About dt-coaching-foundation
dt-coaching-foundation provides the core Design Thinking coaching guidance loaded by the dt-coach agent. It applies consistent identity, quality, and sequencing expectations across nine methods, and covers session recovery and an opt-in canonical deck workflow.
Key features
- 01Establishes coach identity and interaction principles
- 02Sets artifact quality and fidelity constraints
- 03Guides transitions across nine methods
- 04Defines session state persistence and recovery
- 05Supports an optional canonical deck workflow
Use cases
- 01Load coaching guidance for dt-coach sessions
- 02Choose next steps during method transitions
- 03Recover an interrupted coaching session
- 04Generate an optional canonical deck or customer card
Install
Copy the command and run it in a terminal.
npx skills add https:/After installing, type/dt-coaching-foundationin Claude Code to confirm it loaded.
Bundled files
References and scripts installed along with SKILL.md.
references/canonical-deck.mdcoaching-identity.mdcoaching-state.mdmethod-sequencing.mdquality-constraints.mdDetails
From the project READMEDT Coaching Foundation — Skill Entry
This SKILL.md is the entrypoint for the Design Thinking coaching foundation knowledge.
The dt-coach agent loads this skill at session start and during a coaching session to ground coaching behavior in a stable identity, enforce quality and fidelity expectations, navigate method transitions, persist and recover session state, and run the opt-in canonical deck workflow. The foundation knowledge stays constant across all nine Design Thinking methods.
Foundation references
Load the reference that matches the current coaching moment.
| Reference | When to load |
|---|---|
| coaching-identity.md | At session start and throughout — establishes coach identity, Think/Speak/Empower philosophy, boundaries, and the Progressive Hint Engine. |
| quality-constraints.md | Before any artifact generation — enforces fidelity rules, anti-polish stance, and quality-by-space expectations. |
| method-sequencing.md | At method transitions, space boundaries, and when the team asks what to do next — guides the nine-method sequence, transition protocol, next-method assessment, and non-linear iteration. |
| coaching-state.md | For persistence and session recovery — defines the coaching state schema, update rules, and recovery protocol. |
| canonical-deck.md | For opt-in canonical deck and customer-card generation — governs activation, offer points, and the PowerPoint build branch. |
Skill layout
SKILL.md— this file (skill entrypoint).references/— the DT coaching foundation knowledge documents.coaching-identity.md— coach identity, philosophy, and interaction conventions.quality-constraints.md— fidelity rules and quality standards across all methods.method-sequencing.md— method transitions, space boundaries, next-method assessment, and iteration patterns.coaching-state.md— coaching state schema, file conventions, and recovery protocol.canonical-deck.md— opt-in canonical deck and customer-card workflow.