Whiteport Design Studio (WDS)

npx whiteport-design-studio install

Strategic design methodology for creating products users love, powered by AI agents.

What is WDS?

WDS is a structured design methodology that uses AI agents to guide you through product design, from initial strategy to developer-ready specifications.

• Strategic foundation - Connect every design decision to business goals and user psychology
• Complete specifications - Generate developer-ready page specs with all details defined
• AI-powered workflow - Two specialized agents guide you through each phase
• IDE-native - Works inside your AI coding tool (Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, and 16 more)

Agents

WDS uses two specialized AI agents (the Norse Pantheon):

| Agent | Role | What they do | |-------|------|-------------| | Saga (Analyst) | Business & Product Analyst | Product Brief (Phase 1), Trigger Mapping (Phase 2). Start here. | | Freya (Designer) | UX/UI Designer & Developer | UX Scenarios (Phase 3), UX Design (Phase 4), Agentic Development (Phase 5), Asset Generation (Phase 6), Design System (Phase 7), Product Evolution (Phase 8) |

Activating an agent

Tell your AI IDE:

Read and activate _bmad/wds/agents/saga-analyst.md

Saga will greet you by name and guide you through creating your Product Brief.

Design Phases

| Phase | Focus | Agent | Output folder | |-------|-------|-------|--------------| | 0. Alignment & Signoff | Stakeholder alignment before starting | Saga | — | | 1. Product Brief | Vision, positioning, success criteria | Saga | A-Product-Brief/ | | 2. Trigger Mapping | User psychology, business goals | Saga | B-Trigger-Map/ | | 3. UX Scenarios | Scenario outlines via 8-question dialog | Freya | C-UX-Scenarios/ | | 4. UX Design | Page specifications, interactions | Freya | C-UX-Scenarios/ | | 5. Agentic Development | AI-assisted development & testing | Freya | — | | 6. Asset Generation | Visual and text assets from specs | Freya | — | | 7. Design System | Component library, design tokens | Freya | D-Design-System/ | | 8. Product Evolution | Brownfield improvements | Freya | — |

Output folders are created inside your configured design output directory (default: design-process/).

Supported Design Tools

WDS offers agentic design capabilities with several visual design and prototyping services on the market:

| Tool | What it does | MCP | |------|-------------|-----| | Figma | Professional UI design, design system management | Figma MCP | | Pencil (Penpot) | Open-source design tool, AI-assisted layout | Pencil MCP | | Stitch | AI screen generation from text descriptions | Stitch MCP | | Excalidraw | Wireframing and sketch analysis | — | | html.to.design | Import HTML prototypes into Figma | Figma plugin | | NanoBanana | AI image generation for brand exploration | — |

The design loop works with any combination: wireframe in Excalidraw, generate screens with Stitch or Pencil, refine in Figma, pull back via MCP.

Project Structure

After installation, your project will have:

your-project/
├── _bmad/wds/               # WDS system files
│   ├── agents/              # Compiled agent files (.md)
│   ├── workflows/           # Phase workflows
│   ├── data/                # Standards, frameworks, agent guides
│   ├── gems/                # Reusable prompt components
│   ├── templates/           # Document templates
│   ├── config.yaml          # Your project configuration
│   └── module.yaml          # Module definition
├── _wds-learn/              # Learning material (optional, safe to delete)
│   ├── getting-started/
│   ├── learn/
│   ├── method/
│   ├── models/
│   └── tools/
├── design-process/          # Design output (created by agents)
│   ├── A-Product-Brief/
│   ├── B-Trigger-Map/
│   ├── C-UX-Scenarios/
│   └── D-Design-System/
└── .claude/instructions.md  # IDE configuration (varies by IDE)

Getting Started

1. Install WDS in your project directory:

   npx whiteport-design-studio install

2. Open your project in your AI IDE (Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, etc.)

3. Activate Saga — tell the AI:

   Read and activate _bmad/wds/agents/saga-analyst.md

4. Follow Saga's guidance — Saga will greet you by name and walk you through creating your Product Brief. When you're ready for design work, switch to Freya.

Supported IDEs

WDS works with any AI-powered IDE or coding tool:

Atlassian Rovo Dev, Auggie CLI, Claude Code, Cline, Codex, Crush, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot, Google Antigravity, iFlow CLI, Kilo Code, Kiro CLI, OpenCode, Qwen Code, Roo Code, Trae, VS Code, Windsurf

The installer configures your selected IDE(s) automatically.

Learning Material

The installer can optionally include learning and reference material in _wds-learn/. This includes:

• Getting Started - Quick onboarding guides
• Course modules - Complete 12-module training course (Module 00-13)
• Method guides - Deep-dive into each design phase
• Models - Strategic frameworks (Golden Circle, Customer Awareness, etc.)
• Tool guides - Integration guides for Figma, Git, and more

You can safely delete _wds-learn/ at any time without affecting the agents or workflows.

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.

License

MIT - see LICENSE for details.

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