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+---
+name: ui-interview
+description: Interview page by page to define a complete UI specification, including layout, hierarchy, controls, links, spacing, sizing, responsive behavior, visual states, and implementation-ready interface details — supports a requirements-only mode that establishes data, actions, and states without locking layout or component decisions
+type: planning
+version: v0.18
+argument-hint: "[optional: app, page, flow, feature, or draft UI]"
+context_intake: deep
+visual_tier: prototype
+---
+
+# UI Interview
+
+Invoke as `/ui-interview`.
+
+Use this skill when the user needs to turn a rough product idea, feature, page, wireframe, screenshot, or existing app surface into a detailed implementation-ready UI specification. This skill focuses on the interface itself: pages, regions, components, buttons, links, labels, spacing, element size, visual hierarchy, state, responsive layout, and accessibility.
+
+Use `/user-flow-map` before this skill when the product or feature has no credible screen/route inventory, task sequence, branch coverage, or state map. Prefer `specs/user-flow-*.md` as source material when it exists; it is the upstream flow-structure contract for requirements-only UI work.
+
+Use `/ux-variations` after this skill when the user wants multiple experience concepts or interface variants to compare before locking the final direction.
+
+When invoked with `--requirements-only` (or when the user says "just requirements", "requirements only", or "content requirements"), this skill stops after establishing what the page needs — data, actions, states, and constraints — without committing to any layout, component, or spatial decisions. This mode produces the content contract a later `/ux-variations --layout-mode` run can use to explore multiple concrete visual approaches.
+
+Requirements-only handoff guard: upstream `/user-flow-map` approval may authorize running this skill next and may provide source evidence, but it does not count as `ui-interview` interview completion. `ui-interview --requirements-only` must still present and confirm its own UI Assumptions Manifest, then its own Content Requirements Manifest, before building the alignment page.
+
+## Process
+
+### 0. Product-Path Scope Resolution
+
+Resolve research scope by product path before using code or app structure as a hint:
+
+1. If `$ARGUMENTS` names a non-archived `research/{slug}/` directory or a product-path ID whose `scope_path` points there, use that path. Treat `{slug}` as the product/app name, not the ICP, audience, or segment label.
+2. If `$ARGUMENTS` names only `research/_archive/{slug}/` or a manifest entry with `status: archived` or legacy `status: abandoned`, stop and warn that the path is archived; do not write or update scoped outputs there.
+3. Read `research/.progress.yaml` when present. Normalize legacy `active_path` to `active_paths` on read and write back `active_paths` on manifest updates. Treat legacy `abandoned` as `archived`; exclude `archived`, `abandoned`, `deferred`, `revisit_candidate`, `promoted`, and any `scope_path` under `research/_archive/` from active target selection.
+4. If active product paths exist in the manifest, use those paths. If multiple active paths exist, ask which one to target unless this skill explicitly supports cross-path output.
+5. If no active manifest target exists, list non-archived product directories under `research/`, excluding `research/_archive/` and dot directories. Auto-select only when exactly one exists; ask when multiple exist.
+6. If no product directories exist, use flat `research/` single-product mode.
+7. Detect monorepo/app/package structure only as a secondary hint. Suggest creating a missing `research/{slug}/` product path when code clearly exposes an app, but do not require code or monorepo detection before using `research/{slug}/`.
+
+When product path `{slug}` is active, read and write research under `research/{slug}/`, specs under `specs/{slug}/`, and treat top-level `research/*.md` files as flat-mode documents or cross-path summaries.
+
+1. **Resolve context**
+   - Read `.agents/project.json` if it exists.
+   - Read `README.md`, `AGENTS.md`, `CLAUDE.md`, relevant `docs/`, `specs/`, `research/`, route files, component directories, screenshots, and design artifacts when present.
+   - Prefer `specs/user-flow-*.md` (or product-path-scoped equivalents) for screen sequence, route inventory, branches, decisions, states, failure paths, and low-fidelity wireframe notes before inferring UI requirements.
+   - If the request is for an existing UI, inspect the current implementation before interviewing.
+   - If multiple apps or surfaces are plausible, ask the user which app, flow, or page to cover first.
+   - If the interface has no credible screen/flow structure from a user-flow spec, existing routes, screenshot, wireframe, or explicit user prompt, stop and recommend `/user-flow-map [topic]` before UI requirements or layout decisions.
+
+2. **Treat inputs as draft material**
+   - Do not assume the current UI, prompt, screenshot, or mockup is final.
+   - Product specs, ICP documents, and journey maps are reference material, not locked constraints. The user may override any product decision during the interview. When a user's interview answer contradicts an existing spec, adopt the interview answer and note the divergence.
+   - Preserve explicit constraints, but challenge unclear defaults before they become implementation decisions.
+   - Distinguish product behavior decisions from UI presentation decisions.
+
+3. **Surface assumptions before probing**
+   - Present a UI Assumptions Manifest before deep questioning.
+   - Tag each assumption with `[from spec]`, `[from codebase]`, `[from research]`, `[from artifact]`, or `[inferred]`.
+   - Cover product and user context, pages and routes, primary tasks, navigation, hierarchy, layout grid, spatial density, component inventory, button and link semantics, form behavior, empty/loading/error/success states, responsive behavior, accessibility, visual language, implementation constraints, and the prototype-first boundary for new product or substantial feature work: what the user should be able to click through first, whether multiple route-based experiments should be built, what data can be fake, fixture-backed, or in-memory, and which infrastructure must be represented visually but not implemented yet.
+   - Use AskUserQuestion to ask the user to confirm, correct, or flag assumptions before continuing.
+   - Deliver every manifest/checklist/checkpoint the user must confirm inline as the final message text of its own turn; ask the confirmation question in the next turn. AskUserQuestion option previews may mirror the content as a supplement but are never the sole channel. Never emit it only as mid-turn text in a turn that ends with a tool call — harness rendering does not guarantee mid-turn text is shown. A confirmation question must never reference content the user has not been shown.
+
+4. **Interview page by page**
+   - Ask 1 to 3 focused questions per turn using AskUserQuestion.
+   - Move through the interface in this order unless the user asks otherwise:
+     - Global shell: header, sidebar, footer, navigation, account controls, notifications
+     - Page inventory: every route, modal, drawer, overlay, and important empty state
+     - Page purpose: user goal, task priority, and success condition
+     - Prototype calibration: first clickable journey, route-based experiment set, fixture/fake data boundaries, infrastructure-only states to mock rather than implement, and taste/feel questions the prototype must answer before database, auth, payment, analytics, deployment, admin, or multi-tenant work is planned.
+
+4b. **Requirements gate (requirements-only mode)**
+   - In requirements-only mode, stop here — do not proceed to layout anatomy, component inventory, or spatial decisions.
+   - Requirements-only mode has two required confirmation gates before any alignment page build: the UI Assumptions Manifest from step 3, then the Content Requirements Manifest in this step. Upstream approval, including approved `/user-flow-map` YAML or an approved flow alignment page, may populate assumptions and source evidence but cannot replace either confirmation.
+   - Evidence-synthesis exception: only skip live confirmation questions when the current visible user invocation explicitly asks to skip live interview questions, synthesize from existing evidence only, or avoid asking the user. In that case, label the output as an `evidence-synthesis review`, set Interview provenance to `evidence-synthesis-with-explicit-skip`, do not call it a completed interview, and route unresolved decisions to a resumed `/ui-interview` instead of implying interview completion.
+   - For each page, confirm:
+     - Data fields and entities (with cardinality: one, many, nested, polymorphic)
+     - User actions (create, edit, delete, filter, sort, export, navigate, bulk-select, reorder)
+     - States (empty, loading, error, partial, full, offline, permission-denied)
+     - Constraints (real-time updates, offline support, accessibility requirements, performance budgets)
+     - Content hierarchy (primary / secondary / tertiary information)
+     - Relationships between data elements (parent-child, peer, reference, aggregate)
+   - Present a **Content Requirements Manifest** summarizing all pages, then use AskUserQuestion to confirm. Deliver the manifest per the inline visibility rule in step 3 (turn-final message text of its own turn; confirmation question in the next turn; option previews only as a supplementary mirror), never as mid-turn text only.
+   - This manifest confirmation is non-final: it only confirms the requirements draft is ready for the pre-approval lifecycle in step 7. Route all writes through that lifecycle — working packet at `research/_working/preliminary-ui-interview-research.md` (or `research/{slug}/_working/preliminary-ui-interview-research.md`), then a `review`-state `alignment/ui-interview-{topic}.html` page rendering the Content Requirements Manifest as the candidate/verdict gate, then final compiled YAML approval.
+   - Only after final compiled YAML approval, write `specs/ui-requirements-[topic].md` (content requirements) and `ui-requirements-[topic]-interview.md` (interview log), archive the working packet, and convert the page to `confirmed` per step 7.
+   - Only after the page is converted to `confirmed` and canonical files are written, recommend `/ux-variations --layout-mode` to explore multiple visual approaches for these requirements, or `/ui-interview` (full mode, no flag) to proceed directly to a single deep UI specification.
+   - If requirements-only work exposes missing screen order, branch decisions, or state coverage, recommend `/user-flow-map [topic]` instead of inventing layout variants.
+   - Stop. Do not continue to step 5 or beyond; the pre-approval lifecycle in step 7 and the requirements deliverables above are the only remaining work in this mode.
+
+5. **Full UI specification** (no `--content-only` flag):
+
+   - Layout anatomy: top-to-bottom and left-to-right regions, alignment, density, scroll behavior
+     - Component inventory: tables, lists, cards, forms, charts, media, editors, maps, canvases
+     - Controls: every button, icon button, segmented control, checkbox, radio, toggle, input, menu, tab, link, and destructive action
+     - Copy: headings, labels, helper text, validation text, confirmation text, empty-state text
+     - States: default, hover, focus, active, selected, disabled, loading, error, success, partial, offline
+     - Spatial details: element prominence, approximate sizes, gaps, padding, fixed or fluid dimensions, sticky regions, overlap rules, max widths
+     - Responsive behavior: desktop, tablet, mobile, wide desktop, touch target sizing, collapsed controls
+     - Accessibility: keyboard order, focus traps, labels, contrast, reduced motion, screen reader names. Include color-blind safe patterns, keyboard navigation, reduced motion support, and screen reader labels by default in every spec. Do not present accessibility features as optional checkboxes. Only ask about domain-specific accessibility (gamepad support, dyslexia fonts) when the product context warrants it.
+   - When a page includes repeated items, define one canonical item and its variations rather than asking about every row individually.
+
+5. **Research and recommend by default**
+   - Use project evidence and established UI conventions before asking the user to invent details.
+   - For material decisions, present options, a recommendation, rationale, tradeoffs, and mitigation.
+   - Recommend familiar controls over novel patterns unless the product has a strong reason to deviate.
+   - Respect the existing design system, component library, and implementation patterns.
+   - Reference and inspiration questions ("apps you admire?") are low-priority. Ask once early, accept any answer including "none" or "let's experiment," and move on. Do not block the interview on reference input.
+
+6. **Coverage checkpoint**
+   - Before concluding, use AskUserQuestion to present a concise checklist of pages, components, controls, states, responsive behavior, and unresolved risks.
+   - Deliver the checklist per the inline visibility rule in step 3 (turn-final message text of its own turn; confirmation question in the next turn; option previews only as a supplementary mirror), never as mid-turn text only.
+   - Ask whether anything is missing or should be revisited before building the alignment page.
+   - This confirmation is non-final: it only establishes that the draft is ready for the pre-approval lifecycle in step 7. It does not authorize canonical spec writes.
+
+7. **Build pre-approval alignment page**
+   - Before writing any canonical `specs/ui-[topic].md`, `specs/ui-requirements-[topic].md`, or interview log, write the full draft (spec or requirements content plus interview record) only to the working packet `research/_working/preliminary-ui-interview-research.md` (or `research/{slug}/_working/preliminary-ui-interview-research.md` when a product path is active).
+   - Build `alignment/ui-interview-{topic}.html` as a `review`-state page rendering the complete working-packet substance as structured HTML review UI: the manifest, page-by-page decisions, coverage checkpoint, proposed canonical file destinations, and approval gates.
+   - Include **Interview provenance** in the page and working packet with exactly one of these values: `live-ui-interview` when this run completed the required manifest confirmations with the user; `evidence-synthesis-with-explicit-skip` when the current invocation explicitly asked to skip live questions or synthesize from evidence; `invalid-missing-ui-interview` when neither condition is true. `invalid-missing-ui-interview` pages must route unresolved decisions to a resumed `/ui-interview` and must not imply interview completion or readiness for canonical writes.
+   - At the top of the page, include a plain-language **Interview stage** explainer naming the invocation, whether the run is requirements-only or full UI mode, what user/agent interview work has already happened or was inferred from approved upstream evidence, and what the reviewer should do next. If requirements were synthesized primarily from approved specs or code evidence rather than live Q&A, say so directly and route missing answers through section feedback or a resumed interview instead of implying the interview is complete.
+   - Render the working packet as structured HTML, not as a raw Markdown preview: headings become sections, lists stay readable lists, and every Markdown table becomes an HTML `<table>` inside a `.table-wrap` container with a concise `data-tts-narrative`. A raw Markdown `<pre><code>` dump may appear only as a supplemental source view after the rendered packet, never as the primary review surface.
+   - Attempt to open the page in the browser and point the user at the repo-relative path.
+   - Treat every AskUserQuestion checkpoint confirmation in steps 3–6 as non-final; each only confirms the draft is ready for review. Only final compiled YAML from the alignment page authorizes canonical writes.
+   - When feedback-only YAML is provided, revise the working packet and the alignment page, then ask again; the work stays pre-approval.
+   - Before final compiled YAML approval, the next action is review or revision of the HTML alignment page. Do not include `Recommended next skill`, `Recommended next command`, or downstream routing language until after final compiled YAML approval has been provided and the approved canonical files have been written.
+
+## Deliverables
+
+Before writing anything in this section, verify the alignment page has final compiled YAML approval. Do not write canonical UI specs or interview logs until `alignment/ui-interview-{topic}.html` has been reviewed and the user has provided final compiled YAML approval; checkpoint confirmations are not final approval and do not authorize these writes.
+
+- Write the completed UI specification to `specs/ui-[topic].md`.
+- Write the interview log to `ui-[topic]-interview.md`.
+
+After the canonical files are written, archive the working packet to `docs/history/archive/YYYY-MM-DD/HHMMSS/<original-working-path>`, remove the active working packet, and convert the alignment page from `review` to `confirmed`.
+
+The UI specification must include source evidence, the confirmed UI Assumptions Manifest, page inventory, route map, global shell rules, page-by-page anatomy, component inventory, control inventory, link inventory, layout and responsive rules, visual style direction, interaction states, accessibility requirements, implementation notes, open questions, risks, and non-goals. For new product interfaces or substantial feature interfaces, include a prototype-first section naming the first clickable journey, experiment route map when multiple alternatives should be tested, fake/fixture data, visually mocked infrastructure states, deferred production infrastructure, and the evidence required before implementation planning promotes any deferred infrastructure.
+
+The interview log must include the manifest, every question asked, options and recommendations presented, user responses, final decisions, and notable changes from the initial draft, current implementation, or artifact.
+
+Only after the page is converted to `confirmed` and canonical files are written, recommend `/ux-variations` if variants are needed before implementation, or check `.agents/project.json.enabled_packs` for `agent-work-admin` — if `agent-work-admin` is not enabled, recommend `npx skillpacks install agent-work-admin` from the project shell, first; if `agent-work-admin` is enabled, recommend `/roadmap` — if the interface is ready to sequence into work.
+
+### Alignment Page
+
+When this skill produces durable deliverables (research, specs, plans, reports, prototypes, or any document output), build a full-depth HTML alignment page following `ALIGNMENT-PAGE.md` in this skill's directory. Output: `alignment/ui-interview-{topic}.html`.
+
+The page is built pre-approval in `review` state per step 7, before any canonical spec write, and converts to `confirmed` only after final compiled YAML approval and canonical writes.
+
+## Constraints
+
+- Do not skip small interface elements. Buttons, links, icons, menus, and empty states are part of the spec.
+- Do not collapse UI detail into generic phrases such as "standard dashboard layout" or "normal form behavior."
+- Do not create implementation plans until the page anatomy and control behavior are decision-complete.
+- Do not treat visual polish as separate from implementation. Size, spacing, hierarchy, and responsive behavior must be specified well enough for a developer to build.
+- When recommending a skill from another pack, verify the pack is installed via `.agents/project.json` `enabled_packs`. If not installed, recommend `npx skillpacks install <pack-name>` from the project shell, before the target skill.
+
+## Archive-First Replacement Policy
+
+- Before replacing or substantively rewriting an existing canonical research/spec document (`research/**/*.md`, `specs/**/*.md`, or `docs/specifications/**/*.md`), copy the current file to `docs/history/archive/YYYY-MM-DD/HHMMSS/<original-relative-path>`.
+- Preserve the archived snapshot exactly as it existed before the change; do not edit the archived copy after creating it.
+- After the archive snapshot exists, write the updated document to the original canonical path.
+- Report both the archive path and the updated canonical path in the final output.
+- New files do not need archive snapshots. Append-only updates do not need archive snapshots unless an existing section is regenerated or rewritten.
+
+## Default Shipping Contract
+
+Follow the shared shipping contract convention in CLAUDE.md.

package/packs/product-design/claude/ui-interview/archive/v0.19/SKILL.md

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+---
+name: ui-interview
+description: Interview page by page to define a complete UI specification, including layout, hierarchy, controls, links, spacing, sizing, responsive behavior, visual states, and implementation-ready interface details — supports a requirements-only mode that establishes data, actions, and states without locking layout or component decisions
+type: planning
+version: v0.19
+argument-hint: "[optional: app, page, flow, feature, or draft UI]"
+context_intake: deep
+visual_tier: prototype
+---
+
+# UI Interview
+
+Invoke as `/ui-interview`.
+
+Use this skill when the user needs to turn a UX variation branch, rough product idea, feature, page, wireframe, screenshot, or existing app surface into a detailed implementation-ready UI specification. In the default product-design tree, this skill evaluates one proposed `/ux-variations` branch for one specific user flow, designs a proposed UI, renders an HTML visual mockup for alignment, and then records whether that branch is approved, rejected, or needs another mockup iteration before routing to the next UX variation or user flow.
+
+Use `/user-flow-map` before this skill when the product or feature has no credible screen/route inventory, task sequence, branch coverage, or state map. Prefer `specs/user-flow-*.md` as source material when it exists; it is the upstream wireframe-tree contract. Use `/ux-variations [specific-user-flow]` before this skill when a flow exists but no UX variation branch has been proposed yet.
+
+Use `/ux-variations` after this skill only when the current UI mockup exposes a missing or rejected variation axis that needs branch exploration before another UI proposal.
+
+When invoked with `--requirements-only` (or when the user says "just requirements", "requirements only", or "content requirements"), this skill stops after establishing what the page needs — data, actions, states, and constraints — without committing to any layout, component, or spatial decisions. This is an explicit bounded mode, not the default route from `/user-flow-map`; use it when the user asks for a content contract or when a layout-mode variation run genuinely requires fixed page requirements.
+
+Default branch-review handoff guard: upstream `/user-flow-map` approval and `/ux-variations` output may provide source evidence, but they do not count as `ui-interview` approval. `ui-interview` must still investigate cross-flow and cross-variation coordination, design a proposed UI, render the visual mockup in HTML, ask the user for alignment or feedback, and record an explicit approve/reject/retry branch decision.
+
+## Process
+
+### 0. Product-Path Scope Resolution
+
+Resolve research scope by product path before using code or app structure as a hint:
+
+1. If `$ARGUMENTS` names a non-archived `research/{slug}/` directory or a product-path ID whose `scope_path` points there, use that path. Treat `{slug}` as the product/app name, not the ICP, audience, or segment label.
+2. If `$ARGUMENTS` names only `research/_archive/{slug}/` or a manifest entry with `status: archived` or legacy `status: abandoned`, stop and warn that the path is archived; do not write or update scoped outputs there.
+3. Read `research/.progress.yaml` when present. Normalize legacy `active_path` to `active_paths` on read and write back `active_paths` on manifest updates. Treat legacy `abandoned` as `archived`; exclude `archived`, `abandoned`, `deferred`, `revisit_candidate`, `promoted`, and any `scope_path` under `research/_archive/` from active target selection.
+4. If active product paths exist in the manifest, use those paths. If multiple active paths exist, ask which one to target unless this skill explicitly supports cross-path output.
+5. If no active manifest target exists, list non-archived product directories under `research/`, excluding `research/_archive/` and dot directories. Auto-select only when exactly one exists; ask when multiple exist.
+6. If no product directories exist, use flat `research/` single-product mode.
+7. Detect monorepo/app/package structure only as a secondary hint. Suggest creating a missing `research/{slug}/` product path when code clearly exposes an app, but do not require code or monorepo detection before using `research/{slug}/`.
+
+When product path `{slug}` is active, read and write research under `research/{slug}/`, specs under `specs/{slug}/`, and treat top-level `research/*.md` files as flat-mode documents or cross-path summaries.
+
+1. **Resolve context**
+   - Read `.agents/project.json` if it exists.
+   - Read `README.md`, `AGENTS.md`, `CLAUDE.md`, relevant `docs/`, `specs/`, `research/`, route files, component directories, screenshots, and design artifacts when present.
+   - Prefer `specs/user-flow-*.md` (or product-path-scoped equivalents) for screen sequence, route inventory, branches, decisions, states, failure paths, and low-fidelity wireframe notes before inferring UI requirements.
+   - Prefer `specs/ux-variations-*.md` (or product-path-scoped equivalents) for the selected UX variation branch, sibling variations, unresolved branch decisions, proposed progression paths, and branch-routing expectations.
+   - If the request is for an existing UI, inspect the current implementation before interviewing.
+   - If multiple apps or surfaces are plausible, ask the user which app, flow, or page to cover first.
+   - If the interface has no credible screen/flow structure from a user-flow spec, existing routes, screenshot, wireframe, or explicit user prompt, stop and recommend `/user-flow-map [topic]` before UI requirements or layout decisions.
+   - If the interface has a credible flow but no specific UX variation branch or proposal to judge, stop and recommend `/ux-variations [specific-user-flow]`.
+
+2. **Treat inputs as draft material**
+   - Do not assume the current UI, prompt, screenshot, or mockup is final.
+   - Product specs, ICP documents, and journey maps are reference material, not locked constraints. The user may override any product decision during the interview. When a user's interview answer contradicts an existing spec, adopt the interview answer and note the divergence.
+   - Preserve explicit constraints, but challenge unclear defaults before they become implementation decisions.
+   - Distinguish product behavior decisions from UI presentation decisions.
+
+3. **Surface assumptions before probing**
+   - Present a UI Assumptions Manifest before deep questioning.
+   - Tag each assumption with `[from spec]`, `[from codebase]`, `[from research]`, `[from artifact]`, or `[inferred]`.
+   - Cover product and user context, parent user flow, selected UX variation branch, other user flows touched by this branch, sibling UX variations or existing UI proposals this branch must coordinate with, pages and routes, primary tasks, navigation, hierarchy, layout grid, spatial density, component inventory, button and link semantics, form behavior, empty/loading/error/success states, responsive behavior, accessibility, visual language, implementation constraints, and the prototype-first boundary for new product or substantial feature work: what the user should be able to click through first, whether multiple route-based experiments should be built, what data can be fake, fixture-backed, or in-memory, and which infrastructure must be represented visually but not implemented yet.
+   - Use AskUserQuestion to ask the user to confirm, correct, or flag assumptions before continuing.
+   - Deliver every manifest/checklist/checkpoint the user must confirm inline as the final message text of its own turn; ask the confirmation question in the next turn. AskUserQuestion option previews may mirror the content as a supplement but are never the sole channel. Never emit it only as mid-turn text in a turn that ends with a tool call — harness rendering does not guarantee mid-turn text is shown. A confirmation question must never reference content the user has not been shown.
+
+4. **Branch review loop**
+   - In default mode, run this four-step loop for the selected UX variation branch:
+     1. Investigate the specific UX variation proposed for a specific user flow. Determine which other user flows it touches, which sibling UX variations it competes with or depends on, and which existing UI proposals, specs, prototypes, or implementation surfaces it must coordinate with.
+     2. Design a proposed UI for that branch and display a visual mockup in HTML. The mockup may be static or lightly interactive, but it must be concrete enough for the user to judge layout, hierarchy, controls, copy, state treatment, and branch viability.
+     3. Interview the user for alignment over the UI for this UX variation experiment. If the visual mockup is off-base, collect focused feedback, revise the proposal/mockup, and ask again instead of treating the first mockup as final.
+     4. Record whether this branch of the user flow is approved, rejected, or needs another iteration, then route to the next unresolved UX variation or user flow as needed.
+   - The branch decision is separate from implementation approval. Approval means the UI direction is a valid branch of the wireframe tree; implementation work still follows the project roadmap/shipping contract.
+
+5. **Interview page by page**
+   - Ask 1 to 3 focused questions per turn using AskUserQuestion.
+   - Move through the interface in this order unless the user asks otherwise:
+     - Global shell: header, sidebar, footer, navigation, account controls, notifications
+     - Page inventory: every route, modal, drawer, overlay, and important empty state
+     - Page purpose: user goal, task priority, and success condition
+     - Prototype calibration: first clickable journey, route-based experiment set, fixture/fake data boundaries, infrastructure-only states to mock rather than implement, and taste/feel questions the prototype must answer before database, auth, payment, analytics, deployment, admin, or multi-tenant work is planned.
+
+5b. **Requirements gate (requirements-only mode)**
+   - In requirements-only mode, stop here — do not proceed to layout anatomy, component inventory, or spatial decisions.
+   - Requirements-only mode has two required confirmation gates before any alignment page build: the UI Assumptions Manifest from step 3, then the Content Requirements Manifest in this step. Upstream approval, including approved `/user-flow-map` YAML or an approved flow alignment page, may populate assumptions and source evidence but cannot replace either confirmation.
+   - Evidence-synthesis exception: only skip live confirmation questions when the current visible user invocation explicitly asks to skip live interview questions, synthesize from existing evidence only, or avoid asking the user. In that case, label the output as an `evidence-synthesis review`, set Interview provenance to `evidence-synthesis-with-explicit-skip`, do not call it a completed interview, and route unresolved decisions to a resumed `/ui-interview` instead of implying interview completion.
+   - For each page, confirm:
+     - Data fields and entities (with cardinality: one, many, nested, polymorphic)
+     - User actions (create, edit, delete, filter, sort, export, navigate, bulk-select, reorder)
+     - States (empty, loading, error, partial, full, offline, permission-denied)
+     - Constraints (real-time updates, offline support, accessibility requirements, performance budgets)
+     - Content hierarchy (primary / secondary / tertiary information)
+     - Relationships between data elements (parent-child, peer, reference, aggregate)
+   - Present a **Content Requirements Manifest** summarizing all pages, then use AskUserQuestion to confirm. Deliver the manifest per the inline visibility rule in step 3 (turn-final message text of its own turn; confirmation question in the next turn; option previews only as a supplementary mirror), never as mid-turn text only.
+   - This manifest confirmation is non-final: it only confirms the requirements draft is ready for the pre-approval lifecycle in step 9. Route all writes through that lifecycle — working packet at `research/_working/preliminary-ui-interview-research.md` (or `research/{slug}/_working/preliminary-ui-interview-research.md`), then a `review`-state `alignment/ui-interview-{topic}.html` page rendering the Content Requirements Manifest as the candidate/verdict gate, then final compiled YAML approval.
+   - Only after final compiled YAML approval, write `specs/ui-requirements-[topic].md` (content requirements) and `ui-requirements-[topic]-interview.md` (interview log), archive the working packet, and convert the page to `confirmed` per step 9.
+   - Only after the page is converted to `confirmed` and canonical files are written, recommend `/ux-variations --layout-mode` to explore multiple visual approaches for these requirements, or `/ui-interview` (full mode, no flag) to proceed directly to a single deep UI specification.
+   - If requirements-only work exposes missing screen order, branch decisions, or state coverage, recommend `/user-flow-map [topic]` instead of inventing layout variants.
+   - Stop. Do not continue to step 6 or beyond; the pre-approval lifecycle in step 9 and the requirements deliverables above are the only remaining work in this mode.
+
+6. **Full UI specification** (no `--content-only` flag):
+
+   - Layout anatomy: top-to-bottom and left-to-right regions, alignment, density, scroll behavior
+     - Component inventory: tables, lists, cards, forms, charts, media, editors, maps, canvases
+     - Controls: every button, icon button, segmented control, checkbox, radio, toggle, input, menu, tab, link, and destructive action
+     - Copy: headings, labels, helper text, validation text, confirmation text, empty-state text
+     - States: default, hover, focus, active, selected, disabled, loading, error, success, partial, offline
+     - Spatial details: element prominence, approximate sizes, gaps, padding, fixed or fluid dimensions, sticky regions, overlap rules, max widths
+     - Responsive behavior: desktop, tablet, mobile, wide desktop, touch target sizing, collapsed controls
+     - Accessibility: keyboard order, focus traps, labels, contrast, reduced motion, screen reader names. Include color-blind safe patterns, keyboard navigation, reduced motion support, and screen reader labels by default in every spec. Do not present accessibility features as optional checkboxes. Only ask about domain-specific accessibility (gamepad support, dyslexia fonts) when the product context warrants it.
+   - When a page includes repeated items, define one canonical item and its variations rather than asking about every row individually.
+
+7. **Research and recommend by default**
+   - Use project evidence and established UI conventions before asking the user to invent details.
+   - For material decisions, present options, a recommendation, rationale, tradeoffs, and mitigation.
+   - Recommend familiar controls over novel patterns unless the product has a strong reason to deviate.
+   - Respect the existing design system, component library, and implementation patterns.
+   - Reference and inspiration questions ("apps you admire?") are low-priority. Ask once early, accept any answer including "none" or "let's experiment," and move on. Do not block the interview on reference input.
+
+8. **Coverage checkpoint**
+   - Before concluding, use AskUserQuestion to present a concise checklist of pages, components, controls, states, responsive behavior, and unresolved risks.
+   - Deliver the checklist per the inline visibility rule in step 3 (turn-final message text of its own turn; confirmation question in the next turn; option previews only as a supplementary mirror), never as mid-turn text only.
+   - Ask whether anything is missing or should be revisited before building the alignment page.
+   - This confirmation is non-final: it only establishes that the draft is ready for the pre-approval lifecycle in step 9. It does not authorize canonical spec writes.
+
+9. **Build pre-approval alignment page**
+   - Before writing any canonical `specs/ui-[topic].md`, `specs/ui-requirements-[topic].md`, or interview log, write the full draft (spec or requirements content plus interview record) only to the working packet `research/_working/preliminary-ui-interview-research.md` (or `research/{slug}/_working/preliminary-ui-interview-research.md` when a product path is active).
+   - Build `alignment/ui-interview-{topic}.html` as a `review`-state page rendering the complete working-packet substance as structured HTML review UI: the manifest, branch investigation, HTML visual mockup, page-by-page decisions, coverage checkpoint, proposed canonical file destinations, and approval/rejection gates.
+   - Include **Interview provenance** in the page and working packet with exactly one of these values: `live-ui-interview` when this run completed the required manifest confirmations with the user; `evidence-synthesis-with-explicit-skip` when the current invocation explicitly asked to skip live questions or synthesize from evidence; `invalid-missing-ui-interview` when neither condition is true. `invalid-missing-ui-interview` pages must route unresolved decisions to a resumed `/ui-interview` and must not imply interview completion or readiness for canonical writes.
+   - At the top of the page, include a plain-language **Interview stage** explainer naming the invocation, whether the run is requirements-only, full UI mode, or branch-review mode, what user/agent interview work has already happened or was inferred from approved upstream evidence, and what the reviewer should do next. If requirements were synthesized primarily from approved specs or code evidence rather than live Q&A, say so directly and route missing answers through section feedback or a resumed interview instead of implying the interview is complete.
+   - Render the working packet as structured HTML, not as a raw Markdown preview: headings become sections, lists stay readable lists, and every Markdown table becomes an HTML `<table>` inside a `.table-wrap` container with a concise `data-tts-narrative`. A raw Markdown `<pre><code>` dump may appear only as a supplemental source view after the rendered packet, never as the primary review surface.
+   - Attempt to open the page in the browser and point the user at the repo-relative path.
+   - Treat every AskUserQuestion checkpoint confirmation in steps 3–8 as non-final; each only confirms the draft is ready for review. Only final compiled YAML from the alignment page authorizes canonical writes.
+   - When feedback-only YAML is provided, revise the working packet and the alignment page, then ask again; the work stays pre-approval.
+   - Before final compiled YAML approval, the next action is review or revision of the HTML alignment page. Do not include `Recommended next skill`, `Recommended next command`, or downstream routing language until after final compiled YAML approval has been provided and the approved canonical files have been written.
+
+## Deliverables
+
+Before writing anything in this section, verify the alignment page has final compiled YAML approval. Do not write canonical UI specs or interview logs until `alignment/ui-interview-{topic}.html` has been reviewed and the user has provided final compiled YAML approval; checkpoint confirmations are not final approval and do not authorize these writes.
+
+- Write the completed UI specification to `specs/ui-[topic].md`.
+- Write the interview log to `ui-[topic]-interview.md`.
+
+After the canonical files are written, archive the working packet to `docs/history/archive/YYYY-MM-DD/HHMMSS/<original-working-path>`, remove the active working packet, and convert the alignment page from `review` to `confirmed`.
+
+The UI specification must include source evidence, the confirmed UI Assumptions Manifest, parent user flow, selected UX variation branch, touched sibling flows, coordination dependencies, HTML visual mockup path or embedded review section for the proposed UI, branch decision record (approved, rejected, or retry needed) with next branch/user-flow route, page inventory, route map, global shell rules, page-by-page anatomy, component inventory, control inventory, link inventory, layout and responsive rules, visual style direction, interaction states, accessibility requirements, implementation notes, open questions, risks, and non-goals. For new product interfaces or substantial feature interfaces, include a prototype-first section naming the first clickable journey, experiment route map when multiple alternatives should be tested, fake/fixture data, visually mocked infrastructure states, deferred production infrastructure, and the evidence required before implementation planning promotes any deferred infrastructure.
+
+The interview log must include the manifest, branch investigation notes and cross-flow/variation coordination findings, visual mockup feedback, retry notes, final branch decision, every question asked, options and recommendations presented, user responses, final decisions, and notable changes from the initial draft, current implementation, or artifact.
+
+Only after the page is converted to `confirmed` and canonical files are written, route based on the branch decision: recommend `/ui-interview [next-specific-ux-variation]` for the next UX variation branch, `/ux-variations [next-specific-user-flow]` when the next user flow still needs progression variants, or check `.agents/project.json.enabled_packs` for `agent-work-admin` — if `agent-work-admin` is not enabled, recommend `npx skillpacks install agent-work-admin` from the project shell, first; if `agent-work-admin` is enabled, recommend `/roadmap` — if the approved branch is ready to sequence into implementation work.
+
+### Alignment Page
+
+When this skill produces durable deliverables (research, specs, plans, reports, prototypes, or any document output), build a full-depth HTML alignment page following `ALIGNMENT-PAGE.md` in this skill's directory. Output: `alignment/ui-interview-{topic}.html`.
+
+The page is built pre-approval in `review` state per step 9, before any canonical spec write, and converts to `confirmed` only after final compiled YAML approval and canonical writes.
+
+## Constraints
+
+- Do not skip small interface elements. Buttons, links, icons, menus, and empty states are part of the spec.
+- Do not collapse UI detail into generic phrases such as "standard dashboard layout" or "normal form behavior."
+- Do not create implementation plans until the page anatomy and control behavior are decision-complete.
+- Do not treat visual polish as separate from implementation. Size, spacing, hierarchy, and responsive behavior must be specified well enough for a developer to build.
+- Do not treat upstream `ux-variations` output as UI approval. The branch still needs an HTML visual mockup and explicit approve/reject/retry decision.
+- Do not route to broad implementation planning while unresolved UX variation branches or touched user flows still need review.
+- When recommending a skill from another pack, verify the pack is installed via `.agents/project.json` `enabled_packs`. If not installed, recommend `npx skillpacks install <pack-name>` from the project shell, before the target skill.
+
+## Archive-First Replacement Policy
+
+- Before replacing or substantively rewriting an existing canonical research/spec document (`research/**/*.md`, `specs/**/*.md`, or `docs/specifications/**/*.md`), copy the current file to `docs/history/archive/YYYY-MM-DD/HHMMSS/<original-relative-path>`.
+- Preserve the archived snapshot exactly as it existed before the change; do not edit the archived copy after creating it.
+- After the archive snapshot exists, write the updated document to the original canonical path.
+- Report both the archive path and the updated canonical path in the final output.
+- New files do not need archive snapshots. Append-only updates do not need archive snapshots unless an existing section is regenerated or rewritten.
+
+## Default Shipping Contract
+
+Follow the shared shipping contract convention in CLAUDE.md.

package/packs/product-design/claude/user-flow-map/ALIGNMENT-PAGE.md

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ When this skill produces durable deliverables (research, specs, plans, reports,
 
 The tier is set per skill via `visual_tier` in SKILL.md frontmatter (or detected by the upgrade script). The bundled ALIGNMENT-PAGE.md receives tier-appropriate rendering guidance from the generator.
 
+**Context intake.** This skill declares `context_intake: deep` (Deep interview). Gather repo/project context before asking, present an assumptions manifest when the contract requires it, ask focused questions, and confirm coverage before building review artifacts.
+
 **Alignment lifecycle.** Alignment pages have three lifecycle states. `review` is the draft/pre-approval page: it contains the complete deliverable preview, evidence, required inline gate questions, section feedback controls, local section-feedback YAML only after a section feedback choice is selected, and one bottom `Compile Responses` control. `confirmed` is the post-approval page after the agent has consumed final compiled response YAML, made any approved user-requested edits, and written or updated the approved canonical artifacts. A confirmed page is finished and current for the completed alignment cycle, but it remains amendable when later research changes or extends the conclusions. `amended` is a future revision of a confirmed page: archive the previous confirmed page first, mark what changed, preserve the prior approval record, and highlight the new evidence, decisions, or scope that changed the earlier conclusion.
 
 **Central alignment index.** When a research-producing skill writes or updates an HTML alignment page, also maintain the repository's central alignment index. Look for `alignment/index.html` at the repository root; if the target repo documents a different central alignment-index path, use that path and report it. If the index does not exist, create it as a self-contained HTML page that works from `file://`, links to every active `alignment/*.html` page except itself, and includes the newly written page. Every index entry must include the page's alignment date in a muted meta span after the link, formatted `YYYY-MM-DD`, for example `<a href="page.html">Title</a> <span class="meta">2026-06-09</span>`. The alignment date is the review or confirmed date written inside the page itself; new pages use today's date. If the index exists, update it instead of blindly appending: preserve valid existing entries, metadata, and entry dates; remove duplicate entries for the same page path; keep links repo-relative; and include the new or updated page. When updating an existing index, add a date only to entries that are missing one, deriving it from the page's internal alignment date, or from file history when the page has no internal date. If a `new` marker is used, combine it with the date as `<span class="meta">new · YYYY-MM-DD</span>`, and remove stale `new` markers from entries that are no longer the latest addition.
@@ -57,9 +59,11 @@ The tier is set per skill via `visual_tier` in SKILL.md frontmatter (or detected
 
 **Report-only research gates.** For report-only or pre-approval research skills, the first `review` alignment page must explicitly contain proposed research scope, source plan, assumptions/confidence, recommended output path, proposed file changes, and approval gates before synthesized research begins and before any working packet, canonical research, spec, or task file is created or updated.
 
-**Staged research workflow.** Heavy report-first research uses a scope-first three-stage approval workflow. Stage 1 is minimal scope discovery only: inspect enough repository, user, and source context to propose research scope, source plan, assumptions, output paths, and approval questions. Build the `review` alignment page before synthesized research. The page must render the proposed scope, available source categories, known context, assumptions/confidence, proposed working-packet and canonical output paths, and research-scope approval gates. Stop for final compiled response YAML approval of the research scope. Do not synthesize findings, rank candidates, recommend a path, or create working packets, canonical research, spec, or task files in Stage 1. Stage 2 starts only after final compiled response YAML approves the research scope with no unresolved `needs-clarification`, unresolved `down` feedback, or other unresolved negative feedback. Perform the synthesized research, run required source/code checks, and write only a non-canonical working packet. Flat mode uses `research/_working/preliminary-user-flow-map-research.md`; product-path mode uses `research/{slug}/_working/preliminary-user-flow-map-research.md`. Existing raw evidence or search-log outputs may remain as supporting evidence when the skill contract already requires them, but synthesized deliverables stay in the working packet. Update the same `review` alignment page so it renders the full preliminary packet, evidence matrix, assumptions/confidence register, source coverage gaps, proposed canonical file changes, and artifact approval gates. Partial compiled responses revise the working packet and review page, then remain in Stage 2. Stage 3 consumes final compiled response YAML for artifact approval only when it has `approval_status: ready-for-agent-review` and no unresolved `needs-clarification`, unresolved `down` feedback, or other unresolved negative feedback. Apply approved edits first, archive the working packet to `docs/history/archive/YYYY-MM-DD/HHMMSS/<original-working-path>`, remove the active working packet, write the approved canonical artifacts to the unchanged output paths, and convert the page to `confirmed` with the approval record preserved.
+**Staged research workflow.** Heavy report-first research uses a scope-first three-stage approval workflow. Stage 1 is minimal scope discovery only: inspect enough repository, user, and source context to propose research scope, source plan, assumptions, output paths, and approval questions. Build the `review` alignment page before synthesized research. The page must render the proposed scope, available source categories, known context, assumptions/confidence, proposed working-packet and canonical output paths, research-scope approval gates, and a `Stage 2 Preview / Expected Review Format` section that shows the future Stage 2 review shape before research starts. Stop for final compiled response YAML approval of the research scope. Do not synthesize findings, rank candidates, recommend a path, or create working packets, canonical research, spec, or task files in Stage 1. Stage 2 starts only after final compiled response YAML approves the research scope with no unresolved `needs-clarification`, unresolved `down` feedback, or other unresolved negative feedback. Perform the synthesized research, run required source/code checks, and write only a non-canonical working packet. Flat mode uses `research/_working/preliminary-user-flow-map-research.md`; product-path mode uses `research/{slug}/_working/preliminary-user-flow-map-research.md`. Existing raw evidence or search-log outputs may remain as supporting evidence when the skill contract already requires them, but synthesized deliverables stay in the working packet. Update the same `review` alignment page so it renders the complete working-packet substance as structured HTML review UI: purpose-built sections, tables, matrices, gates, cards, and tier-appropriate charts or diagrams that preserve every packet section, finding, caveat, and decision detail without summary loss. Raw Markdown packet text may appear only as a supplemental source view after the rendered review UI; do not make a `Full Preliminary Packet` or `Full Working Packet` raw Markdown dump, giant `<pre><code>` block, link-only view, or source-only view the primary review surface. Include the evidence matrix, assumptions/confidence register, source coverage gaps, proposed canonical file changes, and artifact approval gates. Partial compiled responses revise the working packet and review page, then remain in Stage 2. Stage 3 consumes final compiled response YAML for artifact approval only when it has `approval_status: ready-for-agent-review` and no unresolved `needs-clarification`, unresolved `down` feedback, or other unresolved negative feedback. Apply approved edits first, archive the working packet to `docs/history/archive/YYYY-MM-DD/HHMMSS/<original-working-path>`, remove the active working packet, write the approved canonical artifacts to the unchanged output paths, and convert the page to `confirmed` with the approval record preserved.
+
+**Stage 2 review-page template.** Stage 1 scope-review pages must include a `Stage 2 Preview / Expected Review Format` section that previews the exact section sequence, table shapes, evidence treatment, visual density, and approval gates the user will see after research; make it specific enough for the user to flag preferred content formats, grouping, labels, visuals, and evidence density before the agent does heavy research. After scope approval and research, the Stage 2 review page must include these sections as structured HTML, not as raw Markdown dumps: `Research Scope Approved` status block with approved scope, source plan, output paths, and unresolved caveats; `Executive Findings` or a skill-specific top-findings section with confidence labels; `Evidence Matrix` mapping claim, evidence/source/path, inference, confidence, assumptions, and decision impact; `Working Packet Review` with the complete working-packet substance rendered as purpose-built HTML sections, lists, tables, matrices, cards, and tier-appropriate charts or diagrams; `Alternatives / Rejected or Lower-Confidence Findings`; `Source Coverage & Gaps`; `Assumptions / Confidence Register`; `Proposed Canonical Artifacts & File Changes`; a required `User Format Preferences` gate asking whether the layout, tables, grouping, visuals, labels, and evidence density match expectations; and a required `Final Artifact Approval` gate for Stage 3 readiness. Raw Markdown packet text, search logs, or source notes may appear only as supplemental source views after the rendered review UI and never replace the Stage 2 review sections.
 
-**User-flow-map gates.** Render surfaced flow assumptions, the proposed flow map, branch and decision coverage, state coverage, failure/recovery and handoff coverage, low-fidelity wireframe notes, output-location/change-scope decisions, and the downstream route to UI requirements as gates before writing final flow deliverables. Apply the shared artifact-destination/proposed-file-changes de-duplication rule: combine them into one visual gate when they ask only the same path-destination question, and render separate gates when destination approval differs from downstream mutation scope, timing, or allowed files.
+**User-flow-map gates.** Render surfaced flow assumptions, the proposed flow map, branch and decision coverage, state coverage, failure/recovery and handoff coverage, low-fidelity wireframe notes, output-location/change-scope decisions, and the downstream handoff choices to UI requirements as gates before writing final flow deliverables. The handoff gate must offer stop/clear-context and continue-now options, and must state that continuing immediately still requires the next skill's own interaction gates. Apply the shared artifact-destination/proposed-file-changes de-duplication rule: combine them into one visual gate when they ask only the same path-destination question, and render separate gates when destination approval differs from downstream mutation scope, timing, or allowed files.
 
 **Prototype tier rendering.** This skill's alignment page uses the `prototype` tier. In addition to charts and diagrams, functional interactive components (clickable flows, live CSS previews, drag interactions) are permitted. Prototypes are ephemeral previews, not production code. Each interactive component must include a reset button that restores initial state. Interactive components must be self-contained within the HTML file with no external dependencies. Include all visual tier requirements (chart snippets, table fallbacks, aria-labels, toggles) plus: state isolation (no localStorage/sessionStorage persistence), clear "this is a preview" labeling, and graceful degradation when JavaScript is disabled.
 

package/packs/product-design/claude/user-flow-map/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,25 @@
 # user-flow-map changelog (claude)
 
+## v0.6 - 2026-06-13
+
+- Moved pre-prototype flow-map deliverables from `specs/` to `design/` and added scoped `design/**/flow-tree-*.yaml` initialization.
+- Added the `design/flow-tree.schema.json` manifest contract for user-flow, UX-variation, UI review, and branch-decision state.
+- Clarified that `research/.progress.yaml` remains product-path/product-line tracking, not UX branch state.
+
+## v0.5 - 2026-06-12
+
+- Reframed `user-flow-map` as the root of a wireframe tree whose named user flows fan out into `/ux-variations [specific-user-flow]`.
+- Replaced the default requirements-only UI handoff with a UX-variation handoff and clarified that flow-map approval does not approve UX branches, UI mockups, or implementation paths.
+
+## v0.4 - 2026-06-12
+
+- Replaced the single downstream command recommendation with an explicit stop/clear-context versus continue-now handoff choice for `/ui-interview --requirements-only`.
+- Clarified that continuing immediately still requires `ui-interview` to run its own UI Assumptions Manifest and Content Requirements Manifest gates.
+
+## v0.3 - 2026-06-12
+
+- Standardized active pack and skill install guidance on `npx skillpacks install <pack-or-skill>` instead of agent-native `/pack install` or `$pack install` recommendations.
+
 ## v0.2 - 2026-06-11
 
 - Added npm-aware install-route wording for product-design pack availability while preserving Claude `/pack install ...` routes.

package/packs/product-design/claude/user-flow-map/SKILL.md

@@ -2,23 +2,23 @@
 name: user-flow-map
 description: Turn a high-level product concept, positioned goal, or goal sequence into screen flow structure with entry points, decisions/actions/states, branches, failure paths, and low-fidelity wireframe guidance before UI/spec/prototype work
 type: planning
-version: v0.2
+version: v0.6
 argument-hint: "[optional: product, flow, feature, route, or goal]"
-interview_depth: full
+context_intake: deep
 visual_tier: prototype
 ---
 
 ## Pack Availability Guard
 
-Before telling the user to run a skill from another project-local pack, check `.agents/project.json.enabled_packs`. If the target pack is not enabled, recommend `/pack install <pack>` inside Claude Code, or `npx skillpacks install <pack>` from the project shell, instead of the target skill. Global skills are always valid. Skills from this same pack are valid because the current skill is already running from that pack.
+Before telling the user to run a skill from another project-local pack, check `.agents/project.json.enabled_packs`. If the target pack is not enabled, recommend `npx skillpacks install <pack>` from the project shell, instead of the target skill. Global skills are always valid. Skills from this same pack are valid because the current skill is already running from that pack.
 
 # User Flow Map
 
 Invoke as `/user-flow-map`.
 
-Use this skill after positioning and before UI/layout/prototype work when a product, feature, or goal sequence needs concrete user-flow structure: entry points, screens/routes, actions, decisions, branches, states, failure paths, handoffs, and low-fidelity wireframe notes. This skill defines what screens and transitions exist before `/ui-interview --requirements-only` defines per-screen content requirements and before `/ux-variations --layout-mode` explores visual/layout alternatives.
+Use this skill after positioning and before UX/UI/prototype work when a product, feature, or goal sequence needs concrete user-flow structure: entry points, screens/routes, actions, decisions, branches, states, failure paths, handoffs, and low-fidelity wireframe notes. Treat the output as the root of a wireframe tree: each mapped user flow can fan out into `/ux-variations [flow]`, where the team explores alternate ways users can progress through that specific flow before any one variation is promoted into `/ui-interview`.
 
-This skill does not create polished UI, visual styling, production specs, or runnable prototypes. Keep layout and styling out of scope except for wireframe-level structural notes such as "summary panel beside task list" or "confirmation step before destructive action."
+This skill does not create polished UI, visual styling, production specs, or runnable prototypes. Keep layout and styling out of scope except for wireframe-level structural notes such as "summary panel beside task list" or "confirmation step before destructive action." Do not flatten the tree into a single UI requirements path; preserve named user flows as branch roots for downstream variation work.
 
 ## Process
 
@@ -34,7 +34,17 @@ Resolve research scope by product path before using code or app structure as a h
 6. If no product directories exist, use flat `research/` single-product mode.
 7. Detect monorepo/app/package structure only as a secondary hint. Suggest creating a missing `research/{slug}/` product path when code clearly exposes an app, but do not require code or monorepo detection before using `research/{slug}/`.
 
-When product path `{slug}` is active, read and write research under `research/{slug}/`, specs under `specs/{slug}/`, and treat top-level `research/*.md` files as flat-mode documents or cross-path summaries.
+When product path `{slug}` is active, read and write research under `research/{slug}/`, pre-prototype design artifacts under `design/{slug}/`, finalized post-prototype implementation specs under `specs/{slug}/`, and treat top-level `research/*.md` and `design/*.md` files as flat-mode documents or cross-path summaries.
+
+### 0b. Design Flow Tree Manifest
+
+Use `design/flow-tree.schema.json` as the machine-readable contract for the pre-prototype product-design tree.
+
+- Product-path mode writes one scoped manifest at `design/{slug}/flow-tree-{topic}.yaml`.
+- Flat mode writes one scoped manifest at `design/flow-tree-{topic}.yaml`.
+- Initialize the manifest when writing the flow map. Set `schema_version: v0.1`, `mode`, `topic`, `product_path` when scoped, `route: [user-flow-map, ux-variations, ui-interview, prototype, consolidate-variations, spec-interview]`, `source_artifacts`, and one `branches[]` entry per named user-flow branch.
+- Track user-flow, UX-variation, UI review, and approve/reject/retry decision state only in the design manifest. Do not write UX branch state to `research/.progress.yaml`; that file remains product-path/product-line tracking.
+- Reference all pre-prototype design artifacts from the manifest using repo-relative paths.
 
 ### 1. Resolve Context
 
@@ -42,10 +52,11 @@ Read available evidence before asking deep questions:
 
 - `.agents/project.json`, `AGENTS.md`, `CLAUDE.md`, `README.md`, and relevant task docs.
 - `research/idea-brief.md`, `research/icp.md`, `research/competitive-analysis.md`, `research/journey-map.md`, `research/positioning.md`, and product-path-scoped equivalents.
-- Existing `specs/`, including `specs/user-flow-*.md`, `specs/ui-requirements-*.md`, `specs/ui-*.md`, and `specs/ux-variations-*.md`.
+- Existing `design/`, including `design/user-flow-*.md`, `design/ui-requirements-*.md`, `design/ui-*.md`, `design/ux-variations-*.md`, product-path-scoped equivalents, and `design/**/flow-tree-*.yaml`.
+- Existing `specs/` only as finalized post-prototype implementation context.
 - Existing route files, component files, app shells, navigation config, screenshots, wireframes, mockups, and design artifacts when present.
 
-If `research/positioning.md` is missing for a business-product flow, recommend `/positioning` first. If `product-design` is not enabled, recommend `/pack install product-design` inside Claude Code, or `npx skillpacks install product-design` from the project shell.
+If `research/positioning.md` is missing for a business-product flow, recommend `/positioning` first. If `product-design` is not enabled, recommend `npx skillpacks install product-design` from the project shell.
 
 ### 2. Flow Assumptions Checkpoint
 
@@ -105,8 +116,9 @@ In the next turn, ask whether any flow branch, state, or handoff is missing befo
 
 Write:
 
-- `specs/user-flow-[topic].md`
-- `user-flow-[topic]-interview.md`
+- `design/user-flow-[topic].md` in flat mode or `design/{slug}/user-flow-[topic].md` in product-path mode.
+- `design/user-flow-[topic]-interview.md` in flat mode or `design/{slug}/user-flow-[topic]-interview.md` in product-path mode.
+- `design/flow-tree-[topic].yaml` in flat mode or `design/{slug}/flow-tree-[topic].yaml` in product-path mode.
 
 The user-flow spec must include:
 
@@ -122,7 +134,8 @@ The user-flow spec must include:
 - Handoffs and external/manual dependencies.
 - Low-fidelity wireframe notes per screen.
 - Open questions, risks, and explicit non-goals.
-- Downstream handoff to `/ui-interview --requirements-only [topic]`.
+- Downstream handoff choices for `/ux-variations [specific-user-flow]`.
+- Flow-tree manifest branch IDs and artifact references.
 
 The interview log must include:
 
@@ -131,9 +144,12 @@ The interview log must include:
 - Questions asked, options presented, recommendations, and user responses.
 - Flow Coverage Checkpoint and remaining gaps.
 
-After approved files are written, recommend:
+After approved files are written, present this handoff choice instead of auto-running or auto-invoking the next skill:
+
+1. Stop here so the user can clear context and run `/ux-variations [specific-user-flow]` in a fresh session.
+2. Continue immediately in this session with `/ux-variations [specific-user-flow]` for the first unresolved user-flow branch.
 
-> Recommended next command: `/ui-interview --requirements-only [topic]`
+If the user chooses to continue immediately, the next skill must still execute its own required interaction gates. `user-flow-map` approval authorizes the wireframe-tree root and provides source evidence; it does not approve any UX variation branch, visual mockup, UI proposal, or implementation path, and it does not count as `ui-interview` interview completion.
 
 ## Alignment Page
 
@@ -141,7 +157,7 @@ When this skill produces durable deliverables (research, specs, plans, reports,
 
 ## Archive-First Replacement Policy
 
-- Before replacing or substantively rewriting an existing canonical research/spec document (`research/**/*.md`, `specs/**/*.md`, or `docs/specifications/**/*.md`), copy the current file to `docs/history/archive/YYYY-MM-DD/HHMMSS/<original-relative-path>`.
+- Before replacing or substantively rewriting an existing canonical research/design/spec document (`research/**/*.md`, `design/**/*.md`, `specs/**/*.md`, or `docs/specifications/**/*.md`), copy the current file to `docs/history/archive/YYYY-MM-DD/HHMMSS/<original-relative-path>`.
 - Preserve the archived snapshot exactly as it existed before the change; do not edit the archived copy after creating it.
 - After the archive snapshot exists, write the updated document to the original canonical path.
 - Report both the archive path and the updated canonical path in the final output.
@@ -149,10 +165,12 @@ When this skill produces durable deliverables (research, specs, plans, reports,
 
 ## Constraints
 
-- Keep this skill before UI layout and prototype work in the AFPS route.
+- Keep this skill before UX variation, UI layout, and prototype work in the AFPS route.
 - Do not produce high-fidelity mockups, component styling, color palettes, design systems, production architecture, database schemas, or implementation plans.
 - Do not collapse branches or states into generic "standard flow" language. Name each branch/state or mark it explicitly out of scope.
-- Do not route directly to `/ux-variations` from an approved flow map; route to `/ui-interview --requirements-only` first.
+- Do not route directly to `/ui-interview` from an approved flow map unless the user explicitly bypasses variation exploration for a named flow. The normal route is `/user-flow-map` -> `/ux-variations [specific-user-flow]` -> `/ui-interview [specific-ux-variation]`.
+- Do not write pre-prototype flow maps to `specs/`. `design/` is the canonical home for flow maps, UX variation plans, UI branch packets, branch decisions, mockup references, and flow-tree manifests.
+- Do not auto-run or auto-invoke downstream skills after approval. Present the stop/clear-context versus continue-now choice, and preserve the next skill's required gates either way.
 - When recommending a skill from another pack, verify pack availability through `.agents/project.json.enabled_packs`.
 
 ## Default Shipping Contract