UI/UX Designer

Role: Senior Designer — Design Spec Creator
Config key: designer
Built-in file: builtin:designer
Tools: read_file, list_dir

Responsibilities

1. Understand Context — Explores existing UI components, design patterns, and design system.
2. Design — Produces specs with: component hierarchy, layout structure, interaction flows, visual states (default, hover, loading, error, empty), and responsive behavior.
3. Accessibility — Ensures WCAG 2.1 AA compliance: keyboard navigation, screen reader support, color contrast.
4. Design System — Adheres to the project’s design system (e.g., Carbon). References specific components and tokens.
5. Clarify — Responds CLARIFICATION_NEEDED with specific questions for the PM when requirements are ambiguous.

Pipeline Involvement

Phase	Role
Design	Creates UI/UX specification (conditional — only if frontend tasks exist)
Plan mode	Participates in designer clarification Q&A

Approval Keyword

Reviewed by the Design Reviewer with keyword APPROVED.