design-method

<objective> The core design method and entry point for any design task: resolves the Register (brand vs product), states the Design Read one-liner and sets the 3 numeric dials (DESIGN_VARIANCE, VISUAL_DENSITY, MOTION_INTENSITY) against a scale anchored on the fifteen reference pages, enforces the Gate 0 brief lock before any HTML/CSS/tokens are touched, applies the Absolute bans, runs the 2-level AI-slop test, and routes to the matching move (generate, critique, audit, bolder, quieter, distill, harden, polish, redesign) and its target skill. Read this first — before `design-system`, any `register/*.md` file, or any `moves/*.md` file. This skill owns the gate and the routing table, not the move procedures themselves. </objective> <!-- Grounding: grounding-corpus.md §A (impeccable anatomy — thin router, Register, dials, Absolute bans, 2-level slop test), §G (root-cause fix: template reproduction demoted, register-first), §H (kept anchors: Gate 0, Signature Dominance, Focal-Block Floor, Competitor Lift Test, MOTION_INTENSITY). --> # Design Method — The Core This is the one place the design pipeline is defined. The agent (`agents/design-expert.md`) always loads this file before dispatching to a move; every `references/register/*.md` and `references/moves/*.md` file assumes you've read this first and references it instead of restating it — if a rule elsewhere contradicts this file, this file wins. ## Setup How this core gets loaded, every time, no exceptions: 1. Read this f...