Figma Design Review Skill

Runs a structured PM design review — checking that a design meets product requirements, covers all user flows, and is ready for engineering. This is a requirements-and-outcomes review, not an aesthetic critique.

Required Inputs

• Design description or screen summary
• Original requirements (PRD snippet, ticket, or acceptance criteria)
• User flow being designed
• Review stage (concept / mid-fidelity / pre-handoff final)

Output Structure

1. Review Header

Feature, review stage, reviewed by, date. Overall status: Approved / Approved with changes / Needs revision

2. Requirements Coverage Check

| Requirement | Covered? | Notes | |---|---|---| | Requirement from PRD] | Yes/No/Partial | Specific observation] |

Missing coverage summary: Requirements not addressed — must resolve before approval]

3. User Flow Completeness

| Flow step | Designed? | Issues | |---|---|---| | Step] | Yes/No/Partial | Issue] | | Error state | Yes/No | | | Empty state | Yes/No | | | Loading state | Yes/No | |

4. PM Concerns

Concern] — Blocking / Should fix / Nice to fix

• What: Specific observation]
• Why it matters: Business or user impact — not aesthetic preference]
• Suggested resolution: What PM wants to see]

5. Open Questions

| Question | Owner | Needed by | |---|---|---| | Question] | Designer/Eng/PM | Date] |

6. Approval Decision

Approved / Approved with changes (list) / Needs revision (focus area + next review date)

Quality Checks

• ] Every requirement assessed
• ] All flow states checked (error, empty, loading)
• ] Concerns are outcome-focused not aesthetic
• ] Open questions have owners
• ] Approval status is explicit

Anti-Patterns

• ] Do not review a design without a list of requirements to check against — always ask for the PRD, design brief, or acceptance criteria first
• ] Do not give a vague approval status — the decision must be explicitly "approved", "approved with conditions", or "not approved"
• ] Do not conflate requirements gaps with UX concerns — track them separately so engineers and designers can act independently
• ] Do not raise concerns without suggesting what information is needed to resolve them
• ] Do not skip open questions — unresolved assumptions at review time become bugs after engineering handoff

Example Trigger Phrases

• "Review this Figma design against the requirements"
• "Do a PM design review for feature]"
• "Check if this design meets the product spec"
• "Is this design ready to hand off to engineering?"
• "What is missing from this design before we can build it?"