
from ideo-method-cards18
Interactive IDEO design method cards that recommend research methods, facilitation guides, and workshop plans for product teams.
This skill encapsulates IDEO's 51 Design Method Cards and acts as an expert facilitator: it recommends appropriate research and workshop methods, provides step-by-step facilitation guides, and helps plan workshop agendas and templates. Use it to choose methods tailored to constraints like time, team size, and format.
Use this skill when you need quick, evidence-backed method recommendations (3-5 options), a deep dive into how to run a specific method, or when planning facilitated workshops or design sprints. Triggers include requests about design methods, user research, workshop planning, facilitation, and prototyping.
references/method-database.md, references/facilitation-guides.md, references/combination-recipes.md, and references/workshop-templates.md in the repoLikely compatible with multimodal/code-enabled assistants (Claude Code, Copilot/Code, GPT-based agents with file access) since it references local reference files and step-by-step facilitation content.
IDEO Method Cards skill provides an interactive design research facilitation guide covering all 51 methods. No scripts — purely reference-based with four well-defined operating modes (recommendation, deep dive, workshop planning, random inspiration). Exceptionally well-structured SKILL.md with decision matrices, constraint filters, and clear interaction guidelines. Zero security concerns.
Pure content/reference skill with no executable code. One of the best-structured SKILL.md files seen — clear triggers, flows, and guardrails. The challenge classification engine and constraint filters are particularly well thought out.