task Researcher                       |
| **dt-handoff-problem-space**        | Problem Space exit handoff - compiles DT Methods 1-3 outputs into an RPI-ready artifact targeting Task Researcher  |
| **dt-handoff-solution-space**       | Solution Space exit handoff - compiles DT Methods 4-6 outputs into an RPI-ready artifact targeting Task Researcher |
| **dt-method-04-convergence**        | Theme discovery for Design Thinking Method 4c through philosophy-based clustering                                  |
| **dt-method-04-ideation**           | Divergent ideation for Design Thinking Method 4b with constraint-informed solution generation                      |
| **dt-method-05-concepts**           | Concept articulation for Design Thinking Method 5b from brainstorming themes                                       |
| **dt-method-05-evaluation**         | Stakeholder alignment and three-lens evaluation for Design Thinking Method 5c                                      |
| **dt-method-06-building**           | Scrappy prototype building with fidelity enforcement for Design Thinking Method 6b                                 |
| **dt-method-06-planning**           | Concept analysis and prototype approach design for Design Thinking Method 6a                                       |
| **dt-method-06-testing**            | Hypothesis-driven testing and constraint validation for Design Thinking Method 6c                                  |
| **dt-method-next**                  | Assess DT project state and recommend next method with sequencing validation                                       |
| **dt-resume-coaching**              | Resume a Design Thinking coaching session - reads coaching state and re-establishes context                        |
| **dt-start-project**                | Start a new Design Thinking coaching project with state initialization and first coaching interaction              |

### Instructions

| Name                                                                        | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
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| **.github/skills/design-thinking/dt-methods/references/dt-coach-telemetry** | Design Thinking Coach telemetry overlay applying telemetry-foundations vocabulary to DT session artifacts                                                                                                                                                   |
| **shared/hve-core-location**                                                | Important: hve-core is the repository containing this instruction file; Guidance: if a referenced prompt, instructions, agent, or script is missing in the current directory, fall back to this hve-core location by walking up this file's directory tree. |

### Skills

| Name                       | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|----------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| **dt-coaching-foundation** | Design Thinking coaching foundation knowledge: coach identity and philosophy, quality and fidelity constraints, method sequencing, coaching state schema, and the canonical deck workflow                                                                                                                             |
| **dt-curriculum**          | Design Thinking learning curriculum covering nine progressive modules across the full Problem, Solution, and Implementation Space methods plus a shared manufacturing reference scenario for teaching and practice                                                                                                    |
| **dt-methods**             | Design Thinking method coaching knowledge across all nine methods including per-method techniques, deep expertise, and industry context (energy, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, nonprofit and social impact, pharmaceuticals and life sciences, professional services, public sector, retail and CPG) |
| **dt-rpi-integration**     | Design Thinking to RPI handoff knowledge covering the DT-to-RPI handoff contract, DT-aware research/planning/implement/review contexts, subagent handoff workflow, and Method 5 image prompt generation                                                                                                               |
| **telemetry-foundations**  | Declarative OpenTelemetry-aligned telemetry vocabulary and instrumentation conventions for traces, metrics, logs, and PII handling                                                                                                                                                                                    |

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## Install

```bash
copilot plugin install design-thinking@hve-core
```

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> Source: [microsoft/hve-core](https://github.com/microsoft/hve-core)

